Re: Mazaars
to me going to these tombs, is a waste of your money, time and its a SHIRK.
poor ppl (low income ones) go to these tombs cuz their belief is "since its a grave of pious soul, so God will grant them forgiveness on behalf their piousness". they are poor, and they strongly belief that God hates poor ppl that is why they are facing all these miseries. No food, no clothing, no money, no aqal make them commit the gravest sin of all and that is SHIRK.
tehy believe that they bowing these already dead ppl, is connecting them to God.
whereas, wealthy autocrats have these figures as a gesture of status, and like attach their shajra-nasb with these sufis and saints. i hope we all know about these gaddi-nasheen politicians of ours.
After the downfall of Ummayad Dynasty new meanings of Islam emerges everywhere. Power and the transfer of throne was becoming a problem day by day. Instead of showcasing Islam and its teachings through actions, arts and architecture was being used to define Islam.
as a fine art student i adore Islamic art, but too much dependancy on it bring it to this chaos where we dont even know that our what action actually define us.
Islam spread out in the subcontinent by these Sufis and Saint. their marvel poetry, which was hard to interpret for masses, get these pious souls high ranks such as "God's Friend".
however, current scenario of these mazars is worse than ever. these day, if there are few blocks of bricks are around some tree, ignorant ppl call it "Saieen Baba ka ada!"