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9:34am Tuesday 24th June 2008
I am not an Islamic scholar but I am a Muslim and along with many other millions of Muslims are fed-up with having to explain about marches to non-Muslims.
Let me tell you this - when you allow marches like this to take place it costs the British taxpayer tens of thousands of pounds.
I'm not saying marches of a religious significance are wrong. But I have been at some events where it is claimed they are marching for the Prophet's birthday but give more prominence to their own Peer saabs.
Is it right to give these people a demi-god like status?
Now I, and many ordinary Muslims are being tarnished by these people and disagree with this portrayal of Islam. We are supposed to be tolerant and peace loving humans who follow in the way of the prophet Mohammed(pbuh) and set an example to others in how to live life.
Yes, we are not all perfect but you should go back to the basics and talk about the Prophet(pbuh) and his actions. Some of these self elected egotistical Peer Saabs' get paid and ferried around by their followers.
We should love thy neighbour, pay our taxes, and help the poor not spend countless thousands on food at the mosques when there is little to celebrate.
We have today due to Allah's blessings access to books and the internet, we do not need to be listening to tales told through uneducated representatives of Islam.
I do agree there are those amongst us blessed with special skills, which we can seek advice from but it is the almighty Allah who we should be seeking help from not these Peers.
Now we are in the 21st Century people should grow up and adhere to the laws of Britain and work with the whole community in raising awareness of Islam in a positive way.
Khalil, says...
12:40pm Tue 24 Jun 08
Imran Khan, London says...
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ali, blackburn says...
5:35pm Tue 24 Jun 08
Mohammed, Nelson says...
11:19pm Tue 24 Jun 08
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Tee, Bolton says...
9:19am Wed 25 Jun 08
mohammed ahmed, herts says...
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Sunni Power, Blackburn says...
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Ziggy, says...
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Andrew Khan, says...
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mohammed ahmed, herts says...
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Muslim, Truth says...
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mohammed ahmed, herts says...
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Muslim, Birmingham says...
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Brierfielder, Lancs says...
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Brierfielder, Lancs says...
3:54pm Wed 25 Jun 08
Andrew Khan wrote:Andrew - where did you get this Haynes Sheikh Maintenance Manual from?
This is what Brailwi's really do in worshipping these nutty Peers!!! When They see their Peer: Make wudhu Wear clean clothes Apply attar (perfume) onto your clothes before going to visit your sheikh's When entering your sheikh's abode you should make no prior intention of leaving. Turn off your mobile phone / pager / watch alarm before sitting in your sheikhs gathering Remove your shoes and socks before meeting your sheikh On arriving do not stare in all directions looking for a space to sit. Instead sit wherever you find available space Sitting in the presence of one's Sheikh: It is important for the mureed not to busy himself in respecting or honouring any other sheikh or person in the presence of one's own sheikh. Do not look at or sit in the presence of your sheikh without wudhu. Do not sit in the shadow of your sheikh Do not sit in a place where your own shadow falls upon your sheikhs' shadow or upon your sheikhs' clothes. Do not position your back towards your sheikh Lower your gaze and sit in a humble position. Do not fiddle with your feet or any other part of your body Do not sit leaning against a wall or in any other laid back position. Do not position your feet in the direction of your sheikh Do not crack your fingers or make any other avoidable sound. Do not play with your clothes or watch or any other item Do not clean your nose in the presence of your sheikh. Sit silently & listen attentively Do not speak or respond to anyone Free your mind from all worldly thoughts and allow faiz to enter your heart. Whatever your sheikh utters, believe it to be 100% true Do not object to any of his speech either by physical expression or by internal thought. Commit to memory all that you learn and observe from your sheikh. *Do not drink water in the presence of your sheikh *Do not eat in the presence of your sheikh. Before doing anything always ask permission from your sheikh Turn your hearts attention wholly upon your sheikh Walking with one's sheikh: Lower your gaze and walk humbly behind your sheikh Be alert and ready to remove any object in the pathway of your sheikh Be ready to open any closed doors in the pathway of your sheikh Do not walk on the shadow of your sheikh When walking behind your sheikh, do not walk in your sheikh's footsteps Do not walk in front of your sheikh or directly to his left or right side. Speaking with one's sheikh: If need arises to speak to one's sheikh, look for an appropriate time to speak. Do not disturb your sheikh in the middle of his speech nor distract him if he is contemplating. Speak when spoken to It is important for the mureed not to utter something from the mouth which will nullify the bait either by joke or by sarcasm Do not raise your voice above the voice of your sheikh Khidmat of one's sheikh: In the Khidmat of your shike do not busy yourself with Zikr or Nafl prayers. Without first gaining permission from your sheikh. Cooking for one's sheikh: Ensure you have wudhu before you begin to cook Wash all utensils before using them to prepare food Cook a simple dish both halaal and pure Try to prepare or have a sweet dish or savoury for after the main course. Items belonging to one's sheikh: Do not use the items, utensils, towel etc of your sheikh Do not wear your sheikhs' clothes, shoes, topi, etc without permission from your sheikh Other important etiquettes: Do not stand upon the prayer mat of your sheikh Refrain from all those things, which your sheikh has prohibited for you Do not position your back towards your sheikh If you are not in the state of wudhu, do not look at your sheikh's face or sit in his presence. Don't do your wudhu where your sheikh performs his wudhu Do not position your feet in the direction of your sheikhs' house of residence. Whatever emanates from your sheikh accept this to be the best even though it may look externally not good. Upon being questioned whom is your sheikh always give your own sheikhs name not a prominent name within your silsila. Whatever faiz you receive you must acknowledge that all the faiz has come from you own sheikh. If you are requested to become an imam then after salaat either offer a small prayer and recourse back or better still recourse back and request your sheikh to make the prayer. Do not sit with those who are enemies of your sheikh . Whatever you learn from your sheikh, on arriving home, note it down on a piece of paper If a mureed happens to come across some water left by his peer, he should stand up and drink it.
Brierfielder, Lancs says...
3:56pm Wed 25 Jun 08
Andrew Khan wrote:Andrew - where did you get this Haynes Sheikh Maintenance Manual from?
This is what Brailwi\'s really do in worshipping these nutty Peers!!! When They see their Peer: Make wudhu Wear clean clothes Apply attar (perfume) onto your clothes before going to visit your sheikh\'s When entering your sheikh\'s abode you should make no prior intention of leaving. Turn off your mobile phone / pager / watch alarm before sitting in your sheikhs gathering Remove your shoes and socks before meeting your sheikh On arriving do not stare in all directions looking for a space to sit. Instead sit wherever you find available space Sitting in the presence of one\'s Sheikh: It is important for the mureed not to busy himself in respecting or honouring any other sheikh or person in the presence of one\'s own sheikh. Do not look at or sit in the presence of your sheikh without wudhu. Do not sit in the shadow of your sheikh Do not sit in a place where your own shadow falls upon your sheikhs\' shadow or upon your sheikhs\' clothes. Do not position your back towards your sheikh Lower your gaze and sit in a humble position. Do not fiddle with your feet or any other part of your body Do not sit leaning against a wall or in any other laid back position. Do not position your feet in the direction of your sheikh Do not crack your fingers or make any other avoidable sound. Do not play with your clothes or watch or any other item Do not clean your nose in the presence of your sheikh. Sit silently & listen attentively Do not speak or respond to anyone Free your mind from all worldly thoughts and allow faiz to enter your heart. Whatever your sheikh utters, believe it to be 100% true Do not object to any of his speech either by physical expression or by internal thought. Commit to memory all that you learn and observe from your sheikh. *Do not drink water in the presence of your sheikh *Do not eat in the presence of your sheikh. Before doing anything always ask permission from your sheikh Turn your hearts attention wholly upon your sheikh Walking with one\'s sheikh: Lower your gaze and walk humbly behind your sheikh Be alert and ready to remove any object in the pathway of your sheikh Be ready to open any closed doors in the pathway of your sheikh Do not walk on the shadow of your sheikh When walking behind your sheikh, do not walk in your sheikh\'s footsteps Do not walk in front of your sheikh or directly to his left or right side. Speaking with one\'s sheikh: If need arises to speak to one\'s sheikh, look for an appropriate time to speak. Do not disturb your sheikh in the middle of his speech nor distract him if he is contemplating. Speak when spoken to It is important for the mureed not to utter something from the mouth which will nullify the bait either by joke or by sarcasm Do not raise your voice above the voice of your sheikh Khidmat of one\'s sheikh: In the Khidmat of your shike do not busy yourself with Zikr or Nafl prayers. Without first gaining permission from your sheikh. Cooking for one\'s sheikh: Ensure you have wudhu before you begin to cook Wash all utensils before using them to prepare food Cook a simple dish both halaal and pure Try to prepare or have a sweet dish or savoury for after the main course. Items belonging to one\'s sheikh: Do not use the items, utensils, towel etc of your sheikh Do not wear your sheikhs\' clothes, shoes, topi, etc without permission from your sheikh Other important etiquettes: Do not stand upon the prayer mat of your sheikh Refrain from all those things, which your sheikh has prohibited for you Do not position your back towards your sheikh If you are not in the state of wudhu, do not look at your sheikh\'s face or sit in his presence. Don\'t do your wudhu where your sheikh performs his wudhu Do not position your feet in the direction of your sheikhs\' house of residence. Whatever emanates from your sheikh accept this to be the best even though it may look externally not good. Upon being questioned whom is your sheikh always give your own sheikhs name not a prominent name within your silsila. Whatever faiz you receive you must acknowledge that all the faiz has come from you own sheikh. If you are requested to become an imam then after salaat either offer a small prayer and recourse back or better still recourse back and request your sheikh to make the prayer. Do not sit with those who are enemies of your sheikh . Whatever you learn from your sheikh, on arriving home, note it down on a piece of paper If a mureed happens to come across some water left by his peer, he should stand up and drink it.
Ziggy, says...
4:14pm Wed 25 Jun 08
Amir, keighley says...
4:48pm Wed 25 Jun 08
Brierfielder wrote:Since when did the Indigenous population start understanding arabic? Should we stop doing adhaan? Nay, the words of Allah move their hearts. Just another ashamed muslims, scared of what Joe public will think. Have you know resolve?
The author said he has trouble explaining to non-muslims the purpose of this march. I agree - they'd even find it funny when I said the Prophet (saw) never celebrated his birthday in his lifetime on earth. As for comparisons with the Prophet (SAW) and the Sahaba (RA) making a dawah March through Makka, I think it's insulting to their memory. Since when did the English indiginous population start speaking Urdu or start reading Urdu banners? It's all an excuse to get you all to wear your different regalias for your Tariqas and Groups eg. the turban with the green cone or the white cap with the green stripe. You are welcome to do this kind of dress-up and march anytime but not in the name of The Holy Prophet (SAW).
normal guty, north west says...
5:22pm Wed 25 Jun 08
Brierfielder, Lancs says...
5:31pm Wed 25 Jun 08
imran, blackburn says...
5:44pm Wed 25 Jun 08
sunni soldier 19, birmingham says...
5:59pm Wed 25 Jun 08
Barelwi badmash towba karow, says...
6:36pm Wed 25 Jun 08
mohammed ahmed, herts says...
9:17pm Wed 25 Jun 08
SUNY, karachi Pakistan says...
10:00pm Wed 25 Jun 08
Brierfielder, Lancashire says...
12:50am Thu 26 Jun 08
imran wrote:Look, if you say so you're right. This piecemeal chanting is merely a tick box exercise. It won't be enough on the Day of Judgement. You really have to engage with the locals - not chant stuff.
brierfielder the banners wre in english and urdu and many of the chants wre in english gets ur fact rite brother, we the sunni go on to the streets and do the zikr of allah and recite the kalimah, them same street on the day of qiyamat will answer and reply that the gulams of mustapha came on to these streets and prayed naats, did allah zikr and prayed the kalimah.
Brierfielder, Lancashire says...
12:52am Thu 26 Jun 08
SUNY wrote:This is an English Speaking Comments board - will you please translate?
ALL IN URDU
na kisi banday nay humain kuch dena ..na kisi peer nay kuch dena...jo bhi dena ..mere moula nay dena...Allah k siwa kisi k hath na phelana...jo bhi mangna...bus Allah say mangna...jo kehta hay k peer sab meri mushkil hal kar day ga..woh ghalat kehta hay..peer nay kuch nahi karna...jo bhi karna..mere MOULA nay karna...
lekin Aaj agar islam zindah hay to NABI PAAK S.A.W or Allah k bhejay huay sab nabyo ki wajah say zindah hay..they are messengers of Allah ji...unho nay Allah ka message sab logo tak pohnchaya...aaj dunya main koi nabi nahi...Muhammad S.A.W Allah k akhri nabi thay...un k bad sahaba Akraam nay Muhammad S.A.W ki di hui taleem ko agay pohnchaya...har achay musalman nay islam ki taleem hasil ki..or usay forword kiya...or jinho nay apni sari zindagi islam k liye laga di..Allah ji nay unhay apnay khas bando main chun liya...unhay dunya main bhi izzat di..or akhirat main bhi k liye bohat makaam hay...Allah un logo say bohat pyar kartay hain..or un k mu say nikli har dua kabool kartay hain....woh log apni sari zindagi main apnay liye kuch nahi mangtay...jo bhi mangtay hain doosro k liye...log un k pas apna masla lay kar jatay...or woh logo ko islamically us ka hal batatay or Allah ji say dua kartay..or Allah apnay naik bando ki dua sunta hay...so logo k problems hal ho jatay...
is tarha k hazaro lakho log is dunya main mojood hain..jo Allah ki khushi k khatir doosro ki madad kartay hain..or islam ki taleem detay hain..logo ko Allah k kareeb rakhtay hain...we Have QURAN-e-PAK but we are not able to understand its reall meaning...they ppl are for teach us...jis tarha dunya ki education k liye teachers hotay hain..isi tarha islamic education k liye bhi teachers hotay hain...the reall peers are our teacher...jinhay Allah nay hamari guidance k liye bheja..hamari madad k liye bheja..humain seedha rusta batanay k liye...hamari burayo ko mitanay k liye bheja..they are surely respectable...we shuld respect them and we should follow theri educations
baki raha asli nakli peer ka sawal..their are so many jali peers....jo such much Allah ka banda hay woh bina kisi matlab k islam ki education deta hay...bina pesay liye logo ki madad karta hay...or sab say bari nishani yeh hay k agar ap us k pas jaa kar sirf beth jao....jitna tym aap us k pas guzaro..us tym ka 90 percent hissa aap k dil main sirf Allah ki yaad aey gi....chahay aap us ki batain na suno...chahay usay dekho bhi na..lekin jitna tym us k pas raho gay...dil khud hi Allah ko yaad karay ga...
Jo Allah k naik banday hotay hain...woh jaha bethtay hain waha aasman tak rehmat k farishtay jama ho jatay hain..us jagah Allah ki rehmat baras rahi hoti hay....jo har anay walay k dil main utar jati hay...
muhammad khan, madina sadeey jaan hai says...
1:01am Thu 26 Jun 08
Nina, Blackburn says...
11:58am Thu 26 Jun 08
mohammed ahmed, herts says...
12:18pm Thu 26 Jun 08
mohammed ahmed, herts says...
12:49pm Thu 26 Jun 08
Nina, Blackburn says...
12:58pm Thu 26 Jun 08
liaqat, blakburn says...
2:02pm Thu 26 Jun 08
Nelsoner, Nelson says...
2:22pm Thu 26 Jun 08
ali bin masood, blackburn says...
2:32pm Thu 26 Jun 08
Nina wrote:nina you refer to gay when arab sheiks the wahabbis kiss each others faces is that not gay if you call kissing hands gay then look at youre own kind first before you come on here and go on about gays. your obviously dumb as well as stupid.
Marches and Peer worship is Bidat and can also be argued to be Shirk. I am convinced these followers are mentally lost and fall in the hands of guys who like guys and get them to leave their families for them.(Gay)
Brierfielder, Lancs says...
2:37pm Thu 26 Jun 08
mohammed ahmed wrote:Please please use Paragraphs - you buys are giving me a headache.
someone mentioned earlier that the prophet never celebrated his birthday, well read bukhari sharif and all the mustanad books of hadith, there is a hadith which is from a strong chain of narrators so you cant use the old daeef hadith trick, the prophet was asked as to why he fasted on a monday, he said due to that being the day he was born, so the prophet specifically performed an action to celebrate his milad, so there is nothing wrong with celebrating it, be it fasting, giving food to people, express happiness, or have a juloos to let people know we are celebrating the birthday of the holy prophet, also, in another rivayat it has come that abu lahab met the holy prophets uncle hazrat abbas in a dream, and they enquired as to what was his fate after deathe due to him opposing the prophet in his lifetime, he told of punishment but he recieved relief every monday from his forefinger on his right hand, he would suck it and he would get something taht would lessen his pain, he futher explained for the milad doubters, that he had pointed with that finger at a slave upon hearing of the birth of the prophet, he released a slave by gesturing with that finger that she was free, thus he done something specifically with the happiness of hearing that a son had been born at his brothers house, and he still recieved benefit, if he as someone who opposed the prophet recieves benefit because of that one action on milad, why do we, as muslims not recieve benefit from celebrating milad, we have more reason to do so, as we are the ummatis of the holy prophet, and we should do say in anyway we can, also people have the problem with the word eid being attached, the reason is that the prophet said taht on whatever day humankind recieved allahs rahmat, that day is of eid, so even juma is classed as yaum e eid, so why is the day when allahs greatest rahmat came to all human kind not allowed to be called eid, either you have some bughz or hatred of the prophet that you ae always looking to degrade him, and dream of jannat etc, or qiyamat, qiyamat aint gonna be conducted on your dads orders, the whole universe was created because of the holy prophet, allah said that,had he not created muhammad, he would not have created anything, and so your jannat you wahabbies is because of the wasila of the prophet and qhat is going to happen on qiyamat, everyone will go to allthe prophets, until they reach hazrat isa, and they will say got to muhammad, he will be able to help you today, a thought is, if your concept of only asking of allah without any wasila is correct, why wouldnt the chosen of creation, the prophets, say, **** you, go directly to god, why did they all keep passing the buck to the next prophet, beacuse they know what is about to happen, subhanallah, oh sunnis, the day of judgement will be the greatest day that the aqeeda of the sunnis will be upheld, and when you get to hazrat isa, why dont he say, look the christians fell into this trap before and called me son of god, and went astray, dont get into these matters, got straight to god, NO, WAHABBIS NO, HE WILL SAY GO TO MUHAMMAD, HE IS AT THE FOUNTAIN OF KAUSAR, and when humankind will get there, then Hazrat muhammad, will bow before allah, and allah will say after some time oh muhammad rise, go to heaven, but other people with the name muhammad will rise also, and god will say not you, i am talking to muhammad ibn abdullah, but the prophet will say because they have risen now, let me take them to jannat also, so allah will agree because he is the all merciful, and so just because of having the name muhammad you will go to jannat, and the personality whos name it is you hold bughz with and say no milad, no salat o salam, and thereafter the holy prophet will intercede for the ummat, how unworthy you are of being an umaati of the prophet, who when born went straight into sajda and implored allah, rabi habli ummati, oh allah forgive my ummat, those of you who believe he didnt know of prophethood tiill he was in hira, are mistaken , also those of you who say he answered to gibraeel, that he was illiterate, no learn arabic syntax, learn it properly, you go round beating the drum about arabic, you dont even know, that the prophet replied to iqra bismi, ma ana biqareen 3 times, meaning, i am not a reader... MEANING I AM NOT A READER BUT A TEACHER, AL MUALLIM. and then gibraeel said drawing the prophet close i give vastaa of god, beautiful please recite, and so he recited, some of these things will be new to certain people, but that is the ocean islam has, and there is a lazaat you get from learning deeply, spiritually, you just want to keep learning, get deeper
Embarrassed muslim, Preston says...
2:51pm Thu 26 Jun 08
mohammed ahmed, herts says...
3:12pm Thu 26 Jun 08
Sunni Power, Blackburn says...
3:13pm Thu 26 Jun 08
Brierfielder, Lancashire says...
3:19pm Thu 26 Jun 08
mohammed ahmed, herts says...
3:25pm Thu 26 Jun 08
Sunni Power, Blackburn says...
3:40pm Thu 26 Jun 08
Sunni Power, Blackburn says...
3:43pm Thu 26 Jun 08
mohammed ahmed, herts says...
3:46pm Thu 26 Jun 08
Brierfielder, Lancs says...
4:07pm Thu 26 Jun 08
mohammed ahmed, herts says...
4:12pm Thu 26 Jun 08
Briefielder, Lancs says...
4:31pm Thu 26 Jun 08
Ziggy, says...
4:48pm Thu 26 Jun 08
mohammed ahmed, herts says...
4:58pm Thu 26 Jun 08
Nelsoner, Nelson says...
5:11pm Thu 26 Jun 08
jabbar, blackburn says...
5:25pm Thu 26 Jun 08
KHALID, BLACKBURN says...
5:28pm Thu 26 Jun 08
Ziggy wrote:WHAT NAMZ DID YOU GO TO PRAY? YOU NEVER PRAY BRO SO WHEN WE GOING ON A NIGHT OUT AGAIN ZIGGY? GOOD NIGHT LAST TIME WHERE WAS IT LIQUID ENVY WITH YOUR CAMERA GRAND OPENING BRO. DONT START THESE TOPICS HERE I TOLD YOU BUT NOW YOU VE DONE IT THIS WHAT YOU CAUSED ANYWAY TAKE CARE MY BRO
Sunni power? I do have to leave this forum occasionally to read namaz. Read my article again because it was not intended to hurt people but for us all to question our actions before you continue ranting and raving.I know you find it hard to believe but some of us like to discuss logically issues rather than cutting and pasting un authenticated pieces of information. I stated my opinions and living in the UK accept the right of peoples views but if they impact on others then you have to take others into account especially when roads are blocked.
Ziggy, says...
1:08pm Fri 27 Jun 08
blackburn muslim, says...
1:17pm Fri 27 Jun 08
Brierfielder, Lancs says...
3:18pm Fri 27 Jun 08
Ziggy wrote:AA Ziggy, I think you have clarified your message. It is a good juncture to close this debate. WS
This article was wrote to discuss logically peoples views on Marches related to Islam and the cost to society and the image given whether positive or negative to Islam. Some of the responses to my article have shown me and all the other readers of how petty and naive some muslims have become. Some of you need to watch Question Time and see how issues are debated,( Without making personal comments) but at end we should remain united in a just cause of educating our people to a better understanding of Islam. I apologise to those out there who have misunderstood my article as a dig at all peers, I did say some peers in my article. We need to read and reflect better before we all get too charged up about what is at the end of the day a Islamic debate. We need to leave our AK47's at home and try to reason and convince each other to your line of thought.
Yunus Yakoub Islam, Huddersfield says...
7:45am Sun 29 Jun 08
shoheen, kuwait says...
4:28pm Sun 29 Jun 08
asad, blackburn lancashire uk says...
5:15pm Tue 8 Jul 08
QADIRI JILANI, bury says...
12:04pm Wed 30 Jul 08
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Muslim, Truth says...
10:44am Tue 24 Jun 08
What is it with these peer saab's with green turbans? Have they been shipped in from Ireland or something?