Respecting people has a very wide connotation. Somehow it has become confined to showing regard to elders. This obviously is a given and one must give due regard to one’s elders. However, respect must...
I recently attended the burial of a friend’s mother. Along with others, I entered the graveyard feeling sad for him and his family who had lost their mother, but when stepping out of the graveyard aft...
The present times are witnessing a widening gulf between parents and their children. The communication gap is ever-increasing. Barring some exceptions, it is the parents who are responsible for this....
Prejudice often stops us from accepting the truth. It makes us sway in favour of our personal interest, family, tribe, clan and country even if we know that this inclination is against justice and tru...
One of the most challenging targets in life is to remain simple and lead a simple life. However, greed and pomposity do blind us many a time and we end up doing things that we would not like to do. Th...
One seldom cares for animal rights at places where human rights are being blatantly violated. Yet it is of utmost importance to be sensitive to rights of living beings given in our custody. They might...
The family is the building block of a society. On its smooth functioning depends the smooth functioning of the society. More often than not spouses end up disenchanted and disappointed with one anothe...
Recently, one of my friends lost his middle-aged wife. His agony has induced me to write the following lines. These are in fact five concrete suggestions for married couples to help them face the hard...
The present times are witnessing a widening gulf between parents and their children. The communication gap is ever-increasing. Barring some exceptions, it is the parents who are responsible for this....
Marriage can be one of the most comforting as well as distressing experiences of life. It can be very comforting if we have learnt the art of accommodation and very distressing if we have not. It is b...
Wives in the feudal cultures of most Muslim countries are often faced with an ordeal at the hands of their husbands: meagre pocket money. In more pathetic situations, a wife never receives any pocket...
Kindness and sympathy are ingrained in human nature. At times, they need to be stimulated and stirred. Sometimes, a very small impetus can work wonders. Here is a small act of kindness we can easily d...
Mature children should be treated as young adults and their privacy should be fully respected. Maturity here refers to mental maturity in which a grown-up child is able to discern between right and wr...
Tensions and worries are a part of our lives. Financial stress, disease, hopes dashed to the ground, putting up with a difficult spouse or an unruly child and death of a near one are some of the commo...
According to the nature on which man has been created, the real benefit of the institution of the family can be obtained through the marriage of one man and one woman. As a human being, the Prophet (s...
If we cannot live alone, even a small room in your house with broken furniture would be sufficient. If while talking we forget or pause, please be patient. The real thing is not conversation. We only...
Criticizing others can prove destructive for them. It can also be very constructive and can achieve the required goal if a certain decorum and etiquette is followed. Five things are important in this...
I recently attended the burial of a friend’s mother. Along with others, I entered the graveyard feeling sad for him and his family who had lost their mother, but when stepping out of the graveyard aft...
The society we live in has an unwritten right on us. It is a family of families and thus it is expected of us to behave as a family member. If we feel agony when a family member is in agony and feel e...
Every human being on this earth has some innate talent and ability which is more pronounced than the rest. In fact, it is this talent which shapes his aptitude for certain tasks. This talent and abili...
