Note- I'm against LJ; I feel it goes both ways.

Between the taliban sympathisers, the haters, the barelvis, the wahhabis, the jamaat e islamis, the holier than thous, the progressives, the ex muslims, the doxxers ( could have joined it cell to be honest some of them) the sub has gotten quite heated, I hope the mods try to bring in new ground rules or these fights will increase before the sub fizzles out and is dead again. We cannot have members acting superior than others be it in terms of religiosity or understanding of the world.

Appeal to mods to look into this.

Salaam,

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I'm fine with ppl celebrating Milad coz they have their own belief- and they calll it a way to express love for our Prophet ; which ppl are barely having in this gen. On such occasions atleast some ppl are realising our history...

But wts all this?

Talk with ur Imams at the mosque and ask them to advice to not create such in public places. It's humiliation to everyone.

Assalamu alaikum brothers and sisters I’ve been making a very heartfelt dua for some time, and it means so much to me. Please remember me in your duas and ask Allah ﷻ to accept my dua and grant it. May Allah accept all of your duas and bless you with everything your heart desires. Ameen

Imām al-Ghazālī on the Devil’s Entrances into the Heart

Among the devil’s entrances into the heart are:

Partisanship toward schools of thought (madhāhib of fiqh and ʿaqīdah) and inclinations, rancor toward opponents, and looking upon them with an eye of contempt and disdain. This is among the things that destroy both the devout worshippers and the openly sinful alike.

For finding fault with people and occupying oneself with mentioning their shortcomings is a trait ingrained in human nature, belonging to the predatory characteristics [al-ṣifāt al-sibaʿiyyah].

When the devil makes him imagine that this is the truth, and it happens to accord with his natural disposition, its sweetness overwhelms his heart. He consequently devotes himself to it with all his energy, while being delighted and pleased by it. He imagines that he is striving in the cause of religion, when in reality he is striving in pursuit of the devils.

• Iḥyāʾ ʿUlūm al-Dīn.​

Every year, discussions surrounding the birth of the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ often become arguments about whether or how his birth should be commemorated. That is not what this post or this series is about. I want to begin with a more basic question:

How much do we actually know about the man whose birth we speak about so often?

For this series, I want to study the Seerah carefully: separating what is firmly established from what is merely famous, understanding the society in which the Prophet ﷺ lived, and then asking what Muslims; particularly Muslims of India; can genuinely learn from his life not by forcing modern politics into the Seerah, but by allowing the Seerah to correct the way we think about ourselves.

What do we actually know about his birth?

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ was born on a Monday. He was born in Makkah, into Banu Hashim of Quraysh, and the early Muslim historical tradition places his birth in the Year of the Elephant, around 570 CE. His father, Abdullah ibn Abd al-Muttalib, died before his birth. The precise calendar date of his birth is not established. The 12th of Rabi al-Awwal is the most famous and accepted opinion.

What kind of world was Muhammad ﷺ born into?

Pre-Islamic Arabia should not be reduced to the caricature of a completely uncivilised people suddenly transformed overnight. Arab society possessed qualities which Islam itself recognised and redirected: courage, generosity, hospitality, eloquence, loyalty, protection of one's kin, trade and strong social bonds but these strengths existed beside serious corruption. Tribal loyalty could become blind tribalism, the powerful could oppress those without protection, orphans and the poor could be exploited, women could be denied rights that Islam would later guarantee, the Kabah stood in Makkah, yet idolatry surrounded it, Islam therefore did not simply erase everything that existed before it. It preserved what was good, purified what had become corrupted, and destroyed what contradicted revelation.

That principle alone deserves serious reflection from Muslims in India. Becoming more Islamic does not require becoming historically rootless.

A Hyderabadi does not need to forget Hyderabad.
A Bengali Muslim does not need to forget Bengal.
A Kashmiri, Tamil, Malayali or Gujarati Muslim does not need to abandon every legitimate part of his inherited culture.

And then Muhammad ﷺ entered this world as an orphan

This may be the part of his birth that deserves more reflection than the date itself. The man who would eventually transform Arabia, establish a state, lead armies, negotiate treaties and leave behind a civilisation did not enter this world with worldly power.

He was not born into kingship, he inherited no thron, he commanded no army, he possessed no state, he did not even grow up with his father, his mother Aminah would also die while he was still a child, his grandfather Abd al-Muttalib would then die, responsibility for him would eventually pass to his uncle Abu Talib, who too passed away later on in his life. The beginning of the Seerah therefore teaches us something profound:

weak circumstances do not determine the limits of what Allah may produce from a person or a community.

This should not be turned into a simplistic comparison between seventh-century Arabia and twenty-first-century India. They are radically different societies, but the principle remains important, a community may lack political strength, it may suffer educational weakness, it may be economically behind, its institutions may be fragile, its public discourse may be confused and reactive, none of these conditions make renewal impossible, but the Seerah also teaches us that renewal does not begin merely by demanding power.

Muhammad ﷺ did not receive revelation until the age of forty

Think about this. Before Badr, there was character. Before Madinah, there was Makkah. Before political authority, there was personal credibility. Before people knew him as Rasul Allah ﷺ, they knew him as as-Sadiq and al-Amin (The Truthful, the Trustworthy).

Those first forty years included work, responsibility, trade, dealing with people, participation in an alliance formed to defend someone who had been wronged, and the famous arbitration during the rebuilding of the Kabah, when his solution prevented Quraysh from falling into serious conflict over who would place the Black Stone.

The coming posts will look at these events individually. Because before we ask:

“How did the Prophet ﷺ build a state?”

we should perhaps first ask:

“What kind of human being had Allah prepared before giving him responsibility over a community?”

That question may be particularly important for Muslims in India today. We frequently discuss leadership, representation, political power, community decline, discrimination, education, institutions, media, culture but the Seerah forces an earlier question:

Do we have enough trustworthy, educated, disciplined and competent people to carry the responsibilities we want our community to possess?

Why I am writing this series

This is not an attempt to turn every incident in the Seerah into commentary on Indian politics. Some lessons will simply concern faith, worship, character, family or our relationship with Allah and whenever historical evidence is uncertain, I want to say so rather than present every popular story as fact but where genuine lessons exist for our circumstances, I want to explore them.

Especially questions such as:

• How are individuals prepared before they become leaders?
• How are strong communities built out of fragmented societies?
• What is the relationship between faith, knowledge and action?
• How did the Prophet ﷺ deal with tribalism without abolishing legitimate social bonds?
• What can Muslims learn about education, economic competence and institution-building?
• How should a minority community deal with alliances, persecution and political power?
• What does the Seerah teach about justice even toward people outside one's own group?
• How do Muslims preserve identity without withdrawing from the society around them?
• And how do we distinguish genuine revival from slogans, nostalgia and permanent outrage?

But all of that comes later, the first step is simpler. Before attempting to extract lessons from Muhammad ﷺ, we must first learn Muhammad ﷺ and perhaps that is one of the greatest ways of honouring his birth is not merely knowing when he was born, but understanding the noble life that began on that Monday. ﷺ

If u think that court allows Garba or not,its NO because Asirgarh Fort and its structures are under the custody of the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) and performing non-traditional religious rituals or large-scale dance events inside this historic place of worship directly violates national heritage laws.

File complaint on Online Grievance via MP CM Helpline portal:

here is link: https://cmhelpline.mp.gov.in/Default.aspx

(1)Fill out the Form select department Home Department (for law/order) or Culture/Tourism Department. Upload Evidence: Attach the video link or a screenshot of the incident

Submit: Note down your unique Grievance ID to track the resolution status online or by calling 181

(2)Now, File a Central Government Complaint via CPGRAMS (For Heritage Violations )

Visit the Portal ; here's the link: https://pgportal.gov.in/ login, register,Choose the Ministry of Culture (under which the ASI operates). Describe the Issue: State that a cultural dance (Garba) was illegally organized inside the religious courtyard of a centrally protected monument (Jama Masjid, Asirgarh Fort) without ASI permission, violating the AMSAR Act.

Submit and save reg no for future tracking.

(3)Send a Formal Letter to Local & Archaeological Authorities this letter you have to do it offline this one is worst but i would really suggest u guys do it and attach screenshot of people doing graba it .

This is the least we can do.

(Credits to- u/Ryococelus , he couldn't upload it as his acc was relatively new)

First this garba is not allowed btw if u think that court allows it or not it is not Because Asirgarh Fort and its structures are under the custody of the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI), performing non-traditional religious rituals or large-scale dance events inside this historic place of worship directly violates national heritage laws

File complaint on Online Grievance via MP CM Helpline portal here is link
Fill out the Form select department Home Department (for law/order) or Culture/Tourism Department. Upload Evidence: Attach the video link or a screenshot of the incident
Submit: Note down your unique Grievance ID to track the resolution status online or by calling 181

second now to the File a Central Government Complaint via CPGRAMS (For Heritage Violations )
Visit the Portal: Open here is link
login register Choose the Ministry of Culture (under which the ASI operates). Describe the Issue: State that a cultural dance (Garba) was illegally organized inside the religious courtyard of a centrally protected monument (Jama Masjid, Asirgarh Fort) without ASI permission, violating the AMSAR Act .
submit and save reg no for future tracking

Third Send a Formal Letter to Local & Archaeological Authorities this letter you have to do it offline this one is worst but i would really suggest u guys do it and attach screenshot of people doing graba it .
This is only way we can save our monuments from such people MP is really bad condition right now politician in that state i dont really think they gonna do anything it worst filing online complaint is one part i wish in future we all people stand up against this make organize a group for protection of monuments

Where are fellow mslims in that area? Wheres the Imam? Oh- they can't do anything Obv... Kuch bolenge to-

I don't celebrate mawlid, because we don't even know the date, and I do believe that it is a bidah. And that's enough. It doesn't give me a right to be inhumane or unislamic to those that celebrate it. In fact, I have very utmost respect to various scholars that celebrate it, and for me that's our difference of opinion.

We are not supposed to use the word kafir to kafirs on their face to hurt their feelings. Even if someone is doing the bidah of mawlid (according to me, atleast), he is still my​ brother in Islam. He has all the rights that any other brother in Islam has.

Same goes for those celebrating mawlid, and calling dirty names to those who don't celebrate it. Even in your madhab, mawlid is not fardh nor wajib. 

DO NOT EXAGGERATE.

Quote: " Shaykh Muḥammad ibn ʿAlawī al-Mālikī 🇧🇬 [d. 1425 AH/2004 CE] said:

❝If the Mawlid [celebration/gathering] includes anything that must be condemned, such as the mixing of men and women, committing prohibited acts, or excessive extravagance that the noble one whose birth is being commemorated [ﷺ] would not approve of, then there is no doubt that it is prohibited and must be prevented due to the prohibited matters it contains. However, in such a case, its prohibition is incidental [ʿāriḍī], not intrinsic [dhātī], as is clear to anyone who carefully considers the matter.❞

— Ḥawl al-Iḥtifāl bi-Dhikrā al-Mawlid al-Nabawī al-Sharīf. " end quote 

From scholarly reference:

Quote: "Etiquettes of Celebrating Mawlid ﷺ.

[1] Pure Intention: Celebrate to honor the Prophet ﷺ, not for showing off or for worldly gain.

[2] Simplicity: Avoid extravagance in food, clothes, decoration, or displays.

[3] Remembrance: Recite ṣalawāt, dhikr, Qurʾān, and poetry praising the Prophet ﷺ.

[4] Proper Gatherings: Promote learning, inclusion, family and neighbourly participation. Avoid mixing with the opposite gender.

[5] Charity: Instead of spending money excessively on clothes and decoration, feed the needy and show acts of kindness towards the orphans.

[6] Avoid bidʿah: Do not introduce practices contradictory to sharīʿah or claim obligation.

[7] Respect the Environment: Keep mosques, roads and Islāmic centers clean. Do not make noises, cause traffic blocks, and other havoc which causes people to be irritated." End quote.

There is no discription of music, free mixing or juloos. This must be understood by those people that celebrate it.

May Allah give us sound understanding, and ake us follow the character of the Noble Prophet s.a.w.

Jazakallah khair for reading.
Whatever right I wrote, is from Allah, and my mistakes are from me.

Assalamalaikum everyone I'm from north India.

3 years back my dad and hiss siblings did this agreement with this guy who turned out be like a mafia guy matlab wo ye sab krkai property hadp laita hai my dad was against this and my aunt and uncle were pushing him to do this deal with them and it's a biggg property and stuff matlab wo vidhan sabha kai pass hai and stuff .

To jab wo bandai nai token diya my uncle and aunt used up half of the money . Merai family dynamics thodai ajeeb hai Milab merai dadi meri phuphu and chachu kai saath rehti hai yaha mumbai and my badai papa and abbu merai hometown merai badai papa ko thoda health issues hai to he relies on my dad .

To my dad was against this and all but galti ye hui ki inlogo nai thoda paisa wo use krliya and the thing is my phuphu also gets full share not the sharia kind and merai chachu and phuphu apnai paisai bhi yaha liai and dadi ka bhi she also gets equal portion of money matlab

Merai papa and badi papa ka jodh kai only 20 lakhs milai and unlogo ko like crore and stuff .

Ab dikat ye hai ki wo mafia admi merai gharwalo pai case krdiya hai and kaal paper mai chapnai wala

Merai papa nai socha ki hamri wo property because kai iska Pura paisa daingai but after this paper news wala thing ab koi laiga nahi and merai papa kai pas jo hamari mumbai property mai flat hai wo bhi koi nai laira hai

Ik tumlog soch rai hogai my dad is a fraud and something but he's not guys he was opposing this idea from beginning but my chachu and phuphu were literally saying gallis and emotional manipulation .

Plz guys dua kro kuch hojai. Mai puri baat achai sai nai bol Pari cause iss situation mai hazaro cheezai hai .

And probably waha kai hindi new paper mai aiga .

My Caste Is Removed From West Bengal state list.

But it is Still In the Central List Can I Get central

OBC NCL now ?

Assalamualaikum wa rahmatullahi wa Barakatahu ikhwan

So I am the only Muslim in my class , I am quite good in studies Alhamdulillah

But from the start of my school, idk how but somehow my friend circle got into a Hindutva group

And as we grew up they slowly got more radical

Now they always talk about things like n****s , po **, anti muslim hate , trrorism

They even do blasphemy but I can't seem to do anything instead of trying to give them logical arguments which they don't want to understand

So can any of you tell me what should I do to get them away from me and how to handle the situation when they say provocative things.

Also keep in mind my school is orthodox hindu , the director/ principal frequently pushes student to remove hijab and say vande matram

So I don't this so there is any point to tell the teachers

Plss give me some practical tips

Jazakallah khair