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Sublime Aspirations by Imam Jalal al-Din al-Suyuti

SUBLIME ASPIRATIONS

From The Book

When aperson celebrates the Mawlid from his own wealth – for his family, friends and relatives; and restricts it to a banquet without approaching anything sinful.

This is what we have described as a disliked and ugly bidah, because none among our pious predecessors – jurists and scholars of Islam, honoured and celebrated Muslims among them have done this.

 When accompanied with enormities and misdemeanour; such things which should be so much that a person donates [for Mawlid] with a heart ache and is forced to give.

Scholars have said that taking money from someone by abashment is the same as taking [forcibly] by the sword.

Particularly, when such gatherings also have singing – after filling their stomachs – accompanied by forbidden musical instruments – drums and clarinets, intermingling of men with young boys, men and charming women – both flirtatious and honourable ones; and dancing by twisting and sashaying, and being immersed in frolic and merriment, heedless of that [final] day of trepidation.