There are so many things open to inerpretation that you can take a simple hadees or exerpt from Quran and turn it into theory of evolution.
My point being that no where does it warn us to not make documentries on Prophets. Unless, I missed it completely and someone in the past said: “Thy shall not make movies to portray my life”.
It all depends who is interpreting it. So many things have taken out of their context and made source of mis-information.
I remeber some rishtay daar khatoun saying that you are not allowed to wear nail polish while praying…gimme a break..who came up with non-sense like this.
Gabru, you are smart fella...what does your common sense tell ya? I canguarantee you and I are on the same page regarding stuff like this, eventhough we are of different faiths. wanna bet?
well then how do you suggest we deal with the day to day problems in the light of religion? for you religion might be only prayers and charity, but for many of people it is a way of life from morning to night, birth to death, so each and every issue that has come to us after the revelation ended at the death of Prophet muhammad :saw: has been dealth with utmost caution as to avoid illegal actions while also solving those problems. some of those solutions could be improved upon, but some are the best we could come up with without any revelation. so here is what i think is the reason for what you might call “nonsense” solutions…
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I remeber some rishtay daar khatoun saying that you are not allowed to wear nail polish while praying
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Had you asked them 'why', they may have told you that namaz is fine, but you can't have proper *wudhu if you are wearing nail-polish, cz you are covering part of your skin with a polish, whereas that part is supposed to be washed. Then again you may disagree with such a granular interpretation of the instructions for wudhu. Thats up to you.
Thing is, we have basic core guidance, which rarely anyone disputes, and that is Quran. If you think you have enough intelligence and knowledge and time, you should read it carefully and get your own guidance. There are other sources of guidance available as well, including the seera and the conduct of the Prophet (PEace be upon him). Should you decide to use that to help you in your interpretations, more power to you and there is a lot of documentation. If, on the other hand, you don't want to re-invent the wheel, and rather would piggy-back on the work of a renowned scholar in the field of Islam, you can do that too.
So you see, Ghabrujawaan, your knowledge and your destiny is squarely in your own hands. There should not be any misconception about it. :-)
Thanday, common sense is common to all religions. What perplexes you so much in your daily life that needs to be consulted in the books. God is everywhere, you think he doesn't know your intentions.
Faisal, I agree with your point of view but what prompted me to write this thread was the movie Passion of Christ. It was an impressive film making by any standard.
Why not make a movie about what really went down in Mekkah and Medina back in the day? I'm sure there will be a million Aalims and Mullahs jumping up and down to ban it.
I guess my point is Islam imposes no ban on making documentries about prophets.
'The Message' was made in Hollywood about the early days of Islam. It was approved by Al-Azhar University for authenticity. There are many other documentaries about Islam. Most are made in the West.
I am not saying that some folks wouldn't have called for a ban on all of them. One thing about Islamic rulings is, that on any given topic, you can find differences of opinion. You just have to see which opinion is based on better and stronger evidence.
lets quit sugarcoating it Faisal.. tell me honestly if Spielberg wanted to make a movie about Prophet Muhammad and decided to SHOW the characters how many of these "opinions" would be in his favor?
None. There is a difference between making a movie and violating some of the basic tenents of a faith. If muslims don't want their messanger (peace be upon him) be shown in a cinematic movie, then thats what they believe in. The guys who made 'The Message' got around this issue quite well, I believe. They showed Hazrat Hamza (May Allah be pleased with him) and many others, so obviously, the film-maker just needs to be a little sensitive and stay true to the facts, and s/he should be ok.
A lot, there have been so many movies made about the life of the holy prophet (PBUh) most of them are Arabic movies done in Egypt. The movies I have seen go around his character, they used similar techniques as used in Message. In one movie I saw years back, they took the sister of the holy prophet as the lead character and showed the circumstances around the time he was born, and there are so many other movies like this. Another movie, which was made in mid 80’s, was around Abu Sufyan and the conquest of Makkah. I will provide more info on these movies if you want.
The point is if Muslim directors and producers really want to portray the seerah of the holy prophet (PBUH) there are so many ways they can do that without causing or creating anger.