Re: Eid milad un nabi is biddat - Saudi mufti
Let’s keep the intentions part aside as we are talking about different sects here and I am not in a position to say some sects are based on bad intention. The other aspect is consulting evidences and then making the best possible decision. Well, the problem is not all the sects agree on the validity of the evidences or they interpret them in different ways. The evidences, I would say, lack solidity. They are insufficient to resolve disputes. Otherwise, let alone the different Sunni sects, there won’t be the Sunni and Shia divide in the first place. So while I agree with your statement that difference of opinion can always be there, what I don’t agree with is that in the matters of faith one should try to change the beliefs of the people on the other side of the spectrum if they are not ready to review, scrutinize, and change their own beliefs. There is no way of resolving religious disputes through arguments as there is no reliable, unanimously agreed upon instrument to resolve those disputes. Live and let live should be the policy.