Showkat Ul Rahman

Funny short story Three friends; Everybody,Somebody & Nobody ....... In my village there lived three friends namely Everybody,Somebody & Nobody.  One fine evening the three friends were having a casual conversation while enjoying dinner and all of a sudden Everybody felt thirsty.  Everybody was expecting that Somebody might fetch water for him,but to his great sorrow Nobody came to quench his thirst. Suddenly lights were off and after a few minutes Somebody knocked at the door and Everybody shrinked with fear.  Nobody went towards the door to see who is there but to his great surprise there was a crowd outside and Somebody out of the crowd came with the intention to quarel with Everybody and Nobody could normalize the situation. Somebody put blame on Everybody that Everybody is after him like a wolf. Any difficult task,Everybody knows that if not Everybody but Somebody has the quality to solve any trouble which Everybody faces. So Everybody felt that misundersta...

      Nikah,a marriage agreement between BRIDEGROOM and BRIDE is incomplete without applicable Mahr, must practically and religiously be decided by these two parties only but it looses the essence when the Mahr is decided by the PARENTS of bridegroom and bride who bargain the Mahr in the form of cash, gold or property to the extent the two families are satisfied at their elite thirst. This bargain derails and devalues the Nikah objective. Yes,parents can pay on behalf but cannot decide the Mahr which is and must be decided by the bridegroom and bride exclusively,none other. The transition of decision shift from the two parties to respective parents is the basis of whole lot of girls getting Nikahless. Frankly speaking i feel it is more a bank deal instead of Nikah.More Mahr decided by parents is no security of a quality bond and quality life afterwards. Mahr could be even verbatum quranic verses as declared by Prophet SAW. Unless and until we understand the purpose o...