Fwd: Valentines Day Special
Muhammed Khalander
From: sunnidawate islami bangalore <sdibang...@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, Feb 13, 2017 at 6:16 PM
Subject: Valentines Day Special
To: sunnidawate islami bangalore <sdibang...@gmail.com>
Valentines Day Special
On 14th February every year many people celebrate Valentine's Day which is also called day of Love. It was a Roman Festival if we see its history. On this day Boys propose Girls and give flowers and gifts to them. Valentine's Day is part of Western Culture but unfortunately from last few years many people have started promoting it in our culture as well. There is no place for events like Valentine's Day in Islam.
Firstly its a festival of Non Muslims. Secondly celebrating such days spreads many problems in the society. Many boys use this day as a chance to attack respect of girls. This day also becomes cause of wrong relationships between girls and boys outside the marriage. Islam has clearly set guidelines for us that only relationship of husband and wife is Halal.
Muslims are not Christians, pagans, jews, buddhists, hindus, sikhs, atheists or belonging to any other religion or way of life. Muslims are Muslims and follow Islam. By celebrating Valentine's Day, you are actually following something else. And this undermines the strength of the Ummah. This is one of the reasons why the Ummah is facing so many difficulties, We do not adhere to Islam and only Islam. There is nothing wrong with saying that you are a Muslim and so do not celebrate Valentine's Day.
Non-Muslims respect this but it seems that Muslims do not want to feel like they are upsetting others. In the next couple of posts, we shall present the blessed Ahadith which prove that Muslims should not imitate the actions of non-Muslims.
Reported by Abdullah ibn Amr ibn Aas RadiAllahu Anhu,
"The Messenger of Allah salAllahu `alayhi wa sallam saw me wearing two saffron garments and he said: 'Indeed these are from the dress of the Kuffaar so do not wear them.'"
[Sahih Muslim]
The Prophet salAllahu `alayhi wa sallam said that groups of His ummah would follow the enemies of Allah in some of their rituals and customs, as it says in the Hadith Shareef
Reported by Abu Sa'eed al-Khudri Radi Allahu Anhu,
The Prophet salAllahu `alayhi wa sallam said, "You will certainly follow the ways of those who came before you, span by span, cubit by cubit, until even if they were to enter a lizard's hole, you would follow them."
We said, "O Messenger of Allah (salAllahu `alayhi wa sallam), (do you mean) the Jews and Christians?"
He (salAllahu `alayhi wa sallam) said, "Who else?!"
[Sahih Bukhari]
Reported by Ibn Abbas RadiAllahu Anhu,
The Prophet sal Allahu `alayhi wa sallam said: "He is not one of us who imitates other than us. Do not imitate the Jews or the Christians."
[Tirmidhi]
The noble Prophet sal Allahu `alayhi wa sallam said, "If a man loves his brother, let him tell him that he loves him."
[Abu Dawood, Tirmidhi]