Thursday 18 May 2017

Review: Islamic Guide To Sexual Relations

Islamic Guide To Sexual Relations Islamic Guide To Sexual Relations by Muhammad Ibn Adam Al-Kawthari
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Some non-muslims teased the companions of noble prophet saw. They said, your prophet tells you about how to wipe yourself too.

The companions, not suffering from any inferiority complex, said Indeed he does. And he tells us to do in so and so manner.

Alhamdulillah, Allah has taught us through His messenger about each and every facet of life. And one important aspect of a person's life is sex. Maslow would place it as one of the five most basic human needs. Well above self-actualisation, esteem, love, belonging, intellectual pursuits. In terms of a person's well-being's dependence on it, it's not much different from food itself. As the joke goes. Sex, like Oxygen, only becomes important when you aren't getting any.

Unfortunately, muslim world is too shy to talk about it, or to acknowledge.

May Allah give rise to more scholars in ummat, who are able and willing to talk about the relevant issues with clarity and completeness. This book is by one such scholar.

At the very least, one would learn what how the Prophet, the greatest of men of all time, loved his wives, and treated them.

At the best, it could inspire one to fall in love with Allah and His final prophet once again, for having thought about us, the ummatis to such an extent, and to provide us with a deen so complete in guidance, and so pure in its rule.

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Friday 12 May 2017

Mumtaz Naseem

Review: The Metamorphosis

The Metamorphosis The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

I cannot say anything about this book that hasn't been said before. But I must say that it is a novella that is both humorous and horror at the same. The character in it is find in a ridiculously pitiable state, yet the reader never sympathises with him, reader only thinks of himself. What if it were to happen to me? Kafka throws some satire and social commentary for additional zest.

This is timeless.

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Tuesday 9 May 2017

Review: Pride & Prejudice

Pride & Prejudice Pride & Prejudice by Jane Austen
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

I cannot say anything about it, that hasn't been said before.

I just feel very, very fortunate that I myself am married to a woman such as Lizzy herself.

This is an excellent book, very enjoyable, with subtle lessons, and even subtle commentary.

The characters are all so accurately depicted, one can't help but find one family member reflected in each one of them.

Austen, you live on in your books!

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Review: Jaza Ul Amaal

Jaza Ul Amaal Jaza Ul Amaal by Ashraf Ali Thanwi
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Within fifty pages, Maulana Ashraf Ali Thanvi shakes you and clears all the confusions and doubts which necessarily arise as a result of living in a society that's the "singing dancing cr*p of the world".

He proves how our actions affect our this life and the next life; and both lives are, to a perfect, ideal extent, in our power.

He finishes by mentioning five high impact good deeds (1. Acquiring Ilm, 2. Namaz, 3. Socialising less, 4. Self-audit, 5. Repentence) and six high impact bad deeds (1. Backbiting, 2. Opression, 3. Inter-gender interaction, 4. Anger, 5. Conceit, 6. Impure Rizq)

A must read for any muslims who finds himself lazy in DOs and persistent in DONTs.

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