آہ! مولانا محمد عمران خان ندوی الازہری
۲۲؍ اکتوبر ۸۶ء کو یکایک خبر ملی کہ مولانا حافظ محمد عمران خان ندوی ازہری اپنے خاندان والوں کو دل فگار اور اپنے جاننے والوں کو دل گیر چھوڑ کر تہتر (۷۳) سال کی عمر میں اس عالم فانی سے عالم جادوانی کو سدھارے، اس خبر سے جسم و دماغ پر ایک بجلی گر پڑی۔
ان کی موت ایک خاص قسم کی قوت عمل، عزم، ادارہ، خوش انتظامی، خوش سلیقگی، خوش فکری، اور خوش و ضعی کی موت ہے، وہ اپنے پیچھے ایک درس چھوڑ گئے کہ عمل پیہم اور یقین محکم سے کس طرح اہم اور بڑے سے بڑا، کام انجام دیا جاسکتا ہے، بے سرو سامانی میں کیسے کیسے سازوسامان پیدا کیے جاسکتے ہیں، یا س کے عالم میں مخلص کارکنوں کی جماعت کی تنظیم کیسے کی جاسکتی، اور ناداری کے عالم میں بھی وہ کام انجام دیا جاسکتا ہے جو بڑی دولت کے ذریعہ سے نہیں کیا جاسکتا۔
وہ بھوپال کے رہنے والے تھے، ۱۹۴۷ء کے بعد جب بھوپال کا فرماں روا خاندان بھوپال چھوڑ کر دوسری جگہ پناہ گزین ہوگیا تھا تو مولانا عمران خان ندوی نے اپنی قوت ارادی کو بروئے کارلاکر بھوپال کے لوگوں کے دلوں پر اپنی فرماں روائی شروع کردی اور یہ نمونہ پیش کیا کہ تاج و تخت کے بغیر بھی اخلاص کی پاکیزگی، نیت کی طہارت اور عمل کی پختگی کے ساتھ فرماں روائی ہوسکتی ہے۔
انھوں نے تاج المساجد کی تعمیر جس طرح ازسرنو کی اور اس کی زینت و آرایش میں جس طرح اضافہ کیا، اور پھر اس کے ذریعہ سے جو دینی حمیت اور ایمانی حرارت پیدا کی، وہ ایسا کارنامہ ہے کہ دنیا کی بڑی مسجدوں کی تعمیر کی جب تاریخ لکھی جائے گی تو ان کا نام نامی بھی اس تاریخ میں ضرور لکھا جائے...
During the Arab Rule in Sindh, there had been great and featured research work in all fields of Islamic knowledge particularly in the field of Qurʾān, Hadīth and biography of Prophet Muḥammad PBUH. After the Arabs, The Kalhora’s period is known as the golden period of education, literature and civilization in the history of Sindh. Prior to this, the scholars of Sindh had written various voluminous works on Islamic knwoledge in Arabic and Persian. During this period, a movement initiated amongst the scholars of Sindh, which encouraged them for writing and compiling books in local Sindhi Language inspite of vernacular Arabian and Persian languages. As such, a remarkable work of authorship and compilation had been made in various fields including Islamic studies in general and in the field of biography of Hazrat Muḥammad PBUH, which thereafter remained continued in the days of Talpur’s, British Rule and till to date. This paper is the analytical survey of Sīrah Literature being produced in Sindh from 1947 to 2015 CE in local Sindhi Language.
The debate over capital punishment has gained attention of academicians, researchers and policy makers equally. Support or opposition of capital punishment both are backed by the notion of value of human life. It is a quantitative cross-sectional study in its nature and envisaged to explore the perception about effectiveness of capital punishment. A sample of 600 registered lawyers was selected from five district bar associations of Punjab province through random sampling technique. Data were collected through a selfadministered questionnaire and analyzed by applying suitable statistical tests. The objectives of this were to assess the level of awareness about occurrence and reasons of crimes, reasons to support and oppose capital punishment, opinion about crimes on which capital punishment can be awarded and perception about effectiveness of capital punishment as deterrence. Both descriptive and inferential analyses were carried out and results of this research showed that most of the respondents were aware of the occurrence and reasons of crimes. A vast majority of lawyers were in favor of capital punishment due to its significant role in curbing terrorism and violent crimes, particularly in socio-cultural context of Pakistan. They supported capital punishment as effective mean of deterrence against criminal intent and homicide. Miscarriage of justice and sect based victimization were the reasons to oppose the capital punishment. Risk of innocent execution and flaws in police investigation system were also reasons to oppose the capital punishment. This research revealed that respondents having more awareness regarding causes of the crimes perceived capital punishment more effective. However, there was no relationship between the awareness of capital punishment and perceived effectiveness of capital punishment. There was an inverse relationship between reasons to oppose capital punishment and perceived effectiveness of capital punishment. Multivariate analysis revealed a strong association of awareness about punishment, crimes against person, crimes against state and reasons to support capital punishment with effectiveness of capital punishment.