by Mohamed Ismail Bukharia | Feb 12, 2008 | Stories
A saint was once walking on the bank of a river when he saw a scorpion moving hastily towards the water. Knowing that a scorpion cannot swim he was surprised and decided to watch what happened.In the meantime a tortoise emerged from the water and came close to the...
by Mohamed Ismail Bukharia | Feb 12, 2008 | Wise Words
Suppose, you are given a key to open a lock. What would happen if the key is damaged or half of it is missing? Would the lock open? No. What if you are trying to insert the key upside down? The lock will still remain closed. Similarly, salat is the key to Paradise. In...
by Mohamed Ismail Bukharia | Feb 12, 2008 | Smile
On reaching his plane seat a man is surprised to see a parrot strapped in next to him. He asks the stewardess for a coffee where upon the parrot squawks “And get me a whisky you cow!” The stewardess, flustered, brings back a whisky for the parrot and...
by Mohamed Ismail Bukharia | Feb 7, 2008 | Education
by Ml Ashraf Ali Thanwi RA It is not expected of any Muslim to answer that there is no need to reform and reverse the detrimental process of the evil change which has and is presently gripping the Ummah. No Muslim can say that there is no need to reform the degraded...
by Mohamed Ismail Bukharia | Feb 7, 2008 | Wise Words
God sent the prophets for this purpose, namely to sever infidelity from faith. God sent the prophets to humankind that they might gather the pure grain on their tray. Infidel and faithful, before the prophets came, seemed all as one. Before they came we were all alike...