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Islamic Occasions and Moonsighting The Majlis Vol 21 No 12, p.5

The Bid'atis (Innovators) have presented many arguments in support of Moulood and Egyaarwi functions.

Question

The Bid'atis (Innovators) have presented many arguments in support of Moulood and Egyaarwi functions. They have cited Qur'aanic aayat, Ahaadith and the statements of the Fuqaha. Is there a Sunnah basis for these functions?

Answer

Moulood and Egyaarwi functions are bid'ah and haraam. All arguments proffered by the organizers of these bid'ah functions are baseless. Their arguments are spurious stupidities bereft of Shar'i validity. We have written two books on these haraam functions. If you provide your postal address, we shall forward same to you. It is our intention to write a further refutation of these bid'ah practices. It is not permissible to participate in any way in these haraam functions. The votaries of these haraam innovations are referred to in the Hadith as Kilaabun Naar (The Dogs of The Fire). Ibaadat is what has been in vogue during the Khairul Quroon era. All acts of simulated 'ibaadat' which were introduced after this Golden Era of Islam, have no Islamic validity. Additions and deletions may not be effected to the Deen. The surest and the best way for understanding issues of this nature is to ask the Kilaabun Naar – the Qabar Pujaaris – "Did your Moulood and Egyaarwi customs and merrymaking functions exist during the time of Rasulullah (sallallahu alayhi wasallam), the Sahaabah, Taabieen and Tab-e-Taabieen?" Tell them to dump their stupid 'dalaa-il' in the sewerage drains. 'Dalaa-il' which produce customs and practices which did not exist during the era of Khairul Quroon are stunts of skulduggery fabricated to bamboozle the unwary and the ignorant.

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