as expounded by an Urdu poet, Chakbast, in the following words: Zindagi kya hai, anasir mein zahoor-e-tarteeb Mauwt kya hai, inhi ajza ka pareshan hona

off to Alwar, her home town. However, just over two weeks later, we received the following letter by e-mail on March 28, from Hyderabad: Respected Maulana Wahiduddin Khan, I am Neha, working in an MNC.

attention and not deviate from the straight path. The challenging task is called in the Hadith as jihad-e nafs, or jihad against oneself. (Musnad Ahmad, Hadith No. 23958)

different parts of the world. A distinction is made between Islam as presented by the Prophet Muhammad e and his Companions (information about which is available to us in the Qur’an and the sunnah) and Islam

In the following verse dawah ilallah has been called ‘helping God’ or Nusrat-e-khuda, “Believers, be God’s helpers. (The Quran, 61:14) It means to become wholly honest in relation to God and to feel and

Islamic ActivismAddressing Prophet Muhammad e, the Quran enjoins: “Therefore, bear up patiently as did the steadfast apostles before you. Bear up with patience and do not seek to hurry on their doom.”

awry. In this respect, the responsibility of every unit is like that of the Prophet’s family, or Ahl-e- bait, as it is expressed in Arabic in the Quran. Every Muslim family has to undergo this process of

the entire life of a believer. There are three major kinds of this process of jihad. 1. Jihad-e-nafs: to control one’s negative and undesirable feelings within oneself and to persevere in the life

awry. In this respect, the responsibility of every unit is like that of the Prophet’s family, or Ahl-e- bait, as it is expressed in Arabic in the Quran. Every Muslim family has to undergo this process of