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My niece taught me a lesson today...

Posted Dec 16th, 2008 at 10:58 PM by PSquared

I have a niece who will be 2 years old in Feb, Inshallah. She is my world and means everything to me. When I come home, she follows me into my room and plays with everything she can reach. She is talking a little now so I hear things like "Aala (khala) Ajaoooo", cookie is "tooti", dupatta is "patta", ketchup is "tutup", etc. We were at Tahoora a few weeks ago and she offered her mango shake to these strangers who were sitting a few seats away from us. She will smile at people all the time, make friends wherever she goes or leave at least a few admirers trailing behind her in baby Nikes, lol.

Her innocent hugs and baby kisses got me thinking today. What happened to us? Where did our love for all mankind go? Do we become so tainted/jaded with the world we forget that all these people around us are after all Allah swt's creations? They belong to Him too. That Hindu neighbor, Jewish clerk, Christian priest...are all Allah swt's creatures. Tell me if Im being naive here...but isnt this true???

Maybe Allah swt listens to children's and elder's duas more because of their pure hearts? Maybe he wants us to be the same way and we dont realize it? I dont think we were meant to be as separated and prejudiced as we have become.

Sometimes I wonder whatever happened to all the innocense we were born with? Have you noticed how babies love? They love with NO conditions! There is no age, race, creed, religion or sexual orientation in their eyes. They just give off love and the sweetest kind of all!

Im posting this because recently I heard a family member of mine say he was going to boycott all Indian services/products because of all the negativity towards Pakistanis regarding the Mumbai attacks. I think if Pakistan showed a little bit of love or hamdardi towards India right now...would that hurt? They're in pain and need help...is it bad to help them because they are non-Muslim? When I give charity, I dont think whose stomach this is going to...a Muslim or Hindu...Pakistani or Indian...I just GIVE. Thats it.

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	Lovely entry. Your niece is so cute, mashallah.
	Posted Dec 16th, 2008 at 11:25 PM by Pareezay

	interesting tell that to balaji
	Posted Dec 16th, 2008 at 11:27 PM by cricketplaya

	thats so sweet PSquared. My neice is the same... she loves like no tomorrow. My daughter is a lil more reserved about affection. She takes her time and is possessive.. kids really have the purest heart
	Posted Dec 16th, 2008 at 11:41 PM by sadzzz

	Well charity could be done without an intention of earning any worldly deed out of it , but it comes to express our love and gratitude , humans nature does it with an expectation of getting paid in same currency . That’s the missing link btw India and Pakistan . The two nations theory is still valid in many cases .
	Posted Dec 17th, 2008 at 07:57 AM by Aliyish

	so true, people have become so materialized in today's society. Btw, I really enjoy reading your blogs, their so thoughtful, and inspirational. You seem like a very mature person mashAllah!
	Posted Dec 18th, 2008 at 05:12 PM by sid09

	yani k us ny ap ko SABAK sikha dia.
	Posted Jan 12th, 2009 at 06:11 PM by Dua_G