Bari Bi (Aymal Raza)- Fiction Review by Shoby

Bari Bi (Aymal Raza)- Fiction Review by Shahbaz Ali Naqvi (Shoby)

Khali khaney to wesey bhi bari jaldi pur ho jatey hain... Log marr jatey hain or zinda log bari jaldi un ki jagah le jatey hain...

Honestly speaking, while reading this almost four page tale, I was constantly wondering, why someone like Aymal Raza will put so much of brainstorming for this very mediocre looking fiction but when I reached the ultimate finale, sort of a satisfaction bowled me over, as Aymal has never disappointed me in giving the much needed message for the masses and that too without being preachy at all. 

Kaam to ho hi jatey hain... Unhon ne zindagi ko ibadat mein kiyo na lagaya... Farz Namazon ko qaza kiyo kiya... Kamon ki to qaza ho gai... Ab ibadat ki qaza kon kerey ga.

And among the people there is he who sells himself for the pleasure of ALLAH, and ALLAH is kind to HIS worshippers. (The Holy Quran 2:207)

I feel, Bari Bi is a true symbolic representation of most of us. It is an established fact that we all have made our life schedules so busy that at times, we don't even realise, what we are sacrificing in order to achieve something. Time, my friends is something that is literally slipping out of our hands and the dilemma is, we are not at all realising.

Busy, as we are, hell busy, in our daily domestic & professional lives. And if we were anyhow somewhat fortunate enough to have some (time), this social media has taken it back from us. Giving you an example, just imagine for a few moments, how we and our elders used to spend Ramzan ul Mubarak. Obviously, their prime concern was to observe fast, offer Namaz timely and regular recitation of QURAN PAK but now look back for may be 5 to 10 years, the situation is totally changed.

You may agree or not, but the fact is that now, our routine in Ramzan has totally changed. Most of the time, we find ourselves either sleeping or wasting time in tech gadgets (courtesy social media) or watching some really meaningless TV shows, which have done nothing but made our nation a beggar.

I feel the whole concept behind Aymal Raza's Bari Bi was to give us all a jolt of 440 W, in order to make us realise that time is going, steadily and hastily and we are losing the most beautiful moments of the biggest blessing of ALLAH PAK (i.e. life). 

It doesn't mean that one should stop doing the domestic & other stuff at all. Obviously, Islam is the religion of nature and it totally understands the need & requirements of we, the human beings. It is completely allowed (in fact appreciated) to work for your livelihood (Rizq e Halal), doing domestic work is also not prohibited but not at all at the cost of ignoring Namaz and other Ibadaat, as prescribed in Islam.

Taking Bari Bi as an example, let us all ask ourselves the trillion dollar question. Why are we wasting our lives in unnecessary doings. And one more thing, now if we have really realised that were on the losing side, shouldn't we now focus on the purpose of our existence. Remember ALLAH PAK says in QURAN PAK:

And I did not create the jinn and mankind except to worship ME.(The Holy Quran 51:56)

There cannot be any other time better than this to make a resolution to our own selves. Let us all commit to ourselves that we shall make Ramzan ul Mubarak the best Ramzan ul Mubarak of our lives. We shall decorate our days & nights with Som o Salaat. We shall pray for the betterment of mankind. We shall all try to have the colour of Ramzan ul Mubarak on our inner selves and will try to make its mark on our whole life. 

Remember, these Namaz & other Ibadaat are our requirements, not HIS. If we don't follow what ALLAH wants and doesn't obey HIS commands, HE surely will punish us for sure. Remember, HE can create much better creations than us. HE is the one who made us Ashraf ul Makhlooqaat and HE is HIMSELF THE ONE AND ONLY AHSAN ul KHALIQEEN.

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