Story: The German Restaurant

[Junaid Tahir]

Story: The German Restaurant

Germany is a highly industrialized country. In such a country, many will think its people lead a luxurious life.  When we arrived at Ha...

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Germany is a highly industrialized country. In such a country, many will think its people lead a luxurious life.

 When we arrived at Hamburg , my colleagues walked into the restaurant, we noticed that a lot of tables were empty. There was a table where a young couple was having their meal. There were only two dishes and two cans of soda on the table. I wondered if such simple meal could be romantic, and whether the girl will leave this stingy guy.

 There were a few old ladies on another table. When a dish is served, the waiter would distribute the food for them, and they would finish every bit of the food on their plates.

As we were hungry, our local colleague ordered more food for us. When we left, there was still about one third of un-consumed food on the table.
When we were leaving the restaurant, the old ladies spoke to us in English, we understood that they were unhappy about us wasting so much food.

"We paid for our food, it is none of your business how much food we left behind," my colleague told the old ladies. The old ladies were furious. One of them immediately took her hand phone out and made a call to someone. After a while, a man in uniform from Social Security organization arrived. Upon knowing what the dispute was, he issued us a 50 Euro fine. We all kept quiet.

The officer told us in a stern voice, "ORDER WHAT YOU CAN CONSUME, MONEY IS YOURS BUT RESOURCES BELONG TO THE SOCIETY. THERE ARE MANY OTHERS IN THE WORLD WHO ARE FACING SHORTAGE OF RESOURCES. YOU HAVE NO REASON TO WASTE RESOURCES."

The mindset of people of this rich country put all of us to shame. WE REALLY NEED TO REFLECT ON THIS. We are from country which is not very rich in resources. To save face, we order large quantity and also waste food when we give others a treat.

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*مسئلہ #011*

*(انجانے میں نمازی کے سامنے سے گزرنا)*

*(نمازی کے بلکل سامنے بیٹھے ہوئے شخص کا اٹھ کر جانا)*

سوال:

اگر کوئی نماز پڑھ رہا ہو اور دوسرا کوئی اس کے آگے سے انجانے میں گزر جائے تو کیا نماز ٹوٹ جائے گی؟ اور کیا آگے سے نکلنے والے کو گناہ ہوتا ہے؟

جواب:

نمازی کے آگے سے گزرنا گناہ ہے مگر اس سے نماز نہیں ٹوٹتی اور اگر کوئی بے خیالی میں گزر گیا تو معذور ہے۔ البتہ احتیاط لازمی کرنی چاہیئے جو کے اکثر لوگ آجکل (خاص طور پر مساجد میں) نہیں کرتے۔

سوال:

نماز پڑھتے ہوئے شخص کے سامنے سے کتنا فاصلہ رکھ کر گزرا جا سکتا ہے۔ اگر کوئی شخص نماز سے فارغ ہوتا ہے اور اس کی پچھلی صف میں ٹھیک اس کے پیچھے کوئی شخص نماز پڑھ رہا ہے تو کیا وہ شخص اپنی جگہ سے اٹھ کر جا سکتا ہے؟ اور اگر نہیں جا سکتا تو یہ پابندی کتنی صفوں تک برقرار رہتی ہے؟

جواب:

اگر کوئی شخص میدان میں یہ بڑی مسجد میں نماز پڑھ رہا ہو تو دو، تین صفوں کی جگہ چھوڑ کر اس کے آگے سے گزرنے کی *گنجائش* ہے اور چھوٹی مسجد میں مطلقاً گنجائش نہیں.

*جو شخص نمازی کے بلکل سامنے بیٹھا ہو، اس کو اٹھ کر جانے کی اجازت ہے۔*

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