Eid Milad-un-Nabi / Mawlid. Right topractise? or Wrong?

Eid Milad-un-Nabi or Al-Mawlid is known as the festival of celebrating
the birthday of Prophet Muhammad PBUH. It occurs on the 12th
Rabi-ul-Awal. Nowadays, many muslims practise it. Some even go on to
call it a duty of a muslim to celebrate this day; But have we ever
stopped andconsidered the validity of this festival?
Most Muslim scholars are of the view that celebrating a fully blown
festival is considered a bidaa. They cite that during the times of
Prophet Muhammed himself such festivals werenever celebrated. Also, In
support of this argument i the fact that even during the times of the
companions of Muhammed PBUH such celebrations were not common and
widespread. Leading to an opinion thatEid Milad-un-Nabi or Al-Mawlid
is wrong to celebrate.
Many say the that this celebration is not rightly an 'Eid' ( I slamic
Festival) thus it is downright unlawful to celebrate during these
times.
The flip side of this coin are the supporters of thesecelebrations.
One of the most ardent supporters of this festival is Ibn-Kathir
(acelebrated muslim scholar)who says:
"Ibn Kathir says in his "Mawlid," page 30: "The Prophet's (s) uncle
al-'Abbas (r) composed poetry praising the birth of the Prophet (s),
in whichare found the following lines: `When you were born, the earth
was shining, and the firmament barely contained your light, and we can
pierce through, thanks to that radiance and light and path of
guidance.' "
There are also other supporters of this version which seem reasonable enough.
Now lets try to look at thislogically, sending praise and good wishes
to Prophet Muhammed PBUHis fine by all means but one shouldnt make a
mountain out of a mole hill (like huge processions, Praise Poems/Songs
on Loud Speakers/Disrupting City Life/Abandoning Salah), especially if
there are notclear cut explanations from Quran.
But these are just some peoples views.. What about yours? Do you
celebrate this day? If you do, Why do you think its allowed in Islam?
If not, Why do you think its dis-allowed?
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The Hidden Fact

An old man lived on a farmin the mountains of eastern Kentucky with
his young grandson. Each morning Grandpa was up early sitting at the
kitchen table reading his Quraan .
His grandson wanted to bejust like him and tried to imitate him in
every way he could. One day the grandson asked, "Papa, I try to read
the Quraan justlike you but I don't understand it, and what I do
understand I forget as soon as I close the book. What good does
reading the Quraan do?"
The Grandfather quietly turned from putting coal in the stove and
replied, "Take this coal basket down to the river and bring me back a
basket of water." The boy did as he was told, but all the water leaked
out before he got back to the house. The grandfather laughed and said,
"You'll have to move a little faster next time," and sent him back to
the river with the basket to tryagain. This time the boy ran faster,
but again the basket was empty before he returned home.
Out of breath, he told his grandfather that it was impossible to carry
water in a basket, and he went to get a bucket instead.
The old man said, "I don't want a bucket of water; I want a basket of
water. You're just not trying hard enough," and he went out the door
to watch the boy try again.
At this point, the boy knew it was impossible, but he wanted to show
hisgrandfather that even if heran as fast as he could, the water would
leak out before he got back to the house.
The boy again dipped the basket into river and ran hard, but when he
reachedhis grandfather the basket was again empty.
Out of breath, he said, "SeePapa, it's useless!""So you think it is
useless?" The oldman said, "Look at the basket. "The boy looked atthe
basket and for the firsttime realized that the basket was different.
It had been transformed from a dirty old coal basket and was now
clean,inside and out.
"Son, that's what happens when you read the Quraan. You might not
understand or remember everything, but when you read it, you will be
changed, inside and out. That is the work of Allah inour lives."

A Real Story

Several years ago an Imaam moved to London. He often took the bus
fromhis home to the downtown area. Some weeks after he arrived, he had
occasion to ride the same bus.
When he sat down, he discovered that the conductor had
accidentallygiven him twenty pence too much change. As he considered
what to do, he thought to himself, "I better give the twenty pence
back. It would be wrong to keep it."
Then he thought:
"Oh why don't I just forgetit.., it's only twenty pence.
Who would worry about this little amount? Anyway, the bus company
already gets too much fare; they will never miss it. I will just
accept it as a gift from Almighty Allah and keep quiet!"
When his stop came, the Imaam paused momentarily at the door, and then
he handed the twenty pence back to the conductor and said,
"Here, you gave me too much change."
The conductor smiled and said:
"Aren't you the new Imaam in this area? I have been thinking lately
about going to worship at your mosque. I just wanted to see what you
would do if Igave you too much change."
When the Imaam got down the bus, his knees became weak and soft. He
had to grab the nearest light pole. He held for support, and looked up
to the heavens and cried,
"Oh Allah, I almost sold Islam for twenty pence!"
REMEMBER!
We may never see the impact our actions have onpeople!!
Sometimes we are the only knowledge of Quran someone will read..,
or the only Islam a non-Muslim will see!
What we need to provide, Insha Allah is an example for others to see!
Let us be careful, be honest and humble everyday, because we never
know who is watching our actions and judging us as Muslims!! Wemight
be saying something and doing something contrary to what we say...Are
we really showing the world the real characteristics andspectacular
qualities of a true believer?
Let us atleast remember atall times -
Allah is watching us! And He is going to ask us if we delivered His
message or not!
To conclude...let us just picture a hypothetical scene:
""If we got arrested for being Muslims, would the police have enough
evidence to bring us in?!!""
THINK ABOUT IT!!!

2a] Why do defenders of creation who say the earth is 4.5 billion years old disturb Darwinists so much?

2a]
but thatchallenge has not been taken up by Darwinist circles, either.
The reason for this is that Darwinists themselves they have been
defeated in the face of Adnan Oktar, or rather in the face of our
Lord's sublime Creation. Darwinists no longer havea single false means
of defending this ruined and disgraced theory. Darwinists never of
coursedreamed that the 21st century would be one of such a defeat for
them, and now they are unwillingly watching this hug collapse take
place.
Our Almighty Lord says in one verse:
Glory be to the Lord of the heavens and the earth, the Lord of the
Throne, beyond what they describe. (Surat az-Zukhruf, 82)
Adnan Oktar's Views on the Subject from His Interviews
FROM MR. ADNAN OKTAR'S CRIMEAN NEWSPAPERS INTERVIEW (14 November 2008)
ADNAN OKTAR: This subject is of course one that Darwinists wanted
touse against Muslims, though one on which they were badly mistaken.
It is true that Christians and Muslims espouse this, but in the
Qur'an, Allah says that time is relative. In other words, Almighty
Allah says that one day for us isdifferent to a day for Allah. We
perceive His dayas an age. In other words, six ages. This may be 20
billion years in the sight of Allah, or 15 billion years, or anything
else, depending. In other words, Allah left it for us to investigate.
But He saysthere are specific years in His sight. But that we must
investigate and find the years He is referring to. But Christians and
Jewsgive a very specific date, the classic 6000 years we are familiar
with. And thathas played right into Darwinists' hands. Darwinists said
this has nothing to do with science at all, nor even belief, and that
these people were on entirely the wrong path. But then they found
themselves facing Harun Yahya. He said: "Come to your senses, 100
million fossils have been unearthed, 100million." They have never
changed, frogs are still frogs, cats are cats and dogs are dogs. They
are all the same. They are likephotocopies. There are nochanges. First
you have toaccount for that. How could 100 million fossils be
unchanged? But we heard not a sound.
Now, can you produce a single piece of evidence tostrengthen and
corroborate your claims? In order to encourage them I said I would
give areward of 10 trillion Turkish lira. You produce just one
transitional fossil,just one that corroboratesDarwin's claim. Again,
not a peep. Because they themselves know perfectly well that their is
a wretched and mendacious theory. But when they saw there was someone
they could not deceive, they panicked. Tens of thousands of them all
panicked. France, Germany and Denmark rose up. I will show you
statements from the foreign press in a while. There is an air of total
panic. They imagined there was no opposition and that they could do
what they liked. But then I stood up and they panicked ... They were
easily able to stand up to Christianity. They were easily able to ride
roughshod over Christian priests and the like. Because they really
could not have come up with powerful ideas. Their ideas were very
weak. If you say the Earth was created in six days, you have already
lost. Is 6000 years at all possible? Looked at in technical terms, is
6000 years the slightest bit possible? Living things have been turned
into stone. Can that happen in just 6000 years? They have been
petrified, turned into rock.But, thanks be to Allah, I have revealed
everything they kept hidden. For one thing, concealing fossils has
come to an end. Therehave been fossil exhibitions all over Istanbul
and all over Turkey. That stratagem is now over. They have beenheld in
America and elsewhere. It is so delightful to expose their deceptions,
to demolish their false pride. By Allah'sleave there can be no escape
for them from me now. I mean, I will hound them wherever they go.
FROM MR. ADNAN OKTAR'S LIVE INTERVIEW ON TV KAYSERI, SAMSUN AKS TV AND
GAZIANTEP OLAY TV (11 November 2009)
ADNAN OKTAR: Jews, Christians and our Muslim brothers all gave up in
theface of Darwinism. They say the universe is just 6000 years old.
And that puts an end to it right there. Because there are petrified
fossils. These are obviously millions of years old, not 6000. The
moment you say 6000 years, you are defeated. They will chew you up and
spit you out. There were Creationists in America, but Darwinists were
easily able to rout them. Because the moment you talk about 6000
years, you have had it. They put a bit of stone before you. How can
that be 6000 years old? But they collapsed when I took a deep breath
and stood up against them like Battal Gazi. They werestunned.
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