ajazali
January 7, 2015, 7:48am
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Re: Eid milad un nabi is biddat - Saudi mufti
That the tools you use to explain one set of things to be okay should be used the same way to deem another thing to be okay. That the tools and methods used to say something is not okay should be applied in the same way to say something else is not okay.
That is internal consistency …
We are being told Mawlid is not okay because Sahabah did not do it.
In reality there are several assumptions being made here … Is it true that if Sahabah did not do something that it is not okay? Of course you will qualify it in the way you just qualified. However, will you allow yourself to qualify the Mawlid in the same way? No … why? Because there is more being said here …
What else is being said? Well the viewpoint is mawlid is a bid’a - why is it a bid’a? Then we need to define bid’a … Some people say a religious practice that was not done by RasoolAllah (SAW) or Sahabah (RA) is a bid’a. Well in that case travelling can be a religious practice.
Well the school of thought you follow, do not even accept the criticism of Sahabah(RA). Maulana Maududi did that in an academic fashion yet got fatwas of kufar.
Arguably the one on the bike might be getting more sawab because it requires more effort than a bus.
1055. Ubayy bin Ka`b (May Allah be pleased with him) reported: There was a man of the Ansar whose house was the farthest from the mosque. As far as I know, he never missed Salat (in congregation). It was said to him: "If you buy a donkey, you may ride upon it in the dark nights and in the hot days.‘’ He said: "I do not like that my house should be situated close to the mosque. I desire that my walking towards the mosque and returning home be recorded to my credit.‘’ Upon this the Messenger of Allah (sallallaahu ’alayhi wa sallam) said, "Allah has gathered all (rewards) for you.‘’
Well travel when done in the context of religion become a religious practice. The leniency given to travel mode is not given to mawlid. Something is wrong with the definition of bid’a in this case.
If you are destined to travel/strugle more than others and you are ok with that you might get more reward. Making it deliberate like, taking a wrong turn to pain yourself to reach masjid is not what we are supposed to do. These calculations of ajar are upto Allah(swt), I believe.
Bid’a needs to be tied in to how it is viewed. People who do mawlid call it muba’h - i.e. permissible - in the same category as travelling by bike and wearing a leather jacket. It is not part of Islam - but it is given a ruling, just like wearing a jacket is not part of Islam but it is given a ruling - Internal Consistency.
Right Milaad is not part of Islam.