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Dear God… Let This Exam Be As Kind As I’ve Been To My Students

After more than a decade in the academia, I can honestly say I’ve enjoyed almost every part of the profession be it teaching, mentoring students, interactive classroom discussions, projects supervision, and those beautiful moments when a student finally understands a difficult concept. Well almost every part… except one. Marking examination scripts...   Many lecturers already knows this struggle. Those tall piles of answer sheets staring back at you like they have a personal grudge... Often containing handwritings that look like footballers autographs, so difficult to read.  At some point you begin to wonder whether you are marking an exam script or trying to decode ancient manuscripts newly discovered by archaeologists from the times of Tsumburbura and Barbushe.  Then comes the internal debate between “Did the student really understand this?” and “Maybe I should give some marks for effort, for grammar, for neatness, etc” aka "let my people go."  Wel...
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PARK WELL PLEASE....


Most times we read Hadith on daily basis without taking the time to digest it and extract the messages to make use of. It has become a norm for most Muslims (myself inclusive) to park anyhow and anywhere along the roads linking to Friday praying grounds or Masjids. The usual excuse remains lack of or inadequate provision for parking space, or that we are late and prayer is about to begin.

The Messenger of Allah (S.A.W) said: “A man while walking along a path saw the branches of a tree lying there. He (the man) thought, ‘By Allah, I shall remove these from this road, so that they may not harm the Muslims, and he was admitted to Jannah.” [Sahih Muslim]

From this Hadith one can easily see that a simple act of removing an inconvenience from the road has entitled him to enter Janna (Paradise). As a Muslim, one is expected to be a well-wisher of other people, giving his best at all times to save them from all forms of difficulties and hardship. The Hadith also shows that Islam is not limited to prayer, but rather a way of life according to the teachings of the prophet.

So to the best of my knowledge, it is morally and islamically inappropriate to inconvenience all road users in the name of religion or anything. If a person is admitted into Janna for removing obstacles from the road, then what is the faith/punishment for one who blocks or inconveniences other road users?

Have a Lovely Friday. 


Sharfaddeen K Ilah
12/09/2014


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