light a candle in memory of victims or Ruju' ilal-Allah ?

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Re: light a candle in memory of victims or Ruju’ ilal-Allah ?

@muqawwee123

But media did covered ghaibana namaza janaz with same importance as candle light vigils. I think as the prime time is in night, we observe that media is giving more air time to candle light vigils in night.

dost, awwal to ghaibana namaz-e-janaza ka kahin zikar nahi huwa thread main, lekin aap khud jantay hain kisko kitni coverage mili. aur baat coverage ki hay hi nahi, jis ALLAH say maafi aur madad mangi jati hay wo media coverage ka mohtaj nahi hay, wo apnay ghar main bethay fateha parhnay walay ko bhi janta hay aur candle-light vigil walay ko bhi. bat nabi kay tareeqay ki hay. aur dua mangnay ka, ijtemai-astaghfar ka jo tareeqa ALLAH kay nabi S.A.W. nay btaya hay, koi doosra tareeqa usko replace nahi kar sakta

From wiki: Vigil - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Vigils at the time of death
Main articles: Wake (ceremony) and Christian burial
When a Jewish person dies, a watch is kept over the body and Tehillim are recited constantly, until the burial service.

In Christianity, especially the Eastern Orthodox and Roman Catholic traditions, a vigil is often held when someone is gravely ill or mourning. Prayers are said and votives are often made. Vigils extend from eventual death to burial, ritualistically to pray for a loved one, but more so their body is never left alone.

I know Wikipedia is not an authentic source, but its good enough for a generic reference like this one, its not a research paper.
point is, its not a cultural thing, its a religious thing which we are introducing in our culture, and slowly it will creep into religious practices just like things we do on Milaad-e-nabawi and Aashoora-e-moharram. and dont tell me we report it as “aaj mulk main xyz saqafati jazbay say manaya gya” we say “aaj mulk main xyz mazhabi josh-o-jazbay say manaya gaya” and thats how deen changes, not in one day, in 100s of years.

by the way, i for one didnt even know this word vigil till last year, people did this practice before, but this has just become viral in pakistan now.

secondly, ghaibana namaz-e-janaza is no response way of collective repentance. and don’t know if its ok to say or not, but har kisi nay apni dairh eent ki masjid bhi banai hui hay, most of these people who offered ghaibana namaz-e-janaza at their own places they could have easily joined namaz-e-janaza in Peshawar itself.

JI nay apnay markaz par ada ki, IK sahab nay D Chowk main aakar, aur N$ nay shaid kaheen shamil hona munasib hi nahi samjha. Even though they all were in Peshawar that day, and could have joined prayer in Peshawar just like COAS did.
but then many will say its easy to criticize and “what you have done that you are criticizing them?” so i better leave it here.