Maktabah Al-Imām Al-Ghazālī

  ‘Aynū Bibi:  The Amazing Incident of a Brave Afghan Woman Ḥ ak ī m-ul-Isl ā m Q ā r ī Mu ḥ ammad Ṭ ayyib Qāsimī rahimahullah Former Rector of Dar-ul-‘Ulum Deoband There was an Afghan soldier that had been away from his family and loved ones for a very long time. Once, he had reached a place close to his home, and he could not bear to wait any longer, nor could he tolerate the instruction to delay his return for a short while. He thought in his heart: ‘as a Mujāhid, I had gone with Aḥmad Shāh Abdālī to Hindustan. After his successful Jihād against the Marathas, I have now come close to home, why should I not spend a few days here?’ Whilst thinking over this, he left the army and came to his home. He thought that after spending two days at home, he will re-join the army before it enters Kandahar. The soldier reached his house; his children were there, but his wife had gone to a nearby stream to get water. This soldier hugged his children and displayed affection towards th...