Call Towards Light

The IBA Iqra Society invited Sheikh Kamaluddin Ahmed on 6th of April, 2011. The following is the summary of the talk on ‘Qabiliyah and Qubooliyah’. Please note that the following is not a transcription but only notes based on personal understanding. Notes by: Ariba Masood “And whatever good they do – never will it be removed from them. And Allah is Knowing of the righteous.” [3:115] In the Holy Quran, Allah (SWT) says that He accepts actions of the Muttaqeen. [...]

The lecture took place at Main Campus, IBA on March 10, 2011. It is a a part of the ongoing Scattered Pearls Series and the speaker was Sobia Qasim.  Please note that the following is not a transcription of the lecture and only based on the notes I took during the lecture. I have tried to cover as much as possible. The topic is very pertinent to women as men are mostly known to be using their hands frequently and [...]

Shaykh Hashim came to IBA yesterday (Feb, 28 2011) to give a talk on ” Is business deen or dunya?”. The talk happened in City Campus, Apwa Auditorium which was organized by IBA, Iqra Society For those who dont know,Sheikh Hashim was born and raised in California, USA and started off his career as a Musician in Hollywood. He reverted to Islam in 1970 and since then dedicated himself to acquiring traditional Islamic knowledge. Although I was a few minutes late, [...]

Book: You Can Be The Happiest Woman in the World : A Treasure Chest of Reminders By: Dr. A’id al-Qarni publisher: International Islamic Publishing House Price: Rs 675 One of my friends Aeman Majeed had given me a book on Simple Wisdom by Maulana Waheeduddin Khan and I had fallen in love with its format so much so that I wanted to buy a book with a similar format except that it should be more women specific. What I had [...]

The following notes are based on the second of the two day Workshop held in Nov 2010 by Sobia Kamaladdin (wife of Shaykh Kamaluddin Ahmed) on the topic: Marriage in Islam. The workshop was held in Karachi and was addressed only to women. These notes are not transcript of the workshop but simply based on my understanding of the topic. The workshop was divided into three broad sections: 1. Conflict Resolution Guidelines 2. How to win the heart of your [...]

A few days back, I was waiting for IBA point in the morning. It was the exact same place I waited everyday. Everything around me was same. I was looking around me and right in front of me was a tree. It is a completely bent tree. I had known and seen the tree since I was a child. And yet, until that day I had not realized or thought upon the fact that how was the tree so bent, [...]

PURIFICATION OF HEART SERIES- part 2 topic: Harmful effects of sin Date: April 5, 2010 Venue: Main Campus, IBA Speaker: Sobia Qasim (topic notes by myself) We have to understand that we have to leave sins of the zahir and the sins of batin. Some of us think that it is okay if I don’t lie or if I don’t do gheebat etc but since our actions stem from inside, we have to take care of our baatin as well. [...]

Photo Credit  PURIFICATION OF HEART SERIES-PART 2TOPIC: Reliance on Allah (SWT)Speaker: Sobia Qasim This lecture was held at Main Campus on 8th March 2010. The same lecture was also held at City Campus, IBA(Topic notes taken by myself) Tawakkul means leaving everything on Allah SWT. Allah SWT lies above asbaab. But unfortunately, our state is that we are running after the sabab and forgetting that Allah SWT is the one who causes asbaab in the first place. He is [...]

Photo Credit I wrote an article for Hiba Magazine which got printed last January (Jan 2010). I told my sister-in-law, Saima about it a few days back and she encouraged me to put it on my blog for everyone to read it. So here it is… I look up at the stars on the sky. I am amazed. The dark blanket of the sky which scares most of us when it is in its solitary becomes an enchanting gaze of [...]