The
Western Whirlwind
of Destruction
which has
been constantly
blowing across
this country
for decades
and undermining
the morals
of the Youth,
of more recent
times has
found new
victims in
young men
Muslim men
and women
who appear
to be voluntarily
stepping into
its evil path.
And whilst
this "Tornado
of the West"
is leaving
in its wake
a continuous
trail of crushed
moral values
amongst our
young brothers
and sisters,
the parents
are openly
and unashamedly
displaying
an attitude
of incredible
irresponsibility
by aiding
and abetting
the youngsters
in their suicidal
ventures.
Clear evidence
of this gross
misbehavior
can be found,
for instance,
at Muslim
weddings and
engagement
parties where
the 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:
-
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".
-
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.
-
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.
-
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.
-
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).
-
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.
-
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.
