just a few snippets

Assalamalaykum folks

I'm not the type to write about my daily happenings for public.But i'm just bored with article stuff right now.So I guess I would write a bit bout whats going on this small desert island.

Well,its 2:15 am and i ought 2 b asleep but i just couldn't as i've becum net addicted (very bad!)..Moreover i might be going to India around 10 july so i won't be able to write my blog.And u know what?? we r going 2 umrah on 28june INSHALLAH...yippeeeeee!!

Honestly nothing much to tell..I met an Algerian girl yesterday.she happens to be my neighbour..lol.She knows french fluently so does her mom as Algeria was once a colony of France ...On Friday v r invited for lunch at an arab family..i'm quite excited coz i'm curious about arab lifestyle..the clothes they wear at home(lol) ..their food...etc etc. And can u guess which family it is?? They r the direct descendants of Hazrat Abbas (raziallahu ta'ala anhu) the uncle of Prophet Mohammad (Sallalllaho Alayhi wassalam) so they r abbasi...COOL right?? they r from Baghdad or Fallujah (i dont remeber exactly) but due to bombing and war they can't go there :(

Day b4 yesterday v had a talk with out hajj mates..pakistanis..just hearing thier voice sent me back to mina...sigh! good old days of mina..no tension...pure bliss..eat sleep pray.that's it..Our group's aalim constantly kept us telling in mina that there;s a hadith that-mina are the days of eating...wow we people acted upon this hadith with so much obedience..hahaa..u ever call the men they were always asleep..who won' t ..air conditioned camps.no worries..guests of Alllah..tired after hajj..and praying in the same camp.

Arabs are very generous mashallah.They are known for their generosity.My uncle once told that-When he had gone 4 hajj..they were standing in a queue in a restaurant to buy food.Suddenly one arab broke the line went ahead and bought the food and off he went..well no1 dared say anything..the man who was in front went upto the counter and bought his food but when he payed the bill the owner said"no need ..the arab payed money for your food..coz he felt bad to hurt u by breaking the line as he was in great hurry"..nice na!!

There are small things which sometimes affect a person..Like when u enter the Haram that is the area inside the masjid of mekkah from where u c the kaabah..u c people crying,weeping,sobbing uncontrollably,making duas,doing sajda (prostration).....................it gives an incredible sensation which can't be described in words..Like once we went to haram to spent the whole night there(during umrah) .so when v entered there was a group of people sitting quite far from the kaabah but facing it..There was a youth who was crying uncontrollably and just gazing at the kaabah..he was weeping..i can't describe the feeling he gave me..it was incredible to see ur brothers and sisters crying in front of the one and only one ALLAH!!

Again, once a family had just come and saw the kaabah ( i guess for the first time..and Allah knows best) the young woman had tears streaming..she had very small boys..she made them do dua..they looked soo cute mashallah soing dua in front of the mighty kaabah.

During Hajj when we just came to mekkah v did our umrah..there was a HUGE rush of people and HOT...but there was a man (not quite young) who had his mother on his back and he was doing tawaaaf in that throng..(he was sweating like anything ) mashallah..it was amazing...there are such grreat and nice people in the world.

I guess this has bcum too long .so i should end now!!

will post again in a day or two inshallah

u know sharukh khan,britney,beckham?? ya ya sure

One meets an Indian muslim kid-

Assalamualaikum beta

walessalm (huh! i think i cudn't hear properly....i think the kid is eating something...that explains his distorted waleykumassalam) That's true..u can hardly find any young people who will say clearly"assalamualaykum"..which means "Peace be upon you".
Then u ask the kid

"beta do u know Shahrukh Khan?"

he stares at u in disbelief shocked that one could ask such an absurd question..
"of course man every1 knows bout sharukh khan or madonna or tom cruise"..( and all those silly old dumbos!!)...oh u ask any child bout the whole family tree of Aishwarya Rai, Salman Khan and how many movies they have acted in..wow mashallah ..wonderful general knowledge of today's muslim youth.Then one tentatively asks

"ummm..beta u know Prophet Mohammad Salallaho Alayhi wassalam?"

the child screws up his face trying to rake his memory

"uh ..duh..ya..umm..oh! yes i remeber he's our prophet..uh..right?"

alhamdulillah atleast he knows that."yes child he was our last prophet"..the child looks disinterested thinking how cum this hijabi niqabi preacher got hold of me..Again u cautiously ask
"ummm do you by any lucky chance know the name of Prophet Mohammad salallaho alayhi wassalam's father,mother,children,wives?"..

a blank face..stupid stare u recieve...

"how come i can memorise soooooo many names?" ..

Oh! really what a duanting task..

"dear boy ..u know harry potter?"...
"OH YES MAN HE'S SOO COOL"...
"do u remeber who were his friends..umm something like Don Teasly?"..

stares at u shell shocked.

"What the hell..its Ron Weasely and Hermione Granger.other frenz of HP are Dean Thomas,Neville Longbottom,..................................endless and his teachers are..Professor MAc Gonagall,Albus Dumbledore..........................................."goes on till half an hour

.."ok ok child i know ..u've got a wonderful yet strange memory..wonderful coz u even remember the surname of every character and strange that to remember about the prophet u find it an uphill task".....

U try the last straw

"ok smart kid..u know surah ikhlaas?"...
"what??? surah??what is this?" ....
"sorry sorry i meant -qul huallaho ahad..."
"ya ya i know it..i sometimes heard it in masjid behind the imam"..
."oh ! gr8 that's a good boy! any other surah ..umm..it is a sort of small part of Quran".
."no man! the Quran is too difficult to memorize".
."Oh! yeah u r right kid..ah! ya u know the latest movie of Kajol"..
"YES!! its"*#$%&*".. shall i tell u the story..its cool..its end is shoot wow so cool"..
."no no some other time..do u know any song of this movie?"...
."ANY SONG??? i know all the 5 songs by heart"...the boy says proudly..
"i know each and every song of the movies that i have seen till now"..
.good very good child keep it up..may allah give u hidayat!!

This is a painful truth which one can witness in India nowadays..u ask any1 about the Bollowood/Hollywood..they know the teeniest details..but when it comes to ISlam v r blank....u ask every youth or kid bout Beckham,Tendulkar,Tom Cruise,Shakira.......endless..they can tell u the brand of the clothes they wear.But when it comes to just the names of the sahabees (companions of Prophet Mohammad Salallaho Alayhi wassalam) we r speechless..even the names of Prophet's family we r ignorant..WHY WHY??

Its scary..we r so much in love with this temporary world..we have forgotten the fact that one day we would be facing Allah and our record would be taken into account..Nobody knows when he would die..maybe today or tomorrow or maybe after many years..death is bound to come..then y do we tend to forget about it? Deen or Islam is not difficult at all..its us who make it difficult.what do v gain in watching movies?? apart from wasting precious time,learning a few bad and vulgar things..nothing..sheeer waste of time.How come we can cram up astonishingly around 100 songs?? yet when it comes to simple duas we are just dumb! they seem so difficult..so big!!
In today's modern technology world we have no excuse at all.Any info u want..contact www.islamonline.com , buy some good books, try to find the company of religious people, go to masjid regularly,..what's the problem??


To know about Prophet Mohammad Sallallaho alayhi wassalam visit this site..it's awesome-http://mohammed.islamonline.net/English/index.shtml

some tips-

a.Try to read "Life of Prophet Mohammad Sallallaho Alayhi wassalam"..stories of his companions.

b.Read a little bit as much u can Quran..and try to learn a few surah..pick the small ones first.

c.Read as much books on islam u can.

d.Islam is very simple and easy...follow it..u would enjoy ur life and find contentment insallah!!!

P.S-WHENEVER SOMEONE SPEAKS THE NAME OF PROPHET MOHAMMAD (SALLAHO ALAYHI WASSALAM) IN FRONT OF U..EVEN IF HE SAYS ONLY MOHAMMAD..it is OBLIGATORY THAT U "MUST" SAY SALLALLAHO ALAYHI WASSALAM. ..this is ignored by about 80% muslims..plz don't do this mistake..its really serious..say it silently..tell ur frenz too..even when u hear in the azan"ashahaduanna mohammada rasoolullah" say sallallaho alayhi wassalam..ok.

I'm not much of a writer so 4give me if i bored u 2 death!!

can non arabs read quran???

Living in arab world for 1 year has been a nice experience..i got 2 know about the arabs,thier way of living..thier unique traits and STRONG UNSHAKABLE IMAN OR FAITH IN ALLAH!!
When encountered with arabs they find it difficult to understand that being muslims v can be indian..then their next question is do v know arabic? when answered in the negative they shoot the question-then how do u read Quran?? we explain them patiently that we can read arabic but neither speak it or understand it.,,yet i have a feeling they never accept this logic.

In Hajj i was reading Quran in Mina when an egyptian woman of our group asked me -"is it in arabic?" I said "of course yes"...she said "r u able to understand every word's meaning"? Sadly i shook my head "no"...Then still looking doubtful she asked me to look at the Quran ,I gave it to her...i told my dad that she might have thought me so foolish ..reading the Quran but not understanding a single word..My dad said" no its not foolish ..on the contrary its quite amazing how the muslims of the whole world from china to africa can read the Quran whether they understand or not"...that left me satisfied but how 2 explain this to that egyptian:)
Then that day an arab family came to our home.I showed that arab girl how we read the Quran in arabic and read its translation in urdu/english.I frantically explained her that EVERY muslim in the whole world can read Quran.

Another question that they ask is -r there muslims in India?? HAHAHA. So for every indian who may face such a situation let me tell-the no. of muslims in India is equal to the no. of muslims in the whole arab world i.e the muslims of india occupy the world's third largest muslim population in the whole world ALHAMDULILLAH!

Another annoying ques. is asked by our paki brothers and sisters though i find it logical..Our neighbour aunty who is from Peshawar asked us-Do u know how to read urdu??....In hajj also pakistani women asked us-do u know urdu?? come on yaar! u took urdu from North India (Lucknow,Aligarh,Delhi...) and u ask us...LOL..But i find it acceptable!!

Inshallah i'll soon write more about the arabs..some things which i have experienced.

Salah or Namaz : NO excuse to miss it (I)

There's simply NO reason for missing a namaz ..it is the first thing which wud b taken into account on the Day of Qayamat (Judgement)..No excuse will work..Here are some pics... praying on top of buses and between buses near the HARAM in Mekkah Mukarramah!!









Praying in an aeroplane




praying on a railway platform...subhanallah!!

Will bleed ur heart!

A movie made on gujarat riots...

To view it click here-

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=4452580708715802828&q=final+solution


P.S-
1.never trust an Indian Police.They r far worse than the criminals.

2.India functioning as a country is a true miracle!!

3.After watching the movie thank Allah subhanota'la for giving u so much comforts,love and luxuries.Thank him for even the smallest things which we tend to take for granted.

4.Remember in your duas your fellow muslim brother and sisters who are in distress and pain be it in Iraq, Afghanistan, Guantonamo, abu ghraib, gujrat.............endless.

May Allah grant all muslim peace and happiness in both the worlds(ameen).

A song for a change!

A nice and cool islamic english song..with some motion too..Hope u like it.

Enjoy by clicking here-

http://www.sparklywater.co.uk/flash/lastbreath.html

Duas for Students!!

DUA BEFORE STUDYING

1)Allahumma infa'nii bimaa 'allamtanii wa'allimnii maa yanfa' unii.

O Allah! Make useful for me what You taught me and teach me knowledgethat will be useful to me.


2)Allahumma inii as'aluka fahmal-nabiyyen wa hifthal mursaleen al-muqarrabeen.

O Allah! I ask You for the understandingof the prophets and the memory of themessengers, and those nearest to You.

3)Allahumma ijal leesanee 'amiran bi thikrika wa qalbi bi khashyatika.

O Allah! Make my tongue full ofYour remembrance, and my heart withconsciousness of You.

4)Innaka 'ala ma-tasha'-u qadeer wa anta hasbun-allahu wa na'mal wakeel.

(O Allah!) You do whatever You wish,and You are my Availer andProtector and the best of aid.

DUA WHILE STUDYING SOMETHING DIFFICULT

1)Allahumma la sahla illama ja-'altahu sahla wa anta taj 'alu al hazana etha shi'ta sahla

O Allah! Nothing is easy except whatYou have made easy. If You wish, Youcan make the difficult easy.

DUA AFTER STUDYING

1)Allahhumma inni astaodeeuka ma qara'tu wama hafaz-tu.
Faradduhu 'allaya inda hajati elayhi.
Innaka 'ala ma-tasha'-u qadeer wa anta hasbeeya wa na'mal wakeel.

O Allah! I entrust You with what Ihave read and I have studied.
(O Allah!) Bring it back to me whenI am in need of it.
(O Allah!) You do whatever You wish,and You are my Availer andProtector and the best of aid

DUA FOR ANXIETY

Allahumma inni a'oodhoo bika minal-hammi walhuzni,
wal-'ajzi wal-kasali wal-bukhli wal-jubni
wa dal'id-dayni wa ghalabatir-rajaal

O Allah! I seek refuge in You from anxiety and sorrow
weakness and laziness, miserliness and cowardice
the burden of debts and from being oppressed by men.

DUA FOR DISTRESS

Allahumma rahmataka arjoo falaa takilnee ilaa nafsee tarfata 'aynin wa aslih-lee sha'neekullahu, laa ilaha illa anta.

O Allah! It is Your mercy that I hope for, so do not leave me in charge of my affairs even for a blink of an eye and rectify for me all of my affairs. None has the right to be worshipped except YOU.


a.There is also another dua, to ask Allah to bless your time:

Allahumma barikli fi wakti

Inshallah make dua with sincere heart and Allah will help you.

whenever doing dua read this kalima"la ilaha inta subhanaka inni kuntu minaz zalimeen" .It is stated that dua done after this kalima is always accepted..(but its not necessary coz Allah has his own hikmat (wisdom) behind everything so if our duas are not accepted we shud not b ungrateful instead thank Alllah in every state).

P.S- wherever it comes 'a u read ع .