This is my second post for Jaziya. The first post was here. In my earlier blog, I had written that I was unaware about the system of Jaziya for the majority part of my life.
I can say with somewhat of confidence that I was unaware till 2009. Since 2009, though I was unaware of Jaziya for what it means in the Muslim context, I was aware that "we have to pay a price".
And that is not just Muslim or Hindu or Christian, it is applicable to all. As part of human race we have to pay our obligation, that is what I felt.
After windshield-incident, in May last week 2009, during which time I also had severe back pain I went to my native place and since my body was bent means I could not walk straight and then my mom and dad were deeply saddened by watching my condition and they took me to the Doctor and he began treatment for treating back pain. Side by side I also came to know I had high BP and then I began to take drugs for high BP. But I did not like being dependent on drugs and so innocently I thought, by donating blood my high BP condition will reduce. So I began donating blood.
Though according to law we can donate once every 3-4 months, I sometimes donated when it was lesser than 3 months. Actually I read in internet that in 56 days, blood recuperates and so I began the act of donation.
I donated nine times in Bangalore and twice in Bhubaneswar. The below album is attached
https://plus.google.com/photos/+AnupSabat/albums/6000915355741845169
Dates on which I donated in Bangalore is as below:
After 2012, I have not donated blood even once. It is thus now more than 2 years 3 months since I last donated blood.
What happened, after April 2011, I went for infertility treatment where my sperm was found to be of inferior quality and that was due to not able to father a child after marriage in February 2010. And now it is April 2014 and I still have not become father and I am still into fertility drugs. While some drugs are to boost sperm quality, some are to boost virility.
But in April 2011, what I felt that is it because due to excessive blood donation that my sperm quality reduced we can never know.
I thought that as a human being I am dischaging my moral obligation by donating blood. Ultimately the blood I donate voluntarily will come in the work of someone.
Though the company I was working for had 'internal blood donation club' where people who required blood could ask for that and voluntaries from inside the company can help in achieving that, I never donated the blood through that. Most of the cases was 'walk-in' where I walk into a Blood bank at a famous hospital and ask them to take my blood. My choice was to be the 'anonymous blood donor' where I do not know where my blood is going and the other party also does not know where from it is coming from.
But the hospital will surely be charging for that though I gave it for free.
Now since February 2014, I am also taking high BP medication, namely Tazloc. It was after the Doctor warned me that my kidneys would get ruined if I lived continuously with high BP.
2009-2011, I though that I was paying in blood as 'tax' or 'Jaziya' for living as human being. I was paying the 'Jaziya' to other humans who were needy for a very precious commodity and that is human blood which can only come from another human. But my company still gave me harsh treatment and removed me or forced me to remove myself.
Guess paying the Jaziya/Tax in blood was not enough for my company.
I can say with somewhat of confidence that I was unaware till 2009. Since 2009, though I was unaware of Jaziya for what it means in the Muslim context, I was aware that "we have to pay a price".
And that is not just Muslim or Hindu or Christian, it is applicable to all. As part of human race we have to pay our obligation, that is what I felt.
After windshield-incident, in May last week 2009, during which time I also had severe back pain I went to my native place and since my body was bent means I could not walk straight and then my mom and dad were deeply saddened by watching my condition and they took me to the Doctor and he began treatment for treating back pain. Side by side I also came to know I had high BP and then I began to take drugs for high BP. But I did not like being dependent on drugs and so innocently I thought, by donating blood my high BP condition will reduce. So I began donating blood.
Though according to law we can donate once every 3-4 months, I sometimes donated when it was lesser than 3 months. Actually I read in internet that in 56 days, blood recuperates and so I began the act of donation.
I donated nine times in Bangalore and twice in Bhubaneswar. The below album is attached
https://plus.google.com/photos/+AnupSabat/albums/6000915355741845169
Dates on which I donated in Bangalore is as below:
- 25-Jul-2009
- 19-Sep-2009
- 12-Dec-2009
- 04-Apr-2010
- 26-Jun-2010
- 02-Sep-2010
- 06-Nov-2010
- 22-Jan-2011
- 10-Apr-2011
- 27-Aug-2011
- 10-Jan-2012
After 2012, I have not donated blood even once. It is thus now more than 2 years 3 months since I last donated blood.
What happened, after April 2011, I went for infertility treatment where my sperm was found to be of inferior quality and that was due to not able to father a child after marriage in February 2010. And now it is April 2014 and I still have not become father and I am still into fertility drugs. While some drugs are to boost sperm quality, some are to boost virility.
But in April 2011, what I felt that is it because due to excessive blood donation that my sperm quality reduced we can never know.
I thought that as a human being I am dischaging my moral obligation by donating blood. Ultimately the blood I donate voluntarily will come in the work of someone.
Though the company I was working for had 'internal blood donation club' where people who required blood could ask for that and voluntaries from inside the company can help in achieving that, I never donated the blood through that. Most of the cases was 'walk-in' where I walk into a Blood bank at a famous hospital and ask them to take my blood. My choice was to be the 'anonymous blood donor' where I do not know where my blood is going and the other party also does not know where from it is coming from.
But the hospital will surely be charging for that though I gave it for free.
Now since February 2014, I am also taking high BP medication, namely Tazloc. It was after the Doctor warned me that my kidneys would get ruined if I lived continuously with high BP.
2009-2011, I though that I was paying in blood as 'tax' or 'Jaziya' for living as human being. I was paying the 'Jaziya' to other humans who were needy for a very precious commodity and that is human blood which can only come from another human. But my company still gave me harsh treatment and removed me or forced me to remove myself.
Guess paying the Jaziya/Tax in blood was not enough for my company.
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