A rickshaw driver in Lahore attempted suicide along with his wife and daughters. This poor family living in the Shahpur area of  Lahore took toxic pills as life became impossible for them. All of us must have read the news or have seen it on tv. Do we feel responsible for this horrific incidence? Now that she has lost her husband and three innocent girls she will receive one million rupees 'compensation' from the Chief Minister of Punjab. Compensation for staying alive ... Read More

Shabaan Today is 2nd Shabaan in Pakistan. Arrival of Shabaan brings excitment in the lives of muslims as the month of Ramadan is approaching. I have a few confusions in my mind regarding the things we have been doing for centuries in the middle of this month and I have included the opinions of various ulema like Mufti Taqi Usmani, Dr Farhat Hashmi and Abdul Aziz bin Abdullah bin Baz. Please read and help me reach a decision. Significance of Shabaan: Shabaan ... Read More

Today I was chatting with a female colleague and while discussing pakistani men as husband and sons. We thought their behavior is rarely balanced. They are over sympathetic towards their moms or wives. Some of them leave their mothers, who gave birth to them and brought them up, for their wives. Others are following the instructions of their moms to be cruel and unkind to their wives. I have this feeling that men of previous generations did not have this dilemma. ... Read More

Ayat-ul-Kursi ---The verse of the Throne When I was a child my mother told me to recite Ayatul Kursi before going to bed every night. She said if I do so then Allah will send an angel to protect me from any harm. From then onwards when I recite Ayatul Kursi I feel protected as if Allah is looking over me. Even now when I travel alone or when I drop my kids to school or when I put them to sleep I ... Read More

SAYINGS (HADITH) OF PROPHET MUHAMMAD (Sallallaahu alaihi wa sallam) Rasulullah (Sallallahualaihewasallam)said: 'When a man dies and his relatives are busy in funeral, there stands an extremely handsome man by his head. When the dead body is shrouded, that man gets in between the shroud and the chest of the deceased. When after the burial, the people return home, 2 angels, Munkar and Nakeer(names of two special Angels), come in the grave and try to separate this handsome man so that they may be ... Read More

A Muslim is a brother of another Muslim - Sunday, February 10, 2008 at 20:18 Sahih Bukhari , Book 43, Number 622: Narrated 'Abdullah bin Umar: Allah's Apostle said, "A Muslim is a brother of another Muslim, so he should not oppress him, nor should he hand him over to an oppressor. Whoever fulfilled the needs of his brother, Allah will fulfill his needs; whoever brought his (Muslim) brother out of a discomfort, Allah will bring him out of the discomforts ... Read More

I heard Allah’s Apostle saying, “The reward of deeds depends upon the intentions and every person will get the reward according to what he has intended. So whoever emigrated for worldly benefits or for a woman to marry, his emigration was for what he emigrated for.” ... Read More