مولانا مفتی محمد عتیق فرنگی محلی
مولانا مفتی محمد عتیق کا سانحہ وفات بھی مذہبی اور علمی حلقوں کے لئے باعث رنج و افسوس ہے، ہر چند کہ وہ عمر طبعی کو پہنچ چکے تھے، اور عرصہ سے بیمار رہتے تھے لیکن اس قحط الرجال کے زمانہ میں ان کا دم بساغنیمت تھا، وہ فرنگی محل کے اس خانوادہ سے تعلق رکھتے تھے، جس نے کئی سو برس سے تعلیم و تدریس، تصنیف و تالیف اور ارشاد و ہدایت کی شمع روشن رکھی ہے، اس خاندان کے فیوض و برکات سے ہندوستان ہی نہیں بلکہ دوسرے ممالک بھی مستفید ہوتے رہے ہیں۔
ملا نظام الدین کا مجوزہ نصاب تعلیم ایسا مقبول ہوا کہ سینکڑوں برس سے عربی مدارس میں رائج ہے، اور درس نظامی کی تکمیل دستار فضیلت کے حصول کے لئے ضروری سمجھی جاتی ہے، اس دو ڈھائی سو برس میں ساری دنیا میں انقلاب برپا ہوگیا، اور تعلیمی نصاب میں غیرمعمولی ردوبدل ہوا، لیکن ہندوستان میں عربی مدارس کی بڑی تعداد اب بھی درس نظامی پر جمی ہوئی ہے، یہ ملا نظام الدین اور ان کے جانشینوں کے خلوص اور کمال علم و عمل کا اثر ہے کہ عوام و خواص سب اس خاندان کی حلقہ بگوشی کو باعث فخر سمجھتے رہے، مل بحرالعلوم نے جب جنوبی ہند کا رخ کیا تو نواب ارکاٹ استقبال کے لئے آگے بڑھے اور ان کی پالکی کو کاندھا دیا۔
مولانا محمد عتیق صاحب اسی خاندان عالی کے ایک ممتاز فرد تھے، اس خاندان میں علم و عمل کا ایسا اجتماع رہا کہ فرنگی محل دارالعلوم کہلایا، ملا نظام الدین علمی کمال کے ساتھ شاہ عبدالرزاق ہانسوی سے ارادت رکھتے تھے، اس طرح اس خاندان میں علم و معرفت، معقول و منقول اور فقرو درویشی کا ہمیشہ اجتماع رہا۔ مغربی علوم و فنون کی چمک دمک سے سبھی...
There has been a tussle going on between Islam and democracy for many decades in the Muslim world which has benefited most certainly the anarchic factions like kings, lords and army dictators. Though democracy is close to Islam and thought to be the best of all types of governments as majority is authority in it that may make or mar the government. In a democratic setup, the individual and personal rights and freedom are considered which is why it is preferred more these days. Many as Muslim thinkers are also in favor of it, but still there is a large faction of clerical scholars who deem democracy as the root of all evils since it empowers general public as an authoritative and decisive force. However with the passage of time, the Islamic counseling system has evolved and come very close to the spirit of democracy. Therefore, may contemporary scholars hold Islamic counseling and democracy almost similar. This article aims to present a preview of democracy and counseling in the light of what the Ulema (Scholars) say about it.
Insect pest infestation is a major constraint in cotton production and causes heavy yield losses every year. Some studies report that insect pests attack on genotypes/cultivars with the traits, frego bracts, okra leaf, and red leaf color is comparatively lower. The genotypes/cultivars with these traits were planted and separated by fine netting to assess insect pest infestation in comparison to commercial cultivars. The Gossypium arboreum cultivar, FH-170 had minimum number of population buildup of sucking and chewing insect pests. Among hirsutum genotypes/cultivars, minimum population buildup of thrips, mites, spotted bollworm and American bollworm was found on Gumbo Okra. Minimum aphid was recorded on Russian Red. PBG-Fb-5 showed the most resistant response against pink bollworm. Population buildup of thrips, mites and aphid was relatively higher under water deficit conditions compared to well watered conditions whereas, population buildup of jassid, and white fly was higher under well watered conditions but was non-significant. Populations of parents, F1 and segregation pattern of F2 and backcross populations of crosses involving okra leaf, frego bract and red leaf traits showed that the traits were monogenic, okra leaf type and red leaf color being incompletely dominant and frego bract as recessive trait. Gene action of agronomic traits (plant height, number of bolls, number of monopodial branches, number of sympodial branches, boll weight, lint percentage, seed index, fiber fineness, fiber strength, and fiber length) in the crosses involving okra leaf, frego bract and red leaf color were different. Heritability estimates for different agronomic traits in the crosses of okra leaf, frego bract and red leaf color varied from 0.26 to 0.95. These results showed the interaction of the insect resistant traits with agronomic traits. Correlation of the traits, okra leaf, frego bract and red leaf color with agronomic traits showed that okra leaf positively correlated with sympodial branches, lint percentage, fiber fineness (measurement scale has inverse relationship with fiber fineness) and fiber length whereas, negative correlation of okra leaf was observed with plant height and seed index. Frego bract had negative correlation with boll weight and lint percentage. Red leaf color had positive association with lint percentage and negative correlation with number of bolls and sympodial branches and fiber strength. Negative correlation of these insect resistant traits with some desirable agronomic traits reveal that very large F2 population would be required to find insect resistant recombinants with desirable agronomic attributes. The correlations among agronomic traits in the crosses involving different insect resistant traits were different which suggest that while incorporating each insect resistant trait into a strain, a different breeding strategy will have to be followed. Simple qualitative nature of the traits, okra leaf, frego bract and red leaf color reveals that the traits may easily be incorporated into commercial cultivars.