I wrote this last year but never posted it. today is the 73rd year of the independence of Pakistan. The country I left as 19 years old looking for a better future. I did find religion and a future but being away from Pakistan left a gaping hole in my personality. this will be something I need to come to terms with but alhamdulillah I was born in Pakistan and lived as a Pakistani and still love Pakistan. what religion gave me was a sense of no nationalism. Islam doesn’t…read more
Living in qatar is a blessing. But if you are not careful you will fall in the trap of letting islam go on autopilot. Salat is a norm. Enough masjid around except if ur in the pearl. So u won’t miss Salat but other than that everything is an extra effort which one doesn’t realize cuz “I am in a Muslim country” mentality will lead you to do everything that you didnt do back home. So be careful, hangout with the right company. Spend time with family and try ur…read more
So Ramadan is nearly a week or so away, i am freaking out now, Last year also i think I couldnt give my 100% during Ramadan and now it is the same. I pray I am able to put my self in a position where i am able to do every normal Muslim can do Inshallah. It is going to be a great month, spend time with my family, read Tafsir/Quran and Inshallah complete a book. Not sure where i will go for Taraweeh but Inshallah it will be fun…read more
Volume 2, Book 23, Number 468: Narrated Samura bin Jundab: Whenever the Prophet finished the (morning) prayer, he would face us and ask, “Who amongst you had a dream last night?” So if anyone had seen a dream he would narrate it. The Prophet would say: “Ma sha’a-llah” (An Arabic maxim meaning literally, ‘What Allah wished,’ and it indicates a good omen.) One day, he asked us whether anyone of us had seen a dream. We replied in the negative. The Prophet said, “But I had seen (a dream) last…read more
Alhamdulillah finally did umrah after a long time, Cant wait to go again inshallah.
محققِ قرآن اور احیائے خلافت کے حامی علی سلمان بی بی سی اردو ڈاٹ کام، لاہور پاکستان میں تنظیمِ اسلامی کے بانی اور مذہبی سکالر ڈاکٹر اسرار احمد کی زندگی میں ایسے کئی موڑ آئے جب انہیں اپنے قول وفعل، بیان و عمل کی وجہ سے اختلاف اور تنقید کا سامنا کرنا پڑا البتہ گذشتہ دو دہائیوں سے انہوں نے کوئی ایسا بیان نہیں دیا تھا جسے عوامی سطح پر متنازعہ قرار دیا جاسکے۔ ڈاکٹر اسرار احمد قرآن مجید کے محقق تھے اور انہوں نے ڈاکٹری کا پیشہ چھوڑ کر…read more