A man of many letters: Maulana Abdul Haq Azami

I am very saddened and with deep sorrow to learn about the demise of a great Islamic scholar as well as a preacher of the most authentic book of hadith Sahih Bukhari, Maulana Abdul Haq Azami. He has been preaching at the world’s most prominent Islamic seminary Darul Uloom Deoband for a long time. As a matter of fact, Darul Uloom Deoband, in the sub-continent, is the largest institution for the dissemination and propagation of Islam and the biggest headspring of education in the Islamic sciences. He passed away today in his house at Deoband at the age of 88 years old. He has left for his heavenly abode. In fact, Darul Uloom Deoband suffered a bereavement and personal loss due to his death. We pray to Allah Almighty to give Deoband enough strength and courage to bear this irreparable loss. His great deeds done for Muslim Ummah and the Madrasa shall always remain alive. He has made a valuable and reliable contribution to the cause of the preservation of the Islamic way of life in India and elsewhere.
Indeed, in a palpable term, he is the true inheritor of the intellectual and spiritual legacy of Imam Rabbani Mujaddid Alf-Sani(r.a). He has an unbounded and heartfelt love for Allah and His Prophet Muhammad(Peace be upon him). He has been a source of much inspiration and motivation among his students and followers both in theoretical and practical matters. He was a pragmatist, down to earth, amicable and friendly towards both his enemy and follow mate. Moreover, he was a man of constructive action, rational and scientific outlook and a tolerant attitude during his preaching. He always propagated and disseminated the truth in the light of the Book of Allah and the Sunnah(teachings and practices of Prophet peace be upon him). Because of the that Allah has given him extraordinary knowledge of Hadith, as well as Fiqh. As a result of this,he dented a big blow to heretical movement and deviant sects.
There is a need to be cognizant of the fact that Islamic scholars have always been playing a crucial role in the teaching of the Divine Book of Allah, The Quran, and the Sunnah of His Prophet as well. They have always been endeavoring to keep the Islamic belief, norms and faith in its original form and to preserve the tenets of Islam, in addition to inculcating a spirit of tolerance among his students and followers. They are the chosen people of Allah, Allah has chosen them for his work(spreading the truth and peace of religion i.e., #Islam). It will be day of judgment, when the Ashab As-Suffa will be stood there, then Allah will ask "tell me what did you bring?" at that time these students(Preacher and propagator of Islam) will be standing as well. These students will say that Allah in knowledge and practice we were not able to follow them(God conscious and pious persons in Islam) as they should have been followed, but O Allah we tried to follow their footsteps.
May Allah give his ultimate peace and grant him a top layer of paradise.

Moscow Declaration: Russia, Turkey and Iran Join Hands to Put to an End Syria’s Strife

If Moscow declaration is to accomplished, then its impact could be far beyond what we are expecting. On the one hand Moscow declaration will yield positive result on Syrian fate, on other hand it can pave the way for the ending of Syrian civil conflict. If it succeeds what i meant to say that it, in fact, would be gone down in history as a memorable and remarkable day to turn the tide of Syria’s conflict. Russia, Turkey and Iran adopted a declaration on the immediate steps to promote the settlement of the Syria’s crisis.

The Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Republic of Iran, the Russian Federation and the Republic of Turkey, met in Moscow on 20 December 2016, agreed on the following.

1. Iran, Russia and Turkey reiterate their full respect for sovereignty, independence, unity and territorial integrity of the Syrian Arab Republic as multi-ethnic, multi-religious, non-sectarian, democratic and secular state.

2. Iran, Russia and Turkey are convinced that there is no military solution to the Syrian conflict. They recognize the essential role of the United Nations in the efforts to resolve this crisis in accordance with UNSC resolution 2254. The Ministers also take note of the decisions of the International Syria Support Croup (ISSG). They urge all members of the international community to cooperate in good faith in order to remove the obstacles on the way to implement the agreements contained in these documents.

3. Iran, Russia and Turkey welcome joint efforts in Eastern Aleppo allowing for voluntary evacuation of civilians and organized departure of armed opposition. The Ministers also welcome partial evacuation of civilians from Fuaa, Kafraia, Zabadani and Madaya. They commit to ensure the completion of the process without interruption and in a safe and secure manner. The Ministers express their gratitude to the representatives of ICRC and WHO for their assistance in conduction of the evacuation.

4. The Ministers agree on the importance of expanding ceasefire, unhindered humanitarian assistance and free movement of civilians throughout the country.

5. Iran, Russia and Turkey express their readiness to facilitate and become the guarantors of the prospective agreement, being negotiated, between the Syrian Government and the opposition. They invited all other countries with the influence on the situation on the ground to do the same.

6. They strongly believe that this Agreement will be instrumental to create the necessary momentum for the resumption of the political process in Syria in accordance with the UNSC resolution 2254.

7. The Ministers take note of the kind offer of the President of Kazakhstan to host relevant meetings in Astana.

8. Iran, Russia and Turkey reiterate their determination to fight jointly against ISIL/DAESH and Al-Nusra and to separate from them armed opposition groups.

Disturbing Your Wife Is A Bad Deed and Sinful Crime

Disturbing your wife even in the state of slumbering or sleeping is also a bad deed. Do not disturb your wife even she is slumbering, a condemnable as well as dastardly despicable act in front of ALLAH. A very fascinating and well-documented, prominent hadith of Muhammad (Sallallahu alaihi wasallam), in which Hazrat Ayesha may ALLAH be pleased with her narrated that,” once I was sleeping on my bed and Prophet Muhammad peace be upon him was also sleeping on the same bed. And he (PBUH) wanted to get up for night prayer. So I was seeing that Prophet (PBUH) was moving so peace and tranquil, even softly that I was anxious what Prophet is doing. Prophet moved very softly until he went away from the bed. Then Prophet walked and opened the door so softly that there should not be made any noise. He went out and she said that I started thinking why Prophet did like that? And I got up and followed him. He went to Jannatul Baqi and there he made dua. So I came back on my bed before him. When Prophet came back, I asked him “oh Prophet of ALLAH (SWT) why you did like that. Prophet replied, “Ayesha, you were sleeping and I never wanted to disturb you. This is the action of Prophet. This is also the legacy of Islam. He never wanted to disturb the sleep of his wife. And we want to disturb the life of our wife on small things. Even we always do shouting, crying and abusing our wife and stop talking on them on very small and minor things. This is our behaviour and manner.

We feel that we are very good Muslims. We do not even comply with the definition of the Muslims. What I meant to say that it is shameful for us saying we are good Muslims. Because of the fact that we have been, at very small mistakes of women, never leaving a chance to humiliate, degrade, subjugate, discredit, and insult them. We have to upgrade and uplift her, need to cast a spell on her by our manner of behaviour and on moral high ground.

The New Barbarianism In Syria

Syria has been engulfed in political violence since 2011. It has disintegrated into a cauldron of competing rebel groups, terrorist elements, international powers, and religious factions. Further, the Syria conflict is compounded by Syria’s ethnic divisions and sectarian lines. Despite the fact that the most of the Syrian population are Sunni Muslim which accounts for 75 percent of the population, a majority population has been ruled by a harsh authoritarianism regime of Asaad dynasty(Alawites sect) which comprises merely 12 percent of Syrian’s population. Laconically, I introduce the current Syrian dispensation, Assad regime is brutal, savagely fierce, an awful lot of insidious and racist, violent terror, incivility, inhuman, discriminatory, despotic, and alien in its own nature, character as well as outlook. Moreover, it has adversely affected every section of its population. As a result of this, a strong sense of anti-regime resentment developed among the people and bursted out in the form of popular uprising. Syrian President Assad himself responsible for making the country in a form of ravaged, decimated and failed state as well by doing unbridled air bombing on his people and opponents.

As and when political protest spread across the full spectrum of Syria against the four-decade rule of the Assad family, this rampant political protest penetrated into political violence. Because of an incompetent of Assad regime, Syrian president Bashar al-Assad has completely failed to resolve the popular demand of public. Unfortunately, political violence plunged into civil war. As a result of this, hundreds of thousands of Syrians have been killed, estimated to half million people in internal civil strife and more than twelve million people i.e., more than half the country’s pre-war population have been displaced. In fact, the Syrian civil war is arguably the worst humanitarian crisis since the world war two. Regional and international powers have been intensely supporting severals local militant groups to advance their geopolitical interests on the Syrian battlefield. Now, Russia has been at the forefront of supporting egregious and ruthless Assad regime to reinforce its geopolitical ambitions and interests in the volatile region of the Muslim world. The Russian military has been conducting indiscriminate air strikes against civilians, hospitals, community centers and medical facilities as well as humanitarian aid convoys for several weeks in and around the Aleppo city.The same things did in the past by American army. There is no difference between the United States and Russia in terms of using of air power assets against civilian populations. The situation in Syria has never been more dire. This is even more true in Aleppo, where civilian causalities are rising at alarming numbers due to air strikes perpetrated by the Syrian Regime and Russian Forces. We are witnessing a profound surge of violence against civilians, health workers, patients, humanitarian convoys,and medical facilities across the length and breadth of the country. The modus operendi of conducting bombing that is both physically horrific and morally reprehensible and seeks international community to punish those who killing innocent people in Syria. After all, Syrian people want peace, not war.

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