Who am I

As the days of life are passing very quickly.I still remember those days when I used to be so happy on my birthday and always wished every one to celebrate it with me.My parents often said me it's the day (Defence day) which is celebrating by everyone. But now the time and situation has been changed, now I never demand anymore ;) With having different qualities I have been so emotional to even tolerate small, bad things which happened to me. But I have been so courageous to even fight with big challenges in my Life. And for this I will give credit to The Lord of gods Allah s.wt.
Life always treat us like a never ending challenge.Apart from my strength and weaknesses, It's my dream to do something before the life ends and to be helpful to everyone whether they are my well wishers or not. This is only Love and Patience, can turn our enemy into the dearest one.
We have not sent to this world to just pass our time with different activities and leave this world without proving our self. May Almighty Allah give me enough strength to show my self and I can do something good for ever one so I will be remember in the hearts of people. Need your sincere love and supplication.

"Sab se pehlay PAKISTAN"

 Media organisation, who are playing with sovereignty and  integrity of Pakistan when they give high

importance to their products than their own living legends.As we know that India has been created a very tense environment at line of control for Pakistan.A crucial situation has been made by them for all patriotic Pakistanis. Salute to Pakistani Army who are facing their brutal attacks with bravery. Moreover it is getting increased as time passing.

On 14th August when the patriotic Pakistanis were celebrating Independence day with full of enthusiastic way.Indian soldiers opened fire on Pakistan border in order to show their hatred for us, which always becomes the reason of Pakistani soldier's martyrdom .In this way showing Indian dramas, Films, movies and other kinds of their products in order to promote peace or to maintain good relations with them is in fact  hypocrisy for our homeland and it's citizens. Kindly be patriotic and prove it by showing content according to our social and Islamic values.And never take it less important than your personal interest.Work on the basis of "Sab se pehlay Pakistan" The fact is Media is one of the most important and effective  pillar for any  state.And if you feel free from your journalistic responsibilities then Pakistan has to face  number of challenges in front of international world and other western forums.It is your duty to provide your viewers full information with accuracy without taking care of your personal agenda. In order to maintain the respect of your profession  in society including through the world, you need to work honestly and truthfully. 

Valentine's Day: How Halaal is it?

 
    By Asma bint Shameem

Okay...so it's that time of the year again. When they say that 'love' is in the air.
The time when you see 'RED' everywhere.....red hearts, red candy, red flowers and
red roses.
And when you walk into the stores you see chocolates, and jewelry and gifts for
that 'someone special' you know.
This is the time when the old and the young, and even kids, as young as those in
elementary school, exchange valentine cards and 'love notes' amongst themselves.
And why is all this?
Because it's "Valentine's Day"...that's why.
But the sad calamity is, that even us Muslims are doing this. And its not just in the
West. Those living in Muslim countries are just as involved. They too, are
exchanging cards and gifts and love notes.. They too, are celebrating Valentine's
Day,
But what is this "Valentine's Day" after all?
Have we ever thought about it? What is the story behind it?
What does celebrating "Valentine's Day" really mean?
Where does this fit in a Muslim's life?
In fact, does it even fit in it at all?
Looking at the Qur'aan and Sunnah, one should realize that we should not be
celebrating it in the first place, because it is a celebration of the non-Muslims.
Whatever we need to celebrate has been prescribed to us by Allah and His
Messenger sallAllaahu 3Alayhi wa sallam and it is prohibited to celebrate anything
else. That is why And Allah said:
"For every nation We have ordained religious ceremonies which they must follow."
[Surah al-Hajj:67]
And the Prophet sallAllaahu 3Alayhi wa sallam said: „Every nation has its own Eid
(celebration) and this is our Eid (meaning Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha). ‟ (al-Bukhari,
Muslim)But, even if this Divine command was not there, it still would not be appropriate
for a Muslim to celebrate Valentine's Day.
Why is that?
Because, if you really think about what this day promotes and revolves around,
goes against the very basic principles of Islam. What this day encourages, cuts at
the very roots of what our religion teaches us.
Let us see what some of these differences are:
1. Allah commands us to lower our gaze and not look at the opposite
gender.
“Tell the believing men to lower their gaze and protect their private parts....And tell
the believing women to lower their gaze, and protect their private parts...” Surah
al-Noor :30-31)
But Valentine's Day encourages people to deliberately look and stare and seek out
the 'one' that you find attractive and pick him/her as your valentine.
2. Allah orders the Muslim women not to talk unnecessarily or in a soft
manner to strange men.
“....then be not soft in speech, lest he in whose heart is a disease (of hypocrisy, or
evil desire for adultery) should be moved with desire” (Surah al-Ahzaab :32)
Even for the Sahabah, Allah ordered them to screen themselves from the wives of
the Prophet (pbuh) when they need to ask them something.  Who could be purer
than the wives of the Prophet sallAllaahu 3Alayhi wa sallam and who could be
higher in taqwa than the Sahaabah?
"And when you ask (the Prophet's wives) for anything you want, ask them from
behind a screen, that is purer for your hearts and for their hearts. (Surah alAhzaab: 53)
Yet, for Valentine's Day, you see young men and women who are absolutely not
mahram for one another in any way whatsoever, going way beyond this prohibition.
Not only are they talking to each other in a soft and flirtatious way, but they are
right out expressing their 'love' (in reality,lust) for each other.3. The Sunnah prohibits a man and a woman from being alone together at
any time.
The Prophet sallAllaahu 3Alayhi wa sallam said: “Whoever believes in Allah and the
Last Day, let him not be alone with a woman who has no mahram present, for the
third one present will be the Shaytaan.” (Ahmad -- saheeh by al-Albaani)
But those who celebrate Valentine's Day purposely seek to be alone with each other
and go out on dates with each other while Allah says:
“And come not near to unlawful sex. Verily, it is a Faahishah (i.e. anything that
transgresses its limits: a great sin, and an evil way that leads one to hell unless
Allah Forgives him)” (al-Isra‟ :32)
4. Islam prohibits a man to even touch a non-mahram woman.
The Prophet sallAllaahu 3Alayhi wa sallam said: “If one of you were to be stabbed
in the head with an iron needle, that would be better for him than his touching a
woman who is not permissible for him.” (al-Tabaraani --saheeh by al-Albaani)
But Valentine's Day promotes more than just touching. It promotes hugging,
kissing, cuddling and much more. May Allah protect us.
5. Islaam teaches us that real love between a man and a woman, that is
acceptable and allowed by Allaah is only that between a husband and his
wife.
"And of His signs is that He created for you wives from among yourselves, that you
might reside with them, and has put love and mercy between you. Surely, there are
signs in this for those who think. (al-Room: 21)
But Valentine's Day endorses haraam relationships between a non-mahram man
and woman and encourages illicit love and un-Islamic affiliations.
6. Islam tells us that Hayaa' (modesty) and bashfulness are a jewel to be
treasured.
It is a purity and innocence that is a virtue, regardless for a man or a woman. The
Prophet sallAllaahu 3Alayhi wa sallam said:
“Hayaa' (modesty) is a branch of faith.” (Bukhari)
On the other hand, this Valentine's day advocates nothing but shamelessness and
immodesty. Young men and women who have no hayaa for Allah, leave alone for
each other, openly and shamelessly, ask each other to 'be their love' or be their
'valentine'. Subhan'Allah!
We, as Muslims, should not be celebrating Valentine's day, nor is it allowed for us
to do so. Everything that this day revolves around and is associated with is totally
against the pure and pristine teachings of Allah and His Messenger sallAllaahu
3Alayhi wa sallam.
One shouldn't even congratulate one another or commemorate this day in any way
or form. Even if this celebration is between a husband and wife, it is not right to do
so because it is a celebration of the non-Muslims. And of course, if it is an illicit
relationship, then obviously it is haraam.
We should adhere to the limits set by Allah, and not transgress them just because
we see other people doing so. May Allah guide us and enable us to be true Muslims
who submit earnestly and sincerely to Allah and His Orders. Ameen.
Ref: http://towardshuda.wordpress.com/know-the-rulings/valentines-day/

Memories get me back to school

School is the best place that children always remember throughout their life. I feel so blessed by Allah SWT that I had a good school which was Little Folk’s school located at Kashmir road campus. Learning in that school was actually a dream of my father from early days of my academic career. The memorable and unforgettable schooling days are beautiful treasure of my life.

Where we had two uniforms white dress with, white shoes along red V was for the P.T day. And other days we used to wear the combination of grey and white, with white V and black shoes. My two naughty sisters were also studing there. That school has lots of loving memories which always make me cherish. Ms Fatima was my class teacher .She was middle age, treated us like her own child. Huma, Sandal and Mahjabeen were my good friends. Madam Qaiser was the principal of that school .A tall woman with long hairs, wearing sari with so humble and polite nature was actually an ideal woman for me. Miss Farhana, my tuition and school teacher, was considering herself elder sister of us. She was again very remarkable teacher of me. One of the funniest things that our school P.T teacher was bald headed and he used to wear wig under a hat. He was one of the discussing matter among teachers and student either he got natural hairs or wig. A class mate of my younger sister Afifa, who was in prep class. That girl had hassle eyes, was a famous girl of school due to different rumors about her. It was very famous that she was a witch. That small girl frightened us, made me along my peer group and my sisters ran the whole ground in recess time. We had a very funny lala as well. He didn’t take enough time to rush to that tree, where it was a ring bell under that tree. We with other students tried to stop him by saying” Lala don’t ring now. We had not finished our brunch yet”, asked him more time.

As it was a very busy road and there was a church in front of school. I wanted  to know surprisingly about what were the people doing over there. It was also visible from the balcony of my home. It made curiosity for me to know what exactly they did. Woman wearing white dress and man was in black coat singing with holding hands .It  gave us pleasure to see their marriages.

Getting up so early was quite difficult for me. It was much more irritating moment when my mum said to get up for school and my sisters Maria and Afifa got ready for school and Miss Farhana would come in few minutes. Then I had to get up quickly, having an argument that why my mum didn’t make me first to get dressed for school. She has been scolding me till now for not having break fast. And I always the same reply for her “Mum don’t have time”.

As I was enough brave girl, always replied those who tried to make scared about anything that I was born on a defense day so I could defend myself.

One of my dreams couldn’t come true after my strong devotions that we had a school band. Students of that band taught beating drums and flute by the music teacher. They played National anthem for morning and special events. We had music classes from that teacher in which we leaned to sing poems with music. We had library, so it was to enhance reading habits among students. Memories of my school make me happy and missing those wonderful days. But the fact is they are no more:(

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Hijab meri Pehchan

Hijab day is celebrated on 4rth September around the world. What actually hijab is???? The Quranic verses related to Hijab may give you answer clearly.
"Aey Nabi (S.A.W) momin aurtoon se kehdo k apni nazreen bacha kar rakhein aur apni orhniyaan apne seeno per daal liya karein..Aur apna banao singhaar zahir na karein". (Surah e Noor, ayat no :31)

"Aey Nabi (S.A.W) aehlay emaan ki aurtoon se kehdo k paloo latka liya karein." (Surah e Ahzaab :58)

Hijab day is to promote awareness of hijab among Muslim girls around the world. Basically hijab is an identity  for Muslim girls.It's a beauty for them...Ban on Hijab has always been observe by the Non believers like France, New Zealand, turkey and ban on hijab in fifa are most  prominent faced by Muslims citizens of them.
My question always remain that Why women living in a western society, who are facing threats, penalties and so many other hurdles in the way of following instructions from Allah, but still they are striving for their right to wear hijab according to her religion?? But on the other hand  women living in a Muslim state, who are actually not facing any issue by the government at all...Here at this point they have so many arguments against hijab???
Actually most of us are stereotype at this point, when we say that a girl wearing hijab is not a good girl or men stare them even more than a girl who doesn't wear at all.I mean there are so many school of thoughts against wearing hijab..Here we are biased at some extent...
My concern is to stop stereotyping against Hijab or a girl wearing hijab either you do or not and second another most important point is stop using it for your wrong deeds..The  important point is to keep in our minds that neither Hijab is wrong nor wearing it is wrong..It only depends on the usage..

Heavy Tv viewing of children: A curse or cure

Heavy Tv viewing is becoming a comman activity among future stars...As the matter of fact that heavy tv viewing and playing computer or other video games for long times are growing rapidly among our future stars...Definitely they are not in the age to differentiate between right and wrong..But it is true that these future stars really need the attention of their parents or guardians. It is a big responsibility on the shoulders of their elders to guide them, aware them that heavy tv viewing is not a healthy activity..Tell them about some other creative work. It effects their health as well as their innocent minds..It stops them from creative work...Listening stories from granny or grand paa is also a full of entertainment..There is always a lesson for them..When a child listen or read a story..So here his mind starts imagining things..When he listens about a fairy tale, a monster, an angle or Cinderala...Here his mind starts making a complete picture of it in his imagination...That's a work of healthy mind..Here he uses his most of the senses, while watching tv, his mind enters in the state of rest...complete rest..So it is not a creative way...Social sciences says heavy tv viewing makes a child Desenslized. Watching violent acts can make him to behave aggressively with his younger siblings or in some condition with parents. Similarly The child who sees 10 murders daily in different tv programs may commit a murder once in his life....That sound really very horrible..Watching Tv, playing violent video or computer games are the reason of aggression in child's behavior..     While most of the studies about the influence of Media on children ends with the conclusion that fact of matter is parents should monitor their child...Temporary crankiness a feeling of emptiness can also be observe in children behavior after watching Tv..Parents can play a significant role in making their child future reader..If they tell the story in their spare time or sitting beside while children are going to sleep.... Or encourage them to take interest in books as compare to watching Tv or playing games on computer..That's the way to make them close with books. And they can enjoy as well with fun reading too...American Academy of Pediatrician made a guide line for the doctors to suggest parents of under 2 years child "Pediatrician should urge parents to avoid television viewing for children under the age of two years" (Media Education, Policy statement Aug 1999) Similarly In 1995 APP found out the reason of over weight children is spending most of the time, sitting in front of TV and Computer screen.. APP gave instruction to Pediatrician to suggest parents" T stop their child watching television more than an hour"......It is the time to give most of your attention to your child if you are a parent rather than watching tv or spending your time in your another activities..Parents should observe the activities of their child... Never make a communication gap with your child...treat them like a good and sincere friend of them..Your love and attention along your guide lines will definitely can be seen in their personality...And can help them to become a complete and successful man....