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 is he is pursuing PhD Research Scholar from University Of Mysore since 2016  at present apart from his busy schedule. This shows his dedication to education in order to bring in efficiency in the task which he takes up.  He is Researching on Futuristic Leadership Trends in next 50 years in Business and society. It is a predictive study of leadership evolution and transition. 

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.

On behalf of all our brothers and sisters, we take this opportunity to wish and pray for Janab Shah Nizamuddin Foujdar Sahab  for his success and future endeavors.

We hope this achievement is not only a good news for him and his family but for all of us at the community level.

JazakAllah Kheyr

Inayath Ulla Khan & Tausif D Sayyed

Team Mehdavia Times 

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.

We are now sharing the essay of the FIRST PRIZE WINNER among the junior category (English Language).

Request you all to go through the same and it will surely upgrade/refresh our Imaan o Aqeeda that we are blessed with.

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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 Allah^swt] 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, Allah^swt 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 Allah^swt day and night perpetually.

The greatest example and role model, The last messenger of Allah-Prophet Mohammed^pbuh always remained in the remembrance of Allah^swt as narrated by Bibi Ayesha^rz.

Hence, HazratImamuna Mahdi-e-Maood^as-Khalifatullah, Muraadullah, Mubayyin-e-kalaamUllah, by the command of Allah^swt 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 Mahdi^as 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 Allah^swt for 8 pahars [24 hours].

Allah^swt obligated Zikrullah, as Salat and Sawm were obligated.

And the Prophet^pbuh 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 Allah^swt’.

He also commanded saying, ‘keep your tongue moist with the remembrance of Allah^swt’.

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 Allah^swt 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 Allah^swt emphasized the status of Zakireen asking the Prophet^pbuh to remain in their company:

Allah^swt 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 Huraira^rz that Huzoor^pbuh said that Allah^swt 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 Allah^swt 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, Allah^swt 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 Allah^swt says:

And remember Allah often that you may succeed. [62:10]

And the SUCCESS of a momin is nothing but the seeing Allah^swt. As HazratImamuna Mahdi-e-Maood^as  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 Prophet^pbuh  said, ‘AfzaluzzikrZikrulkhafi’.

Through zikr-e-khafi only we can attain the divine vision of Allah. Hence Allah^swt  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 Mahdi^as ordered Zikrullah at least from Fajr to Sunrise and Asr to Isha. Explaining its importance Mahdi^as 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 Prophet^pbuh 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 hazratJabir^rz that Prophet^pbuh would sit on his prayer mat after offering fajr salat until sunrise’.

Remember opposite of Zikrullah is to forget Allah^swt, 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]

Prophet^pbuh 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).

Mahdi^as 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].

Allah^swt gave glad tidings to those who do Zikrullah through the Prophet^pbuh as is narrated by Mu’adh ibn Jabal, the Prophet^pbuh 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 Muhajir^rz that Mahdi^as 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’. Imamuna^as said: ’Brothers! Without the Zikrullah you will not reach Allah^swt’.

Hence, we can infer that, without the Zikrullah, we cannot attain the Vision of Allah^swt

Lastly, I pray to Allah^swt 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 Mahmood^ra.

3.        Zikr-e-Dawam

By: HazratMoulvi Muhammed Nooruddin Arabi.

4.        Zikrullah

By: Hazrat Abu Sayeed Syed Mahmood Tashrifullahi^rh.

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

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

Broiler Market in Karnataka State. 20 Broiler Marketing Managers of different companies operating in Karnataka were recognized and rewarded by KPFBA.

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

Tausif D Sayyed

Team 

Mehdavia Times 

 

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