Permissibility of celebrating non-Muslim festivals
“Is it permissible for a Muslim to celebrate other festivals like Holi and Diwali? What is your advice for this?”Asked by Amir Jan Mouri, Kashmir
He answers at 58:50 in Age of Consumerism · 1 min 55 sec
58:50Maulana, yeh sawal Kashmir se aaya hai, Aamir Jan Mori sahab ka. Unhon ne likha hai: "We are living in a country where people are having faith in different religions. Every religion has got its own festival." Maulana sahab, my question is: "Is it permissible for a Muslim to celebrate other festivals like Holi and Diwali?" waat is your advice for us?" dekhen, yeh koi sawal nahin hai. asal sawal yeh hai ke aap yeh jannay ke aap ka purpose of life kya hai, goal kya hai aap ka.
59:36yeh sab to is ki koi ahmiyat nahin hai. aap yeh kyun nahin sochtay ke tarah tarah ke festival hotay hain to hum ko opportunity de rahe hain, wahan ja kar hum Islamic literature pohnchayen, logon se interact karen, logon se discussion karen, logon se dialogue karen? yani aik jagah aisay saaray log mil rahe hain. rasool Allah ke zamanay mein bhi aswaaq hua karte thay, souq yani wahan par aisay jashan manatay thay, log akhatta hotay thay wahan par. wahan aap jatay thay baqayda, aap parh lijiyay sahih kitabon mein.
1:00:16masla yeh nahin ke aap khud bhi jashan manayen, masla hai ke in ke jashan ko avail kijiyay. aap take it as an opportunity, in se interaction kijiyay, in se discussion kijiyay, in se dialogue kijiyay, in ki kitaben dijiyay, in ko Quran ke tarjumay pohnchayiyay, yeh sab kijiyay. asal sochne ki cheez yeh hai, woh to koi sochne ki baat nahin hai. maulana, agla sawal Delhi se hai, Shah Imran Hasan sahib ka. unhon ne aap se poocha hai: "hadith mein aaya hai ke kam paisay walay baray baray makan bananay lagen gay, is ka kya matlab hai?" hadith mein yeh lafz hai ke "ترل اورات الحفات تعول فی البنیان"