Haider_Ali wrote: ↑Thu Jul 27, 2023 6:42 pm
1445 Moharam Waaz
This year 1445 again i attended the Moharram Waaz for all 9 days, infact from past 25 years i am regularly going for waaz.
This year was actually different as I had decided to take note of how much and what quality of sermons they provide. On my records almost 60 - 70% of time they are reciting Mojeza of SMB / STS after that they give a clear message that they were Ghaib na sahib and can perform miracles like making a dead man alive (Nauzubillah) which was quality of Prophet Isa attributed by Allah (SWT).
As said by Rasullah (SAW) "An hour of reflection is better than 70 years of worship", which i realized when I started to read the translation of Quran, In quran its clear that we cannot give attributes of Allah to any Human Being not even prophet, infact all Prophets said that they were servant of Allah. Furtherer, Prophet Mohammad (SAW) prohibited sajda to any human being (i.e Gairullah), sujood is only for Allah.
And we observe this teaching being demolished on a regular basis like we are led to believe that all Dais have knowledge of the unseen (Nauzubillah), all bohras go into Sujood after viewing SMS on screen and we are compelled to make dua by seing photo of SMB / STS, and list of such biddah's can go on and on.
Seeing all of this carried out in my daily life makes me regret being born into this blind community. Since I have no idea how to interact with such orthodox people, I have chosen to simply perform Namaaz in the mosque and forego all other rituals. I pray that Allah (SWT) would guide these people.
i for one, was watching waaz by Syedna Taher Fakhruddin piecemeal throughout the day, due to professional reasons.
yesterday morning, i went to my local masjid because i could not go to Thane due to rains. And while the Janaab was a good orator, yes, he lapsed into recounting moziza of Syedna Burhanuddin Maula. He spent very little time on Imam Hussain shahadat bayan, which to be fair to him, he did inform everyone in the beginning, that he is going to go more into detail in the evening matqal bayan.
i came home after asar namaz and had planned to go back (because online vs in-Masjid ofcourse, and going to Thane was not possible) but rains forced me to stay indoor.
i listened to Syedna Taher Fakhruddin waaz and while it was filled with the usual stories i have heard so many times, i could feel his pain. it certainly felt more real than the pain i have heard in Muffy Maula's voice... or maybe i'm biased because of the things i have seen him do.
anyways, the point was that during the nights, i used to watch videos on YT of other Sunni Maualanas like Tariq Jamil, Mufti Salman Azhar and Shia Maulanas like Syed Ali Raza Rizvi and Abid Bilgrami.... and my God, what a change it was... no OTT drama, no man-gharat stories... just Shahadat bayaan and no gas