Khurdpara, (Tangdhar) Oct 6: Enter her house on the mountain base that can crumble in case of a shake like October 8, 2005 and the dingy rooms where she lives in perpetual darkness indicate the condition of the present of this bright 14-year-old girl who had splendid past and now fosters future of others through Islamic teachings as she has the rare honour of having a degree of Maulima Fazil at this young age.
Probably she is the only one who at the age of 13 has attained such a degree. Haseena finished the degree course in seven years in 2006.
14-year-old Haseena’s determination is as strong as the mountain where her mudstone house is situated and lies meters away from the danger zone or the flood way once rains turn incessant and God-forbid washes it away. But She has faith in Almighty whose relentless recitation she has been muttering ever since she spoke a word in the world and now after becoming Maulima Fazil continues to resonate through her tender voice. The entire area suffered extensive damage on October 8, 2005 and almost every house crumbled except Haseena’s, which only developed cracks.
Her story exemplifies how a tender soul in this remote border area struggles to attain such a feat with the help of mother, who has taken job of a sweeper for a paltry sum of Rs 200 at Govt School here. Even though she is not a permanent staffer yet manages her chores in this meager sum.
Haseena is the only daughter among the four children born to Zareena now 40 and widowed.
The abject poverty she is into at present has forced her to enroll two sons into orphanages in Srinagar.
Sajad, 12, has been enrolled in JK Yateem Khana at Batamaloo while Zubair, 8, is being taken care of at Baitul-Hilal Orphanage at Jawahar Nagar. The younger one Adil, 5, stays with Zareena here.
Life was not this way as the family struggles to sustain it.
Ghulam Mustafa Khan while following Prophet Muhammad (SAW’s) saying that ‘Go in quest of knowledge even into China’ in order to imbibe in his only daughter Haseena the Islamic education settled the entire family in Gujarat in 1993.
Khan owned a truck and used to ferry fruits to Gujarat with handsome earning. Since in the backdrop he had made up his mind to make Haseena an Aalim, he got his entire family settled in Gujarat.
Zareena reveals that Sajad was studying in an English medium school in Gujarat. “Look at our fate as he is now in a Yateem Khana,” moans she.
In 1999 Khan got Haseena admitted into Jamiat-u-Saulihaat, Bostaan Amina Munawara in Barauch district of Gujarat where she could learn from basics to attain the degree.
According to Zareena, Khan after driving trucks for years had the yearning to have his own TATA Sumo in Karnah for extra earning.
This, she says was the period when people started purchasing TATA Sumos in no other vehicle zone of Tangdhar and he in order to process the finance for the vehicle had to be here.
And Khan’s entry into his home here proved to be a turning point for the entire family as the ‘last shell’ fired from the artillery fell on Khan killing him instantly just in front of his house at Khurdpara, some 2 kms from Tangdhar.
Hardly did Pakistani and Indian leadership knew that their last artillery shell would rip apart this family’s bliss. Both countries announced ceasefire on the day the last shell smashed head of Khan.
“This shell fell on us and here we are as I am sweeper, my sons are in orphanages, my house is on verge of crumbling and at time we don’t have ration,” says Zareena. She further says that this year the school officials almost removed her from the temporary sweeper post but she fought to retain Rs 200 per month job.
It was after seven days of Khan’s burial that Zareena with children landed in Tangdhar from Gujarat. “We received the news of his death after days and couldn’t see his face before burial,” says Zareena with entire family in tears.
The burial of Khan saw the literal ‘burial’ of gladness of this family. However, Haseena’s Islamic education turned her into vanguard and she directed her family the way to survive amidst struggle.
Zareena took to sweeper’s job while Haseena went back to Gujarat to complete her father’s dream of becoming an Aalim.
It was in the year 2006 that Haseena finished her degree of Maulima Fazil. It took Haseena seven years to complete this degree.
During seven years, She first passed course in Arifa (two years) in which basic about holy Quran and Arabic is imparted, after Arifa, she passed Aalima (2 years) in which stress is on Hadith and for three years she did Fazila course.
In these seven years, she read Fiqh, Hadith books (Bukhari Sharief, Tirmizi Sharief and Ibne Majah), (Abu Dawood), (Riyazatus Saulihaen), Arab literature, Grammar and Language and also mastered Quranic translation.
After this degree, now Haseena is hell bent on pursuing her education to become Hafiz-e-Quran. It will take another year for Haseen to attain another feat.
Her mother doesn’t want Haseena to leave for Gujarat as she argues that she (Haseena) is not well with the health. “Yes I have health problems but InshaAllah I will be okay as I do Dhikr of Allah and I am going to Gujarat for further studies,” affirms she.
Zareena even pleads that she doesn’t have money to buy Haseena tickets for Gujarat. To this Haseena says that she has saved some amount during her teaching stint at Darasgah in Kandi and also teaches Quran to young boys and girls at home here. She receives salary of Rs 1000 per month at Darasgah.
Her determination to become Hafiz-e-Quran is evident when she argues with her mother to allow her to pursue it in Jamait-u-Saulihaut and soon she will be on her way to achieve another milestone in this world and hereafter.
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