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found, for
instance, at Muslim weddings and type of conduct
reminiscent of the western way of life is fully
exercised in its most naked form, where Muslim men
and women, boys and girls, act and do things that
have nothing in common with the actions and doings
of true Muslims. Indeed, some of the formalities
which are considered indispensable (by modern
standards) at these gatherings are in diametric
conflict with Islam and reminiscent of the times of
jahiliyyah (ignorance). Notwithstanding the fact
that western-styled garments are designed primarily
to emphasize the shape of the female body and to
attract the attention of members of the opposite
sex, these immodest apparels are worn by Muslim
women who, in anticipation of the opportunity to
show themselves off at impending weddings or
engagements, start making preparations on a lavish
scale by acquiring the more "modern" versions of
these abominably styled clothing. What is even more
deplorable is the practice of equipping the bride
with several of these immodestly designed suits, and
subjecting her to a most humiliating display on an
elaborately prepared stage after clothing her in an
exquisite western wedding gown and obliterating all
her natural beauty with western cosmetics. And to
ensure perfection in the scrupulously observed
rituals of the west, the bride is provided with a
retinue of bridesmaids, flower-girls and page-boy,
with their faces similarly disfigured with the same
satanic object of attracting the maximum of lustful
stares. Crowds of people, including fashionably
dressed men, are then allowed to queue up to see the
"puppet show" and quench their unholy thirsts whilst
trampling under their feet all Islamic standards of
modesty.This slaughter of Islamic morals and
principles by no means ends here. Some parents even
go further and not only permit but actively
encourage couples to meet and speak, dine and dance
and roam around together in cars in blatant
violation of the Sunnah of the Holy Prophet (S.A.W.).
These extremely dangerous divergences from
traditional Islamic precepts are becoming more and
more common, and their perpetrators more and more
shameless. In some Muslim weddings, even dancing
forms part of these revolting innovations. In the
words of Dr E.S. Sonners, ".....social dancing is
fundamentally sinful and evil.....It is nothing more
or less than damnable, diabolical, animal, physical
dissipation". It is not certainly not beyond one's
imagination to think of the lustful gazes and
corruption of the minds of young, impressionable
audiences which such diabolical displays are bound
to cause. And as an ironical prelude, some
invitation cards printed to advertise these most
insidious and sinful programmes are headed: "In the
Name of Allah.......". What a mockery of Islamic
ethics!The following are some of the practices that
are meticulously carried out during matrimonial
affairs despite the fact that they are either
expressly forbidden in Shariah, or have no bases in
Islam:
1. The
engaged couple meet at a public gathering where the
boy holds the girl's hand and slips a ring onto her
finger whilst the two look romantically at each
other. This act is void of modesty and completely
foreign to Islamic culture. It is furthermore, a
flagrant violation of the Quranic Law of Purdah. It
is an evil innovation of the godless west , and
those indulging in it should take cognizance of the
Prophet's stern warning that "those who imitate
others will rise on the Day of Judgment as of them".
2.
The prohibition in Islam of the gathering and free
mixing of the sexes is nowhere else more flagrantly
violated than at engagement and wedding feasts.
Members of both sexes, young and old, are
accommodated in the same tent or hall without so
much as a curtain partition between them and to add
insult to injury, women, including immodestly
dressed young spinsters, are waited upon by men.
What shameless impudence on the part of the
organizers, who appear to be blissfully unaware of
the tremendous responsibility which they must
shoulder for the resultant decline in the moral
standard of the Muslims.
3. Another
very indecent practice copied from the west is the
appearance on the stage together of the married
couple after the Nikah. Here, the new husband
presents his bride with a wedding ring, kisses her,
and then (in a growing number of cases) allows his
friends to kiss her too! and that in full view of
the hundreds of guests! This is indeed the total and
tragic destruction of Islamic modesty and shame.
4. It has
become a normal thing at Muslim weddings for the
bridegroom to appear before his mother-in-law to be
showed with confetti and gifts of rings, ties,
hankies, etc. in full view of women guests whose
envious eyes and flattering tongues add to the
morbidity of the whole act.
5. The
parents take great pride in making a public display
of the bride's "trousseau", and advertising all the
individual items therein, thus wasting valuable time
and effort which could otherwise have been more
fruitfully spent in teaching the bride how to
conduct herself with credit in her new
responsibilities. This show (of the "trousseau") is
motivated by the spiritually destructive elements of
"riya"(ostentation) and "takabbur"(pride).
6. A large
number of Nikah are performed in a specially rented
hall or tent. The Mosque as a central pivot of all
Muslim religious activity is often ignored. It is no
exaggeration to say that many people regard a Nikah
at the Musjid as "inconvient" simply because they
are well aware that some of their ill-conceived
western rituals are too shameless to be permitted
there. However, according to the Tradition of the
Prophet(S.A.W.) marriages performed in the House of
Allah, immediately preceded and followed by prayers,
will attract the maximum of Allah's Blessings,
whereas this is not, and cannot, be the case where
alternative venues are chosen with the express
purpose of facilitating the performance of things
Un-Islamic.
7. Many
people are known to be labouring under the
misconception that the conduction of marriages on
certain specific Islamic dates is contrary to
Islamic Law. Such beliefs are not only unfounded,
but are also against the grain of common sense.
Likewise, the notion that it is incumbent upon the
bride to spend her first Ramadaan and Eid after
marriage at the parents' home has no basis in Islam.
In recent years, more and more innovatory and
satanic western practices have been added by the
Muslim commercial elites whose coffers are bursting
at the seams as a result of the inflationary trends
and economic booms of the past decade. Among these
are the European-orientated fashions of printing
expensive, pictorially-embossed "thank you" cards,
and, more despicably, the insidious practice of a
male member of the family escorting the bride
arm-in-arm from the comparative seclusion of her
home, through the mixed crowd of envious guests,
right on to the stage for the ultimate "puppet"
show, and all these farcical and morbid,
soul-destroying scenes being "shot" for posterity by
specially appointed and professionally equipped
"video and photography" teams, with a fully fledged
and "high ranking" musical band in close attendance!
Within the self-same decade, the progressive
deterioration of the bride's wedding-day garments
from bad to worse in the very latest and obnoxious
"see-thru" materials has been causing grave
misgivings among the Ulama , many of whom are known
to have turned down invitations from close
acquaintances for fear of being confronted with
scenes too shameless to comprehend. Several more
instances can be cited where a great deal of expense
and trouble are incurred over acts that are
counter-productive of Islamic ethical and moral
values. It is a tragic fact that each year hundreds
of thousands of Ranks are squandered in the process
of upholding and intensifying these senseless,
soul-destroying procedures."Lo! the squanderers were
ever brothers of the devils, and the devil was ever
an ingrate to his Lord." (xvii-27) "The best of
marriage is one over which the least trouble and
expense have been incurred" is a most off-flouted
maxim of the Holy Prophet(S.A.W.). The Great
Master's sound teachings have been thoughtlessly and
savagely thrown overboard and substituted by the
fast-decaying cultural values of the godless
west.Someone was heard to remark at a recent wedding
reception: "Here is part of the reason for the
drought....and for escalating Muslim divorce
rate....(to heights unknown in previous
generations)....and for the downward plunge of the
Muslims.... into the abyss of physical and spiritual
destruction....in this world and the next......"May
Allah grant Hidaayat, to one and all!
Aameen . |
