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The story of an old man who remains silent most of the time in Mehmoodabad, Karachi.
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Aug 28, 2011 12:46pm
Very beautiful. Please keep this series up.
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Aug 28, 2011 02:11pm
such people are the Living/walking Signs of God to make the fortunate people realize how tough a life could have been, for them too. But we are thankless hearts. They are the true believers, true picture of courage and true people of paradise,
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Aug 28, 2011 03:31pm
We salute u.We all r ue relatives dnt worry
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Aug 28, 2011 03:48pm
Salute to "Raheel Qureshi" and "Hussain Afzal"!!! What a wonderful work by you two gentleman, by introducing this humble person to all of us. I hope, at least a few of those who can, will go and meet Muhammad Khizar Mahmood on this coming Eid and will spend their day with him as a "relative".
I have been living in Canada/USA for the last almost eleven years, and can, although only minutely, understand his feelings.
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Aug 28, 2011 04:51pm
it is a call to the conscience of one human to another, not sehri wake up. help this man and others like him to survive and allow people who are not fasting for some reason, to sleep in peace. acts of faith are between allah and his creation, we choose whether we want to fast or not, we are humans.
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Aug 28, 2011 05:41pm
Raheel Sahib: I'd like to help him. Is there a way to channel some funds to him.
thanks
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Aug 28, 2011 09:32pm
What a beautiful piece! Dawn's doing incredible stuff.
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Aug 28, 2011 10:27pm
great to see this culture...something we really miss when we are not in pakistan...love to be back and part of my lovely country
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Aug 28, 2011 11:51pm
Thank you Raheel and Hussain for bringing his reality to our attention. He will stay in my thoughts.
MIS: I dont think he wants money...he wants companionship.
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Aug 29, 2011 02:00am
I'm going to get my friends to visit him on Eid. And I urge everyone else to do the same. HE MUST NOT be left alone on Eid. And on every other day of the year I hope someone or the other can spare 5 mins to go see him as well. Lets do this please. We must show him we know about him and appreciate his work and contribution to society.
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Aug 29, 2011 03:35am
Amazing !
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Aug 29, 2011 04:32am
This is heart touching....I live in Lahore so I cannot go and personally meet this person. Every night I think about the man who wakes up everyone in my locality for Sehri and I think of helping him out but this surely has given me more motivation. No matter where you live please do help the ones near you.
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Aug 29, 2011 06:16am
This is man has tremendous heart and dignity.
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Aug 29, 2011 08:54am
Muhammad Khizar sahab.....Our prayers are with you, we all are, your relatives....
.you have the beautiful memories of your past....
memories of your family, friends...
Above all...Allah is with you....!!!
eid is the day of celebration....so, try your best to recall such memories on Eid day
in sha Allah your day will be well spent.
everpraying
maha
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Aug 29, 2011 09:34am
Assalam Alaikum ,
Myself Syed Sameer from India. AS this Buzurg said that he dont have relatives and he cries I felt very bad. Tell him he is muslim and every muslim in the world is his relative. Can i get his number so that i Can talk to him and wish him on EID as his relative now onwards.
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Aug 29, 2011 11:43am
This is really a helpless person and living in straitened circumstances. but, there are fewer persons, like Khizar, to whom such correspondent can access, many can not even show there grieves to the world which the face on all the time. It is our primary responsibility to give support, protection and love to such persons.
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Aug 29, 2011 12:31pm
While I feel sorry for the this unfortunate man and most certainly would like to help him and urge all to do the same. However, I feel waking people up on the wee hours in the morning is also disturbing other(s) who don't want to fast and maybe a non-muslim.
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Aug 29, 2011 12:39pm
hope on this eid we share love besides money.
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Aug 29, 2011 02:41pm
What a beautiful and heart touching story.
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Aug 30, 2011 01:57am
What a wonderful warm heart touching story. I live in US now but grew up not far from Mehmoodabad. I wish I could visit him on this eid, but hope that local reader will make the trip and remind him that he is not alone and we appreciate the work he is doing.
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Aug 30, 2011 04:25am
Great story. I hope after listening to this story people will be more receptive of this old man's feelings especially during the time of Eid and would invite him over. As to the writer, please keep up finding more such stories and i wish you best of luck in creating awareness. Shabash!!
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Aug 30, 2011 09:05am
I am really sorry for Khizar Sb but I do not like the idea of waking all the people of 7-8 street 2 - 3 hours before the sehree. I need 20 to 30 minutes for my sehree. In these hot days with no electricity it is hard to get enough sleep and I would not like to waste 2 hours sleep.
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Aug 30, 2011 12:06pm
May God Almighty bless this man and keep him close to Himself.
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