BaKhabar, March 2014

Better light a candle than curse the darkness

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What is Islamic and what is not Islamic?

Islam Q&A

It is only sad, I can say, that despite knowledge explosion and awareness of Islam through Friday speeches, books, videos, lectures, websites etc. many Muslims are still unaware of what constitutes something to be Islamic.

How to look at a particular thing and then conclude whether it is Islamic or un-Islamic or simply Muslim?

This post will clarify some misconceptions and make things clear, Inshaa’Allah.

Merriam Webster gives the following definition for the suffix ‘ic’: 1. having the character or form of 2. a. of or relating to b. related to, derived from, orcontaining 3. in the manner of, like that of, characteristic of 4. associated or dealing with 5. characterized by, affected with So when you say Islamic, it means 3

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something related to Islam, connected to Islam, characteristic of Islam or characterized by Islam’s beliefs or teachings.

Sometimes we see people in mosques arguing about dress.

When you are at a mosque wearing a shirt and if it is tucked in or a T-shirt or a suit with neck-tie, sometimes some kurta-clad Muslim stares at you and tells you: why are you not wearing an Islamic dress? Some ‘free’ advice is thrown at you: Next time, please don’t come to mosque in this ‘western style!’

Hello, come on. What is happening with we Muslims?

Is wearing shirt not Islamic? Who told you that everything western is anti-Islamic? Or do you have any proof that only kurta-pyjama is Islamic?

What constitutes Islamic and what not? Some people are hopelessly ignorant about it!

Any dress that fulfills the Islamic etiquette of dressing has to be Islamic! It is as simple as it is. * Awrah: Covering the parts of the body that must be covered: navel to knees in case of men. Everything except the hands and face in case of women. * Modest clothing: The dress must not be see-through. It must not be tight-fitting. * Beauty: In order to look good, clothes must be neat and tidy.

When wearing a T-shirt and a track pant fulfills the above criteria, what is the problem in wearing that?

Some teachers and even parents segregate education and knowledge: Islamic knowledge and nonIslamic knowledge. Or Religious knowledge and ‘worldly knowledge’! DeeniTaleem and DunyawiTaleem!! Religious education and secular education!

Learning to read Qur’an is Is-

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lamic. Learning Mathematics or science is not Islamic!! Muddled arguments, anyway!

During a discussion on Islamic education, someone reacted to me saying: What, Physical Education?!

Astaghfirullah, it’s about games and sports, and how can that be Islamic?!!

Our brothers are masters in shooting fatwas!! You don’t know where to go and hit your head at such annoying and disgusting attitude!

Did the Prophet sal-lal-laahu-alaihi-wa-sallam ever compartmentalize knowledge? No, right?

Did the Prophet sal-lal-laahu-alaihi-wa-sallam not encourage archery in Masjid Nabawi? Did he ever prohibit his companions from acquiring wrestling skills in his masjid?

He used to supplicate: O Allah! I seek from You beneficial knowledge.

O Allah! I seek refuge in You from a knowledge that is of no use.

The matter is simple: Any purposeful education that brings benefit to the society will be Islamic. Whether it is conquering space or learning to write A B C or Alif Baa Taa.

What the Qur’an tells us to do, is Islamic. What the Qur’an tells us to refrain from, is Islamic. What the Prophet sal-lal-laahu-alaihi-wa-sallam did is Islamic.

If you assume or invent something and call it Islamic, you are either ignorant of Islamic teachings or having a biased approach to problems and situations.

To be precise, you have not dyed yourself with the Dye of Allah!

Also, there is a need to understand and differentiate between Islamic culture and Muslim culture. Some examples will suffice, Inshaa’Allah. * During marriages in Asia, for example, Muslims spend huge amount of money and adopt so many ceremonies that are not sanctioned in Islam but has creeped into Muslim society through alien culture and influence.

Now, if some Muslim follows the traditions and customs of his village during his marriage, it will be said that he has adopted Muslim culture. You cannot call it as Islamic culture. * Offering salah, that is, Praying without a skull cap 4

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(called Toopi in Urdu) is acceptable to Islam. If somebody insists on praying with the skull cap on, then he is only going by the societal culture, not Islamic culture.

* A country that adopts all the injunctions of Qur’an and Shariah in legislation only can be called as Islamic country. Just by Muslim population or going by the Muslim name that you have kept for your country, you cannot call it as an Islamic country. It is just a Muslim country, that’s it. Most of the Muslim countries say that their constitution abides by the Shariah, but then they are choosy in applying certain Islamic laws and ignore certain Islamic laws. How can you call such a country as Islamic?

May Allah give us the Tawfeeq and the Hidayah to understand things in a better way.Aameen.

JazakallaahuKhayra for reading this post.

Sal-lal-laahu ‘Ala Muhammad, Sal-lal-laahu ‘AlaihiwaSallam.

Tread With Caution, Kejriwal ji

Politics

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The Aap and its chief ArvindKejriwal continue to be an enigma wrapped in mystery. Nobody can really know what are the implications of his announcing a list of corrupt politicians. On one hand his crusade against official corruption is a great service as our public life has become excruciatingly corrupt and any move that looks like helping us fight this menace is welcome. On the other his strategy to fight it creates more problems than solving it.

His list includes leaders from the Congress Party, BJP, BSP, NCP, DMK, SP, NC and YSRC. The people in Kejriwal’s dock are: P. Chidambaram, VeerappaMoily, Pawan Kumar Bansal, KapilSibal, Kamal Nath, ShriprakashJaiswal, TarunGogoi, GK Vasan and Naveen Jindal. Rahul Gandhi has been added to the list as an afterthought, not for any precise act of corruption, but for spending too much money on building his own image.

In this honour list the BJP leaders included are: Nitin Gadkari, B S Yedurappa, Anurag Thakur and NarendraModi, the last one for the same reason as Rahul Gandhi–spending too much on image building. The BJP has hit back by saying that Kejriwal’s name, too, should be included in the list.

Nitin Gadkari has threatened to sue him, and Farooq Abdullah has said he would reply to the charge in a court of law. Vasan has issued an ultimatum that if Kejriwal does not retract within a stipulated time he 5

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will be dragged to court. And, we have not heard the last on this issue.

The question to ask is whether this is the best way to deal with corruption. The clear answer is that corruption cannot be eliminated by making allegations and counter-allegations as in this case. A corruption-free society is built on institutions that ensure accountability, integrity, transparency and rule of law. As long as these are missing from public life, corruption is going to remain very much among us.

From the experience of developed countries it is clear that a corruption-free society becomes viable only after a country reaches a per capita GDP level of about $6,000 a year. Below that level it is rare to find a corruption-free society. That means such a society is still a few years away.

Countries that have achieved a high level of integrity in public life have done so only after a long struggle.

Transparency, good governance, accountability and rule of law do not come as a result of sloganeering and with allegations-counter allegations.

Long years of social, political and legal work go into making a fair, graft-free order. Kejriwalji’s ideas have a great potential for changing this country for the better, but he needs patient work, not counterproductive short-cuts Source: http://www.iosworld.org/

Once a group of 50 people was attending a seminar.

Suddenly the speaker stopped and started giving each one a balloon.

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Each one was asked to write his/her name on it using a marker pen.

Then all the balloons were collected and put in another room.

Now these delegates were left in that room and asked to find the balloon which had their name written, within 5 minutes.

Everyone was frantically searching for their name, colliding with eachother, pushing around others and there was utter chaos.

At the end of 5 minutes no one could find their own balloon.

Now each one was asked to randomaly select a balloon and give it to the person whose name was written on it.

Within minutes everyone had their own balloon.

The speaker began--- This is exactly what's happening in our lives.

Everyone is frantically looking for happiness all around, not knowing where it is.

Our happiness lies in the happiness of other people...

Give them their happiness and you will get your own happiness.

- Jab taraqqi ki bat hoti he to kuch log kahne lagte hain yah duniadari ki bat kar rahe hain. aur usi taraqqi ki wajah se roz roz insan ki aasani ke liye chizen ban rahi hen usko istemal karte waqt unko duniyadari nahi dikhti, kya uske bagair zindagi nahi guzar sakti, to phir banane ke waqt hi kyon deendari sar charh kar bolne lagta he, dusron ki banayi hui chizen istemal ke waqt kyon nahi.

- Aajkal facebook, mail, aur sms se itne ache ache aur bayan aate hain jaise lagta he har koi bara deendar ho gaya, lekin moamlat jab unse parta he to aisa lagta he ke kya wah us bayan ko parhte bhi hain, ya sirf bhej kar hi deendari ka farz pura kar rahe hain.

- Aksar muslim tanzimon ki taraqqi ki raftar bahut dhimi hoti he, log bolte hain volunteers ke pas time nahi, unki apni bhi zindagi ki zimmedarian hain, to phir kuch log job par rakh kar kaam kyon nahi kiya jata, kisi volunteer ke kam ki kami se tanzimon ka kam kyon mutassir ho?

- Log kahte hain Muslim kya nahi karta he, swal he ki pur umdagi se muslim aaj kya kar rahe, kis maidan me muslim ki ka kam sare dunia me maroof he, nahi to phri wah kaun si bat he jo is qaum ko quality par dhyan dene se baaz rakhe hue he.

- "Lamhon ne khata ki thi sadion se saza payi", kya aise hi mor par aaj Bharat ka muslim nahi he, kya us zehanat aur danayi ka sabut paish kiya ja raha he jis se firqa parston ko haraya ja sake jo ki apne ghinaone irade ko pura karne ke lie har harbe istemal kar rahe hain. kya Muslims danishwar har ekhtalafat ko bhula kar is par kam kar rahe ke kaise muslim ka vote na bate, aur jo firqa paraston ko hara sake usko ek jut hokar vote diya jaye.

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In Depth

SHOULD ZAKAT BE DISTRIBUTED AS UNCONDITIONAL CASH TRANSFERS (UCTS)?

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I By Mohammed Obaidullah I akat is a distinct form of Islamic philanthropy guided

by Shariah-stipulated rules of distribution. The rules clearly identify the poor and the needy as the most deserving in the society to whom zakat funds should flow.

Further, the magnitude and intensity of poverty, accordingly to scholars, should have a direct relationship with the assistance to be provided through zakat. Note that traditionally Islamic scholars have permitted zakat flow into the hands of individuals with relatively higher standard of living as compared to the ultra-poor of today. Therefore, the issue is largely not a matter of permissibility but of efficiency in distribution of zakat to the poor.

The fact remains however, that there is a need to objectively and accurately measure poverty. There has been considerable research into the question of how best to measure poverty. The most recent research in this regard has been undertaken under the Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative (OPHI) by Sabina Alkire and James Foster. The duo have created a new method for measuring multidimensional poverty. The Alkire-Foster method identifies who is poor by considering the intensity of deprivations they suffer, and includes an aggregation method. The method is flexible and can be applied to measure poverty or wellbeing, target services or conditional cash transfers and for monitoring and evaluation.

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tion that performs best in terms of impact on poverty involves a comparison between targeted services or conditional cash transfers and unconditional cash transfers. While many of the largest and best known cash transfer schemes attach conditions to the money beneficiaries receive (e.g. cash is paid on the condition that children go to school and get vaccinated), some recent experiments have experimented with unconditional cash transfers. The one that has caught the attention of the policy makers is “GiveDirectly”, a California-based NPO that uses mobile money technology to transfer cash directly from donors to some of East Africa’s poorest people. In an MIT study to evaluate the impact of UCTs, Haushofery and Shapiro (2013) found that recipients spent the cash on things such as food and healthcare, to replace thatched roofs with metal ones, buy livestock and invest in small businesses. It also found evidence to suggest the money reduced hunger and increased psychological wellbeing. It debunked the fundamental assumptions underlying conditional giving that the poor would waste the money given to them.

If this recent evidence is juxtaposed against the views of early and contemporary scholars, one finds an interesting match between the early Islamic scholarship and the most recent evidence available in conventional domain.

Early scholars were inclined to insist on the unconditional nature of zakah payment (whether cash or kind) emphasizing the condition of “tamleek” or imparting owner-

ship of the zakah contribution to the beneficiary. As the new owner of the contribution, the beneficiary would have every right to determine how the money or asset would be used. Recent Islamic scholars however, seemed to favor the channeling of zakah into developmental projects in education, healthcare at a societal level relaxing the strict interpretation of “tamleek”. For example, a contemporary Islamic economist Shawki Ismail Shehata in a popular article published in Islamic Economic Studies (vol.1, No.2), journal of the Islamic Research and Training Institute (IRTI) writes “zakah may be given to institutional bodies, taking care of the poor and the needy, in providing the public utilities and services…any money spent on the education and medical treatment of the poor is deemed to have been spent on them and paid to them. Further, zakah may be paid in cash or in kind. Payment in kind includes the money spent for procuring tools and equipment and the like.” In another work published by IRTI, noted Islamic economist Seif el-Din Tag el-Din dwells extensively on the concept of “tamleek”. Highlighting the limitations of physical capital goods transfer, he recommends the equities transfer alternative as a way to make the poor participate in and benefit from mega developmental projects.

Given the clear evidence in favor of unconditional cash transfer over other forms of giving, will it lead to a change in the thinking of our Islamic economists? Or shall we say, the wheel has come full circle? [http://www.sadaqa.in]

Spititual

Died

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ister Rehab el Buri passed away on Sunday 6th of March 2011 at the age of 26. She died due to cancer after fighting a courageous battle against it. A section is pasted below from her blog to reflect upon and is really worth the two minute read: It took me about three days to accept my death. On the first day, as you read, my mind was in chaos. On the second day, I was numb. And on the third day, my husband and mother began talking sense to me, and I finally came to some important realizations:

1. We are all going to die. The people who took the news of my disease calmly and those who panickedthey are going to die one day too. Death is one of the few realities we can be certain of in this life, and yet we somehow slip into thinking that we are exempt.

2. We live this life for the next. I was living my life as a Muslim...praying and fasting, but I had somehow allowed my real goal in life to be swallowed by buying salad plates for my next dinner party, and trying to get free shipping on my next jcrew order, and finding pillows that popped against my cream sofa.

In between being a consumer and entertaining myself to death, I let what really matters in my life slip away from me. If I was truly living my life for the Hereafter, I should not be so fearful of the future I had created for myself. The Quran says, "And this life of the world is nothing but a sport and a play; and as for the next abode, that most surely is the lifeif only they knew!" [29.64] 8

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3. I am in the same boat as everyone else. None of us are given any guarantees in life. Our health, our wealth, and our families are trusts give to us by Allah- and they are His to take when He, in his infinite wisdom, deems fit. We all claim to believe this, but in practice we often falter. I don't know why I thought I could push the thought of death out of my mind for at least a good 30 or 40 years. Allah Ta'ala could claim any of us at any time. I am in the same boat as everyone else- I have no idea when my time is, but I should try to live everyday as if it is my last.

4. Each day is a gift. Receiving this wake up call is such a blessing in that each day Allah grants me is an opportunity to do some more good and try to make up for some of the mistakes I made in the past. For some reason, the mornings are usually a little rough for me. I think it's just waking up from my dreams and realizing that I still have to live with this disease.

But every morning I try to tell myself, "Alhamdulilah, I feel good today, what good can I do today?"

These realizations, and the support of my mother, husband, his mother, my sisters, his sisters, my father, his father, my friends, and my community have helped me not merely cope with what I'm going through, but actually seek the reward of going through this trial, and try to sincerely accept what Allah wills for me.

Source : Idealmuslimah.com

Brother – lower your gaze The story of a young man who had a habit of looking at women .

This young man asked Sheik : I feel guilty about myself for a bad habit, i am unable to get rid off !

I can’t stop myself from looking at girls in the market, what should I do?

Sheikh gave him a glass full of milk which was filled upto its edges and asked one of his student to accompany him to the market.

He told his student to beat him in front of everyone if he spilled even a drop of milk.

Ofcourse the young man managed to walk without spilling a drop of milk and returned to the sheikh.

Sheikh asked : How many girls did u see on your way ??

The young man replied: I didn’t see anyone around me as my concentration was only on the glass of milk because i was scared of getting beaten up in front of everyone if i spill milk.

Sheikh replied: The same is the case with a true Momin/Muslim.

The true believer is afraid of ALLAH and shame on the day of resurrection if he commits a sin…

These believers protect themselves from committing sin as they are always focused on the judgement day !!

Allah says in the Holy Quran: "tell the believing men to lower their gaze (from looking at forbidden things)."

Surah Al Noor.

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Khabron ki Khabar Seraj Akram - Agar BJP ne galti kiya he to uske liye muslims se moafi bhi mangne ko tayyar hain...Rajnath Singh Aajkal Muslim ko ahmaq samajh kar har koi dore dal raha he, koi secularism ka nara de raha he to koi communalism par dhoka dena chahta he, lekin afsos muslim aaj bhi behtar hikmat amli se aage barhne me nakam hain, kabhi ek se dhoka khate hain to dusri taraf chale jate hain, kabhi dusre se khate hain to tisre ki taraf chale jate hain...bilkul is shayr ki tarah...tu hai harjayi to apna bhi yahi taur sahi...tu nahi aur sahi aur nahi aur sahi.

- Ram Vilas Paswan NDA ke sath chale gaye yahi he aajkal ke secular netaon ka asli chehra, dar haqiqat koi secular nahi balki sab moqa parast hain. is me jitna dosh Ram Vilas Paswan ka he us se kam nahi RJD aur Congress ka jis ne unko nazar andaz karke yah faisla lene par majbur kiya he.

- Ambani ko 56000 crore zyadah ada karne ke Arwind Kejriwal ke sawal par na to Rahul aur na hi Modi koi jawab diya, balke sari meida khamosh he. itne bare khesara par ko bolne ko tayyar nahi, jabki yahi media 2000 ke mobile chor par pure din shor sharaba karte rahte hain...aaj ke ba rasukh logo ki yahi be-imani ka andaz ho gaya he.

- Vikas se sare masle ka hal ho jayega, sab khus ho jayegay...BJP and Modi in dhokebaz jadugaron ki bat me bahalne wale itna bhi nahi sochte i America aur Europe ke itne wikas se sare qaum aur logo ka masla hal nahi ho saka, Bharat jo inse 200 sal piche he wah kaun se jadu se sabkuch hal kar dega BJP ki sarkar aate hi.

- Syria me qatl aam jaari, Egypt me khun kharaba jari, Iraq me bomb phatna band nahi hua, Pakistan me dahshatgardi waqeyat me koi tabdili nahi... aur Muslim ke soch me bhi koi tabdili nahi, sablog apne apne kam aur ibadat me mashghool, marne walon ke lie kisi ke pas waqt nahi.

- Kejriwal ne apne principle par chalte hue, naye lokpal bil na pas hone par istefa de diya. bhart ke tarikh me aaj atak aisi misal nahi milti, aaj har kisi ko inke asuli siasat ko qadar karne ki zarurat he take behtar tabdil aa sake.

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Metamorphosis of Guardianship into Parenthood : A Case of Sheer Bewilderment

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(The Recent SC Judgment on Adoption for a Muslim family) have strong reason to believe that the recent judgment of SC pertaining to the adoption case for Muslims has completely ignored and failed to understand the stand of Islamic law. Such confused judgment will surely affect directly or indirectly the Islamic Personal Law which is a matter of serious concern.

The case of adoption and guardianship is very clear under Islamic law. Adoption is a different thing and considering or accepting a non-biological father, mother, son or daughter to be a biological ones or granting its status is completely a different thing.

I am unable to comprehend that as to why the honourable judge of the Supreme Court completely failed to understand this stark difference even when the stand of Islamic law was very clear and there is not an iota of ambiguity in this respect.

If a person wants to have a permanent care of a child or become his/ her guardian, nothing is there to stop him to undertake such responsibility, rather such act of kindness will be appreciated but considering non- biological person to be a biological one or granting them the same status as that of a biological person is utterly illogical and legally unjustified to say the least.

Nobody is preventing such guardians to gift their property or wealth to anybody else let alone an adopted child. If somebody says that somebody is my father and the person concerned accepts 10

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it whereas the biological father is a different person, will the present law accept both as fathers? If not, then why so is the case here?

The concept of wilayat is also there under Islamic jurisprudence which specifically needs to be understood in this context.

(Khalid Waheed Falahi’s reaction to the news “Personal law can't stop Muslims from adopting children: Supreme Court” published on NDTV website) Khalid Waheed Falahi is a PhD from AMU, belongs to Sheikhpura (Bihar) and works in Hyderabad for a research firm.

Mr. Y.H. Muchhala’s note on SC Judgment on Adoption

By IOS World <press.iosworld@gmail.com>

New Delhi, Feb. 21: Mr. Yusuf Hatim Muchhala, an eminent legal mind of the country, has classified the implications of the Supreme Court judgment of February regarding adoption of children by Muslim couples.

The Mumbai-based lawyer has released the following terse note on

the judgment that clarifies many misgivings about it.

1. All India Muslim Personal Law Board contention that Right to adopt and of a child to be adopted cannot be declared as a Fundamental Right has been accepted by the Hon’ble Supreme Court with due respect and consideration to the fact that conflicting beliefs and practices are prevailing in the country on this issue at this stage. The Hon’ble Supreme Court has unequivocally observed that the faith / tradition based law must be respected and cannot be steamrolled by enacting Uniform Civil Code at this stage. The attempt of the Petitioner (Mrs. Shabnam Hashmi) to elevate the right to adopt and the right of a child to be adopted at the level of Fundamental Right has failed.

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Had the Petitioner succeeded, any principle of law which is contrary to Fundamental Right would have become null and void.

2. Principles of personal law would always continue to govern any person who chooses to so submit himself to it and that the JJ Act, 2000 does not mandate any compulsive action by any prospective parent leaving such person with the liberty of accessing the provisions of the Act, if he so desires on to follow his own personal law. The Supreme Court in other words has given freedom of choice to select between personal law and statutory law to the concerned party.

3. The Honâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ble Supreme Court has referred to Special Marriage Act, 1954 which has given such freedom of choice to every citizen either to marry as per the provisions of the Act or in accordance with the personal laws of the parties. Such optional civil code has been in existence since 1954. The Juvenile Justice Act, 2000 is another piece of legislation in the direction on the question of providing protection to and upbringing of neglected, destitute or surrendered children. These two Acts have never ever been challenged by the All India Muslim Personal Law Board.

4. However, the Court has not given any directions to the Child Welfare Committee as requested by the All India Muslim Personal Law Board to the effect that before a child is certified to be free for adoption, the Child Welfare Committee in respect of a Muslim child or parents should explore the possibilities of providing protection and upbringing of such a child as per principles of Kafala.

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AFREED ISLAM, A CLASS X STUDENT FROM GUWAHATI'S LITTLE FLOWER SCHOOL INVENTS COMPUTER SYSTEM REVO BOOK

GUWAHATI: In a move that can transform traditional computing devices, schoolboy Afreed Islam has successfully designed a virus-protected microchip-run computer system. The Class X student from Guwahati's Little Flower School launched the ReVo BOOK, an ultra-slim computer system designed by him, on Monday.

If Afreed got enough financial assistance to supply the product to markets, he would taste greater success, said Siddharth Deb Nath, a scientist at Assam Science Technology and Environment Council.

The ReVo BOOK is embedded with a microchip and a hybrid operating system, also Afreed's brainchild, named ReVo IX. The design of the computer system has been developed by a German based firm which took up the project after knowing about Afreed's innovation. He has already applied for a patent for the ReVo BOOK and is expecting to secure his rights soon.

"Most computing devices use mechanical hard disk drives, flash memories and electronic disks to boot up operating systems, but my invention replaces both mechanical and electronic hard disks with a microchip, doubling speed and storage capacity," he said.

At a time when most of his peers are aiming to do well in their board exams, Afreed is planning to promote the ReVo BOOK which, he claims, will dominate comparable products in the computer market. "Compared to the hard disks available, my microchip is four times faster, lasts longer and there is also no chance of losing data. Minimum power is required to run the ReVo BOOK and its portable size is a bonus," he said.

Afreed is hopeful the ReVo BOOK will make help high-speed, uninterrupted performance. "Apart from domestic computing, the ReVo BOOK will be immensely beneficial in offices, banks, academic institutions and industries," the boy said.

"Three years ago, when I was in class VII, I started to look for a solution to some of the problems faced by the operating systems used currently. I never imagined inventing an operating system," Afreed said. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/guwahati/Guwahati-teenscripts-ReVo-lution/articleshow/30585775.cms https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xRO8OKAgTPE

Cover Story

15 WAYS TO INCREASE EARNINGS WITH PROOFS FROM QURAN AND SUNNAH

1. The Taqwa of Allah And whosoever fears Allâh and keeps his duty to Him, He will make a way for him to get out (from every difficulty). (2) And He will provide him from (sources) he never could imagine.

And whosoever puts his trust in Allâh, then He will suffice him.

Verily, Allâh will accomplish his purpose. Indeed Allâh has set a measure for all things. [Surah AlTalaaq, Verse 2-3] And if the people of the towns had believed and had the Taqwâ (piety), certainly, We should have opened for them blessings from the heaven and the earth, but they belied (the Messengers). So We took them (with punishment) for what they used to earn (polytheism and crimes). [ Surah Al-Araf, Verse 96]

2. Seeking forgiveness and repentance "I said (to them): 'Ask forgiveness from your Lord; Verily, He is OftForgiving; (10) 'He will send rain to you in abundance; (11) 'And give you increase in wealth and children, and bestow on you gardens and bestow on you rivers.'

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"[Surah Nooh, Verses 10-12] "And O my people! Ask forgiveness of your Lord and then repent to Him, He will send you (from the sky) abundant rain, and add strength to your strength, so do not turn away as Mujrimûn (criminals, disbelievers in the Oneness of Allâh)."[Surah Hood, Verse 52] And (commanding you): "Seek the forgiveness of your Lord, and turn to Him in repentance, that He may grant you good enjoyment, for a term appointed, and bestow His abounding Grace to every owner of grace (i.e. the one who helps and serves needy and deserving, physically and with his wealth, and even with good words). But if you turn away, then I fear for you the torment of a Great Day (i.e. the Day of Resurrection). [Surah Hood, Verse 3] 3. Tawakkul ‘Umar Ibn Al-Khattab Radhiyallahu Anhu reported that Prophet (Peace be upon him) said,"If you were to put trust in Allah (Tawakkul) the way that Allah deserves, then you would be provided for as birds are; they leave (in search of food) at the begin-

ning of the day famished, and return at the end of the day full" [Shaykah Al-Abani’s Silsilat AlSahihah, # 310] And He will provide him from (sources) he never could imagine.

And whosoever puts his trust in Allâh, then He will suffice him.

Verily, Allâh will accomplish his purpose. Indeed Allâh has set a measure for all things.[Surah AlTalaaq, Verse 2-3] Would that they were contented with what Allâh and His Messenger (peace be upon him) gave them and had said: "Allâh is Sufficient for us. Allâh will give us of His Bounty, and so will His Messenger (from alms, etc.). We implore Allâh (to enrich us)." [Surah Al-Tawba, Verse 59]

4. Constantly worshiping Allah Ta'ala Abu Hurayrah Radhiyallahu Anhu stated that the Prophet (peace be upon him) said,"Allah says, ‘O son of Adam! Take time out to constantly worship me, I will fill your chest with richness , and remove your poverty. And if you do not do so. I will make your hands filled with occupation, and will

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not remove your poverty” [Shaykh Al-Albani declared it to authentic in his Sunan Al-Tirmidhi]

Ma’qal Ibn Yasaar Radhiyallahu Anhu reported that Prophet (peace be upon him) said:“Your Lord, all glory and honor be to Him says, ‘O Son of Adam! Take the time out to constantly worship Me, I will fill your chest with richness!

O Son of Adam! Do not distance yourself from Me, or I will fill your chest with poverty, and fill your hands with work ”[Shaykah Al-Albani’s Silsilat Al-Sahihah, # 1359] 5.Thanking Allah Ta'ala

And (remember) when your Lord proclaimed: "If you give thanks (by accepting Faith and worshiping none but Allâh), I will give you more (of My Blessings), but if you are thankless (i.e. disbelievers), verily! My Punishment is indeed severe." [Surah Ibrahim, Verse 7] 6. Frequently performing Hajj and ‘Umrah

It has been reported by Abdullah Ibn Mas’ud Radhiyallahu Anhu that the Prophet of Allah (Peace be upon him) said:"Follow up between Hajj and ‘Umrah (i.e. continuously repeat the performance of Hajj and ‘Umrah) because they both eliminate poverty and sins just like a furnace eliminates the dirty impurities of iron, gold and silver. And an accepted Hajj has no reward less than paradise" [Shaykh Al-Albani in Sahih Sunan Al-Tirmidhi (1/245)]

7. Establishing the ties of kinship

Abu Hurayrah Radhiyallahu Anhu 13

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reported that the Prophet (peace be upon him) said:“Whoever is pleased with the fact that his Rizq be increased, and his life-span be extended, then let him establish the ties of kinship”[Al-Bukhari, # 5985] Anas Ibn Malik reported that the Prophet (peace be upon him) said:“Whoever wishes to have his Rizq increased, and his life-span be extended, then let him establish the ties of kinship” [Al-Bukari, # 5986] Abu Hurayrah Radhiyallahu Anhu reported that the Prophet (peace be upon him) said:“Learn enough of your lineage, so that you can establish the ties of kinship, for establish the ties of kinship increases the love amongst families and multiplies wealth and extends age” [Shaykh Al-Albani in Sahih Sunan Al-Tirmidhi (2/190)]

8. Spending in the Way of Allah Ta'ala

Say: "Truly, my Lord enlarges the provision for whom He wills of His slaves, and (also) restricts (it) for him, and whatsoever you spend of anything (in Allâh's Cause), He will replace it. And He is the Best of providers."[Surah Saba, Verse 39]

Abu Hurayrah Radhiyallahu Anhu said that the Prophet (Peace be upon him) said:“ Allah has said: ‘O Son of Adam! Spend I will spend on you!”[Sahih Muslim (2/690)] The Prophet (Peace be upon him) said:“There is not a single day in which a servant wakes that two angels come down (from the Heavens). One of them says, O’ Allah! Give to the one that spends a substitute (for what he has spent). And the other one says, ‘O Allah! Give to the one that withhold some (his money) destruc-

tion!”[Al-Bukhari #1442] The Prophet (Peace be upon him) said,“While a person was in an open area of land, he heard voice in a cloud above him say. "water the garden of so-and-so!" So the cloud immediately departed, and started pouring its rain out on a rocky plain. A large crevice in the rocks collected all of this water.

So the man followed the water (in its course), and he found a man standing in his garden, using an instrument to direct this water in different directions *(to irrigate his garden). He said to him, ‘O servant of Allah! What is your name?’ The man said ‘So-an-so,’ the same name that he had heard in the clouds! Then the man asked him, ‘O servant of Allah! Why are you asking me my name?’ So he responded. ‘I heard a voice in the clouds- the same clouds that this water came from- saying, “water the garden of so-and-so” with your name. What do you interpret this as (i.e. why do you think this happened )?’ So he said, ‘If you say this (i.e. if what you say occurred), then (the reason for this is that) I see what (crops) come out of it (this garden), and I give one third in charity, and I eat with my family one third of it, and I return one third of it (to cultivate more crops)”” and in another narration, it is reported that he said, …and I give one third of it to the poor, and the beggars, and the wayfarers.’ [Muslim (4/2288)]

9. Hijrah, Emigrating for the sake of Allah Ta'ala

He who emigrates (from his home) in the Cause of Allâh, will find on earth many dwelling places and plenty to live by. And whosoever leaves his home as an emigrant unto Allâh and His Messenger, and death overtakes him, his reward is then surely incum-

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bent upon Allâh. And Allâh is Ever Oft¬Forgiving, Most Merciful. [Surah Al-Nisa, Verse 100] 10. Marriage

And marry those among you who are single (i.e. a man who has no wife and the woman who has no husband) and (also marry) the Sâlihûn (pious, fit and capable ones) of your (male) slaves and maid-servants (female slaves). If they be poor, Allâh will enrich them out of His Bounty. And Allâh is All-Sufficent for His creatures' needs, All-Knowing (about the state of the people).

[Surah Al-Nur, Verse 32] 11.Supporting students of Islamic knowledge

Anas Ibn Malik Radhiyallahu Anhu said,"There were two brothers (that lived) at the time of the Prophet (Peace be upon him). One of them would come to Prophet (Peace be upon him), whereas the other one would seek his sustenance (by working). So the the one who used to seek his sustenance complained to the Prophet (peace be upon him) about his brother. The Prophet (Peace be upon him) replied,‘It is possible that you are provided your rizq because of him’" [Shaykh Al-Albani agreed it to be authentic, Saheeh Sunan Al-Tirmidhi(2/274)]

12. Showing kindness to the Poor

The Prophet (Peace be upon him) said,"The only reason that you are aided in victory (against your enemies) and provided with sustainance due to your weak?"

[Al-Bukahri (14/179)]

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The Prophet (Peace be upon him) said:"The two parties of a transaction have the right (to annul the contract) as long as they don't separate (from each other). So, if they were truthful (to one another), and honest in explaining (the defects of an item), then they will be blessed in their transaction. But, if they lied, and hid (the defects of an item) then the blessings of their transaction are destroyed" [Muslim, # 3836]

14.Making the Hereafter One’s main Concern

Once Zayd Bin Thabit was with Marwan, the leader of the City, when he went to visit 'Abd AlRahman Ibn 'Uthman Bin 'Affan, Abd Al-Rahman said, "Nothing caused him to come here, at this hour except a question that he wants to ask." So he asked him (what the matter was). He replied, "He (meaning Marwan) asked us about matters that we heard the Prophet (Peace be upon Him) say". I heard the Prophet (peace be upon him) say "Whoever puts this world as his only (and primary) goal, then Allah will divide his affairs for him, and He will place poverty before his eyes, and nothing will come to him of this world except that which was already written (i.e. pre-destined) for him. But whoever made the Hereafter his goal, the Allah will gather his affairs for him, and he will place richness in his heart, and the world will come to him conquered and submissive" [Al-Albani Silsila As-Saheehah, #950 ]

15. Striving to achieve the goal (for sustainance)

He knows that there will be some among you sick, others traveling through the land, seeking of Allâh's Bounty; yet others fighting in Allâh's Cause. So recite as much of the Qur'ân as may be easy (for you), and perform AsSalât (Iqâmat-as-Salât) and give Zakât, and lend to Allâh a goodly loan, And whatever good you send before you for yourselves, (i.e. Nawâfil non-obligatory acts of worship: prayers, charity, fasting, Hajj and 'Umrah), you will certainly find it with Allâh, better and greater in reward. And seek Forgiveness of Allâh. Verily, Allâh is Oft-Forgiving, Most-Merciful [Surah Al-Muzammil, Verse 20] And We have appointed the night and the day as two Ayât (signs etc.). Then, We have obliterated the sign of the night (with darkness) while We have made the sign of the day illuminating, that you may seek bounty from your Lord, and that you may know the number of the years and the reckoning. And We have explained everything (in detail) with full explanation.

[Surah Al-Isra, Verse 20] www.islaaminfo.co.za tttt

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KEJRIWAL TACTICS, lessons for Indian Muslims

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I By Ghulam Muhammed I

he entire Indian community that Kejriwal is supposed to be representing as far as corruption in government ranks is concerned, was/is helpless in addressing the problem of how to make the Government accountable to their demands, especially when colossal amounts of public money were so ruthlessly siphoned off without any fear of reprisal from any law authority.

Kejriwal first tried with Anna Hazare a dharna demanding Jan Lokpal bill. Entire political class questioned the locus standi of Kejriwal and Anna to dictate a law, which is supposed to be the monopoly of elected legislative bodies. Politicians openly asked that instead of disturbing peace on the streets, the protestors should try electoral route and come into assemblies and Parliament and then form their own cherished laws.

While Anna dithered given his age, Kejriwal took the challenge and resolved to fight Delhi Assembly elections. Public across the board were so fed up with the corrupt politicians, that Kejriwal automatically received overwhelming response and unexpectedly secured 28 seats in assembly and later got to form the government.

Kejriwalâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s step by step progress towards political empowerment to root out corruption found a common strain of sympathy in across the board voters, regardless of all vote bank politics of caste-ism, religion, class, regionalism, economic strata.

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ing for past 65 years begging Congress to give them equal status as citizens of the nation, without any malicious discrimination on the ground of their religion.

Sixty five years down the line, there is hardly any hope that the criminals in political oligarchy have any inclination to give even a minimum space for Muslims.

We should have reached the point of frustration --- the Kejriwal moment of despair --- when we should collectively try to come forward as a united political force to cleanse the criminal system. We choose all those communal candidates that are the kingpin of the overt and covert communal and anti-Muslim movement as our target and see to it that they are not elected. This is most feasible and legal way to defeat our enemies through tactical and at times negative voting to help cleanse the system of the corrupt as well as communal. Kejriwal is at the moment not in a position to change or expand his partyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s agenda to include communalism to its mission to root out corruption. We will have to do this job ourselves, though with cooperation with other sympathizing political groups. Muslim vote bank does have great leverage in a vast number of constituencies, where even with give and take arrangements, Muslims can first see that their enemies are not elected. To counter both Congress and BJP, we may join hands with other clean and non-communal leadership to see that targeted candidates are not elected. They say there are nine ways to skin a cat.

When we cannot get our adversaries on communal charges, we may switch to corruption eradica-

tion mode to get the same results.

Like Kejriwal, let Muslim chose a small area for intense mobilization of their voters. A success in that small laboratory will give them further courage to expand their area of operation. Muslim political initiatives will be ruthlessly opposed by the targeted groups, just as Kejriwal is facing today. All political parties are ganging on him and his party, as all of them are neck deep in corruption. Muslim will have to be prepared for similar challenge.

Better to be prepared for a political challenge than to die helplessly in Gujarat and Muzaffarnagar.

Let social media be our communication medium to congregate likeminded activists to proceed to form our strategy and tactics.

There is no alternative for us except to stand on our own two feet and meet the challenge. We would be thankful to Kejriwal to have shown a way out of a half a century old logjam. <ghulammuhammed3@gmail.co m>

Lessons From THE MAHABHARATA Religion

I By ArbazFahad I

1.

Decision Making- Context Is Important

DevavratBhishma takes the vow of celibacy to help his father consummate his marriage with Satyawati You need to keep changing your decisions as per the context of the situation. Decision making is a dynamic process. Make it rigid, and you set the storm for a Mahabharata

2.Negotiations- Unpredictable outcomes- Satyawati

King Shantunu fell in love with Satyavati and wants to marry her.

Satyavati agrees but she puts up a condition “I will marry you but my child will be the king of Hastinapur. He will be the air of the throne and he will be the ruler.”

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is in a state of risk and her strategy has died an untimely death.

Inference: This is what happens in life. You plan so much, you make strategies and plans but life is nothing but a chain of unpredictable outcomes. You are nothing but a puppet in the hands of destiny, so do not plan too much.

3.Experiments/ Curiosity: Wait for the right time- Kunti

Kunti had a boon from sage Durvasa, that she could evoke any God, and she will get a child akin the features of that particular child. So she evoked the sun God, when she was not married Result: Karna is born, and Kunti has to forsake her, fearing the norms of the society. Karna had to render a despicable life Premature experimentation can lead to dangerous outcomes and you will remain guilty throughout your life.

4.Determination succeeds against all odds- Amba

The princess of KashiAmba was abducted by Bhishma against her wishes. To redeem her honor, she requested Bhishma to marry her.

When Bhishma expressed his inability to do so, she took an solemn oath to revenge her disgrace by slaying “The Invincible” Bhishma Her determination is as strong as a rock and she did become the reason of Bheesma’s death on the 10th day of Kurukhshetra battle.

She was reborn as Shikhandi – half woman/half man and Bheesmawont fire a weapon towards a woman and Arjun utilized this weakness (Achilles heel of Bhishma)

5.Focus on the entire thing, Listen before you act- Drona

In the battle of Kurukhetra, Drona is an unstoppable opponent. He has to be stopped or else the Pandava army will be ruthlessly massacared So Pandavas announced that Bheema has killed Aswathama.

They suppress the fact that

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Bheema has actually killed an elephant whose name is the same as Drona’s only son. (Ashwathama hatha, itigaja…)Drona loses focus and listen with only half ear. He drops his weapons and as a result he is beheaded by Dhristyadhumna.

Focus on the entire thing, do your research and then act. Do not just listen to sources and act, think and do your own research no matter how credible the sources are.

Drona relied on the “credible” Yudhistira and ignored to research on his own which cost him his life.

6.Little Knowledge is Dangerous thing- Abhimanyu

Only Arjun, Krishna and Drona knew how to crack the Chakravyuh- an invincible formationdeadly enough to finish the war in a day Abhimanyu could only trace his way into the Chakravyuh, but couldn’t figure his way out Be careful while you practice your application of knowledge in real life. Also, do not blindly trust your resources, you never know when they will fail.

7.Even the best need a mentorArjun

Arjuna is without any doubt the best warrior in Mahabharata, on the parallels of Bheesma and Drona. He has all kinds of weapons which he had obtained from Indra but nevertheless, he seeks a mentor – Krishna. He is not overconfident, he is not stubborn, he is not a fool. He knows the value of proper guidance.

8.You cannot have everything in Life- Duryodhan

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anything to Pandavas no matter what.

His stubbornness costed him his entire kingdom, 100 brothers and his life. Had he given those 5 villages to Pandavas, he would have avoided all this but no, he chosed to be stubborn.

Inference: You cannot have everything. Learn how to curb stubbornness or else you risk everything.

9.Lower your standards, Do not ask for what you can’t manageDraupadi

Draupadi had asked shiva to grant her a husband with 14 noble qualities. Shiva warned her, that this is an impetuous impossibility, and if her wish is granted, the consequences could be disastrous for her. Draupadi rejects and insults Karna on account of his low caste.

She is disrobed in the Kaurav assembly, with her esteemed husbands watching the show, helplessely.

The Wheel Of Karma…Whatever you do, comes back over to haunt you Do not ask for things you can’t handle, lower your standards.

Also, dont be besotted by your beauty and looks, for they are likely to go against you.

10.Do what is right, even if it means going against your team

Yuyutsu is the only kaurava who protested against Draupadi’s disrobing incident. When Yudhistira made an offer to all the assembled people to change sides if they wanted to, Yuyutsu took his chariot to the Pandava camp and switched sides Always remember your Dharma and stand up for what’s right.

11.Dedicate your Life for a

cause- Karna

Karna is an exceptional character in Mahabharata. He was the eldest son of Kunti but due to unavoidable circumstances, he grew up as a charioteers son. Karna is exceptionally talented fellow, he is loyal and well built, intelligent and handsome (all the qualities Draupadi demanded from Shiva). He knows Duryodhana is wrong but he still takes his side and not his brothers. This is because it is Duryodhana who has given him identity in the society and he is indebted to his wicked friend for life. He promises Kunti that he will not kill any Pandava except Arjun. Karna knows that kauravas will lose but he fights to repay Duryodhana’s debt.

A friend in need is a friend indeed. In Life, you may not get what you deserve but nevertheless, you got to dedicate your life for something. Dedicate everything, every single thing you have and the world will remember you forever.

Religion 12.Teamwork succeeds when Induvidual efforts fail

Kauravas lacked team spirit from day one. No coordination at all, the Kaurava generals fought their individual wars.

•Bheesma is fighting for his vow of protecting the throne •Drona is indebted by his allegiance to the Kuru King •Shalya – Tricked by Duryodhana, he wanted to fight for Pandavas.

•Karna – Fighting to prove his superiority over Arjuna.

•Aswathama – fighting to support his father Drona.

Pandavas were the team with a mission. Everyone adhered to Krishna’s strategies while as warriors they were in complete awe of Bhima and Arjuna.

Most of them were close relatives – cousins, brotherin-laws, father-in-laws. More than that they all were part of the decision-making process. It was their “common” war.

The strength lies in team work and not in individual efforts.

13.You do not need the best man, you need the “Right man for the Right Job”

On the Kaurava’s side, nobody wanted the war except Duryodhana. The motive of the Kaurav army

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was distributed Bheesma – He won’t kill the Pandavas, they are his grandchildren

•Drona He won’t kill Pandavas (his students) •Shalya – He was the maternal uncle of Pandavas and secretly helped them by acting as a spy. He also demotivated Karna in the battlefield.

•Karna: Promised not to kill any Pandava except Arjuna.

•So as you see, Kauravas are nothing but a directionless team of traitors. A team without any agenda, fighting cluelessly. No organization.

Pandavas had a common goal but they intelligently divided the responsibilities. They had an agenda and they picked the right man for the right job.

•Dhratsadyumna – Drona.

•Shikhandi: Bhisma.

•Satayaki – Bhurisrava.

•Arjuna – Karna.

•Bhima – Duryodhana and his brothers.

•Sahadeva – Shakuni and his sons.

•Nakula –Karna’s sons.

•Support system – Virat, Drupad, Chedi, Magadh, Kasi, Matsya and Naga king.

•Krishna – Crisis manager and advisor.

A great example of proper resource utilization. The right team is made by selecting the right Individuals.

Get the right man for the right job. <arbazfahad@rediffmail.com>

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Myth of Clean Chit: Gujarat Carnage and Narendra Modi

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I By Ram Puniyani I

n a recently televised interview the Vice-President of Indian National Congress, Rahul Gandhi (Jan 2014) raised the storm when he said that some Congressmen might have been involved in 1984 Sikh Massacre and that Narendra Modi has a blame to take for the Gujarat carnage of 2002.

There were multiple responses to this interview. Already Arvind Kejriwal had promised to set up SIT into Anti Sikh violence of 1984 even before elections. Now his Government seems to be taking it up more seriously and it is likely that a SIT will be formed to investigate the Delhi tragedy. One can say that it may be too late by now as lot of valuable evidence might have been lost or destroyed. Still whatever of process of law can be retrieved, should be saved and justice should be done to victims of Delhi. It goes without saying that the justice should be done to the victims of communal violence irrespective of the fact as to which 19

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religious community they belong to. The Kashmiri Pundits also need to be given required justice and rehabilitation even today. The tendency to flaunt Kashmiri pundits or anti Sikh massacre, after every talk of justice to violence victims of Gujarat or any other place is an attempt to deflect the attention from issue on hand.

Two wrongs donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t make a right.

Violence against one religious community canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t give justice to another religious community which has been wronged. On the same level to turn a blind eye to the atrocities on Muslim minorities in India because Hindus are being persecuted in Pakistan or Bangla Desh is totally inhuman and vice versa. Justice should be demanded for all religious minorities, in all the countries, all the time. Tolerating injustice at one place is like tolerating injustice everywhere.

In response to Rahul Gandhiâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s comments on Gujarat, the BJP spokespersons lashed out that

Modi has been given clean chit by SIT in Gujarat and also by the court of law, by legal process.

This is a false propaganda. Right from the beginning of Gujarat violence, the comments of National Human rights commission indict Modi for his role in orchestrating Gujarat Violence. Though Special Investigation team (SIT) commented that there is no case against Modi, in the findings of SIT, there has been a strong element which indicts Modi for his acts of commission and omission.

The apologists of Modi will point that in Delhi the military was not called for three days, while forgetting that in Delhi violence was contained in three days and in Gujarat process of violence went on unabated till May 2002, starting from 27th February. This stoppage of violence in Gujarat could happen only when the then Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee sent K.P.S. Gill as the special officer to overlook the control of violence in Gujarat. Modi personally got adverse comments all through, right from the beginning as his role was

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too glaring to be undermined at any stage of time.

In the initial period the Hon’ble Supreme Court first pulled up the State government and observed “The Nero’s in Gujarat fiddled as Gujarat burned” (http://teestasetalvad.blogspot.in/2013/12/we-willsoldier-on-zakia-jafri-case.html). Even Atal Bihari Vajpayee had to reprimand Modi that Raj Dharma should be followed. The type of atmosphere created in Gujarat resulted in Supreme Court asking for shifting of the two major cases away from Gujarat, as an intimidating atmosphere was created in Gujarat due to Modi’s high handedness. Even after the latest judgment of the Magistrate’s Court, the human rights’ activists Mallika Sarabhai was forthright to comment, “Silly to have expected anything else but clean chit for Narendra Modi from a Gujarat court.”

Even the interpretation of the report of SIT is fallacious.

Supreme Court had appointed the SIT and also Amicus curiae, Raju Ramchandran. To say that SIT gave a clean chit to Modi is not true. The fact is that the SIT in its 2010 report clearly said: In spite of the fact that ghastly and violent attacks had taken place on Muslims at Gulberg Society and elsewhere, the reaction of the government was not the type that would have been expected by anyone. The chief minister had tried to water down the seriousness of the situation at Gulberg Society, Naroda Patiya and other places by saying that every action has an equal and opposite reaction. Ramu Ramchandran based on same report pointed out that there is enough evidence in the SIT report to prosecute Modi.

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cluded its report 31.5. 2002 and said that “there was a comprehensive failure of the State to protect the Constitutional rights of the people of Gujarat” Amicus Curiae in his final report, recommended the prosecution of Narendra Modi under Sections 166 and 153a and 153b of the Indian Penal Code. So where is the clean chit? If we see three major factors, The National Human Rights commission has indicted Modi. Second, based on SIT observations Supreme Court appointed Amicus Curiae holds that Modi can be prosecuted. Third, the process of justice through Courts in Zakia Jafri has begun. After the Court verdict Ms Jafri said that she will appeal to the higher courts. Our process of justice begins with Magistrates Court, does not end with that. Proclaiming that Modi has been given a ‘clean chit’ for his role in Gujarat carnage is far from truth.

It’s a clever propaganda, which has been dished out with a deliberate purpose.

At another level, Modi acolytes, Babu Bajrangi and Maya Kodnani are in jails for their role in the carnage. The Tehelka sting shows the collusion between the Babu Bajrangi clan and the state led by Modi. The tribunal set up by Citizens for Justice and Peace with eminent jurists like P.B.Sawant also outlined Modi’s role in a very clear manner. There has been some justice in few cases of Gujarat. And that is due to yeomen struggle for justice launched by the victims and human rights defenders. The process of justice needs to be pursued. The state of Gujarat has created all possible obstacles in the justice being given to the victims.

The claims of clean chit hold no water, we need to look beyond the propaganda and the truth will show the blood tainted hands of Modi.

THE RULE OF Islam

“NO RISK NO GAIN”

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I By Shakeel Ashraf I

Na tha kuch to Khuda tha kuchnahota to Khudahota Duboiamujhkohone ne nahotameinto kyahota

n the above quoted Urdu couplet, the poet regrets his very existence in this life. The concept of reward and punishment in the eternal life hereafteras a result of the test man has been put throughraise a question: whether, taking up the test, was a compulsion or a matter of choice. The author, Abu Yahya, in his famous book, “Jab ZindagiShuruHogi - When life begins”talks on this subject in an awesome manner.

“There was an occasion when Allah offered an opportunity to all of His living creations to enjoy His company eternally in the paradise. But to be able to do so, they first had to spend some time in the world without being able to see Him. All they were supposed to do was to obey His orders, worship Him, and submit to Him without seeing Him. Governance of the world was to be temporarily handed over in trust to the beings who accepted this challenge. The beings who accepted the challenge had to show that despite being the empowered rulers they were ready to obey Him without seeing Him. Those who used this authority and free will correctly were to be rewarded with the eternal company of Allah in the paradise whereas those who failed this test were to face punishment in the hell.

What happened then?

All living beings got scared and stepped back. The reason was that the paradise was beautiful but the hell was equally terrifying!Who in his right mind would present himself for such a trial? The emotional humans opted for this test.But, the decision to go through the test from Allah was taken by the collective soul of the entire humanity. Thus, it was a pre-requisite for Allah’s ultimate standard of justice to create every single human being and ask directly about the extent of the test he or she was willing to undergo. This happened because Allah is not unfair to anyone, not even in the smallest way. That is why he first created all human beings and then unveiled 21

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his complete scheme of the test to them. Obviously, majority of the human beings were already prepared to take this test. Thus, they agreed to it being fully aware of its implications. However, for those humans who refused to take such a risk, the Almighty decided that they would take up the role of those children who die before reaching maturity. The same children will then become Ghilmán and Hoors.

Did the rest of the humanity agree to such a tough trial?

Allah showed his ultimate benevolence even in this matter. As we are aware, not everyone is tested in the same manner in the world. Each individual chose his or her trial that day. Those who had a lot of resolve chose the times of the prophets for their test. Their test was to believe in and support the prophets during those eras of widespread ignorance. The prime condition for their success was that they had to stand firm even in the face of worst opposition, to remain steadfast despite all kinds of challenges and to pass on the message of their prophets to other people.

That is why there was a huge reward for them in the hereafter; however, in case they denied and rejected the prophets, they had to face a severe punishment as they had the benefit of direct guidance by the prophets. Examples of such people include AbuBakr, may Allah bepleased with him, on one hand, and people like Abu-Lahab on the other hand, who was one of the worst enemies of the truth.

The second, and lower, level of the test is whereby people chose to become part of the nations of the prophets after the prophets had passed away. Their test is to protect themselves from going astray, sectarianism, deviations, and ignorance of later times while holding steadfast to the divine law. They are also expected to promote good deeds and to help stop people from bad deeds. These responsibilities are assigned to them as they have the teachings of the prophets to turn to for guidance, and because they are born as Muslims. Therefore, they do not have to pass through difficult trials to recognize the right path. It also meant that they have more guidance available to them compared to other people; hence, they have greater opportunities to reap re-

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wards. But in case of negligence, their accountability is to be very tough as well. Muslims belong to this group.

The third group comprises of people who selected an even easier test. They are born in circumstances where they do not have access to any direct guidance from the prophets. Their test is based on the innate divine guidance present in the nature of every human being, that is, a test based on belief in oneness of God and universal moral values. Unlike other Muslims, they are not subject to the tough trials of following the divine law nor of the companionship of prophets through arduous times. Obviously, their accountability is also going to be quite lenient; accordingly their risk of facing dire punishments is also low and the opportunity to reap great rewards for them is also less.

What about the prophets?

They were the ones who decided to take the toughest test. That is why they received direct guidance from Allah and the criterion for their accountability was extremely strict too. We are well aware of what happened to Prophet Jonah. He had not committed a sin; he had only reached an incorrect conclusion and acted upon it without divine approval. As a consequence, the Almighty locked him up in the belly of a fish.

The real principle that works for all of the groups is the same. Those who received more guidance will face stricter accountability and consequently, will reap either greater reward or worse punishment.

Those who received lesser guidance will face lighter accountability and therefore lesser rewards or punishment. However, the decision about which of the three groups each human being belonged to was taken by human beings themselves and was not decided by the Almighty. This implies that if one receives more guidance in the world, it is at his/her own request. As a consequence he/she is a candidate for high level of success as well as equally severe punishment. It means he/she has opted for a huge risk in line with a basic rule – No risk No gain.”

In response to questions from readers the author replies: “The basis of what I wrote is found in the Qur’an.

The Qur’an has stated in chapter Al-'A`rāf (7:172)

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present world began. The verse clearly mentions that at one point in time all human beings were present together. The occasion is commonly known as the Covenant of Alast.

Similarly, the idea that the human beings willingly agreed to be subjected to a worldly test is also explained in the Qur’an. The chapter titled Al-‘Ahzab (33:72) clearly states that when this burden was offered to other creations, all of them declined to take it. It was only the human beings who came forward and accepted this test.

Both concepts as stated above, i.e. the presence of all human beings together in a previous life and their decision to undertake this test of their own free will are the basis of my extrapolation that each human being also chose the specific level of the test he or she wished to undergo. That is, each person chose one of the three tests: a test based on guidance found in one’s innate nature, a test based on being the direct addressee of a prophet or a test based on being amongst the followers and nation of a prophet after that prophet had passed away.

It is obvious that the tests of people in this world are not the same. We also know that Allah who repeatedly states that He does not inflict even the slightest injustice on his servants is conducting this test. How is it then possible that the absolutely just Allah would subject His servants to a test whose possible outcome includes the horrible fate of being sent to hell, without informing them beforehand of the details of the test and seeking their consent to it? It is based on these facts that I have presented this particular point of view in the book.” (Author’s website: http://www.inzaar.org/)

PS: This is not my write up. I have just used the excerpts from writings of an Islamic author Abu Yahya, did necessary editing, added Quranic verses and a subject line.

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Sadbhav Mission Convention held in Maryland

adbhav Mission convention, “Grassroots Education and Harmony”, was held at University of Maryland, College Park, USA on January 11, 2014. Forty people from Washington metropolitan area participated in the event. Friends from other cities also participated: Dr. Khursheed Mallick from Chicago, Ms. Nishrin Husain from Delaware and Dr. Updesh Verma from Princeton. Dr. Hameed Khan conducted the proceedings. In his opening remarks he stressed that India was an unique example of functioning pluralistic democracy. It was making great strides on the path of development. There are some fault lines that we need to bridge with care and compassion and take every one along. Mr. Khader Basha Syed made a passionate presentation on deprivation and harmony. He said that deprivation has several causes but most vulnerable ones are those who are discriminated socially and targeted by violence. Education must address this malaise and provide technical skills to people. Dr. Arjun Makhijani gave an overview of energy sector and put forth a carbon free nuclear free alternative of energy for India. Dr. Razi Raziuddin highlighted the culture of Indian masses that has sustained them for millennia and has the strength to counter sectarianism. Prof.

Bhagat brought out the agony of Bharat (real India) that is suppressed by the elitist India. Dr. Khursheed Mallick focused on the educational deprivation of masses. He said that we, who got education at the hard work of our masses, can help on this front financially and academically. Rohit Tripathi examined the current political scenario from the perspective of harmony. He said that the Congress that has been the major force for secularism appears to be losing ground to communal forces and that is dangerous. SP also seems to have failed in Muzaffarnagar. AAP has yet to formulate its policies. Secular activists would have to go to the masses to counter the challenge. Kanupriya Sinha brought out the tragedy of Central African Republic where sectarian violence has rendered a million homeless and killed lots of people.

Nishrin Hussain made a heart rendering speech on justice and security for the masses. She said water, electricity, growth and development lose meaning when life is under threat. Recognize the right to live as fundamental to every citizen of the country. Every political party and social group must abide by the dictim that every life is precious. and must be saved. Dr. Moazzam Siddiqui presented a 23

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comprehensive overview of India’s composite culture. V.K. Tripathi reviewed Sadbhav Mission activities in India during the last two years. He raised the issues of Bodoland and Muzaffarnagar violence victims, rights and concerns of migrant workers, minority scholarships. He also presented two proposals: 1) Alternate issues of Sadbhav Mission Patrika be circulated via email to 1000 NRIs. These issues must have one third articles on issues relevant to NRIs and those seeking education and employment abroad. 2) To promote inter-faith understanding, pamphlets of the like “Bhagwan Ram ka Raaj tyaag evam Prophet Mohammad ki Hijrat” be brought out and disseminated widely.

The last session was devoted to cultural program.

Mrs. Vidya Sharma presented a heartening bhajan and Mrs. Farida Shaikh a beautiful geet. Mrs. Nuzaira Khatoon sang a beautiful ghazal by Majaj.

V.K. Tripathi sang, “Apni barbaadi ko auron se bada kahte gaye.

Important Meetings in San Francisco and Derwood On December 28, 2013 Dr. Manzoor Ghori, on behalf of IMRC, invited Prof. V.K. Tripathi to San Francisco for a luncheon meeting on building the bridges of understanding. 30 people with zeal for the uplift of under-privileged gathered and had an intensive session for 3 hours.

On January 1, 2014 Dr. Basha Syed organized a luncheon meeting in Derwood Maryland.

Prof. V.K. Tripathi made a presentation and it was followed by a an in depth discussion on various dimensions of communalism.

Budget Net balance on December 14, 2013: (-)Rs. 97,400.

Receipts since December 15, 2013 (in US $): Prof.

Rafi Ahmadm 1000, Dr. Rshmish Mishra 200, Dr. Yazdani Siddiqui 50, Prof. Rajarshi Roy 100, Dr. Hameed Khan 200, Dr. B.G. Manejwala 151, Mr. Salim Shaikh 100, Mrs. Nishrin Hussain 100, Prof.

S.M. Bhagat 200, Dr. Makhijani 100, Mr. S.A. Hashmi 60, Mr. Rahul Singh 250, Prof. S.E. Hasan 60, Dr. Bindu Desai 100, Prof. R.K. Arora 100, Dr. Tariq Farooqui 100, Ms. Ratna Sengupta 100, Mr. Irtiza Syed 30, Bhagyawati Sharma 100, Vidya Sharma 100, Dr. Razi Raziuddin 100, Dr. Manorama 100, Dr. Mamdani Rs. 10,000. Total $3351 + Rs. 10,000 = Rs. 2,14,400.

Net balance as of January 15, 2014: Rs. 1,17,000.

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Prayer and its Relation with Health

raise be to Allah, the Lord of Creations, and Peace and blessings be upon our prophet Muhammad, the faithful and the honest.

Oh, Allah, we know nothing but what You teach us. You are the All- Knower, the Wise. Oh Allah, teach us what is good for us, and benefit us from what You taught us, and increase our knowledge.

Show us the righteous things as righteous and help us to do them, and show us the bad things as bad and help us to keep away from them.

O Allah our Lord, lead us out from the depths of darkness and illusion, unto the lights of erudition and knowledge, and from the muddy shallows of lusts unto the heavens of Your Vicinity.

Diseases alleviated with salat:

This is a very delicate and interesting issue, namely the relationship between Salat (Islamic Prayer) and physical health. There is not enough room here to go into full details and elaborations of such issue. However, I shall put forward some delicate points and important facts.

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ness, Salat (Islamic Prayer) increases efficiency of the human heart and blood circulation in the human boy. Here, we shall talk about Salat from a very strict perspective, namely its relationship with the human body and health.

In fact, diseases of the vertebral column are very rare among Muslims who observe Salat, which includes such movements as bowing, prostrating, and standing up, which very useful to the vertebral column. All kinds of Arthritis are also rare among Muslims who observe Salat.

Also, varices and deep vein clots are rare among Muslims, and so is vascular congestion in the pelvis, which causes hemorrhoids and uterus hemorrhage.

Difficulties in breathing, which are caused by increase of Carbon Dioxide in the lungs, are also rare among Muslims, because compulsory exhalation caused by bowing and prostration activates the heart and lungs.

Alzheimer and senility are also uncommon among Muslims, because prostration causes more blood to flow into the brain and prevents such diseases that are caused by deficiency of blood in the brain. Therefore, prostration forces more blood to flow into blood vessels of the head by the force of gravity.

Prophetic indication to this fact:

In this context, Allah’s Messenger, (PBUH), used to bid Bilal, the venerable Companion, may Allah be pleased with him, “O Bilal! Call (people) to Salat

(Islamic Prayer)! Relieve us with it!”

[Narrated by Abu Dawood (4985) and Ahmad (23137)] This is because Salat (Islamic Prayer) causes both physical and spiritual comfort.

In fact, a Divine Command of Allah’s is far too Great and Wise to be justified by one single vindication or benefit. The good things underlying Allah’s Most Wise Divine Commands are innumerable.

An experiment carried out by some scientists showed that when the head is lowered downwards, blood gathers therein and pressure on arteries increases. But when the head is then suddenly raised up, the pressure decreases. This rise and fall of pressure makes blood vessel more flexible. This means that a person whose blood

vessels are flexible can bear 23 degrees of pressure, while a person who does not perform Salat (Islamic Prayer) cannot bear even 18 degrees of pressure, the blood vessels of his brain will be torn out at such degree of pressure, and he will have a brain failure.

Uterus overturn, which is common among women, is treated by special exercises that resemble greatly movements done while performing Salat (Islamic Prayer).

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Beyond a shadow of doubt Allah’s Divine Commands embrace innumerable benefits to mankind.

Yes, indeed! They are from the Creator, from the Maker, Who created mankind! They are from the All-Aware, Who knows what is good or harmful to mankind!

To get up before sunrise in order to perform the Dawn Prayer and then to get exposed to ultraviolet rays is something that is good for man’s health and entails his Lord’s Good Pleasure.

cerous tumors are caused by deficiency of man’s immunity due to psychic stress, which can be removed only by one thing, namely Islamic Monotheism.

To wrap up, you can stand up everywhere and declare: “Faith is health!” If you believe that Allah, Alone, is the Disposer, the All-Wise, the All-Knowing, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful, and Powerful over all things, if you see only one Hand that has control over the whole universe, you feel comfortable and secure, you get rid of psychic stress, and you system of immunity gets stronger. This is because random growth of cells, which is called “Cancer”, is caused by efficiency of immunity, which, in turn, comes from psychic stress, which can be removed by one single thing, namely Islamic Monotheism. That is why it has been rightly said: “Mankind can learn nothing better than Islamic Monotheism.” To the same effect, Allah, Most Gracious, says, “So, do not invoke with Allah another god lest you should be among those who are tormented.”

[XXVI; 213] Translation : Khaled Al-Athmeh

http://www.nabulsi.com/en/print.php?art=10906 Most up-to-date medical discoveries show that can-

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26th RAHBAR Coaching Centre launched in Jamui @ Arha, PS: Chanderdeep, Via :Aliganj

Opening Ceremony of Rahbar Coaching center Arha, Jamui Presided by Mr. Anwar Iqbal,Local Committee Head, the Ceremony Started at 2.00 PM with attendance of local people including students and parents, with recital of holy Quran with narration of “Iqra Bisma rabbika “ and the explanation of the same by Hafiz Iqbal Sb.

Janab Anwar Iqbal Head of Committee in his inaugural talk introduced the RAHBAR Coaching project and highlighted the importance of education for individual and Society. He talked Bihar Anjuman for initiating this noble deed and appealed to all the local people to contribute in this endeavor in whatever they could, he introduced the chief guest, Dr.Anas Sahab and expressed his gratitude.

Chief Guest Doctor Anas sahib thanked & appreciated the efforts of Bihar Anjuman, Particularly the Poor Quality of education of teaching Governments School. He applauded the effortsby mentioning that Bihar Anjuman has been doing the tremendous efforts and this coaching project as a model for all those who are working to educate the masses or carry the desire to do so.

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He further told the Student that their striving to receive education is a form of worship & also highlighted the importance of education for individual Society. He further urged the Students to obey their parents & teacher as a means to become successful in this world as well as in the akirah.

Other Chief Guest: Mr. Osaidsahib, head Master of Arha High school expressed his understanding about the RCC.He said that the most important characteristics that is necessary to provide success is to acquire useful knowledge, the knowledge by which we can know Allah.

Retired Head master of Nath Nagar High school

(Bhagalpur),Mr.Md.NaquiUddin, addressed to parents & requested to students to participate this forum & take an advantage to upgrade the quality of education and , he further elaborated that this world is a Place of Practical and we have to prove ourselves as a good students, good Citizens, and good followers (Muslim). We must build a positive attitude towards implementation of our educational system in the right direction. You should take initiative / Parts to develop a leader’s attitude.

We must take as oath to be morally strong and adopt the knowledge of our own benefits as to serve Society towards the right path we have to understand the logic behind education that it provides light to sustain our growth towards meaningful success. He extended his good wishes to all the students.

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Telangana becomes 29th state of India

New Delhi, 20 Feb 2014: Telangana became a reality today with Rajya Sabha, the upper house of Indian Parliament passing the bill to carve out Telangana region from Andhra Pradesh to form a new state. The Telangana bill officially called as Andhra Pradesh Reorganization Bill, 2013 was passed in Lok Sabha, the lower house, on 18 Feb.

The new state of Telangana, 29th of India, will have 10 districts: Adilabad, Karimnagar, Medak, Nizamabad, Warangal, Rangareddi, Nalgonda, Mahbubnagar, Khammam and Hyderabad – the present capital city of Andhra Pradesh which had 23 districts in all.

After formation of Telangana, Hyderabad will become common capital for both states like Chandigarh is for Punjab and Haryana. Hyderabad will be under the governor supervision till new capital for Andhra Pradesh is developed. The capital for Andhra Pradesh will be declared in 45 days.

The bill was passed by Parliament amidst huge protest and some ugly incidents on the floor of the two houses in last few days.

The union cabinet of Congress-led UPA government had set up a Group of Ministers headed by Union Home Minister ShushilkumarShinde on the issue of Telangana in August 2013. While the bill was rejected by the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly on 30 Jan this year it was presented in the parliament.

According to 2011 Census, the population of Telangana is 35,286,757 which is 41.6 percent of united Andhra Pradesh.

The new state will have 17 Lok Sabha seats and 119 Assembly seats. The united Andhra Pradesh had 42 Lok Sabha seats and 294 Assembly seats.

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The demand for Telangana state was started in 1956.

The Backward Regions Grant Fund 2009-10 had listed 13 districts of Andhra Pradesh as backward, of which nine are in Telangana.

The newly formed state of Telangana has plenty of water and other natural resources. The lands of the state are not much fertile but it has about 20 percent of the country’s coal deposits. It is hoped the new state will soon come on to the path of development and prosperity.

Source: http://www.indiatomorrow.net/eng/telangana-becomes-29th-state-of-india

UP farmer’s son breaks Pakistan’s Guinness World record

Faisal receiving certificate from MassCoMedia institute officials and judges

By Mumtaz Alam, India Tomorrow, New Delhi, 02 Feb 2014: For a farmer, no day could be greater than the one when his son breaks a world record. For Haji Hafeezullah, a farmer in Sambhal district of Uttar Pradesh, that day came on 10 Jan 2014 when his eldest son Muhammad Faisal broke a Guinness World record held till then by Pakistan.

At an event organized at MassCoMedia institute in Noida, the twin city of New Delhi, Faisal – a 4th year engineering student at Jamia Millia Islamia, broke the record in the category of “Most Countries Identified from Capital Cities in One Minute”. Pakistan’s Mohammad Taha, who held the record, could identify only 45 countries from their capital cities in one minute while Mohammad Faisal identified 52 countries with their capitals.

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This new record of Faisal will be registered in the Guinness Book of World Records. The organizers video-recorded the whole competition and sent the clips to London office of the Guinness Book of World Records. Faisal has earlier registered his name in the book in the category of memorising most items in one minute.

Talking to India Tomorrow, Faisal expressed happiness over making a new record. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Almighty Allah has given me this ability; I want to enhance it. I also want to enhance this ability in young boys and girls also,â&#x20AC;? says Faisal who is also running an online insti-

tute with various courses like memory improvement, speed math and brain power etc.

Faisal has also memorised 600 years calendar. You just tell him about the date of your marriage or birth and he will tell you the exact day within seconds.

Faisal did his schooling in Sambhal, completed diploma in engineering from Aligarh Muslim University and now is in the fourth year of engineering (electronics) at Jamia Millia Islamia. Faisalâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s younger brother is studying while sister is married.

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Hadith Related by Imam Ahmad ibn Hanbal(rahmatullahi alaihi)

A Bedouin came one day to the Holy Prophet( alaihi salat wa salam) and said to him, ''O Messenger of Allah! I have come to ask you a few questions about the affairs of this life and the Hereafter" -Ask what you wish.

Q: I'd like to be the most learned of men.

A: Fear Allah, and you will be the most learned of men.

Q: I wish to be the richest man in the world.

A: Be contented, and you will be the richest man in the world.

Q: I'd like to be the most just man.

A:Desire for others what you desire for yourself, and you will be the most just of men

Q: I want to be the best of men A: Do good to others and you will be the best of men.

Q:I wish to be the most favored by Allah A: Engage much in Alla's praise, and you will be the most favore by Him.

Q: I'd like to complete my faith.

A: If you have good manners you will complete your faith

Q:I wish to be among those who do good A: Adore Allah as if you see Him. If you do not see Him, He sees you. In this way you will be among those who do good

Q: I wish to be obedient to Allah A: If you observe Allah's commands you will be obedient Q: I'd like to be free from all sins A: Bathe yourself from impurities and you will be free from all sins.

Q; I'd like to be raised on the day of judgement in the light.

A: Do not wrong yourself or any other creature, and you will be raised on the day of judgement in the light.

Q: I'd like Allah to bestow His mercy on me A: If you have mercy on yourself and others, Allah will grant you mercy on the day of judgement

Q:I'd like my sins to be very few A: If you seek the forgiveness of Allah as much as you can, your sins will be very few.

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A: If you do not complain to any fellow creature, you will be the most honourable of men.

Q: I'd like to be the strongest of men A: If you put your trust in Allah, you will be the strogest of men Q: I'd like to enlarge my provision.

A: If you keep yourself pure, Allah will enlarge your provision.

Q:I'd like to be loved by Allah and His Messenger A: If you love what Allah and His Messenger love, you will be among their beloved ones.

Q: I wish to be safe from Allah's wrath on the Day of Judgement A: If you do not lose your temper with any of your fellow creatures, you will be safe from the wrath of Allah on the day of judgement.

Q: I'd like my prayers to be responded.

A: If you avoid forbidden actions, your prayers will be responded

Q: I'd like Allah not to disgrace me on the day of judgement A: If you guard your chastity, Allah will not disgrace you on the day of judgement

Q:I'd like Allah to provide me with a protective covering on the day of judgement.

A: Do not uncover your fellow creatures faults, and Allah will provide you with a covering protection on the day of judgement Q: What will save me from sins?

A: Tears, humility and illness

Q:What are the best deeds in the eyes of Allah?

A:Gentle manners, modesty and patience.

Q: What are the worst evils in the eyes of Allah?

A: Hot temper and miserliness.

Q:What assuages the wrath of Allah in this life and in the hereafter?

A: Concealed charity and kindness to relatives.

Q: What extinguishes hell's fires on the day of judgement?

A: Patience in adversity and misfortunes.

Related by Imam Ahmad ibn Hanbal(rahmatullahi alaihi)

Whoever allows his self what it desires, his idol is then his own passion.