IS THERE STILL HOPE FROM HUMANITY?

"And never give up hope of Allah's truly soothing mercy, no-one despairs of Allah's soothing mercy except those who have no faith." [Surah Yusuf: 87]

Reading, watching or listening to any kind of news makes me nauseous, brokenhearted, disappointed, angry and extremely sad! What is happening to this world? What happened to every single human being? Where is our morality and our respect for another fellow human being? Where is the dignity and respect for our own soul? Haven't we already sinned enough that we keep on increasing immensely? 

The Conditions in Syria and Egypt are beyond imagination. Men, women and children are dying every day and most of them are fearing for their lives. The turmoil occurred in Egypt was by the oppression from their own country. Then what is left for the security of the citizens of Egypt? No security, no rights, no privilege. Only some kinds of agenda to ruin the Muslims for the benefit of their own income and luxury. The neighboring Muslim countries ought to help ALWAYS but little is the help that is received to any one of the victims of the murdered families.  It only reminds me of how the Ansars of Madinah stood up with courage to help the Muhajireen of Makkah only on the basis of Muslim brotherhood and unity. But this makes me feel ashamed of myself and life in general. Has Saudi Arabia done sufficient to decrease the sufferings of the Muslim brothers and sisters in Egypt, Syria and Palestine? Man, even this country is corrupted.  Many people are still striving to get their rights reserved. And I have nothing more to say in defense of any country or anybody but as humans we all know what is right and wrong despite the religion differences.                          

For one second I wanna speak to my Muslim brothers and sisters in general. Do you think affliction is just simply occurring upon our lives because we are innocent? No we aren't. Are we all praying five times a day on time without laziness? Are we all Reading the Qur'an with understanding and acting upon it? Are we engaged in Halal lifestyle with no alcohol, no haram business, no usury, no illegal relationships, returning of amaanats, Hijab of men and women, no music or movies? Are we obeying our parents and elders and maintaining our blood relationships? Are we truthful at all times? Are we all Just to every human being around us despite our differences and enmity? Have we held firm the rope of Allah and have had full trust in Him? If the answer is No, then we all have nothing more to say just to be ashamed of ourselves. If the answer is Yes, then there is still hope for the world to be in peace.
As Muslims and most of all humans, we need to restore our humanity and CHANGE. Stop living for the world. Fear Allah and live for the Day of Judgement. Do jihad against ourselves.  

This is a total disaster and the more we speak or shout who do you think is listening except Allah? No leader or authority cares for you then why do you turn to them? The month of Ramadan is over but it reminds me that most of us weren't in masjids during the Qiyam ul Layl. Who do you think is to be blamed but yourselves? We all are in loss with time that we didn't take advantage of and the blessings we cared less for. We all know very well who were the true worshipers in Ramadan and even outside of Ramadan. The least we could do is Repent sincerely so Allah subhanawaTa'la has mercy on us. Then why don't we call upon Allah even when we had no Affliction or calamity? Isn't Allah subhanaAllah All Seeing, All Aware, All Listening? Don't you know that He is All Aware of your petty little tricks of pleasing yourself by calling Him suddenly out of nowhere at the difficult times and then fleeing from Him when things seem good for you? 

My heart only sinks in deep sorrow and grief for the loss of innocent lives of children, men and women all over the world because of the propaganda against the Muslims by the mind control of the Zionists and most importantly, our own nafs and mistakes.

"Whatever of good reaches you, is from Allah, but whatever of evil befalls you, is from yourself." 4:79

The Prophet (sallallahu aleihi wa sallam) said: "Allah does not punish the individuals for the sins of the community until they see the evil spreading among themselves, and while they have the power to stop it, do not do so." (Ahmad). Shaykhul-Islaam Ibn Taymiyyah said: "This is why those who are in authority are of two groups: the scholars and the rulers. If they are upright, the people will be upright; if they are corrupt, the people will be corrupt."

But there is still hope for us in the aakhirah and as well in this dunya because one day we will be brought to justice.

Narrated Abu Huraira radiaAllah anhu: The Prophet (sallalahu alaihi wa sallam) said, "The Israelis used to be ruled and guided by prophets: Whenever a prophet died, another would take over his place. There will be no prophet after me, but there will be Caliphs who will increase in number." The people asked, "O Allah's Apostle! What do you order us (to do)?" He said, "Obey the one who will be given the pledge of allegiance first. Fulfill their (i.e. the Caliphs) rights, for Allah will ask them about (any shortcoming) in ruling those Allah has put under their guardianship." [Al-Bukhari 4.661]
Allah's Messenger SAW said, "If any ruler having the authority to rule Muslim subjects dies while he is deceiving them, Allah will forbid Paradise for him." [Sahih Al-Bukhari 9:265]

Narrated Ma'qil: I heard the Prophet sallalahu alaihi wasallam saying, "Any man whom Allah has given the authority of ruling some people and he does not look after them in an honest manner, will never feel even the smell of Paradise." [Sahih Muslim - Volume 9, Book 89, Number 264]

Our only weapon is duwa and supplications, so let us all humble ourselves and seek refuge in Allah from the accursed Shaitaan and seek forgiveness from Allah subhanaWa ta'aAla and pray for the oppressed in Egypt, Syria, Palestine, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Bangladesh etc.

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Eating habits in RAMADHAN

Assalamualaykum,
Dear readers ,Today my topic is miscellaneous I thought why not to write about , Ramadan !!!
Well when the word ramadhan comes in mind we have fasting, reading Quran, doing extra ibadah, and EATING IFTAR!

Well yes, we worry a lot about our Iftar. That's not a bad thing to worry about. It's natural.. But trust me just eating samosas, meethas, pakoras, haleem etc. should not be something we should worry about.

In fact, the entire year you can eat many things as much you want according to your diet, but in Ramadan you have to be more careful about your diet. Since Ramadan is over and Shawwal is still going on, we can still adapt these ways in our fasts.
We should know that our sahur, our Iftar should be healthy, but we hardly follow it .
My dear readers I live in east Asia, so according to that, I have a list here 

What you should avoid for sahur:

Acidity increasing food items, like heavy meat or chicken curry, any rice, nahari or sticky oily food items which might lead to indigestion .

Things that you should eat in suhur :-

Food like bread, milk, yoghurt, egg, fruits, every thing which you feel is easy on your stomach , and don't grasp much water thinking you won't feel thirsty later on in fast , but that's the wrong concept. Infact water is the only thing which will digest fast and make your stomach feel heavy but later on you might feel hungry. So don't make your stomach full of tanks of water !!!

Avoid eating rice at dinner or at suhur, because that too will digest quickly and might result in hunger later on .

Now coming towards Iftar, things that you should not eat in iftar :-

Besan pakoras - or any besan oily items, cholay, cream and ghee included meethas, peas included items, cauli flower, any item that has huge amount of meat or oil should be restricted because the effects will occur when you go for taravi . 

Things that you should eat in Iftar :-
Yoghurt, fresh Laban, fish, milk, fruits, juices of fruits are very essential for vitamins and minerals in body. In fact, if you add milk to your meetha's in more amount than your ghee /oil - then you will have a more calcium rich diet than any fat rich diet and SOUPS definitely !  

I never understood the concept behind making the barley boil so much at stove, until I went through this Hadith.
Prophet (Pbuh) said, “You recently recovered from illness, hence you are weak, hence don’t eat more. Therefore, that lady prepared a dish from barley and beet root. Then, the Prophet (Pbuh) told Hazrat Ali “Eat from it, it is better for you”. (Ibn-e-Maja, Sanad-e-Ahmed, Tirmizi)
Hazrat Aisha (R.A) used to order preparation of Talbina for sick person and used to tell “Even though the patient dislike it, but it is highly beneficial for him. (Bukhari)

You can get this barley in any flour shops, it's called in urdu 'jau' !
This is the main thing for your energy and good digestion. It removes every illness of stomach and most importantly it is recommended by our prophet Mohammed sallalahu alaihi wasalam. So don't think much when it's about following Sunnah !! Just go for it !!

How to break the fast :The best way to do Iftar is to open your fast with dates, then water, then offer your Maghrib salah, then come back to eating, but don't fill your stomach much that you feel heavy and difficult in Salat without khushu and khuzoo. Try eating less in variety foods!

Narrated Anas ibn Malik The Apostle of Allah Sallallaho alaihey wasallam used to break his fast before praying with some fresh dates; but if there were no fresh dates, he had a few dry dates, and if there were no dry dates, he took some mouthfuls of water. [Sunan Abu Dawud, Book 13, Number 2349] 
For cooking lovers,, my best advice is to please cook with small quantities, with best quality and definitely with variety.

And remember if you cook thinking its a way to please Allah not humans, then your food will be cooked more delicious than ever. Try to share food with your neighbors, relatives and invite a fasting person so that he/she could eat at your home and it has a lot of sawaab !

Prophet sallalahu alayhi wasalam declared, "If a person gives iftar to a fasting person in this month, his sins will be forgiven. And he will be given as many rewards as has that fasting person," some of the Blessed Companions said that they were not so rich as to give iftar meal to a fasting person. He declared as a reply, "The rewards will be given even to a person who gives a date as the iftar or who provides water to break the fast or who offers a little milk" [Bayhaqi]

Prophet sallalahu alayhi wasalm stated, "He who gives water as iftar to a fasting person in Ramadan becomes as sinless as the day his mother bore him."
Before I leave, let me remind you to not forget about eating habits at EID. Usually, people stay on cautious diet in Ramadan but give up at eid. So my dear readers please take care of your health in this month of blessings as well as Eid. Don't forget the month is to make your sins forgiven, but not to just eat !!!
May this post of mine , help you guys a lot! Ameen :)

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