مولانا محمد اسمٰعیل سنبھلی
افسوس ہے کہ مولانا محمد اسمٰعیل سنبھلی بھی ہم سے رخصت ہوگئے۔ مولانا دیوبند کے فارغ التحصیل تھے اوربڑے جوش اورجذبہ کے انسان تھے اسی وجہ سے وہ ہمیشہ جمعیۃ علماء کے ساتھ وابستہ رہے اوراس سلسلہ میں قید ومحن کی تکالیف بھی برداشت کیں۔وہ نہایت پُرجوش خطیب ومقرر تھے، ان کی تقریر کی خصوصیت یہ تھی کہ شروع سے لے کر آخیر تک ایک سکینڈ کے وقفہ کے بغیر اورایک ہی لب و لہجہ سے تقریر کرتے تھے۔ تقسیم کے بعد دوسرے حضرات کی طرح انھوں نے بھی عملی سیاسیات سے ترک تعلق کرلیا تھا اوریوپی اورگجرات کے مختلف مدارس میں درس و تدریس کاکام کرتے رہے۔ نہایت مخلص،بے لوث اورمتواضع بزرگ تھے۔اﷲ تعالیٰ ان کو مغفرت و رحمت کی نوازشوں سے سرفراز فرمائے۔
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This paper is an attempt to elaborate and highlight the attributes and qualities of leading specialists and reformative factors of Islamic society blessed with moral par-excellence known asṢūfiyā and‘Ulamā’. As unfortunately, with an exception of few, these responsible characters have gone astray following ill commanding self like a wolf in sheep’s dress hiding their harmful aspects with friendly appearance. These so-called knowledge spreading elements and spiritual mentors are also accountable to disparage the values and thought associated with Islamic system of learning and self-purification. So, it is necessary to remove the curtain in order to visit the real picture of Taṣawwaf. For this purpose, a book ‘Kashf al-Maḥjūb’ of great Sufi scholar Syed Alī bin ‘Uthmān al Hujvairī (R.A)has been selected to examine analytically how he discussed the situation in the light of Qur’ān and Sunnah elaborating the misconduct and bad behavior of under discussed. One who disguised himself instead of having conflict between his internality (self) to that of externality. The habits and attitude of imperfect Ṣūfiyā and the misleading ‘Ulamā’ and their injurious impact on society have been discussed by Alī Hujvairī (R.A) in his comprehensive treatise. The author also setout a strategy to know how to get rid of these so-called Ṣūfiyā and‘Ulamā’ and suggested various outlines and framework for recuperation in order to save the humanity from their lethal side effects.
Background: Preconception care (PCC) is an important form of primary health care that aims to identify risks, offer patient education and evidence based interventions prior to conception in order to improve maternal and fetal short and long term health outcomes. Despite the benefits of PCC, the global levels of utilization are still low, more so in developing countries and in the rural settings. This study aimed to determine the difference in the level and determinants of PCC in both urban and rural settings in Kenya. Objectives: The primary objective of this study was to compare PCC among pregnant women in Aga Khan University Hospital, Nairobi (AKUH, N) (urban) and Maragua Level Four Hospital (MLFH) (rural). The secondary objective was to determine the factors affecting PCC among pregnant women in the two hospitals. Design and Methodology: Unselected pregnant women seeking antenatal care (ANC) were recruited consecutively at the Mother and Child Health (MCH) clinics in AKUH, N and MLFH. The study design was a mixed method study that employed a cross-sectional approach to determine the level of PCC, using a 5-10 minutes self-administered questionnaire, and a qualitative approach to assess factors affecting PCC using a semi-structured interview guide. Quantitative data was analyzed using SPSS version 22. Qualitative interviews were transcribed verbatim, a thematic framework was thereafter manually constructed through coding, creating categories, sub-themes and themes. Indexing, charting, mapping and data interpretation were thereafter carried out. Results: A total of 194 pregnant women were recruited, 97 in each setting (rural and urban). Of these, 21 women were selected through purposive sampling to participate in in-depth interviews for the qualitative aspect of the study. Saturation of themes occurred after 13 interviews (7 at AKUH and 6 at MLFH) after which 4 more interviews were conducted at each site to confirm saturation. Of the total participants, 25.8% received PCC. There was a significant difference (p < 0.01) in PCC between the rural and urban participants with an OR of 0.3 (0.19-0.72, 95 % CI). Univariate analysis of possible related factors showed that age, marital status, education, parity and occupation had potential effect on PCC. Transcription, coding and thematic analysis of the in-depth interviews yielded 97 categories which were merged into 39 sub-themes and subsequently into 12 main themes. Eleven of the main themes were identified as factors affecting PCC while one theme contained suggested strategies of increasing PCC awareness and utilization. The dominant themes