FIRST IMPRESSIONS

Assalamualaykum all muslim and muslimas!!

RAMADAN KAREEM!!

I just want to write ANYthing...so this post maybe boring.

Whenever we do something first time the excitement we go through is amazing and you can never feel it the second time you do it. The nervousness, the eagerness, all such emotions rise in a very ecstatic manner..

Few instances of my life are perfect example of this:-

1. The first time I was returning home after spending 4 months in hostel (or dormitory) .. the excitement i felt on returning home was sooooo much... i remember that as soon as it was announced that the plane was landing on the airport I felt butterflies in my stomach and the moment the plane touched the ground and came to a halt I immediately stood up , grabbed my trolley bag and was the first one to come on the airport.. Even my family was soo eagerly awaiting my arrival.. My brother and cousin were standing in front of my home.. my sister had decorated the room we share. All my requests were fulfilled, i was pampered and the time to go came soon..One month just flew by.. As the time came everyone tried to hold back their emotions.. I recall the night i was packing .. my Father kept pacing from his room to my room..he asked 'is there anything you want., any restaurant you want to go, any place you want to visit?" I felt so heavy hearted.. . Everyone put up a happy face and i departed on the airport controlling my emotions very skilfully.. But the moment I sat on the airport waiting for the announcement to board the plane ..i opened my diary .. saw 3 statements written for me by my mother, lil sister and my sweet caring brother.. I read them and silent tears slid on my face.....................

2.This memory is so embedded in my mind.. i'll never ever forget it.. it is one of those moments which leave a lasting impression on you.

We were going for umrah .. though Alhamdulillah i have done umrah twice but the journey of the first trip is etched so vividly in my mind.. Our bus reached /meeqat (the place where we put on our ehraam) and then we came back and sat in our bus..From that place onwards all male passengers were reciting the talbiya-"labbaik allahumma labbaik.................." and the whole bus was echoing with it.... With our bus on its way to Mekkah, big boulders on either sides of the road, vast desert.... and the talbiya with its words " I respond to Your call O Allah, I respond to Your call, and I am obedient to Your orders, You have no partner, I respond to Your call All the praises and blessings are for You, All the sovereignty is for You, And You have no partners with you" .. The whole atmosphere was electrifying.. I cried and cried ....
Then my father pointed out the board which marked the beginning of Masjid-Al-Haram boundary.. My brother asked where?? I couldn't bring myself to speak out .. i felt so emotional on thinking that I had at last reached THE place...Alhamdulillah.

BEST and MOST MEMORABLE MOMENT- when our eyes first rested upon the MIGHTY and GLORIOUS Kaabah.... A lasting impression which can be felt and not described.

~ that's all for now folks~

~take care~

It was time to go to india..gifts were purchased...suitcases jam packed!! We reached india and i had specially remembered 2 bring some things for the womenfolk who work at our place-cooking cleaning making roti..............U might be thinking what's thr gr8 deal in buying a gift for some house maid? wait wait...i'm coming to the point.I happily gave her the pair of slippers and earrings i had bought for her and the toys for her kids..But............................she just turned the pair of slipper in her hands and said"that's all u have bought for me?" ..I felt stung,bad!! Its not that i wanted her 2 bow or curtesy me or even thank me.It was just her ungratefulness that shook me.
It made me realize that wait!.........don't i do it many a times.When i buy something i badly wanted i just frown and say with a sigh "how i wish i could get a better one"!! Never giving a thought that Allah subhano ta'ala blessed me and i'm turning it down without even thinking of the scores of people who do not have it.....instead of saying "alhamdulillah" for the thing i have bought i am already thinking of some other "good and better" thing that i now want desperately.
It happens with us many times.We get some awesome set of clothes, a beautiful mobile set.....how many times do we thank our creator Allah...do we always read the dua of wearing new clothes?? or we tend to forget it in our ungratefulness.Our exam goes fabulous do we thank Allah or r v so naive that v think its our own genious mind which did it? fail to look at the so many blessing (naimat) that Allah has bestowed upon us be it parents, siblings, good frenz , eyes to see , legs to walk and lastly the biggest blessing which can be bestowed on any human being-I AM A MUSLIM!! isn't it the greatest thng one can get...to be saved from the hell fire, to know Allah is always there for u.

LATE COMEBACK!!

Assalam-o-alaykum

I was away since sep....whew!!

anyway.. a lot happened since then.The latest being Saddam's execution.Some people say he was a tyrant so he got what he deserved.Had the iraqis themselve hanged him i wouldn't had any problem..but who is the US to butt in every matter??
They themselves are killing thousands of iraqi civilians, torturing innoccents in abu Ghraib,Guantonamo..........and hanging a dictator of his own country in which they themselves have created a havoc.What an irony!!

May Allah forgive him and give everyone hidaya,ameen.

photos of arab land

Assalamualaykum warahmatullah
a rather late comeback!! actually i was cut off from internet for 2 months....inshalllah i'lll come a bit frequently..

here are some random pix of the arab desert land where i am right now..... a dates laden tree
a more clear view
the arab style of dressing.
desert
a masjid

again desert
date trees


Islamic library

surprised! water in a desert..actually this country is an island desert


The Grand Mosque

hope u enjoyed.....ur comments r welcome!

happenings of this month

Assalamualaykum
Its ages since i posted mainly coz of my laziness and secondly i am forever on MM. Well a lot has happened in the past month.

1.ZIDANE'S FANTASTIC HEADBUTT- I truly admire Zidane now.He sure showed that he has a noble character not caring whether a million fans were watching him nor of the fact that it was his last match.He gave what that scum bag %&#$% racist materazzi guy deserved.*applauds and gives a standing ovation to Zinedine Zidane*.May Allah give him hidaya and guide him to the right path-Islam.(ameen).

2.Israel attacks Lebanon-Yesterday my FAther pointed out a really interesting thing.. try to understand!!
1. URDU BBC they have the main headline- Heavy fighting in Lebanon..many civilians killed + photos of children wounded and sobbing, people all smeared in blood.check it-BBC URDU

2.Yet the same version of BBC ENGLISH..the news u will find there will be- Hizbollah launches missile, two israeli soldiers killed, and focusing mainly on HAifa all the timesee it for urself-BBC ENGLISHcan u see the trick and the logic behind it??

1. The urdu paper is viewd by MUSLIMS - pakistanis and indian muslims.So , when they will see these news of destruction they would get either DEMORALIZED , feel helpless, think that "really isreal is so powerful..we can't do anything" or it will give birth to TERRORISTS (as they wud feeel anger on seeing the pix and wud take up jihad) which the isrealis and US want in order to promote the negative image of islam in the world.

2.As for the English BBC the people who read it we all know-Europeans,US....almost whole world.So these people would seee all negative stuff of Hizbollah, muslims as terrorists plundering HAifa, and pity the killed israeli soldiers.Got it? THE MOST CUNNING PEOPLE-ISRAELIS!!they rule the media and hence the wolrd!!

May Allah guide the kuffars to the right path and give all muslim brothers and sisters peace in the world and hereafter.ameen. wassalam.

Photos

Assalamalaykum warahmatullah
These are some pictures I took in umrah last week...Mind you everyone I took these pictures for only one purpose-DAWA'H. Only with the intention that people might see how beautiful and heavenly these 2 holy places (Mekkah mukarramah and Madinah Munavvarah) are and they would inshallah try thier best to visit these places soon.
As taking pictures of Living things (human beings and animals) is not permissible I've tried my best that none of the photo has any human face visible.And Allah knows best.Kindly let me know if someone is sure i've commited wrong.

Masjid Al-Haram-"The Sacred Mosque", is a large mosque in the city of Mecca. It surrounds the Kaaba, the place which all Muslims turn towards each day in prayer, considered by Muslims to be the holiest place on Earth.

the verandah from where we first get a glimpse of the magnificient Kaabah.
This is the Masaa (the place of doing saee between Safa and marwa)

The mount Safa
A Zamzam water cooler(there are thousands) this one is in the exterior of the masjid

in the interior there are more small and compact coolers.

a view of the outside of MAsjid Haram-(all below pix are of outer area of Al-Haram)


a view of Masjid Al-Haram


all the above pics were of the outer area of MAsjid Haram.
people going to pray for Dhuhr.

Pix of Madina-

The most beloved part Of masjid nabvi.See the green dome below it is the Rauza (grave) of Prophet Mohammad Salallaho Alayhi Wassalam

an outer view of Masjid Nabvi

same

Masjid NAbvi

interior of MAsjid nabvi(taken by my brother ...in case u r thinking how come i barged into men's section:)

Masjid Quba

Hope u all liked the pix....................................

wassalam

take care.

back from umrah!!

Assalamalaykum folks

V just returned from umrah today alhamdulillah.Our umrah went very smooth and wonderful thanx to Allah subhano ta'ala.We reached Mekkah Mukarramah after a 17 hour drive in bus along with people of various nationalities viz. moroccan,turkish,pakistanis,indians,bahraini arabs....
We reached Mekkah Mukarramah on thursday.We have seen the kaaba twice before but seeing the Kaaba is always an incredible sensation which cannot be described.You can feel it once u reach in front of that marvellous Baitullah (house of allah i.e Kaaba) We did umrah.As usual there was a rush of people but to us it seemed empty coz we had last seen the Huge rush of hajj mashallah.
We met our uncle's family from canada in Haram after 5 years.We all ate roasted chicken,shawarma,chicken burgers,pakistani food......slurp...all HALAL (obviously :) Ah! the delights if living in arab world.And u get chapati,salad,raaita free of cost!!
Ok enough about food..i just can' help it..hehehe...
On thursday night there was a great rush of people as next day was friday and its weekend for saudis.On friday after fajr amma and me did tawaaf and tried to touch the hajre aswad (the black stone) but there was such a rush of people there that we came back.
It so wonderful in mekkah and madinah...people always going towards the two holy masjids...only muslims..b4 entering madina and makkah..a few kilometres before ...there's a board -"MUSLIMS ONLY" and "NON MUSLIMS THIS WAY" !!
The call of athan and the shopkeepers close their shops ..the usually bustling bazaar is empty..every1 just goes towards the masjid..and once the Imam stands for namaz there;s pin drop silence ..the whole crowd is hushed and bowed in front of THE ONE AND ONLY ONE -ALLLAH THE ALMIGHTY!!!!
On friday after isha amma and me again did tawaf and reached upto the hajre aswad and alhamdulillah after a while we were able to touch it.I kissed it 3 times and thanked allah for letting me sinner touch it.
Then we reached Madina Munavvarah on saturday and prayed 2 nafl in Masjid Quba and visited Mount Uhud and prayed for the martyrs (shuhuda) of Battle of Uhud.
Then at last we saw the MOST BEAUTIFUL masjid of the whole world-Masjid Nabvi!! Its absolutely breathtaking!! How i wish some non muslim could just see the namaz in the 2 masjid..sooooo many people without any hungama doing worship peacefully mashallah and prostrating in front of ALLAh subhanota'la.I do hope u all might soon visit the 2 holy places inshallah.
We went to the Rauza in MAsjid Nabvi and said our salam 2 Prophet Mohammad Sallallaho Alayhi Wassalam,Abu BAkr Razi allahu ta'la anhu and Umar Raziallahu ta'ala anhu.We alhamdulillah got a chance to pray 4 nafil in Riyazul Jannah,( to see what it is .see the below post on madina munavvarah).
Altogether it was a nice trip.May allah accept everyone's umrah and duas.And grant us many opportunities to visit soon.

I'll post the pictures soon inshallah, maybe in a day or two.

Any mistake or question?