Meethay ki Amad??????
Thursday, March 12, 2009 at 11:44 pm
Last Saturday while returning home after paying credit card bill, I found a banner on pole here in Hyderi market. The text of the banner attracted me which was written as, Meethay Ki Amad, Marhaba which literally could be translated as ,“The arrival of the sweet,Welcome”. At first I though it’s an Ad of some sweet dish unless I read Swar(ص) with the word Meetha which is a short form of Salalahu Walahye Wasalam and then I figured out that the banner was all about celebrating the Prophet(saw)’s birth day.First of all, let me clarify that I am not issuing any fatwa that you can’t call meetha to the Prophet(saw) but tell me one thing, when did you call your mom or your dad Sweety or Meetha infront of them or even infront of others? You will not your friends that Meri Meethi ney aaj mujhay Nashtay me Juice Diya(my sweety gave me a glass of juice in break fast). Why will you not call your mother or any other relative like that infront of others? After all this is not a bad word anyway but why will you hesitate? let me tell you, its all about respect! You will always keep the status of your parents or any other relative in mind before you call them.
I always fail to understand that why the religion is treated different and worthless by us? Why don’t we seek same perfection and status like we seek for other matters of life? It’s a long debate so I will not get into it at the moment.
So, the banner was all about expressing love about the prophet(saw). Today’s love has become pretty much cosmetic as well as commercial. People seek benefits while they are loving others. I often wonder whether these Prophet(saw) lovers actually know the basics of love? Someone might say that whether I know anything about love? Maybe I do not know everything but I do believe that if you love someone, you like to do what that person wants and reject what that person dislikes without thinking whether that thing is suitable or not. I am sorry my friends but this is the basic point which we usually forget(including me!) to follow. There are no IFs and BUTs in love. It’s very lame that some person claims that He or she loves some xyz person and then do everything which make that person pissed. You do not seek your own convenience in it. You don’t show it off neither you care about your loss. If you care about all such things then it’s more like a dealing than feeling. Now those who claim to love the Prophet Muhammad(saw), do you really think that they love Prophet(saw)? if Yes then have they submitted themselves upon the will of the Prophet(saw) and Allah? I wish to make such claim but I can’t. It’s more like betraying and we can’t fool others right? We just fool ourselves. May Allah guide me and others.Ameen
Note: Usually The green turban party call Mohammad(saw) by that title.
Categories: Religion, Idiot, Ignorance, Islam, rants
on March 13th, 2009 at 2:27 AM
This whole celebrating thing is a little weird because if you profess love for the Prophet (pbuh), then one should follow what he did…and his companions did. Now if his companions did spend a lot of money, bijli, energy in celebrating Eid e Milad un Nabi, while the Prophet was alive, and after his demise.. then it can be considered something worthwhile/religious
But if not, then professing love in commercial ways just doesn’t make sense. Glad you pointed out.
Umm… some sects would eat you alive for this :S:S:S They would go to the extent of declaring someone “kafir” if that someone doesn’t agree to the idea of celebrating the Prophet’s birth with as much enthusiasm as possible.
on March 13th, 2009 at 10:11 AM
Yes, I completely agree with you. We are never perfect in our actions but at least we can get our beliefs straight. I disagree with the Sufi style of living Islam for the same reasons.
on March 13th, 2009 at 11:44 AM
very good post.. i like it and i m thinking to put it on my facebook but some peoplle would mind it…
however i try…
on March 13th, 2009 at 6:52 PM
ohh wait, let me tell you this.
I have a friend whose son’s birthday happened to fall around the same day last year. So my friend brought two cakes one for his son and one for Muhammad (S.A.W.W)… I don’t know how many candles he put though.
He said that when during the Meelad, they stand up and claim that Muhammad (S.A.W.W) visits their house.
I was so shocked, had Muhammad (S.A.W.W) come to my house, my life would have changed to 180 degrees and but, any my house would have changed to something better, but for them nothing changed…I wouldn’t go into detail…..
May Allah guide us all to follow the right path, path of Muhammad S.A.W.W and may Allah give us all the right love of Muhammad (S.A.W.W), Ameen.
on March 13th, 2009 at 10:55 PM
@Uni: yehi tu! we do cross limits to “xpress” our love. Actually it;s not love, it’s something else. In love you respect what one likes.
There are so many lame things around. You can see Kaaba Models everywhere on roads now. I dont know u have any idea about it or not but there is/was a place near Guru Mandir/Lasbella where some had a Big Kaba Model at his home and ppl used to do “Tawaf” around it(Iyaz Billah). Jahalat ki koi limit nahi hay.
@Rhodora: Welcome to my blog. Actually today’s Suffism is very different than what it was intended to. I have read Junaid Baghdari and others and they do preach very different what modern Islamic guys try to preach in the name of Islam.
@Zera: mind what? We should not hesitate to convey the right message. I belong to a Barelvi family(not to extreme) but there are things like Milad,FAtiha etc are practised in my family. I never intended to follow it and since the day I know, I do avoid it. I dont go in milad parties arranged by my Phuppos. I do not eat stuff made in the naem of Fatiha etc. I do try to tell my family not to follow anything which comes under banner of Bidat. I can’t impose on tem but atleast I can avoid it myself.
I don’t know how many candles he put though.
lol
He said that when during the Meelad, they stand up and claim that Muhammad (S.A.W.W) visits their house.
that is one of the sick concepts by barelvis and I loathe it a lot
Thanks khalid for sharing this piece.
on March 14th, 2009 at 6:08 PM
Salamalaikum
Good post. ‘Meethay ki Aamad’ has a more sinister connotation than just the word ‘meethay’. It’s what Khalid has mentioned and this is a sick concept and is complete Shirk. Whoever believes in this is NOT a Muslim no matter whoever that may be. Although I’m not saying that whoever put up this banner had the same thing in mind as Khalid pointed out. If he did, he is no Muslim.
These days under the flyovers all over Karachi you see this written: As-salatu wa-salamu alayka ya Rasoolullah. This is also a dangerous wording. If somebody believes that Rasoolullah (saw) can actually listen to his salam, then that is complete shirk as well…no doubt. There is a difference between thinking that the Prophet can listen (which is shirk) and that angels take our salams to Prophet in his life of barazakh as said in the hadith. Outside of the wording in tashahudd, which is a special case, anywhere else when salam is send on the Prophet (like in Durood shareef) it’s always Allahumma salli ala Muhammad (Oh Allah send salam on Muhammad). This is the right wording which leaves no doubt as to who is being called to. As-salatu wa-salamu alayka ya Rasoolullah is very ambiguous and dangerous.
May Allah keep us safe from shirk.
on March 15th, 2009 at 12:31 PM
Asalamu Alaykum,
A very good post i must say! I dont know why people go over board in their so called love for Rasool Allah (s). They have also started using the word “Aashiq e Rasool”
How cheap and disrespectful - “Aashiq” is such a slang bazari filmi word - ask them if they would ever use this word for their own mother or father or sister! No never. Then why in the world are they using such a disrespectful word for our Prophet.
And Ibrahim has made a very valid point.Having the belief that Prophet Muhammad (s) visits during the Milad celebration and can hear our duas is Shirk indeed because we are attributing the concept of Hazir Nazir to Rasool Allah which is totally wrong as it is only Allah who is present everywhere through His knowledge.
on March 15th, 2009 at 1:08 PM
walikum salam Ibrahim and Javeria
both of you have made very valid point. Jazakum Allah khair.
on March 15th, 2009 at 9:15 PM
Salamalaikum
So true about the word Aashiq. In fact, in Arabic Aashiq comes from the root word Ashiqa, which means to love with lust! You’ll never find someone who knows Arabic using Aashiq-e-Rasool or Aashiq-e-Allah, etc because you can’t love them with lust (a’udhubillah). The word instead should be Habib (from root word hubb) like you see in hadith where Abu Hurayra narrates like ‘Khalili (my friend) and habibi (my love (non-lust manner)) said such and such…’
Even if you don’t know Arabic, as sister Javeria pointed out, it’s cheap to say Aashiq-e-Rasool. Although in Urdu the word Aashiq doesn’t carry the same meaning as in Arabic, it should be avoided for the reason mentioned by sister Javeria.
on March 26th, 2009 at 6:41 PM
I completly fully agreed with you on this topic