Saturday, November 21, 2020
Friday, October 9, 2020
Congratulations Janab Shah Nizamuddin Foujdar Bhai - Appointed as Waqf Board Chairman for Ramnagara district, Karnataka
Ramanagar 8 October 2020: Assalamualaykum wa Rahmatullahi wa Barakaatuhu dear Brothers and Sisters in Faith. It gives us an immense pleasure to inform you all that Janab Shah Nizamuddin Foujdar Sahab has been appointed as Waqf Board Chairman for Ramnagara District, Karnataka.
His father Late Janab S. Shahbuddin Faujdar Sahab has served the stake being a MLC from 1982 to 1988 and his elder brother Janab Masood Faujdar Chairman was Chairman of KMDC [Karnataka Minority Development Corporation] from 2014 to 2016. His rich experience in administrative expertise, and community leadership background would surely prove fruitful for the entire community. Coupled with his leadership qualities, his rich academic excellence will be an added advantage for him to shoulder the new responsibility he is assigned for.
He has done MBA - Master of Business Administration 1997 - 2000, Specialized MBA in dual subjects (Human Resources and Information Systems) and BBM – Bachelor of Business Management 1994 - 1997 with a Specialization in Sales and Marketing.
Stepping into his father & elder brother's political shoes, he has served as served at many public offices and organisations at various capacities.
- In addition to the current position he is also serving the Congress being the Spokes Person for AICC-Karnataka, and Vice Chairman of the Minority Congress of Karnataka
- He has been a Vice Chairman of DCC – Minority Department – Ramanagara District from 2012 – 2016. As vice chairman of DCC – Minority Department he has worked closely with minority leaders and minority groups to consolidate the vote base in the district. He was responsible for bringing awareness of minorities in the mainstream political ideology.
- Earlier he has also had been the Vice Chairman – Wakf Board – Govt. of Karnataka – Ramanagara Dist. from 2014 – 2017. As vice chairman of Wakq Board District Advisory Committee he has contributed to the consolidation of Wakf properties, handled and managed the disputed groups for peaceful resolution. As an advisory committee member, he shares his inputs to the legal and social processes of the board.
- He had also served the Congress Party being AICC – Media support and co-ordinator since 2014 – 2017 in order to support the department with valuable inputs. He has been working under the leadership of Shri Randeep Singh Surjewala.
- He started his leadership roles from his college itself and at present he is the President – Alumni Association, Al-Ameen Institute Business Studies B since 2001, for the past 17 years, he is been serving the association building social network and facilitating initiatives on Philanthropy projects.
Sharing of Essays - first winner in Junior (English language) category on the topic of Zikrullah during Ramzan 1441 Hijri
Assalamualaykum wa Rahmatullahi wa Barakaatuhu dear Brothers and Sisters in faith.
As you are aware, last Ramzan (1441 Hijri) in this year 2020, we organized the Global essay writing competition when the world witnessed the longest Lock-down to stop the spread of COVID-19 pandemic.
We at Mehdavia Times in collaboration with Idara e Gulshan Mahdi AHS took the initiative to conduct an International Essay writing Competition for Mehdavia Students & Proffessionals during the holy month of Ramzan. Alhamdulillah, it gives us immense pleasure and honour to now share the respective essays written by our greatly talented younger generation who explored and benefitted by penning down the great values of Islam to enlighten self as well as others. The competition wasn't a win-lose competition however, it really helped in upgrading and enhancing us to the next level in both Duniya-o-Akhirat.
Alhamdulillah, we could accomplished the below targeted objectives:
- To bring our Brothers and Sisters in faith closer to their Murshideen.
- To engage our people to read Quran, Hadith, Naqliat and other Islamic Books to get enriched personally and spiritually.
- To make people Read, Think, Enquire, Write, Follow and Affect Other's Life for betterment.
- To recognize talent available amongst our Mehdavia Brethren and Encourage them to keep Up-Grading and Up-Scaling their Skills Sets.
بِسْمِٱللّٰهِٱلرَّحْمٰنِٱلرَّحِيمِ
[In the name of Allah, The most
Beneficent and the most Merciful]
Topic:
Zikrullah
O ye who
believed, remember Allah with much remembrance.
And exalt
Him day and night.
[33:41,42]
Zikrullah [Remembrance
of Allahswt] is the soul of all the worships in Islam. It is the
foundation of all the good deeds. Any act performed without the remembrance of
Allah is like a tree without fruits or a body without soul which is of no
importance.
In the above
cited verse of the holy Quran, Allahswt commands the believers to
remember Him all the time and praise Him perpetually.
It may be
noted from this verse of the Holy Quran that a believer is the one who
remembers Allahswt day and night perpetually.
The greatest
example and role model, The last messenger of Allah-Prophet Mohammedpbuh
always remained in the remembrance of Allahswt as narrated by Bibi
Ayesharz.
Hence,
HazratImamuna Mahdi-e-Maoodas-Khalifatullah, Muraadullah,
Mubayyin-e-kalaamUllah, by the command of Allahswt obligated
zikr-e-Kaseer [abundant remembrance of Allah] on all in accordance with the
verse of the Quran:
Remember
Allah standing, sitting, or [lying] on your sides. [4:103]
It is narrated that Mahdias said,
wherever you go, be in the remembrance of Allah.
He also
said, a perfect believer is the one who is in the remembrance of Allahswt
for 8 pahars [24 hours].
Allahswt
obligated Zikrullah, as Salat and Sawm were obligated.
And the
Prophetpbuh describing the importance of Zikrullah said, "Shall
I tell you about the best of deeds, the most pure in the Sight of your Lord,
about the one that is of the highest order and is far better for you than
spending gold and silver, even better for you than meeting your enemies in the
battlefield where you strike at their necks and they at yours?" The
companions replied, "Yes, O Messenger of Allah!" He replied, ‘Remembrance
of Allahswt’.
He also
commanded saying, ‘keep your tongue moist with the remembrance of Allahswt’.
Many people
mistake Salat as the meaning of zikr. No doubt salat is time bound communion
with Allah but Zikr is perpetual communion with Allah. To clear this
misunderstanding Allahswt himself mentioned the importance of zikr
in the Holy Quran:
‘Indeed, prayer
prohibits immorality and wrongdoing, and the remembrance of Allah is the
greatest.’ [29:45]
This is
why Zikrullah called Akbar-ul-furooz.
Hence Allahswt
emphasized the status of Zakireen asking the Prophetpbuh to remain
in their company:
Allahswt
said, “And keep yourself patient [by being] with those who call upon their
Lord day and night, seeking His countenance.” [33:28]
It’s
narrated in hadith Qudsi by Abu Hurairarz that Huzoorpbuh
said that Allahswt says,
‘I am as my slave thinks of me, and I am with
him when he remembers me. If he remembers me in a gathering, I remember him in
a gathering better than that’. [muttafiqalaih]
As Allahswt
said in the Holy Quran,
‘So,
remember Me; I will remember you. And be grateful to Me and do not deny Me.’ [2:152]
See the greatness zikrullah, Allahswt
remembers a person who remembers him. Did Allah say anywhere you keep fast for
me and I will fast for you, you offer salat for me and I will offer salat for
you? - NO
Therefore,
zikrullah is indeed the greatest!
One cannot
achieve salvation without Zikrullah as Allahswt says:
And
remember Allah often that you may succeed. [62:10]
And the
SUCCESS of a momin is nothing but the seeing Allahswt. As
HazratImamuna Mahdi-e-Maoodas
said, ‘Seeking vision of Allah is the basic principle of the call of
this servant of Allah’.
A prominent
feature of the teachings of the Promised Mahdi is that he urged everyone
whether a man or woman, scholar or an illiterate, to safeguard breaths through
concealed remembrance of Allah, La ilahaillaLlah, because the hidden
remembrance zikr-e-khafi is the supreme form of Zikrullah
As Prophetpbuh said, ‘AfzaluzzikrZikrulkhafi’.
Through
zikr-e-khafi only we can attain the divine vision of Allah. Hence Allahswt himself teaches his servants Zikr-e-khafi:
And
remember your Lord within yourself in humility and in fear without being
apparent in speech - day and night. And do not be among the heedless. [7:205]
While
perpetual Zikrullah is obligatory, to encourage the beginners Mahdias
ordered Zikrullah at least from Fajr to Sunrise and Asr to Isha. Explaining its
importance Mahdias said, “one time is the emperor of the day
[sultan-un-Nahar] and the other is Emperor of night [ Sultan-ul-Lail]. The
person, who protects the two occasions for zikr, will not waste his days and
night. The faqir, who wastes them without zikr, is not a faqir of the religion”
The Prophetpbuh
also mentioned that, ‘performing Zikrullah in a group from fajr to sunrise and
from asr to maghrib is dearer than the world and it’s constituents.’ It is
mentioned in hadees-e-qudsi that, ‘O My servant! Remember me for an hour each
in the morning and evening and I will complete that which is between these
times’.
It is also
narrated by hazratJabirrz that Prophetpbuh would sit on
his prayer mat after offering fajr salat until sunrise’.
Remember
opposite of Zikrullah is to forget Allahswt, And there are a large
number of Quranic verses warning those who neglect Zikrullah. Some verses are
quoted here:
·
Then woe to those whose hearts are hardened against Zikrullah. Those are
in manifest error.
[39:22]
·
And whoever is blinded from remembrance of the Most Merciful - We appoint
for him a devil, and he is to him a companion. [43:36]
·
And whoever turns away from My Remembrance - indeed, he will have a
depressed life.
[20:124]
·
And whoever turns away from the remembrance of his Lord He will put into
arduous punishment.
[72:17]
Prophetpbuh
also states, "The similitude of one who remembers his Lord and one who
does not remember Him, is like that of the living and the dead.' (Bukhari &
Muslim).
Mahdias
said that if a person is heedless of Zikrullah even for a single breath, then
he is a kafir [infidel] during that breath although it is hidden and one who is
always headless will have the doors of Islam closed upon him’
[Ma’arij-ul-Vilayat].
Allahswt
gave glad tidings to those who do Zikrullah through the Prophetpbuh
as is narrated by Mu’adh ibn Jabal, the Prophetpbuh said “There is
nothing that is a greater cause of salvation from the punishment of Allah than Zikrullah”
[Tirimidhi].
It is
narrated by HazratBandagimiyan bhai Muhajirrz that Mahdias
came to his hujra from his house twice or thrice and saw two of his companions
sitting together. He asked, "what are you doing sitting here?”. They
replied, ‘we are telling stories about religion, Miranji’. Imamunaas
said: ’Brothers! Without the Zikrullah you will not reach Allahswt’.
Hence, we
can infer that, without the Zikrullah, we cannot attain the Vision of Allahswt
Lastly, I
pray to Allahswt to grant His Vision through Zikrullah. Aameen
REFERENCES:
1. Noor-e-Imaan
By: Shams-ul-ulema Syed Miranji Abid
Khundmiri.
2. Practice with Purity of Heart in the
Mahdavia teachings
By:
HazratAllamaMiyanAbusayeed Syed Mahmoodra.
3. Zikr-e-Dawam
By:
HazratMoulvi Muhammed Nooruddin Arabi.
4. Zikrullah
By: Hazrat
Abu Sayeed Syed Mahmood Tashrifullahirh.
5. Izhaar-e-HaqDawat-e-Mehdavia
By: Syed
KhundmirMehdavi.
6.
khalifatullahmehdi.info.
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On behalf of the entire team of Mehdavia Times, we wish Amena Ufaira all the success for her future endeavors. May Allah bless you and you family with the wealth of Imaan and the Jazba to serve the community throughout your life. Ba Sadaqe Tufail Khaatimain Alayhi Salam...
Aameen ya Rabbal Aalameen..
JazakAllah Kheyr
Team Mehdavia Times
Thursday, October 1, 2020
Leading by example as a working professional - Inayath Ulla Khan's consistent achievements by Tausif D Sayyed
Assalamualaykum wa Rahmatullahi wa Barakaatuhu
Dear Brothers and Sisters in Faith,
It has been a great opportunity to write on professional achievements of one of my closest brother in faith, Bhai Inayath Ulla Khan (Ahl e Mandya). He works at Karnataka Poultry Farmers and Breeders Association (KPFBA) got recently felicitated by the senior board directors of the KPFBA, as I know he delivers for his fabulous professional services to the organization. He is available to his organisation wherever and whenever his services are required and have experienced the same when we traveled together to lohgad sharif for Ziyarat of Hz.Bandagimiyan Shah Nemat rz in last February, when the pandemic was in its initial stages. If you remember I had made a facebook post about that experience.....you may read it in my timeline by following this link -
https://www.facebook.com/TAUSIFDSAYYED/posts/10157983769609910
Recently KPFBA had hosted a Reward & Recognition Program on 23 Sept 2020 in Bangalore for Broiler Marketing Managers as they Participated Consistently in Daily Online Meetings twice a day for Real Time Broiler Rate Coordination since Feb 2020 on a daily basis. And helped to Stabilize the
Further the Marketing Managers acknowledged bhai Inayath Ulla Khan's efforts in the year 2020 challenging times, as he consistently conducted Online Meetings twice a day since the emergence of the COVID-19. He also trained many of them on how to attend them at the comfort of their locations. Recognizing his services, dedication and efficiency he was given an Appreciation Certificate and rewards by the Association.
This pandemic had affected the poultry market to a great extent and suffered immense losses, and farmers have been under huge stress of coping up with these challenging days.
The frequency of online meetings was twice a day and most importantly without any day off. His services of training the marketing managers to take part in online meetings and conducting it regularly that lead to the poultry market come back to normalcy with stability and farmers gained a lot due to this initiative and was highly appreciated by the top leaders.
As a working professional there are loads of examples that depicts Bhai Inayath Ulla Khan's hard work, sincerity, dedication, ownership and very importantly leading by example.
In addition to the above, to highlight the consistent community services which has been phenomenal and highly appreciated by Murshideen-e-Ikraam and our people in faith. Recent initiatives taken up by Mehdavia Times under the guidance of Bhai Inayath Ulla are
Global Essay Competitions, SSLC motivational webinar, assisting other organisations (example FMS) in conducting their online webinars during busy schedule and other community services w.r.t COVID and lot more as evident in the official blog of Mehdavia Times.
All these community services does require a lot of hard work and sacrifices. One needs to be nicely organized to balance the professional job as well as community services. The compromise of sleep to achieve the planned tasks as per timeliness and the shear dedication to reap the appropriate action items to benefit the target areas has been evidently experienced by me while working on the numerous initiatives at Mehdavia Times.
It may sound immoral to emphasize greatly on the hardships, however the intent is to convey that clearly without pain there is no gain...
As Bhai Inayath Ulla Khan has been writing on achievements of other Mehdavia Professionals for benefitting the guidance seeking people. So this way I thought it my turn now to pen down something about him.
I wish and pray for his successful Career as a great professional and indeed it has been a wonderful journey and learning for me and even for others who reach out to him.
JazakAllah Kheyr
You can see more pics @ https://www.facebook.com/media/set?vanity=karnatakapoultry&set=a.3327022047388129
Saturday, September 26, 2020
Friday, September 25, 2020
Inteqal Pur Malaal - Sad demise of Al Haaj M. Peeru Miyan Saheb Ahle Mandya on 25th Sep 2020
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Dear Brothers & Sisters in Faith
وَبَرَكاتُهُ اَلسَّلَامُ عَلَيْكُم وَرَحْمَةُ اَللهِ
Mandya 25 Sep 2020: With deep regrets this is to inform you that Sadr-e-Anjuman-e-Mehdavia, Mandya Al-Haaj M.Peeru Miyan Saheb Ahl-e-Mandya expired today, at 10:am (on Friday, 25th September 2020) at his residence in Mandya.
إِنَّا لِلَّٰهِ وَإِنَّ إِلَيْهِ رَاجِعُونَ
May Allah shower his infinite mercy on Marhum with his divine vision and give Sabar to his family members, siblings, Ahle Khaandan and all the residents of Mehdvia Sadat Mohalla, Mandya. Aameen.
In Shah Allah Namaz-e-Janaza will be offered at 5:00 pm (today) on Friday on 25th September 2020 at Mehdavia Sadath Masjid, Guthal Road, Mandya. Tadfeen will be done at Mehdavia Khabristan, Mandya.
Marhum was an important personality in Mandya, and an active & dedicated Congress Supporter since his youth and served the Anjuman-e-Mehadiva Mandya for his entire life until his last breath.
He is Mamu of my Father Faqeer Abdul Khader Khan, Mandya who revered him more than his father. He used to be the central and an important figure in our Mohalla as he is considered family head of three important Khandans of our Mohalla The Syeds, The Khans and The Meers. Further he is the most respected elder of not only among Mehdavis but also among non Mehdavis and non Muslims too.
Jazak Allah Khair.__________________________________________________________________________________
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إِنَّا لِلَّٰهِ وَإِنَّ إِلَيْهِ رَاجِعُونَ
Jazak Allah Khair.