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...
Human beings at times do not realize that they are stepping into God’s domain. In their fervour and zeal to produce results in their own favour, they become anxious and even manipulative at times. We...
More often than not, our attention and concentration in our prayers are compromised. We seldom derive the optimum benefit of the prayer because we are not able to focus on the prayer. It has become a...
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...
When we wake up in the morning, our eyes open to see the world light up around them and our ears listen to the sounds and voices around us. Not so for the blind and deaf. When we lie down to go to sle...
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...
Eyes are one of the greatest blessings of God. We often take them for granted because seldom do we lose them. Yet for the people who have slowly gone blind after once having this privilege, it is a ve...
Praying for others expresses our concern for them. It is our request to God to grant our wish in favour of someone. Obviously, the wish may or may not be granted depending upon God’s grand scheme and...
Time may pass sorrows still pain Life goes on all the same Droughts don’t end even after rain Life goes on all the same Failure or success, loss or gain Life goes on all the same Living in oblivion or...
Our children are addicted to junk food. Such is its appeal that even the old are equally attracted to it. Obviously it has low nutritional value. Parents keep asking their children to not make this a...
We all have our weaknesses. A category of them relates to our fellow brethren and at times are a result of loose talk. More often than not these weaknesses are exposed in our conversations with one an...
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...
1. Supplication for Guidance اَلْـحَمْدُ لِلّهِ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِيْنَ. الرَّحْمـنِ الرَّحِيْمِ. مَـالِكِ يَوْمِ الدِّيْنِ. إِيَّاكَ نَعْبُدُ وإِيَّاكَ نَسْتَعِيْنُ. اِهْدِنَــــا الصِّرَاطَ الْمُسْتَقِ...
1. Supplication of Submission اللهم أَسْلَمْتُ وَجْهِي إِلَيْكَ وَفَوَّضْتُ أَمْرِي إِلَيْكَ وَأَلْجَأْتُ ظَهْرِي إِلَيْكَ رَغْبَةً وَرَهْبَةً إِلَيْكَ لَا مَلْجَأَ ولا منجی مِنْكَ إلا إِلَيْكَ اللهم...
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...
The Real Contest عن اَنَسِ بن مَالِكٍ قال قال رَسُوْلَ الله صَلَّي الله عَل َیْهِ وَسَلَّمَ حُفَّتْ الْجَنَّةُ بِالْمَكَارِهِ وَحُفَّتْ النَّارُ بِالشَّهَوَاتِ Anas ibn Malik (rta) said that God’s Mes...
1. Layyin al-Hadith Al-Daraqutani says that he uses this term to refer to a narrator who does not become forsaken or matruk al-hadith ( la yakunu saqitan matruk al-hadith ) but impugns him with a defe...
Facing criticism is not easy. It hurts our ego and self-pride. But should we let our ego get in the way? If the critique is sound, we must acknowledge it and change our stance. It is a corollary of se...
As soon as we reach mental maturity, we are faced with two tough and perpetual trials: one relates to the heart, one to the eye. At times, choices have to be made every second. The sequence is relentl...
