a holiday with pagan roots

You say that as if it were a bad thing. Remember, even Islam and the way it is practiced has pagan roots (the Kaaba was a pagan temple seized by Muhammed; and Hajj was a pagan practice to journey to that temple)

There is absolutely no historical or scriptural evidence that Avraham ever traveled that far south. So what you say is simply faith and not fact.

sorry, wouldnt it be better not to post that pics sis like that… she is pretty, dont think its right for bros to just look at it esp. when she’s smiling?

sister:
the brothers are insisting that they are only looking at the flowers in the background !!! :)

Almost everything we do has pagan roots…

I don’t see anyone bugging our Muslim sisters who put mehndi on their hands as indulging in something pagan. Yet almost all desi girls do this for weddings, Eid, or whatnot. Is it necessary to pick and choose?

The reason celebrating Valentine’s day is haraam is not due to simply its pagan roots. As we learned in Sh. YQ’s Aqeedah 101 class, taking any day as an Eid (something which is returned to, from the root ‘aada), other than the 2 Islamic Eids, is prohibited in Islam, based on ahadeeth from the Prophet SAWS. That is why it is wrong to celebrate birthdays as well.

V-Day’s pagan roots only make celebrating V-Day worse… but that is not the origin of its prohibition. wa Allahu a’lam.

Ameen to Br. Amad’s duaa.

Um.. before the Prophet, henna/mehndi was originally used by the Hindus as a form of worship for their gods.

My point is the Prophet didn’t go pointing his finger to everything saying “haram haram” he adapted the use to make it okay for Muslims, similar to this girl adapting Valentine’s to make it okay (love for Jeruselum). How could Valentine`s possibly be approved if it didn`t exist in that time or location.. just a thought.

Reader:

The sister in the sister in the picture has hijab on. She is doing what she is supposed to, now you do your part and lower your gaze!

As a man I find sister and reader comments insulting!! Get a life…. are the kind of people who cover/scratch faces of characters in children’s books school books??????

It’s just a small request. I’m sorry that even asking caused a minor commotion. It’s it’s edited, alhumdulillah, and if it’s not edited, then alhumdulillah. Some of your brothers are just uncomfortable with it, and we shouldn’t be criminalized for asking, politely, at that. If you noticed, even a sister above commented about the picture and why it’s up.

Reminds me of one time I simply, politely asked for music to be turned off and the people had a cow that I dare do such a thing.

May Allah [swt] bless all of you and forgive me for offending anyone.

“Fear Allah and do not say things such as “God knows what you’d be like on the outside.”

Sorry to nitpick but what is the difference between saying ‘God Knows blah blah’ and ‘Allahu Alim blah blah’ (or something like that) which I have come to learn means almost the same thing.

Sorry Amad, but I’m not quite sure what you’re reply to me had to do with anything especially considering all the offending comments have been removed and my above comment had zero to do with that and was a legitimate question that I would genuinely like to know the answer to

And lastly, I”m not the one who even started the whole comments about pagan holidays, valentines, or “tempting” pictures and in essence derailed the point of the entire post. You can thank your other readers for that. I merely responded to what had already been said. So I”m not quite sure what the deal is here but sorry to have offended

Salaam Dario,

What Amad was referring to when he spoke of offending comments was your comments:

If you can’t handle this picture you should probably just never leave your house. God knows what you’d be like on the outside.

Brief response to Meena’s comment on henna being used by Hindus for worship :

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This is historically just plain wrong. Henna was used for thousands of years in the Middle East, specifically the Fertile Crescent (Iran/Iraq) long before it was introduced to India by the Moghuls. Hindu celebrations often include the use of henna (or mehndi) but it is generally not used for “worship” any more than it would be considered worship to use henna on sheep being slaughtered for Eid.

As a henna professional, I just wanted to clear that up! Thank you for your interesting website.

Kree, I love your site! I’m definitely a henna addict :D