I think what is really important is try to have a feedback session with the organiser's and find way's to improve it, than just solely criticising, about a large event and innappropriateness of some sister's & brothers.
i did email one of the ppls about it before this years event about how they cud improve it and make it more in accordance with shariah but none of what they sed came tru. i will continue to email them inshallah.
Seven Shahadas, thats a big blessing, plus I personally know people who have been guided to wear hijabs and other things from similar events. So I think although, yes there is alot of bad, rather than banning the whole thing maybe we should wish for the thing to clean up and be proper sister, not make du'a that there isn't one but make du'a that theres one but with nothing but Halal? Deal?
salaams bro, alhumdulillah thats great, but what kind of islam are they being introduced to? lets hope inshallah that they didnt think mixing and music is halal. may allah swt guide them on to the right path ameen.
bro isa, i still dnt agree with such events, yes even tho ppl may start practicing from attending it! alot of ppl start practicing islam after listening to so called islamic nasheeds which have music in them, this doesnt make it halal. alot of ppl start practicing after they start going out with a "muslim" girl or guy but this doesnt make it halal etc, do u get where im coming from?
in islam we are told to protect our selves wen giving dawah and naseeha, and allah swt ses in the quran that there is no obedience to the creation wen its in disobedience to the creator. its my favorite quote i think.
Also, I have always wondered, and disliked the phrase 'scholars for dollars' have these 'scholars for dollars' been labeled this by knowledgeable people or just us lay men? Have these 'scholars for dollars' been named and told about their mistakes and so forth? I mean to me personally I found it hard to ever say 'you scholar for dollar(s)' maybe I'm in the wrong here.
Anyhow, I am glad someone agrees with me. Totally diabolical!
firstly some one who misinterprets and changed hadith n fabricates them does not in my opinion have the right to be called a scholar. ill get my husband dawud to post u some stuff on the naqshaband tareeqah perhaps ull understand more wer im coming from.
im so extremely more just grrrr angry about the event because my mate foned me who helped with the event n sed it was a big disapointment because the mixing was atrocious, absolutly dire, bros n sisters were talking to eachother and laughing and joking with eachother, she was talkin about bros n sis doing collections talking with oposite genders! also she sed that yusuf islam came on stage n started saying music is halal n sed some other stuff as to why it is saying stuff like they take our coffee so we can take their intruments bla bla bla.
she also sed that the lectures werent very beneficial because it wasnt like a proper talk talk on islam, it was more just discussing general topics such as politics! hmm i wonder what the new to practicing bros n sis thought of that!
what annoys me is that sooooooo many non muslims will have been there and ppl who are non practicing or starting to practice and because of the organisers letting yusuf islam do his thing n saying its halal, so many of those ppl will have been misguided, and whose head will it be on? yusuf islam AND the organisers who let him do his thang! these ppl are gonna go home n tell their friends n family, guess what music is halal cuz yusuf islam sed so at a big time "islamic" conference so hes bound to be correct. grrrrr it makes my blood boil.
for crying out loud, how dumb do u have to be, u know music is a contraversial issue (altho its black n white, u dnt have to be a rocket scientist to work out what the prophet saw meant in the hadith regarding music) so whyyyyyyyy oh whyyyy make other ppl listen to the music, atleast respect their opinions and not have ur guitar playing, thats not very respectful, because ur pushing ur haram views on thousands of other ppl and ur subjecting them to fitnah and haram!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! may allah swt guide the bro seriously. ameen
