Question
Is the following argument in favour of seerah jalsahs in Rabiyul Awwal correct? "There are two aspects to mawlid. One is discussing the various aspects of the life of Rasulullah (sallallahu alayhi wasallam) and the other is to specify a day, as ardent lovers of Rasulullah (sallallahu alayhi wasallam). The second issue is specifying a month for example, Rabiul Awwal to highlight different aspects of the life of Rasulullah (sallallahu alayhi wasallam). In this era of retrogression, the Ummah is far away from the sunnah and ignorant of the life of Rasulullah (sallallahu alayhi wasallam). The month of Rabiul Awwal is used to remind and highlight the different aspects of the life of Rasulullah (sallallahu alayhi wasallam) to inculcate in the people the value of the sunnah. If these education programmes are conducted purely as an opportunity to highlight the seerah and sunnah of Rasulullah (sallallahu alayhi wasallam) as people generally frequent the masjid in Rabiul Awwal with the anticipation of learning the seerah of Rasulullah (sallallahu alayhi wasallam), then it is regarded as capitalising on an opportunity. Such programs could be used to remove misconceptions around mawlid on condition there is nothing unislamic in these programs for example intermingling of sexes, photography, singing and music, etc. If one regards the mawlid on a particular day as compulsory or there are any unislamic activities in the mawlid then it will be impermissible."
Answer
Shaitaan is a cunning teacher and expert in the production of Bid'ah which is his extremely potent weapon to ruin the Imaan of people. He presents arguments in deeni guise to entrap simpletons and to provide tools for the ulama-e-soo' who are the fathers of Bid'ah. The aforementioned argument in favour of Rabiyul Awwal 'seerah' jalsahs is satanic deception - Talbeesul Iblees.
The so-called 'capitalising on opportunity' is a shaitaaniinspired trick to introduce and entrench bid'ah. The argument is palpably baseless. If the molvi who propounds this moronic view is sincere, then he is extremely short-sighted. But generally these Rabiyul Awwal molvis are not sincere. They introduce new acts of bid'ah in 'deeni' guise to bamboozle the unwary and ignorant. The 'seerah' jalsahs which these so-called deobandi molvies have innovated of recent are Bid'ah.
The underlying motive is to gain a following, to gain pocket-money, to gain donations for pet projects, to fulfil the dictates of the nafs by exhibiting riya, and similar other despicable motives of the nafs. These chaps clamour for public acclaim.
The argument which they proffer for the new 'seerah jalsah' bid'ah is an extremely subtle trap spun by Shaitaan. In general, even sincere and well-grounded Ulama are deceived and misled by such shaitaani subtleties.
(Ishkaal is a doubt/ uncertainty)
A Brother with some Ishkaals pertaining to the Malfoothaat of Hadhrat Maulana Ashraf Ali Thanvi (Rahmatullah alayh), poses the following queries
I have some queries regarding an article that was written by a Maulana of the UK. In the article, which I have attached to this email, he quotes miscellaneous Malfoozaat of Hadhrat Thanvi (Rahmatullah alayh). What we have read in these Malfoozaat seems very different to the version of Hadhrat Thanvi as we learnt about him.
I will give a summary of some of the things mentioned in the article which has caused some iskhkaal (uncertainty).
IJTIHAAD
- Source
- themajlis.co.za
- Published in
- The Majlis Vol 24 No 08
- PDF page
- 8
Verbatim verified against the source PDF
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