We do not praise anyone before Allah (swt), for He (swt) Alone knows our souls. Thus, I bear witness of the good that I saw in Naveed Butt, so as to encourage the Dua and efforts for his release. I first met Naveed in the winter of 1999 and spoke to him last on 9 May 2012, two days before he was abducted by Pakistan’s agencies on 11 May 2012.

The Death and the End of this life has become something unnatural and very distant. The Akhira and its eternity is presented as something unimaginable. The real attention is drawn to this present life. Man tries to find his bliss and rest in this Dunya and covers up death and the reality that one day he will no longer be in this Dunya.

Allah (swt) tests all of His servants in different ways to show them, on the Day of Resurrection, how they dealt with His trials. So, remember His servant and Messenger Ayub (as). He was tested with his wealth, his family and then his health. Ayub (as) was afflicted by an illness that didn't spare a single part of his body, except of his heart, and he was tested until no…

Throughout their long history, humans have suffered from many epidemics that have affected their physical health and affected their development, numerically or practically, due to the rapid spread of these epidemics and their emergence in a sudden and rapid manner, so that people are not given an opportunity to resist and repel them only after thousands of lives are claimed, and after they have caused turmoil and disturbance in societies.