The document discusses the importance of following Islamic teachings and abandoning un-Islamic customs and traditions. It notes that while Muslims follow some religious practices, many customs practiced in marriages, births, deaths, and other occasions are not supported by the Quran and Hadith. The document urges readers to scrutinize practices in their societies and homes to ensure they are truly following the examples set by prophets and aligned with Islamic principles. Failing to do so fully could result in negative consequences on the Day of Judgment.

1. FOR WHAT & TO WHOM YOU WORSHIP قُلْ إِنَّ صَلاَتِي وَنُسُكِي وَمَحْيَايَ وَمَمَاتِي لِلّهِ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ ( سورة : الانعام : 162 ) SAY (MOHAMMAD ( صلى لله عليه وسلم :”VERILY, MY SALAT(PRAYERS) MY SACRIFICE , MY LIVING , & MY DYING ARE FOR ALLAH THE LORD OF ‘ALAMEEN (MANKIND, JINNS & ALL THAT EXISTS ).(SURA: AL-ANAAM-162)

2. ALLAH (SWT) SAID IN SURAT- ALAHZAAB-21 AS FOLLOWS. لَقَدْ كَانَ لَكُمْ فِي رَسُولِ اللَّهِ أُسْوَةٌ حَسَنَةٌ لِّمَن كَانَ يَرْجُو اللَّهَ وَالْيَوْمَ الْآخِرَ وَذَكَرَ اللَّهَ كَثِيرًا ( سورة احزاب :21) INDEED IN THE MESSENGER OF ALLAH (MOHAMMAD ( صلى لله عليه وسلم YOU HAVE A GOOD EXAMPLE TO FOLLOW FOR HIM WHO HOPES IN (THE MEETING WITH) ALLAH & THE LAST DAY & REMEMBERS ALLAH MUCH. (SURAT- ALAHZAAB-21 33:21)

3. ISLAM MEANS SUBMITTING OUR WILL TO THE WILL OF ALLAH. A MUSLIM IS REQUIRED TO FOLLOW THE QURAN & THE SUNNA .

4. TO SAVE OURSELVES FROM HELL FIRE WE HAVE TO PRACTICE ISLAM. . . . BUT ? ARE WE REALLY FOLLOWING THE QURAN & SUNNA

5. يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُواْ أَطِيعُواْ اللّهَ وَرَسُولَهُ وَلاَ تَوَلَّوْا عَنْهُ وَأَنتُمْ تَسْمَعُونَ ( سورة الأنفال 8:20) وَلاَ تَكُونُواْ كَالَّذِينَ قَالُوا سَمِعْنَا وَهُمْ لاَ يَسْمَعُونَ ..... ( سورة الأنفال 8: 21) إِنَّ شَرَّ الدَّوَابَّ عِندَ اللّهِ الصُّمُّ الْبُكْمُ الَّذِينَ لاَ يَعْقِلُونَ .... ( سورة الأنفال 8:22) ALLAH (SWT) SAID

6. O YOU WHO BELIEVE ! OBEY ALLAH & HIS MESSENGER, & TURN NOT AWAY FROM HIM(i.e MESSENGER MUHAMMAD صلى الله عليه وسلم )WHILE YOU ARE HEARING …(SURAT ALANFAAL 8 :20) AND BE NOT LIKE THOSE WHO SAY: “WE HAVE HEARD,” BUT THEY HEAR NOT …(SURAT ALANFAAL 8:21) VERILY ! THE WORST OF (MOVING) LIVING CREATURES WITH ALLAH ARE THE DEAF & THE DUMB, THOSE WHO UNDERSTAND NOT . …(SURAT ALANFAAL 8 :22) MEANS

7. IN OUR SOCIETY WE NEED TO SCRUTINIZE SOME OF THE PREVAILED CUSTOMS IN QURAN & HADITH WE HAVE VERY MINUTE & TINY THINGS RECORDED LIKE, WHEN ONE SNEEZES, WHAT TO DO & TO REPLY IT…. ETC. ETC.. WHEN SUCH MINUTES THINGS RECORDED HAVE YOU EVER CHECKED WHETHER SOME OF THE PREVAILING CUSTOMS IN OUR SOCIETY ARE ACCORDING TO QURAN & SUNNA ? IF NOT THEN WHO WE ARE FOLLOWING

8. IF WE PLACE BOTH TOGETHER AT ONE PLACE WE FEEL BAD THEN HOW BOTH CUSTOMS CAN PRACTICE TOGETHER

9. FROM WHERE THESE CUSTOMS CAME FROM WHEN A BABY ARRIVES IN FAMILY INSTEAD OF GIVING BEAUTIFUL & MEANINGFUL ISLAMIC NAMES. THE NAMES LIKE KASHISH, MUSKAN, ARMAN & SACHIN ARE BEING GIVEN TO THE CHILD (TAKEN FROM TV SERIALS) INSTEAD OF GIVING PRIORITY OF ISLAMIC TRADITION OF AQEEQA, THE OTHERS TRADITION OF CHETTHI / CHILLA IS BEING GIVEN IMPORTANCE OVER THE ISLAMIC PRACTICES. CELEBRATING BIRTHDAYS & ANNIVERSARIES WE FEEL BAD & SAY A LOT WHEN A MUSLIM MARRIES A NON-MUSLIM, BUT WE DON’T WANT TO ABANDON THEIR (UN-ISLAMIC) PRACTICES FROM OUR HOMES & OUR SOCIETY

10. IN INDIAN SUB-CONTINENT’S MUSLIM SOCIETIES, IN MARRIAGE CEREMONIES STILL ENTERTAIN CUSTOMS LIKE, MANJA , SANCHAQ MEHNDI BRIDE GROOMS / THEIR FAMILIES ASKING HUGE MONEY IN DOWRY BRIDE GROOMS DEMAND FOR HUGE, EXTRAVAGANT & IMPRESSIVE PARTY ON RECEPTION DAY. AFTER MARRIAGE, JUMAGI & SO ON

11. AND AFTER DEATH ( SAYYUM / ZIYARAT ) THIRD DAY CEREMONY THEN 10 th DAY CEREMONY THEN 40 th DAY CEREMONY THEN YEARLY CEREMONY (BARSI ( ALL OF THEM COPIED FROM OTHER SOCIETIES SOME OF MUSLIMS HOMES DECORATE WITH STATUES , OR THIR MINIATURES & PICTURES (HUMAN / ANIMALS)

12. WHEN A HUSBAND DIES, THE WIDOW IS EXPECTED TO WEAR WHITE CLOTHS THROUGH OUT HER LIFE (EVEN HINDUS ABONDON THEIR SATI SYSTEM) BUT FOR US IT IS DIFFICULT TO SHUN IT. STILL IT IS TREATED AS BAD OMEN , WHEN A WIDOW JOINS CERTAIN MARRIAGE OR ANY CHEERFUL CEREMONIES / OCCASIONS

13. IBRAHIM (ASWS) BROKE THE IDOLS, JUST TO FOLLOW HIM WE HAVE TO SHATTER UN-ISLAMIC TRADTIONS FROM OUR HOMES & SOCIETY. IBRAHIM (ASWS) CONFRONT FIRE OF NIMROOD, BY FOLLOWING HIM WE SHOULD BE READY TO FACE THE WRATH & HEAT OF OUR LOVED ONES & IN TURN A DAY WILL COME THAT WILL BECOME GARDEN FOR US , & MAY CAUSE OUR LOVED ONES TO ESCAPE FROM HELL FIRE

14. IN WAY OF ALLAH, ISMAEL (ASWS) THE YOUNG CHILD, WAS READY TO BE SACRIFICED & LEAVE THIS BEAUTIFUL WORLD. FOLLOWING HIM, CAN’T WE LEAVE SOME OF THE PLEASURE OF ENJOYING UN-ISLAMIC MARRIAGE CEREMONIES , & CUSTOMS RIGHT FROM PRE-BIRTH TILL AFTER DEATH! ALL UN-ISLAMIC ONES.

15. (MOHAMMAD ( صلى لله عليه وسلم FACED VERY TORTUROUS MOMENTS IN TAIF, FORCED TO MIGRATE FROM MAKKAH //// AFTER SOME YEARS, AND AT LAST THE WHOLE ARAB LAND WAS UNDER HIS COMMAND THESE EXAMPLES GIVEN BY ALLAH (SWT) TO US OTHERWISE, NO BODY COULD HAVE EVEN TOUCHED PROPHET MOHAMMAD صلى لله عليه وسلم IN TAIF.

16. ALLAH (SWT) SAYS يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُواْ ادْخُلُواْ فِي السِّلْمِ كَآفَّةً وَلاَ تَتَّبِعُواْ خُطُوَاتِ الشَّيْطَانِ إِنَّهُ لَكُمْ عَدُوٌّ مُّبِينٌ ( سورة البقرة 2 :208) O YOU BELIEVE! ENTER PERFECTLY IN ISLAM (BY OBEYING ALL THE RULES & REGULATIONS OF THE ISLAMIC RELGION) & FOLLOW NOT FOOTSTEPS OF SATAN. VERILY HE IS TO YOU A PLAIN ENEMY (AL BAQARA 2: 208)

17. يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُواْ اتَّقُواْ اللّهَ حَقَّ تُقَاتِهِ وَلاَ تَمُوتُنَّ إِلاَّ وَأَنتُم مُّسْلِمُونَ ( سورة : ال عمران 3: 102) O YOU BELIEVE ! FEAR ALLAH (BY DOING ALL THAT HE HAS ORDERED AND BY ABSTAINING FROM ALL THAT HE HAS FORBIDDEN) AS HE SHOULD BE FEARED. (OBEY HIM, BE THANKFUL TO HIM, & REMEMBER HIM ALWAYS), & DIE NOT EXCEPT IN A STATE OF ISLAM(AS MUSLIM) WITH COMPLETE SUBMISSION TO ALLAH. (SURA AL- IMRAN 3:102)

18. أَفَتُؤْمِنُونَ بِبَعْضِ الْكِتَابِ وَتَكْفُرُونَ بِبَعْضٍ فَمَا جَزَاء مَن يَفْعَلُ ذَلِكَ مِنكُمْ إِلاَّ خِزْيٌ فِي الْحَيَاةِ الدُّنْيَا وَيَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ يُرَدُّونَ إِلَى أَشَدِّ الْعَذَابِ وَمَا اللّهُ بِغَافِلٍ عَمَّا تَعْمَلُونَ ( البقر 2: 85) DO YOU BELEIVE IN A PART OF THE SCRIPTURE & REJECT THE REST? THEN WHAT IS THE RECOMPENSE OF THOSE WHO DO SO AMONG YOU, EXCEPT DISGRACE IN THE LIFE OF THIS WORLD , AND ON THE DAY OF RESURRECTION THEY SHALL BE CONSIGNED TO THE MOST GREIEVOUS TORMENT . AND ALLAH IS NOT UNAWARE OF WHAT YOU DO (AL-BAQARA 2:85)

19. WE PRAY / FAST / PAY ZAKATH / PERFORM HAJJ IS TO FACE THIS DAY & ONWARDS YOU DON’T KNOW HOW SOON YOU WILL BE IN THIS ATTIRE

20. A DAY IS GETTING CLOSER & CLOSER & CLOSER FOR YOU TO LIE DOWN ALL ALONE IN GRAVE’S DARKNESS SOMEWHERE LIKE THIS HELPLESS & ONLY YOUR GOOD DEEDS HELP HERE HERE UNDER, IN THE VERY BEGINNING MOMENTS 3 QUESTIONS WILL BE ASKED & YOU HAVE TO REPLY ON THE BASIS OF QURAN & HADITH , (HERE YOUR SHARP MINDS WILL NOT WORK EXCEPT THE WAY YOU PRACTICE YOUR LIFE & IT WORKS LIKE A BLACK BOX AFTER THE AIRCRAFT’S CRASH) YOU WILL FAIL IF YOU SAY: *WE WERE FOLLOWING OUR ANCESTERAL CUSTOMS (OVERLOOKING ISLAMIC WAY) *WE WERE FOLLOWING CERTAIN IMAM ONLY. (NOT FOLLOWING MOHAMMAD صلى لله عليه وسلم ) & HIS COMPANIONS. *WE WERE FOLLOWING CERTAIN MOULANA ONLY (NOT CHECKING QURAN & HADITH)

21. ALLAH (SWT) THE RAHMAN AL RAHEEM STILL HAS GIVEN THE TIME STILL A CHANCE TILL YOUR BLOOD JAM IN YOUR VEINS. TO THINK IT OVER, REALIZE IT & PRACTICE ISLAMIC WAY OF LIFE

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