Lately, I have seen something which is quite disturbing…
Being, Muslim we were told from childhood to love holy prophet, his family and companions. Alway use most respectful words for these noble personalities. Say darood :saw: when ever you hear/say the name of holy prophet(pbuh) and say razi allah anhu with the name of noble companions.
Like prophet, his family is most sacred for Muslim, so much so that we are required say darood(prayer for blessing) on them in each of our dialy prayers.
It is quite Strange that people talk loose, when it comes to these sacred figures. It is quite…hmmm quite distasteful.
That was a time before partitian, that young boys (under the influence) started using the term Muhammad Sahab (Mr. Muhammad) For prophet(pbuh). which was not considered a norm earlier. Thankfully it was short period and they realized the greatness of the personality and the message.
Here in pakistan, if you are a syed, common people automatically respect you more, espacially in villages. They will make you sit on chair or chaarpai and they will sit on the floor. Just because they are taught to respect anything/Anyone who remotely associate with sacred family.
Love of Holy prophet(pbuh) his family and companions is part of our faith.
Im not sure if we should give the same level of love and respect we reserve for the Prophet Sallallah Alaih Wasalam his immediate family and companions, to the syed's nowadays.
No disrespect to them but the syed's nowadays, or anyone claiming to be from the Prophet's Sallallah Alaih Wasalam family are far removed from them, and they are more or less the same as any other muslim nowadays.
So i dunno if i would give them any more respect than i would to other 'non syed' muslims.
It was an example of general behavior of common folks
I know some people give bad name to others… but that is not the point.
We must show utmost love and respect for the family of prophet(pbuh) because of direct association with prophet. Also their piety, status, is way more higher than our imagination, so please do think, before saying anything.
I agree with you and I find it extremely distasteful.
Sometimes I think what should one do when one encounters someone talking in that manner? B/c our Prophet (saw) never disrespected or was rude or loud with anyone no matter how they spoke to him, and he also told the Sahaba not to be angry when someone insulted him (saw) if I recall correctly.
So, as Muslims, if someone does that in front of our eyes, I think what we can do is in a light manner try to explain to them that what they are doing is not nice...
I am not a genealogist so I can’t be certain about it but it seems strange we have hundreds of thousands (if not millions) of Syeds in Pakistan? How they all ended up in sub-continent? Do we have to show respect to all of them just because they claim themselves to be ‘real’ Syeds? I thought that Shari`ah does not regard them as a special or superior caste in Islam.
No man has a higher stature than any other man except when it comes to Taqwa, that is the only thing that ranks one man higher than the other.
When it comes to respect, i give my utmost respect to the Prophet Sallallah Alaih Wasalam, his companions, his immediate family, they are unmatched and unequaled.
But the rest of humanity is judged in my eyes solely on their Taqwa, their fear of Allah and their good deeds.
Just because someone has the luck of being born a ‘syed’ doesnt make him immediately a super human in my eyes, and i dont believe he/she needs any more respect than any other muslim. They are All human beings.
Now if the said syed was a very religious person, and feared Allah , then i`d respect him more than a muslim who wasnt too mindful of his islamic duties.
I’ve known a Sikh use the term ‘Sahib’ after our Prophet’s :saw: name and I didn’t find it offensive, I think they were just being polite, it was a breath of fresh air seen as most Sikhs don’t think very highly of our Prophet :saw: or us ‘Mohammedans.’
i for one don't buy this "Islamic Roylty".. just cuz you're related to a Prophet doesn't mean you become a better human being by association.. throughout history we've seen plenty of relatives of noble men and prophets who went astray and/or were punished by Allah for their evil deeds..
I think we’re all responsible for our actions. If a child has parents who are way low on what we consider the “society’s ranks” it does not mean he/she does not deserve the respect we would give to a person born of parents who might be more respected in our eyes.
I will respect those who respect others. I will of course make sure that when talking of the Prophet (SAW) everything is said in a manner of respect and so forth. However, because somebody might be related to the Prophet (SAW) does not mean they are free of sins. It does not mean that they should get more respect just because they “might” be related or that they declare to be related.
Every person is responsible for his or her own actions. So they would in my eyes only be respected if they followed Islam correctly, not because they might be related tot he Prophet (SAW).
I would say that respecting everybody based on their actions is part of our faith. Not just some people in particular.
I might get rocks thrown at me for sayign this but the only Muslim I would ever hold special regard for is the Prophet SAW himself, or his immediate family. The love and respect you have for the prophet pbuh and his companions/family members cannot compare and should not be equal to the treatment you would give a mere human being. A certain last name doesn't make you any more special than the next Muslim. Every Muslim, hell every human being, deserves respect.
yet some ppl have the gutts to say stupid thing about the noble companions of the prophet (saw) - the best ppl who walked the earth after the prophets (peace be upon them)....
In Islam, No one is supperior to others because of caste, color etc. It is just because of Taqwa, piety that one becomes dear to Allah.
Now, the example of Sayyeds, it is nothing obligatory or prescribed in religion that they should be respected more. Rather it is involuntary action of common people which is not based upon religious commands, but pure love and respect of anything which is even remotely associated with prophet :saw:
There is some psychological factor behind this. The Muslims of subcontinent, never had this religious luxury that they can see or touch something which belongs to Prophets…
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Important holy places mentioned in quran or in Islmaic history, which are mostly in middle east and around. The difference of language culture etc.
So, they consider themselves quite deprived (from direct religious connections) they show more respect something which has mere connections to holy land. They even kiss the dates coming from Maddina Munawara (the city of Prophet :saw: )
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u'll find this kissing the dates business and revering anything associated to the Prophet (saw) even in other areas inclusing arabia....
i think ur above reasoning is very vague and very crude....
What about ppl doing tabbarra secretly under closed doors Thats a sick practice and some ppl call it a great Ibaadah.
Ppl have tried to mess up with events happened in the lives of those greats. Now ppl swearing at some of those ppl and others doing vice versa. All these conspiracy theories in Islam with no basis have caused so much grief to the Ummah in past and present as well.
Learn to respect all. Allah, his Prophet Mohammed :saw:, all of his messangers :as:, the companions including family of Prophet :saw:, the scholars who did a great job of compiling hadiths and those who spent their lives for Fiqah, the sufis who wide-spread Islam in exteremly difficult times, the Ulema who revived Islam in last 4 centuries. Let start this with our parents and family and respect them too as it should be.
I hope if one can’t call upon his mother with ‘tu’ he/she will never forget to say :saw: when Prophet Mohammed’s name is on one’s lips.
Smooth_guy - You are absolutely right. Respect of Companions(ra) of prophets is a must in our religion. And using bad names and swearing (God forbid ) is highly condemnable act.
I believe that if someone is educated and knows about religion he/she can not indulge in these activities
We should learn from noble companions of prophet, they respected each other, and worked together for development of Islmaic society at the time of Khilafat-e-Rashidaa.
Thats a sick practice and some ppl call it a great Ibaadah.
including family of Prophet :saw:, the scholars who did a great job of compiling hadiths and those who spent their lives for Fiqah, the sufis who wide-spread Islam in exteremly difficult times, the Ulema who revived Islam in last 4 centuries. Let start this with our parents and family and respect them too as it should be.