Shrines today have their own rituals that they perform. A simple silly ritual surrounding these shrines is the tying threads in knots around a tree. The purpose being, to make a wish, 'mannat' from God. I saw one of these little trees my self on my excursion of the shrines. It was dresses in what looked like threads. Another famous ritual is that of ‘urs’. This is the anniversary of the death of shrine people. The most famous ‘urs’ is that of the data durbar for Hazrat Ali Hajveri. People come from all over Pakistan to attend it. There are dances and performances and food. It’s a proper celebration. People who don’t know better would think there is a party going on. I’m going to go a little religious here and tell you that the most important issue here is the ritual of prostrating before the tombs of these people. This is a big NO NO. It sounds a little cliché but we bow to no one but One God! I think it is important to educate people in such matters and I hope this blog will be helpful. These are just a few of the silly rituals that our great nation has come up with. It’s time to move past such sordid affairs and concentrate on the more important things in life, one of them being to try and keep up with our faith.
i just dont understand the concept of these shrines.. its just stupid to make these places worthy of worship...and yes the mannat thing is totally not true...i agree shrines should be banned and people should get educated its high time now.
ReplyDeleteIn fact these false rituals are influenced by hindu culture. as we knwo before partition both these nations lived together. now hindus have a lot of such traditions which ve apparent attraction or to some extent show off. Muslims of combined India were not very old muslims. They didnt have that good knowledge of the religion. Besides this they didnt ve any education either. Just to be in competition with Hindus they kept including such things in our religion unknowingly the consequences of such things are going to make their nation suffer in the longer run. Today a lot of things including "Taveez"etc are examples of these Competitions in Religion. Can anyone quote me an incident where you can find Peers in Makkah or Madina??? Our Holy Prophet (SAW) was the highest of humans in all respects.Why isnt their an Urs every year??? we need to find out answers and educate people around us!!!
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