Passing Vacation Islamically: Growing up with Islam
by Nisaar Y. Nadiadwala on Wednesday, December 14, 2011 at 6:51pm
I was censoring a Group Discussion of Ulema including a prominent educationalist Mubarak Kapdi. The man has been writing on education and parenting for past 15 years. He has conducted 100s of workshops and seminars for students. His biodata is also as impressive as his brother in law Dr. Zakir Naik. Mubarak bhai made a very important point.." Many of our teenage boys drop out of schools and either they join their father's business with almost no extra productivity , or they loiter and waste their remaining teenaage " He had a revolutionary suggestion..It is too negative attitude to nag along with the tag of " Minorities " when the rest of the minorities in India and abroad incouding US, are proserping and dominating.
The Brahmins in India are minorities, and so are the Jews in US.. Mubarak bhai is right.. even the British were few thousands in number yet they rules the whole of Indian sub continent for almost a century andn ot only that, they build railways and posstal services and many other useful things required to run a country. Mubarak bhai is a visionary. He argued, " The best way to reach the dominance is to cling to your religion and along with it work harder than other communities in the field of education, corporate world and business..
This brings us to the cross road " How to work harder than other communities " The answer is simple. Learn as many skills as possible. Use your vacations brightly. When you don't have home works or exams or completing journals.. you have lot of time to do something you are passionate about. Make that passion your part time course and grow up in it. How about our school students taking up some short courses in vacation for spare income and work experience...
Consider this bio-data " Abdul is a graduate in Arts and B. ED. He has applied for the post of a teacher and his biodata says that he can even repair computers and do some electric work too or he has a good knowledge of accounts as well which he learnt during his vacation though he had nothing to do with his syllabus. What do you think will be his prospectus of getting a responsible job when other with just mere certificates of grades have applied for job? In the corporate world the rule is " how beneficial you are for the company" that determines your increment and salary.
Another important lesson our teens must learn in vacation is "Deen" Most of us over look the fact the vacation is ideal to impart deen. Islamic seminars are ideal...
Last month I was in the famous Azam campus of Pune, one of the finest Muslim Academic Campus in India. Spread over acres with lush greenery and awesome architecture, the place stands as a landmark . There were seven hundred high school students attending a week workshop in vacation to study Islam. What made this workshop unique was the enthuthiasm of the participants. Normally no child in the world would like his vacations be robbed away by the academicians. It is really a hard task to get the children attend from morning to evening for a whole week sacrificing their holidays. It really requires extraordinary hard work, PR and presentation skills to glue the attention of the teens . The malls, the glamorous sports tournaments, local matches, the Television programs are our rivals and we have to snatch our teens from them and cultivate Islam in their attitude and habits.
There were 700 students in the week long seminar for teens and I was glad that they did not find it boring.
But what about the rest of the children? Do they pass their vacation just loitering around in the malls window shopping or hanging out with friends in parks and theaters. Who should be worried? The Qur'an says " O you who believe ! save your self and your family from fire... Surah Tahrim...
Author : Nisaar Nadiadwala speaks and writes on Islam and Muslims. He can be reached at nisaar_yusuf@yahoo.com
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by Nisaar Y. Nadiadwala on Wednesday, December 14, 2011 at 6:51pm
I was censoring a Group Discussion of Ulema including a prominent educationalist Mubarak Kapdi. The man has been writing on education and parenting for past 15 years. He has conducted 100s of workshops and seminars for students. His biodata is also as impressive as his brother in law Dr. Zakir Naik. Mubarak bhai made a very important point.." Many of our teenage boys drop out of schools and either they join their father's business with almost no extra productivity , or they loiter and waste their remaining teenaage " He had a revolutionary suggestion..It is too negative attitude to nag along with the tag of " Minorities " when the rest of the minorities in India and abroad incouding US, are proserping and dominating.
The Brahmins in India are minorities, and so are the Jews in US.. Mubarak bhai is right.. even the British were few thousands in number yet they rules the whole of Indian sub continent for almost a century andn ot only that, they build railways and posstal services and many other useful things required to run a country. Mubarak bhai is a visionary. He argued, " The best way to reach the dominance is to cling to your religion and along with it work harder than other communities in the field of education, corporate world and business..
This brings us to the cross road " How to work harder than other communities " The answer is simple. Learn as many skills as possible. Use your vacations brightly. When you don't have home works or exams or completing journals.. you have lot of time to do something you are passionate about. Make that passion your part time course and grow up in it. How about our school students taking up some short courses in vacation for spare income and work experience...
Consider this bio-data " Abdul is a graduate in Arts and B. ED. He has applied for the post of a teacher and his biodata says that he can even repair computers and do some electric work too or he has a good knowledge of accounts as well which he learnt during his vacation though he had nothing to do with his syllabus. What do you think will be his prospectus of getting a responsible job when other with just mere certificates of grades have applied for job? In the corporate world the rule is " how beneficial you are for the company" that determines your increment and salary.
Another important lesson our teens must learn in vacation is "Deen" Most of us over look the fact the vacation is ideal to impart deen. Islamic seminars are ideal...
Last month I was in the famous Azam campus of Pune, one of the finest Muslim Academic Campus in India. Spread over acres with lush greenery and awesome architecture, the place stands as a landmark . There were seven hundred high school students attending a week workshop in vacation to study Islam. What made this workshop unique was the enthuthiasm of the participants. Normally no child in the world would like his vacations be robbed away by the academicians. It is really a hard task to get the children attend from morning to evening for a whole week sacrificing their holidays. It really requires extraordinary hard work, PR and presentation skills to glue the attention of the teens . The malls, the glamorous sports tournaments, local matches, the Television programs are our rivals and we have to snatch our teens from them and cultivate Islam in their attitude and habits.
There were 700 students in the week long seminar for teens and I was glad that they did not find it boring.
But what about the rest of the children? Do they pass their vacation just loitering around in the malls window shopping or hanging out with friends in parks and theaters. Who should be worried? The Qur'an says " O you who believe ! save your self and your family from fire... Surah Tahrim...
Author : Nisaar Nadiadwala speaks and writes on Islam and Muslims. He can be reached at nisaar_yusuf@yahoo.com
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