Chowrangi

I remember a time when a bottle of brandy was kept in every house to be used as a remedy for colds and nasal congestion. A tea spoon of brandy in a warm cup of water would clear the nose and in a few minutes you were asleep. This was in the early fifties, when very few families had cars and the nearest doctor was four kilometers away and you couldn’t find a cycle-rickshaw to take you there after ten in the night. Later, when mullahs began to shout from their pulpits that even a drop of alcohol was forbidden, almost everyone I know decided not to use any liquid which contained alcohol (like after-shave lotions and perfumes, for instance). But most people continued buying cough syrups and other medicines which contained very small amounts of the stuff. It was widely rumoured that in Saudi Arabia, medicines with alcohol content were banned, but during my two visits to that country I saw such medications on sale in all pharmacies.

So is Alcohol, Weed and Cocaine

When a person commits a sin his/her level of Imaan goes down whether they consider it a son or not. The sign of a weak imaan is not wanting to pray. Most people in this country just pray the Friday (juma’a) prayer. The first thing in Islam is the prayers. Allah has promised a hard life for those who turn away from the Quran.

Some people try to justify music by saying that it is not mentioned “directly” in the Quran. Well, there are verses in the Quran that refer to music, admit it or not.

Despite mankind’s astonishing progress in all aspects of life, there still exists an emptiness in every person’s heart that can only be filled by believing that there is no God but Allah, praying 5 times a day and reading the Quran daily.

Allah Ta’ala says in the Quran, “And we reveal the Quran that is a healing and a mercy for believers……” (Al-Isra: 82)”

Wearing a taweez is allowed for protection or healing provided certain conditions are met:

1. They consist of Allahs attributes

2. They are in Arabic

3. They do not consist of beads, charms, talismans, bones and so on, things that were used in the pre-Islamic period of ignorance

Islam adopts a firm stance against any form of evil teachings and desires of corrupt people in order to protect mankind from his own caprice and to put an end to his anxieties and sorrows. Who is richer than he who adheres to the religion of Allah, though he is economically underprivileged, and who is poorer than he who opposes the religion of Allah though he is financially prosperous.

People seek happiness through means other than Islam, treat their disease with poison instead of medicine and delude themselves into believing that satiating their desires will cure them of their ailments. An example of this is the obsession of many people today with music and musical instruments; they justify this habit of theirs with baseless arguments and excuses.

The dirty strategy adopted by the grave-worshipers in places where qabar-puja does not exist, is to set up, by hook or by crook, a dargah or a mausoleum–a tomb around which they execute their acts of qabar-puja and which acts as their headquarters. The central institution of Muslims is the Masjid, but the pivot of all activity of the grave-worshipers is the grave of some person. Sometimes the grave happens to be that of a person while in many cases the mausoleums are raised on the graves of non-entities and in some cases, even animals.

Many people not acquainted with the cult of the grave-worshippers are misled by slogans of “Hubbe Rasool” (Love of the Rasool) trumpeted by the leaders of this devious sect. Innocent and unknowledgeable people are ensnared by the sweet talk of Deen, expressed in flowery but insincere language by the peers of this cult of abomination. They vociferously proclaim their love for Rasulullah (sallallahu alayhi wasallam) but their life is devoid of the Sunnah of Nabi-e-Kareem (sallallahu alayhi wasallam). Expression of the Sunnah in practical terms is the natural consequence of Hubbe Rasool (sallallahu alayhi wasallam). But, far, far from introducing the Sunnah in their lives, they eliminate the Sunnah and replace it with the rituals of shirk. Thus, their religion consists of graveworship, qawwaali, dancing, fun-fairs, eating, drinking in the name of dead saints and a host of other hotch-potch shirki rituals and beliefs, all borrowed from other religions of shirk and modified for the consumption of unwary and ignorant Muslims.

When they congregate at the grave of a saint, they stand there like statues expressing great humility and veneration. In fact, the humility and reverence which they display at the graves of the saints are never shown in the mosque when they have to pray to Allah Ta’ala.

At the graves of the saints they indulge in a variety of acts of shirk and kufr. They do sajdah to the graves and they do tawaaf around it. But, according to Islam, sajdah is to be rendered exclusively to Allah Ta’ala and tawaaf exclusively to the Holy Ka’bah. They burn incense at the graves and they adorn the graves with lamps and lights in open violation of Rasulullah (sallallahu alayhi wasallam’s) prohibition to do so.

Scientifically, the gender of the baby depends on the father, not on the mother. So if a woman keeps giving birth to daughters its because of the father.

A lot of educated, wealthy people also want sons. I don’t know about the obsession with sons even in wealthy families. I don’t know why daughters are looked down upon.

In the Quran, Allah mentioned that daughters and sons are a blessing for parents. Allah could have said children but Allah separated sons and daughters and mentioned daughters first. The Ulema (scholars) say this is because daughters are a bigger blessing.

70 snakes will do Black Magic on these people till eternity.

These magicians will have nails made of iron. They will be given the azab (punishment) of itching. They will scratch their skin to the point where it will peel off but the itching will not go away. Then will will start scratching their flesh and this too will drop on the floor.

Then Allah will say “Now do you remember the pain you gave human beings”

Their skin will be made very thick and Allah will put burning coals between the outer and inner layer of their skin. The fire of hell will burn their faces and bodies. They will be sandwiched between burning coals. The fire of hell will roast them.

Imam Bukhari, who was one of the greatest compilers of ahadith, became blind at a young age. He had recourse to many famous and skilled doctors of his time but their treatments made no difference.

His mother was a pious worshiper and a righteous woman. She cried out for help in the court of Allah the Almighty for her child and begged for the restoration of his eyesight. At last, “the river of mercy flowed over her,” and Almighty Allah accepted her duaa. One night, Ibrahim alayhis-salam visited her in a dream and was told, “Allah has restored the sight of your son because of your intense and beautiful duas.” In the morning, as Imam Bukhari got up from his bed, glimmers of light reached out into his eyes. That is, his eyesight was fully restored.