مفتی عبدالقادر
افسوس ہے کہ گذشتہ مہینہ ۲۴؍ اگست کو فرنگی محل کے نامور عالم مفتی عبدالقادر صاحب نے وفات پائی، مرحوم علم و عمل میں اپنے اسلاف کرام کا نمونہ اور طبعاً نہایت خاموش اور عزلت پسند تھے، پوری زندگی خاموشی اور قناعت کے ساتھ درس و تدریس اور علم و افتاد کی خدمت میں گذاری، ان کی موت سے فرنگی محل کی ایک اہم یادگار مٹ گئی، نئی نسل جدید تعلیم یافتہ ہے، اس کو اپنے اسلاف کے علوم اور روایات سے بہت کم علاقہ رہ گیا ہے اس لئے جو ایک دو پرانے بزرگ باقی رہ گئے ہیں ان کے بعد فرنگی محل میں سناٹا نظر آتا ہے۔
اس خاندان میں جتنی طویل مدت تک علم رہا اور اس سے پورے ہندوستان کو جو فیض پہنچا اس کی مثال دوسرے علمی خاندانوں میں کم ملے گی، عموماً دو چار پشتوں سے زیادہ کسی خاندان میں علم نہیں چلتا، مگر فرنگی محل تقریباً تین صدیوں تک دینی علوم اور اس کی تعلیم کا مرکز رہا اور اس مدت میں ملا نظام الدین بانی درس نظامیہ ، ملا حیدر ، ملا حسن، مولانا بحرالعلوم، مولانا عبدالحئی اور مولانا عبدالباری رحہم اﷲ جیسے بڑے بڑے علماء پیدا ہوئے مگر اب بظاہر اس سلسلۃ الذہب کا خاتمہ نظر آتا ہے۔
مفتی صاحب مرحوم علم و عمل کے ساتھ اخلاق فاضلہ اور اوصاف حمیدہ سے بھی آراستہ نہایت خاموش متواضع، نرم خور، خندہ جبیں، شگفتہ مزاج اور خوش خلق تھے، ملنے والوں پر ان کے علم سے زیادہ ان کے اخلاق کا اثر پڑتا تھا، ان اوصاف کی بنا پر وہ ہر طبقے میں بڑے مقبول تھے۔ راقم نے ان سے مختصر المعانی پڑھی تھی، اس زمانہ میں ان کے اخلاق اور مہرومحبت کا جو نقش دل پر قائم ہوا تھا وہ اب تک باقی ہے، اﷲ تعالیٰ اس...
The History revealed the fact that merchants played a very prominent and vital role in spreading the religion of Islam. Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) remained one of the popular merchants of his time in the Arabian Peninsula. Similarly, the same profession was also adopted by the Prophet’s companions and they propagated the message of Islam almost in every corner of the world being a core mission of their lives. The number of Islamic countries on the world’s map witness their efforts in this regard. There are numerous sayings of the Prophet (PBUH) in which he praised the honest and truthful traders and cautioned with serious wrath for the otherwise. Keeping in view the contemporary scenario of corporate world, one can easily observe the lacking of professional and ethical values among the merchants more specifically concerned with commercialization and marketing. In fact, marketing is one of the sound sources to promote business but some companies try to exploit their consumers via fake commercialization and false advertising. Pakistan, being an Islamic country, has to devise such principles and regulations regarding commercial advertising which are in full conformity with Shariah standards that will definitely, secure the rights of all stakeholders along with fine attraction for foreign investment to put the economy on growing direction. The current paper deals with the morals and values of advertising in the light of Prophetic teaching.
Feminist Critical Discourse Analysis of Contemporary South Asian and Native American Novels People of South Asia and Native America have somewhat similar destinies. Both sides are invaded, displaced and exploited by the intruders and the foreign occupiers. Therefore, the study examines contemporary South Asian and Native American novels in the light of Feminist Critical Discourse Analysis while highlighting the similarities and differences that exist on both sides in the condition of female characters and representation of gender in a comparative analysis. For this purpose different forms of oppression employed to oppress female characters, discursive production of power and dominance, reworking and contesting of the assumptions embedded in the hegemonic gender ideology by female characters and representation of gender are the vital concerns taken up in the study. Since Feminist Critical Discourse Analysis combines the perspective of Critical Discourse Analysis and Feminism, it facilitates the exploration of above mentioned subject matter. Complex and subtle issues of power, gender and ideology are scrutinized by the theory. Dialogism with its emphasis on utterances, context, polyphony, heteroglossia, temporal and spatial framework is employed as a method to investigate the novels. Despite geographical distance and difference, South Asians and Native Americans have certain analogous experiences. Female characters are seen subjected to various overt and covert forms of oppression in the South Asian and Native American novels but their sufferings diverge in their magnitude and size, intensity and level, degree and extent. Written and spoken, verbal and non-verbal dimensions of language are studied in the discourse. Discursive power and dominance is materialized in interactions. Domination and authority is asserted by controlling interactions, commencing and concluding them on one’s own initiative, not caring for the actions and reactions, words and thoughts of the other person involved. False generalizations and ideologies are means to enact power and dominance discursively. Manipulation through discourse leads to conditioning, acceptability and hegemony. The female characters breach the taboos, get involved in the processes of mental and spiritual development to rework and redefine their position. They challenge and rebel, discarding what is falsely established and associated with them. They aspire and then work to transpire their hopes, dreams and ambitions into reality. The female characters are very much visible in the novels, performing their traditional as well as nontraditional roles. Characters, both male and female, are portrayed on human level with all their offerings and failings.