The Obligation to Meet and Greet:
It Is Tough Being a Muslim!

It is tough being a Muslim. And not just for the usual reasons. Like, for example, because so many people want to kill so many of them. 

Or because so many want to plunder their wealth and waste and squander it or give it away to their Colonial Masters. 

Or because so many others want to steal their land and settle and occupy it as so many others settled North and South America and Australia.

Salaat vs. Life: A Most Delicate Post [Quote - 610]

I am going to say something, I don't know how many people will get it right.

It is a very delicate thing. But say it I must. For, clarity of thinking is the key to Islam.

And we undertook our work at IslamicSolutions.Com, as well as atPasha Hour International, I don't know how many years ago, keeping in mind a very simple goal : To make some very, very simple, basic and elementary things clear.

So, proceeding from that point, we must continue to provide what we believe to be the proper perspective on what people call "Islam" in relation to what is generally considered "life."

So, from this point of view, the "distractions" that Shaitan causes in "life" -- yes, blame everything on Shaitan -- are more serious, urgent and dangerous than the "distractions" that Shaitan causes during Salaator Namaz.

It is failure to understand this basic and simple truth about Islam and life that has made many Muslims what they are -- and made our world what it is today.

For, as the Muslims are, so the world of Allah will be.

So, Muslims, fix your life, your Salaat will fix itself.

So long as you are living with us, in this world, on this planet, enjoying what is called a good and normal "life."

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Me and My Namaz [Quote - 514]

Iqbal was one of the greatest poets the world has ever known – in any language, culture, time or place.

Just like Ghalib before him.

And just like Khosroe centuries before both of them.

Just like the other two, Iqbal too wrote not in one language, but in two languages: Urdu and Farsi.

All three of them did: Khosroe, Ghalib and Iqbal.

Here is something Iqbal once wrote – my paraphrase:

“Sometimes,

When I fell to the ground,

To do a Sajdah before God Almighty,

A voice from the earth cried out to me.

It said:

Your heart brimful of the idols you adore.
What will you get out of Namaz?”

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In Line For Good News? [Quote - 324]

"For all those waiting, they think, in line for Allah's blessings, to get acceptance of their Du'as from Allah, here is some good news:

Your prayers were heard when you made them.

Ujeebu da'watad-daa'i idhaa d'aanee!

Decisions were made before you were born.

Standing in a queue is the way of this world.

It is the democratic and civilized -- Islamic -- way of doing things.

More good news is that the lines are getting shorter, and the clock is ticking faster.

Just hang in there knowing that your prayers have been answered. The only question is what form the answers will take.

And when the postman will deliver the mail.

And here is a question for you to ask yourself:

What is the fair way, the right way, the smart way, for these things to happen?

Should Allah abide by your dictates and demands? And leave things in your hands?

Or should he run his affairs -- and yours -- the way he thinks best.

If it is any comfort to you -- that is, if you have trained your heart to find comfort and joy in thinking about him, and in talking about him, and in submitting yourself to his decisions -- you should not forget the obvious: His knowledge is infinity; yours is zero.

So, who would you rather trust?

The one who knows all -- that is him?

Or the one who knows nothing -- that is you?

You may derive further comfort from the fact that his love for you is more than your own mother's love for you.

And that is assuming your mother is the best of all mothers.

And that his concern with your wellbeing is stronger than your own concern with your own wellbeing.

And there is even more good news for you.

In all things pertaining to Allah, and all things do, the greatest thing is not just to get to the end of the line, for, this is a line with no end, but just to get in the line, no matter at what point.

So, to those of you waiting in Allah's line, congratulations!

Allah's help is on the way.

It is nigh!

A-laa inna nasrallahi qareeb!" (Dr. Pasha)

Salah or Namaz: A Paragon of “Professional” Conduct [Quote - 322]

"Amateurs do things however they please: randomly; haphazardly; by the seat of their pants, as they say.

Professionals do things the right way.

There is consistency and predictability in the work of professionals – because professionals follow routine and process.

Civilized societies are societies of laws, they say, and not of men.

That means the more a civilization progresses, the more bound and guided it becomes by laws, rules and procedures, and the less it runs based on the whim and convenience of individuals.

We as Muslims should aim at 100 percent professionalism. That means we must follow a certain process and set of procedures in everything we do.

Our work must always be consistent and predictable and perfect.

And it must always be the best that it can possibly be.

Of course, all this within the means, resources and skills God has given us.

But then, as Muslims, it is also our duty to do everything in our power to improve our skills and increase of our means and resources.

I can’t think of a more perfect example of consistency and predictability in Islam -- or anywhere else -- than Salah or Namaz.

That itself is proof, right there, that this Namaz or Salah is not of human design but purely and entirely of divine origin.

The same Takbir, the same recitation from the Qur’an, the same Rukoo’, the same Sajdah, the same Jalsah, the same Tashahhud, and so on and so on, in every Namaz or Salah.

But what makes it all the more of a miracle is not just how perfect it is in every way, but how it was born that way from Day One – 1400 years ago on this earth.

Nothing changed. Nothing morphed.

How do you explain something like that in purely human terms?

If people saw Muslims doing Salah or Namaz and they analyzed and tried to understand what Muslims were doing, that alone would be enough to make someone a Muslim, no matter what background they may come from.

That is how mind-bogglingly consistent, predictable and perfect the routine of the Salah or Namaz is in every respect – every time and everywhere." (Dr. Pasha)

A Timeless Miracle Called Salaah

All over the world, Muslims know what Salaat is. Urdu and Farsi folks call it Namaaz. English speakers call it “prayers”. But, Salaat is more – much, much more – than prayer as the world understands and uses that expression.

What is salaah then? All you need to do is ask any Muslim in any part of the world. And they will tell you the full miraculous story. [...]

Real-Time Miracles of Islam and Muslims [Quote - 228]

"Let us today, this Tuesday, December 8, 2010 – coinciding with the 1st of Muharram, 1432 of the Hijri Islamic calendar – let us today introduce a new concept and a new term in the English lexicon: “Real-Time Miracles.” By this I mean real miracles that are happening right now even as we speak. Right before our eyes. From this point of view, everything about Islam is a Real-Time Miracle. So is much of whatever Islam is left in the lives of Muslims such as Wudu, Salaat, Siyaam and Hajj – that is, washing up, prayers, fasting and pilgrimage to Makkah. Or the way the Muslims bathe and bury their dead, for example. Each one of these things is a Real-Time Miracle. That means it is not supposed to happen, but it is happening, contrary to all expectations, and defying all predictive or explanatory models. Each and every single one of these things. And they are all happening right now, even as we speak. They are all Miracles because they all date back from the time of Prophet Muhammad, Sallallahu Alaihi wa Sallam, 1400 years ago. And they are Real-Time because they are happening right now, right in front of our eyes. And there is nothing like them anywhere else in the world. No real-life living activity of our time and age that goes back that far in history. Absolutely nothing. It is mind boggling to say the least, this whole thing. These things being miracles on the one hand, and their occurrence in real time on the other hand in our own age and lifetime." (Dr. Pasha)

How Muslims Set Asunder What God Joined Together [Quote - 63]

“Every time Allah talks about Salaat or Prayers in the Qur’an, he almost invariably couples it with Zakaat or Charity – the economic-financial levy of two-and-a-half percent that God imposed upon well-to-do Muslims.

But every time Muslims talk about Salaat, they almost always pair it up with Siyaam or Fasting. And then Muslims boast that they never did to the Qur’an what the Christians and Jews did to the Bible – change it, I mean.

For, Muslims very neatly set asunder – Salaat and Zakaat – what God Almighty joined together in the Qur’an.” (Dr. Pasha)

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