In this busy world and commitments keeping the neighbors welfare aside people are feeling hectic with their own work. In this busy schedules it is great to adopt a single child and raise them up inspite of bearing 2 children. With the present situation it has become very much difficult to care of their own children here is a Muslim Pilot who adopted his Hindu friends children as per his promise. In a city where police and judges often come across many brutal crimes done in the name of property or inheritance, we often see brothers are fighting for the property etc. a Muslim couple’s bid to raise two Hindu orphans has earned praise from the Delhi high court.

How Kids Reached Zaheer

Ayush and Prarthana, twins lost their pilot father and airhostess mother within a year’s time in 2012 and were at the mercy of the family driver who took care of their basic needs. Though their father Praveen Dayal has already taken a word from Zaheer the co-pilot, that he will take care of the children. But Zaheer remained unsure as cousins and distant relatives of Praveen Dayals laid claim to bank accounts and their property, which made it even more clear for Zaheer, that the distant relatives would obviously raise an objection against him, adopting the kids of Praveen Dayal.

Zaheer kept him waiting  until he gets a call from the children , as the childres complained about the ill treatment by  the family members Zaheer immediately filed a suit against the family members under the Guardian ship Act and requested the court to give legal approval to raise those kids as the guardian. Moved by what it termed a “noble endeavour”, the HC recently appointed Mohd Shahnawaz Zaheer, a commercial pilot, as the guardian of twins Ayush and Prarthana under the Hindu Minority & Guardianship Act.

While filing suit, Zaheer informed High Court that during the critical phase of Praveen illness, he requested to take care of the children. He also placed on record a statement by Dayal’s brother saying he has full faith in Zaheer for discharging the duty of guardianship of the children. With their maternal uncle and grandmother also settled abroad and expressing helplessness, the twins had nowhere to turn to, Zaheer pointed out.

Zaheer said, “The HC order streamlined everything to allow the twins to integrate with us. I have a three-storey house and my in-laws and parents live with me. Ayush and Prarthana are the cynosure of their eyes. Since the court appointed me as guardian, now they will get a passport and can travel abroad with us.”

Zaheer also disclosed how the court has entrusted one Arun Saini, a willing neighbour, to make sure the children receive Hindu religious instructions and can visit temple for prayers. “I don’t want them to ever convert. They will be raised as Hindus,” he said.

How Did The Court See This Case

“Poets and writers of different literatures have elegantly articulated and eulogized the principle of foster care and guardianship amongst the foremost and finest human duties. The essence of human endeavour is caring for innocent lives,” Justice Waziri observed, quoting poets Nida Fazli and Javed Akhtar to stress that “taking care of orphaned children who are in urgent need of foster care and the protection of their interests is amongst the noblest of human endeavours.”

The court also took note that all the monies to which the children are entitled is to be kept in the “Aayush Prarthana Benevolent Trust” till they attain the age of 25 years. “It is, therefore, directed that all banks, financial institutions and insurance companies shall make all payments, maturity or redemption amounts, etc apropos the estate of late Praveen Dayal and late Kavita Dayal in the name of Aayush Prarthana Benevolent Trust.”

Advocate Yogesh Jagiya, who fought for the case free of cost, viewed it as an unprecedented order. “It was a cross-religion matter. There have been cases of adoption but not of guardianship where you only raise the children but have no rights in their property. We worked hard to convince the court.”

The Biggest religion in this world is Humanity. No Muslim, No Hindu, No christian can beat that. Love and Friendship has no religion. This incident proved that again. Incidents like this gives hope for the people that the humanity still exists. Hats Off to Zaheer Sir…We bow our heads for your humanity.