Belated Eid Mubarak

Hello friends, hope all of you are doing great. A belated Eid Mubarak to all the Muslim bloggers out there. Hope you had a blessed & fun-filled eid.

Most old readers must have noticed almost a dead blog. Are you curious to know the reason? No no, I did not get married. You want to know who is slowly killing this blog? It is the Twitter box you see on the left side, ladies & gentlemen, that is the culprit. Dubai Guy is officially addicted to Twitter & invites you to become an addict, that is if you haven't already become one ;-)

What else? Well nothing much. It was a very slow Eid. Every Eid, the number of people you personally go to greet or receive them is going down. Apart from the close family relatives, the number of people I met on the Eid day can be easily counted on fingers of my hand. This was not the case only a few years ago. Maybe its technology, which although has diminished the distances over the air waves, but has also increased the distances between people.

The way things are going, I believe face to face interactions would totally disappear soon. We are becoming self-centered people. You will find most muslims boasting about how they have preserved their family values, perhaps it was true before, but I think the landscape has considerably changed, at least in the "developed" muslim countries.

Okay, enough blabbering for the day. Pray that God gives me enough motivation to write another post soon. Till then, Peace be on all of you :)

A Walk by the River

Once there was a small house near to a river bank. There were three people living in the house. A man his wife and his old father. The man was very happy with his wife and they had good life. But his father was very old and sick and often used to be a trouble for both of them whole day and night. 

During day they had to serve him food and medicine and at night he used to cough up a lot. That's why they were not able to sleep properly. This routine kept on going for sometime. 


One night the man and his wife discussed something in their room and then the man came out and he asked his father to ride on his back. 

The father asked "O my son where are you taking me to?" 

The man replied "Dad! I want you to take out for a change since it's been long time you didn't see the world outside of the house". 

The father was riding on back of his son tightly and the son started walking towards river unless he reached near the river. The father thought his son would stop on edge of the river and let him enjoy the natural scene. 

But the son entered into the river unless he reached deep into the water, where water was touching his chest. 

The son was about to throw his father in the water that suddenlly father asked his son to stop for a bit. 

The son froze where he was. 

The father said "O my son I knew why and where you were going to take me, but before you throw me in the river I want to tell you something. The place where you are standing right now is exactly the place where I threw my father in the river. So please throw me in a little bit deeper water, so when it comes your turn then your son has to walk a little bit more... 

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A Brief Encounter with a Real Hero

I was really touched by an incident I witnessed two days ago. While waiting at the traffic light, I saw one gentleman leave the comfort of his air-conditioned car, pick up a small dead bird lying on the hot asphalt surface & place it gently on the shaded grassy surface away from traffic & then resume his driving.

It all happened in a matter of few seconds but it really left me spell bound & almost brought tears to my eyes. Strange are the ways of son of Adam, I thought. There are some who are blood thirsty for their own kind & then there are others who never let go of an opportunity to show their mercy towards other creatures of the Creator.

When was the last time you witnessed a similar incident which left you lost for words? Do share your thoughts :-)