(August 9, 2013 at 10:32 am)paulpablo Wrote: the ramadan and eid celebrations in my area seem pretty laughable to me.
Pakistani muslims fasting and supposedly feel more empathy for the poor and hungry during this time.
Then as soon as eid starts and the feeling sorry for the poor and hungry ends they all hire ridiculously expensive cars, and drive around slowly in them showing off (I think this is such vulgar vanity I actually feel embarrassed for them) while causing traffic jams all around the major cities of england, while at the same time stuffing their faces full of food.
And lets not forget the £10000s spent on unnecessary fireworks.
It's up there with celebrating jesus by exchanging chocolate eggs and rabbits.
But just to add something, it isn't all bad because literally 1 minute after typing that last post some pakistanis just knocked on my door and gave me a massive curry and it looks and smells ridiculously nice. So keep up the good work muslims, your fireworks and cars aren't that annoying.
Lol wow thats sad to hear. For my Eid. I spent the morning handing out toys to children in the ICU unit in the local hospital. And spent the evening running an Eid party at the mosque for children. Bouncy castle face painting etc. Sad to hear Muslims clearly learnt nothing from Ramadam. May Allah Guide Them.
Allah says in the Qur'an:
ادْعُ إِلَىٰ سَبِيلِ رَبِّكَ بِالْحِكْمَةِ وَالْمَوْعِظَةِ الْحَسَنَةِ ۖ وَجَادِلْهُمْ بِالَّتِي هِيَ أَحْسَنُ ۚ إِنَّ رَبَّكَ هُوَ أَعْلَمُ بِمَنْ ضَلَّ عَنْ سَبِيلِهِ ۖ وَهُوَ أَعْلَمُ بِالْمُهْتَدِينَ
"Invite to the way of your Lord with wisdom and good instruction, and argue with them in a way that is best. Indeed, your Lord is most knowing of who has strayed from His way, and He is most knowing of who is [rightly] guided." [Surah 16:125]
Prophet Muhammad (SAW) said: “The most complete in faith are those best in their character, those who are easy to socialise with, and those who get along with others and others get along with them. There is no good in the one who cannot get along with others and others cannot get along with him.” -Tirmidhi
Sahih Muslim, Book 32, Number 6307:
'Abdullah reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying: “Truth leads one to Paradise and virtue leads one to Paradise and the person tells the truth until he is recorded as truthful, and lie leads to obscenity and obscenity leads to Hell, and the person tells a lie until he is recorded as a liar.”
ادْعُ إِلَىٰ سَبِيلِ رَبِّكَ بِالْحِكْمَةِ وَالْمَوْعِظَةِ الْحَسَنَةِ ۖ وَجَادِلْهُمْ بِالَّتِي هِيَ أَحْسَنُ ۚ إِنَّ رَبَّكَ هُوَ أَعْلَمُ بِمَنْ ضَلَّ عَنْ سَبِيلِهِ ۖ وَهُوَ أَعْلَمُ بِالْمُهْتَدِينَ
"Invite to the way of your Lord with wisdom and good instruction, and argue with them in a way that is best. Indeed, your Lord is most knowing of who has strayed from His way, and He is most knowing of who is [rightly] guided." [Surah 16:125]
Prophet Muhammad (SAW) said: “The most complete in faith are those best in their character, those who are easy to socialise with, and those who get along with others and others get along with them. There is no good in the one who cannot get along with others and others cannot get along with him.” -Tirmidhi
Sahih Muslim, Book 32, Number 6307:
'Abdullah reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying: “Truth leads one to Paradise and virtue leads one to Paradise and the person tells the truth until he is recorded as truthful, and lie leads to obscenity and obscenity leads to Hell, and the person tells a lie until he is recorded as a liar.”
