This is the latest Bayan(Address) by former Singer now Nasheed reader Junaid Jamshed about Ramadan Kareem. Other stuff by him is given here.

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I already made a post about 2 great recitators of Saudia, This is another about another great recitor Shaikh Mishary Al-afasy. Listening him is really a very very unique experience. A very different voice to feel Quran in heart.

You can also download all of recitation in MP3 format or If you want to buy then there is a 26 Audio CDs pack available online.

Do listen him atleast once, you will really not get disappointed.

Tagged:Quran,Quranic Recitation,Alafasy,Makkah,Islam,Qur’an

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I already made a post about 2 great recitators of Saudia, This is another about another great recitor Shaikh Mishary Al-afasy. Listening him is really a very very unique experience. A very different voice to feel Quran in heart.

You can also download all of recitation in MP3 format or If you want to buy then there is a 26 Audio CDs pack available online.

Do listen him atleast once, you will really not get disappointed.

Tagged:Quran,Quranic Recitation,Alafasy,Makkah,Islam,Qur’an

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Many people of my generation [I mean 70s/late 70s] would be used to watch a Lahore station serial Khwaja and Sons which was very popular in 80s. The main cast of the play that is Khwaja Sahab was Ali Ejaz, a famous filmy then TV actor from Lahore station. The other main characters were Jawad, the son of Khwaja Shab and the girl I forget her character name but it was Samina Khalid. The unique dialogue delivery style of Ali Ejaz and Jawad Ji made that drama serial very popular at that time.

I don’t remember I have ever watched any other drama in which Ali Ejaz performed. I always remembered him as a Khwaja Sahab of Khwaja and Sons. Last night I was just doing nothing so sat in front of TV and start playing with remote control, I was stopped by a program on ATV channel in which Ali Ejaz was being interviewed. I had no intention to watch the program but I joined the show when he was discussing his lonely personal life and the behavior of his son and bahu[daughter in law]. The son of Ali Ejaz left his father all alone and shifted somewhere else. As usual the main reason was Bahu who didn’t want to stay with him. Ali Ejaz was telling that he also did a drama in which he played the role which life is forcing him to play in reality as well. I had completely forgotten that I was watching an interview of an actor. At that time he was sounding more a helpless father and grandpa than an actor. His bahu don’t allow him to meet his pota[ grandson] who I think is a young kid. Ali lives all alone in his home and keeps missing his beloved grandson. He was weeping and missing him. The interviewer was a lady and there was another gentleman who I think was either his fan or one of his office colleague because the location was Ali’s work place. The other gentleman told that his bahu’s or his son’s home was in route so that gentleman took a long route to Ali’s home because Ali then starts insisting to meet his grandson. Ah, when the lady asked Ali about his current passion, he simply replied, Mera Pota then he started crying. It certainly brought tears in my eyes too. How helpless he was, how cruel was that lady and his son. Parents are parents. Ali tried to access MD of PTV for the job of his same son who had left him. Ali already distributed all of his money to child(ren) and then the lady asked why did he do that, he simply replied, ‘Haq dar ko Haq pochadia’. I don’t understand how one gets so cruel for a ‘wife’ that he forgets everything done by parents? If one gets so cruel then I am really not interested to get married but is it right to blame that woman only? The guy, son of Ali was so impotent that he couldn’t say anything to protect his father. How come these people forget that they also have to face this phase of life? It’s weird which I can’t digest at all.

Ali then criticized the insensitive attitude of our TV and Film media which is not new for me. When we didn’t care of Mehdi Hasan and he had to go India for treatment then we shouldn’t expect something good for others. He complained that he was not being given any role in TV dramas by government and private channels.

We are the nation who is always thankless towards our great people. Here people don’t hesitate to curse Jinnah, the founder of the nation, Qadeer Khan, the next man after Jinnah who gave new life to this country. This attitude of us will lead us to a great disaster which we people can’t afford anyway. May God remove all such thankless elements from Pakistani soil, Ameen.

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From Roznama Boriat

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Ok there are few things which we muslims usually ignore while experiencing month of Ramadam. Look Ramadan is not all about staying away from food for 10-12 hrs and just visiting masjid for taraweeh[which normally people don’t do] and eating lots of good stuff at Iftar time. Following are few things which me and you people often ignore.

• Tahajud: Tahajud is very important prayer which is offered around an hour before Fajar Salat. Quran specially order muslims to offer this special prayer and get closed to Allah.

And some part of the night awake for it, a largess for thee. it may be that thy Lord will raise thee to a praised estate(17:79)

Lo! Those who keep from evil will dwell amid gardens and watersprings, taking that which their Lord gives them. For, lo, they were doers of good. They used to sleep but little of the night and before the dawning of each day would seek forgiveness.” (Adh-Dhariyat:15-18)

There are other verses as well but these two are enough to teach muslims the importance of Tahajud. It’s not a big task, specially in Ramadan now. If you getup 30 mins before having meal for Sehri and offer 2 rakat Tahajud then it would give you endless sawab. The tahajud is the time when Allah stays on world’s sky( the seventh sky) and His angels asks everyone that is there any who seeks forgiveness, who seeks the increase in his rizq. The tahajud time is really amazing and I personally say that its the most seren time in 24 hours of the day. In ramadan we are already awaken so it shoudnt bother us to spend 4 mins to offer salat-e-tahajud. If you want to get closed to Allah as soon as possible then start offering Tahajud.

• Salat style: We waste millions of minutes in crappy things and dont realise but then all of sudden we start realising importance of time when performing salat. Shame on us. Finishing 4 rakats in 2-3 minutes and 2 rakats in a minute doesn’t really give benefit to us. Lool God doesn’t need our prayers, here we are beggers and beggers are never chosers. The way we chose to offer salat is absurd,pathetic and unacceptable infront of Allah. Will any of you show such impatience to your Boss while he orders to stay late or make any argument? Most of you would happily get agreed because you know your boss will be happy. Why the hell do we forget that Allah is a supreme Boss and we have to make him happy too. Will we die if we offer salat slowly and properly?

I was offering first Taraweeh last night and weather is very hot here in Karachi. We were offfering Taraweeh in main big hall. After few rakats, people started yelling ‘Imam sahab bahar namaz parhain garmi boht hay’. These were the people like me who are not so regular with jamat in masjid. Though I made a distinction by not whining like them for hotness. Can’t they tolerate such hotness for Allah? This is not ibadat believe me it’s not. Ibadat is all about love which is demonstrated to Allah. We demand our preferred enviornment to offer Salat while we don’t say a word if our bosses call us in their rooms and keep us standing. we get silent at that time and don’t get mad because we can’t make our bosses angry but we are happily getting agreed to make Allah angry. Comeon man, Qais faced so many things just to get love of Laila and what kinda lovers are we that we start crying like kids and still we say ‘we are muslims’. Shame on us. I wish everyone goes Makkah and then experience the real sprit of Ibadat where noone cries for extreeme weather and people happily put their forheads on iron like hot flood for seeking love of Allah.

• Controlling Nafs: Keep your gaze lower. You will not die if you don;t see your office girls or office guys[if you are a girl] for a month. Ramadan is all about controlling Nafs nothing else otherwise it’s nothing but starvation. So keep your gaze lows, don’t say any bad word even a small one. I remember a friend of mine who used to feel proud by giving maa behan ki galian in ramadan, poor chap *sigh*. Control yourself by not eating your favorite things in Iftar. Yes I would try this thing in this ramadan Inshallah. If you are fond of Pakoris, just avoid them, it will irk you for sure because they are infront of you. Pick anything else and eat it. Remember Nafs is your worst enemy and Allah only prions all devils but not Nafs. Nafs will keep forcing you to be disobedient. Tahajud is also a best tool to kill your nafs since you getup early against your will. Avoid smoking yes just dont smoke for 30 days damn it,you will not suffer big time.

• Reciting Quran and other Tasbeehs: Quran was revealed in Ramadan hence it increase the importance of recitation in Ramadan. The best time to recite Quran is Fajr or Tahajud time.

Remember the name of your Lord at morning and in the evening and part of the night (al-Dahr 76:25).

Hadith - Bukhari, Vol. 4, Hadith No. 446, Narrated Abu Huraira, r.a.
The Prophet (saaws) said, “Angels keep on descending from and ascending to the heaven in turn, some at night and some by daytime, and all of them assemble together at the time of the Fajr and ‘Asr prayers. Then those who have stayed with you overnight, ascend unto Allah Who asks them (and He knows the answer better than they): “How have you left My slaves?” They reply, “We left them while they were praying and we came to them while they were praying.

Another Hadith

Aishah (raa), reported by Al-Bayhaqi, she said: “The house in which Al-Qur’an is recited is seen by the heavenly world as the stars are seen by the earthly world.

So these verses tell the importance of Quran’s recition. There is no need to take burden that you have to finish Quran in ramadan. Ifyou do then very nice but coudn’t due to genuine reasons then atleast read one page at Fajr/Tahajud time. It will really be beneficial for you. May God make possible for us all enjoy the true benefit of Ramadan-Ameen.

A friend of mine forwared me a Ramadan Planner. Looks good. If you can follow it then well and good.

Last but not least, IF YOU ARE A REGULAR IN MASJIDS AND FOR TARAWEEH THEN DONT TRY TO BE A ‘MUSLIM’ BY MAKING FUN OF THOSE WHO ARE NEWBIES AND TRYING TO BE NAMAZI EVEN FOR A MONTH. I have personally experienced in childhood that several times I didn’t go masjid because of fear that regular masjid members will make fun of me. Please quit this habbit and stop calling newbies as Barsati Maindak etc.

P.S: Few people asked me whether I am a Qadyani after reading kadynan in url. No I am not Qadyani at all. Adynan is actually Adnan

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Ok Ramadan is going to be started in some part of the world from tomorrow so Happy Ramadan to all muslims who will keep their first roza tomorrow.

Today my friend gave me another booklet by Taqi Usmani sahab which is actually his address about Ramadan and its benefits.This books is obviously in Urdu language only so it might not attract non-Urdu speakers.One can read the e-version of the booklet which I made this evening from this URL

Enjoy the ramadan and try to be a good business man by taking full advantage of this month.

P.S:If anyone in the world can read Urdu and can translate this booklet in English then that particular brother or sister will really be rewarded by Allah for his/her service.My english is not as per standard so its my humble request from such people to give few time to translate this booklet and then send back to me or upload anywhere you want so that more people can take advantage of it.You dont need to worry about Arabic text,I will manage it,you just mention surah and chapter number and i will produce arabic text myself and then will upload your document.Jazakallah for your efforts

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This is the story of former Tabliban ambassador to Pakistan Mullah Zaeef.I was certainly not one of those ignorant Pakistanis who blame Taliban for every evil thing in Afghanistan an d for WTC attack because they had beared and they didn’t believe in that US is a super power. This story of Salam is about his ’stay’ at Gitmo.It’s in urdu language. Keep reading ,you will learn more about Pakistan and its foriegn policy. I believe these are exceprts from his book “A Picture of Guantanamo”.

Image Credit: BBC

Tagged:Guantanamo,Human Rights,torture,Pakistan,Taliban,Pakistan Foreign Policy

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hahaha, Oh my God!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! this guy Chavez really defeated everyone in world to offend bush so severely.I am very lucky that I was watching his live addresss to UN.His speech was intresting no doubt but his body language,the way he was enjoying his own speech and talking about Bush was funny.Even people present over there were laughing.Keeping Noam Chomsky’s book in hand and referring alfred hitchcock made his speech more spicy. He was applauded by UN members.

“The devil came here yesterday,” Chavez said. “He came here talking as if he were the owner of the world.

He said the podium in the General Assembly hall still “smells of sulphur today,” a reference to what is termed the devil’s element in mythology.

He said it would take a psychiatrist to analyze Bush’s speech to the General Assembly yesterday, and that his ambitions for world domination would make an “Alfred Hitchcock movie” that he said could be titled “The Devil’s Recipe.”

Hahaha

About Bush’s war on terror:

“Everywhere he looks he sees extremists and you, my brother, he looks at your color and says there is an extremist,” Chavez said of Bush. “But it is not that we are extremists. The world is waking up and people are standing up.

Hugo is crazy and honest no doubt.Whatever he said was not wrong at all.He also suggested to move UN out of US.Keep reading as it would really change your mood =)

Update:As I just mentioned above that several UN members were enjoying his speech,I am wondering about Mush and his guys.Were they laughing too? or they had put fingers on their lips like good students so that bush doesn’t cancel F-16 deal?BTW Kurhseed Kasoori was very mad and said k HUM JEHAZ KHAREED RAHAIN HAIN KHILONAY NAHI AUR WOHI KHAREDAIN GAY JO HAMARAY LIE FAIDA MAND HOUN -hehehhe

Update: complete text of speech can be found here.

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