Nouman Ali Khan
2:168 - "O mankind, eat from whatever is on earth [that is] lawful and good and do not follow the footsteps of Satan. Indeed, he is to you a clear enemy."
2:168 - "O mankind, eat from whatever is on earth [that is] lawful and good and do not follow the footsteps of Satan. Indeed, he is to you a clear enemy."
- Don't let the love of your family traditions allow you to become a friend of Shaytaan.
- Family may ask you to take out a credit loan or have an extremely lavish wedding that will create financial difficulties.
- The way the party will happen will contain dancing, mixing and will be one with no barriers, restriction and inappropriate interactions.
- Dressed in a manner which is inappropriate and not suitable for a Muslim woman in a public setting.
- All this should be a sign of caution and parents will state, 'This is how he do thing.'
- However, if you look a couple of generations down the line and see the picture of your grandfather and grandmother, you will see Islam. i.e in the way they are dressed.
- Dr Israr Ahmed (Rahimahullah) was invited to a wedding in Lahore near the border of India and Pakistan. What he witnessed was a very inappropriate Muslim wedding. The time for Salah came and no one bothered to pray. He grabbed one of the table cloths and started to pray. Other people seeing him felt guilt and prayed along. He realized after he made salah that there is probably a Sikh wedding taking place not far from here and if one was to compare, they would see no difference between the Muslim wedding and that of the Sikh's.
- He said, the blood of the martyrs probably have not even dried up that we have shamelessly created such a way of life for ourselves. Bereft of the fear and remembrance of Allah.
- The people of Algeria, Pakistan etc would stay up all night invoking Allah (SWT) to free them from the shackles of the occupiers and foreign powers. They would invoke Allah to rid them of the evil forces and said they would in turn serve the deen and make the coming generations do the same. However, when Allah removed those forces, our generation forgot all that and what loyalty did we show Allah (SWT)?