Re: Shab-e-Barat…a limited phenomenon?
Brother, to point out inconsistency is a valid thing to do, that one should appreciate, as that is how things get cleared and people learn (those who give information as well as those who take). Thus, I appreciate whatever you pointed out, because it gave me opportunity to clear things related to the point you raised as inconsistent (obviously, if I was inconsistent then it would have given me chance to learn and correct my knowledge/information).
So, here is my clarification:
‘May or may not celebrate mid-Shahban or give this day any importance’ is personal, as it is not fard. But calling those who do give importance as wrong or guilty of bidah is sin that could have its own consequence on judgment day.
For instance (as example), a deed could be good (helping blind to cross road) and one can even say that whoever does that would get reward for it, but still (to help blind cross road), if such deed is not fard, it is personal matter.
On the other hand, to say that ‘helping blind cross road’ is not Islamic or bidah and that whoever does that is wrong, is not only sin but such statement can have its own consequence on judgment day.