Question
A molvi is offering a prize for choosing and naming the best contemporary personality. He says that such a competition is within the "parameters of Islam". He draws an analogy from award ma d e b y R a s u l u l l a h (Sallallahu alayhi wasallam) to Sahaabah on the battlefield.
Answer
It is within the parameters of the shaitaaniyat of Iblees. The stupid concept of riya and takabbur is in emulation of the kuffaar. Rasulullah (Sallallahu alayhi wasallam) said that the time will come when Muslims will follow the Yahood and Nasaara into the "lizard's hole". There is no resemblenace between this kaafir concept and the type of awards made by Rasulullah (Sallallahu alayhi wasallam). Only a moron will conclude that this kuffaar idea is "within the parameters of Islam". He lacks understanding of Islam.
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