آہ! مولانا سید ریاست علی ندوی
گزشتہ مہینہ پٹنہ کے اخبار صدائے عام میں دارالمصنفین کے ایک پرانے لائق خدمت گزار مولانا سید ریاست علی ندوی کی وفات کی خبر بڑے دکھ، اور درد کے ساتھ پڑھی، اسی وقت ان کی اہلیہ کے نام ایک تعزیتی تار بھیجا، پھر ان کے صاحبزادے سید ارشد علی کا یہ خط موصول ہوا:
آبگیلہ، ڈاکخانہ بنیادگنج، گیا۔
۱۹، دسمبر ۱۹۷۶ء
محترم چچا جان! السلام علیکم
بہت ہی افسوس کے ساتھ لکھنا پڑرہا ہے کہ والد محترم جناب مولانا سید ریاست علی ندوی صاحب ۱۴؍ نومبر ۱۹۷۶ء کو بروز اتوار بوقت سوانو بجے دن رحلت فرماگئے، موت حرکت قلب بند ہوجانے کی وجہ سے ہوئی، پہلا دورہ ۱۳؍ نومبر کو ۹ بجے دن کو ہوا، شہر کے مشہور ڈاکٹروں نے دیکھا، طبیعت سنبھل گئی، ہم لوگ کافی پر امید ہوگئے، احتیاط کی خاطر گیارہ بجے رات کو مقامی اسپتال میں داخل کردیا گیا، کبھی کبھی طبیعت کچھ بگڑ جاتی تھی، لیکن برابر ہوش میں رہے، اپنی وفات سے ایک منٹ پہلے ہنستے بولتے رہے، ہم لوگوں کے گمان میں بھی نہ تھا کہ وہ ہم لوگوں کو اس قدر جلد داغ مفارقت دے جائیں گے۔
ان کو اپنی غیر مطبوعہ کتابوں کی کافی فکر تھی، وہ اعظم گڑھ جانے کا ارادہ بار بار کرتے رہے، وہ دسمبر میں اعظم گڑھ ضرور پہنچتے، وہ اپنی چند کتابیں دارالمصنفین کو دینا چاہتے تھے۔ یہ بات اطلاعاً لکھ رہا ہوں، امید کہ جناب عالی مع الخیر ہوں گے‘‘۔
اس خط کو پڑھ کر آبدیدہ ہوا اور چالیس سال پہلے کے دارالمصنفین کی صحبتیں یاد آگئیں، میں یہاں ۱۹۳۵ء میں آیا، یہ اس کی شہرت کے شباب کا زمانہ تھا، اس وقت اس علمی کارواں کے سالار اور حدی خواں استاذی المحترم حضرت مولانا سید سلمان ندویؒ تھے، جن کے علم کا اعتراف علامہ اقبالؒ...
Everyone knows that ‘hope’ or ‘expectation’ has a pivotal role in the life of a human being. It is a virtue that may produce boost in an individual’s life. All revealed religions urge to their followers to please the Almighty God, and in return they should keep hope from Allah Almighty that He would compensate and reward then in the life thereafter. It is also a matter of fact that there are various aspects of importance of hope in the life of a Muslim. These aspects are discussed in this article in detail. In today’s word, when there are hopeless attitude is found everywhere, this article would present a very positive impact on the society. The article under discussion aims at different aspects of Al- Raja’a (Hope) in the life of a Muslim and its importance for having blessings of ALLAH Almighty. Main ingredients are as follow: · Wideness of blessings of ALLAH Almighty and forgiveness by Him if a person believes in Him and has full commitment on Him. · Self-accountability of a person and his regrets upon his wrong doings and to endeavor adoption of a Right Path. · This belief of Hope pleases one’s self and it brings happiness apparently and inside of this person. · Islam does completely prohibit false beliefs and halfhearted weak faith. In the same way Islam also condemns despondency.
Women in Pakistan comprised almost half of total population and their participation rate in agricultural sector is about 70 percent. Pakistani women actively participate in agriculture and contribute in all areas including production of crops, livestock management etc., along with normal domestic chores. Despite expanding role of women in agricultural sector, extension services in Pakistan are limited to men than women. The investigation was designed to measure the position and contribution of rural women, their constraints in decision making regarding agricultural activities and mainly how the rural women can be empowered for sustainable agricultural development in the district Okara, Punjab, Pakistan. It was envisioned that women participation in extension activities has rarely been investigated. A multistage random sampling technique was used to collect the data from 480 respondents from three Tehsils of the district. From each Tehsil, eight villages were taken by using simple random sampling technique. Twenty farm families were selected from each selected village at random and one woman was further selected randomly from each selected household. So, 480 farm families made a total of 480 respondents for the study. The results show that a vast majority of women were illiterate, having monthly family income less than one lac, having small land farms, and living in joint family system. A large proportion of the respondents reported that they had to face problems and constraints in accessing agricultural extension services in the context of social, economic, cultural, and political issues. Bivariate analysis indicated that education level of women, income of household, family type were significantly associated with the selected variables of constraints women faced in decision making process and their participation conditions in that process. Some variables showed strong association e.g. education of women. Ownership of land by women depicted strong significant with majority of the selected variables. However, addressing theses constraints effectively the situation of women empowerment can be improved in rural areas. If they would be empowered financially and economically they would become independent in their decisions, which can play a vital role to empower women.