In the name of Allah, the Most-Merciful, the All-Compassionate
"May the Peace and Blessings of Allah be Upon You"
Praise be to Allaah, we seek His help and His forgiveness. We seek refuge with
Allaah from the evil of our own souls and from our bad deeds. Whomsoever Allaah
guides will never be led astray, and whomsoever Allaah leaves astray, no one
can guide. I bear witness that there is no god but Allaah, and I bear witness
that Muhammad is His slave and Messenger.
Bismillah Walhamdulillah Was Salaatu Was Salaam 'ala Rasulillah
As-Salaam Alaikum Wa-Rahmatullahi Wa-Barakatuhu
Valentines Day : Its Reality and Ruling
The religion of Islam is complete, so there is absolutely no need for invented
opinions, innovated desires or man-made legislation. The blessings and favours
that have been given to us by Islam are all-inclusive and so we do not have any
need for seasons and occasions to be invented so that we may celebrate them.
Allaah Says (what means): This day I have perfected for you your religion and
completed My favour upon you and have approved for you Islam as a religion.
[Quran 5: 3]
Our religion is supreme, it is the most perfect one. It combines the good of
this life and the Hereafter; it addressed the soul and was not heedless of the
body; it gave preference to the Hereafter but did not neglect our needs in this
life. Allaah Says (what means): But seek, through that which Allaah has given
you, the home of the Hereafter. [Quran 28: 77]
Our religion is a moderate religion that is neither negligent of any matter,
nor does it exaggerate any issue beyond its rightful status. There is no
monasticism in Islam, nor blind-materialism,
Allaah Says (what means): Thus We have made you a median (i.e. just) community
that you will be witnesses over the people and the Messenger will be a witness
over you. [Quran 2: 143]
How is it that the believers can squander this position, which Allaah granted
them and become humiliated while they still have the Quran and the Sunnah to
refer to? Why would we be pleased with becoming mere followers after enjoying
the position of leadership ? How can we go astray and become blind-imitators
after being guides ? What possesses a person to become a slave who carries out
orders, after being a master?
The answer to these questions lies in the saying of the Prophet sallallaahu
alaihi wa sallam as narrated by Abu Saeed Al-Khudri : You will follow in the
footsteps of those who came before you hand-span by hand-span and (the length
of an) arm by arm, such that even if they enter into the dwelling place of a
lizard you would still follow them. The Companions asked: O Messenger of
Allaah, do you mean (by those who came before you) the Jews and the
Christians? He sallallaahu alaihi wa sallam replied: Who else ? [Al-Bukhaari
& Muslim]
So, once again, we have the army of disbelief attacking us, propagating the
celebration of a holiday - and what a deceitful and treacherous holiday it is!
A holiday which they have given a name other than its actual one in order to
mislead people, they gave it a noble name to deceive the pure and the chaste.
They called it the day of love, while it is actually the day of immorality,
prostitution and drinking. They spread immorality dressed in the garment of
virtue and this is the age-old method that Satan uses.
Allaah exposed this tactic in His Book when He says regarding the deception of
Satan of our father Aadam and our mother Hawwaa (what means):And he swore (by
Allaah) to them both: Indeed, I am to you from among the sincere advisors
[Quran 7: 21]
Beware of the deceiver who approaches you with an advising tongue, for he knows
that if he were to openly state his intention, he would never attain his
objectives. Allaah Says (what means): But they plan, and Allaah plans. And
Allaah is the best of planners. [Quran 8: 30]
The History of how Valentine Started ?
It is claimed that pagan Greece used to celebrate on the fifteenth day of
February every year which coincided with a spring holiday. At that time
Christianity was new to the area. The emperor Claudius II forbade marriage for
his soldiers. Valentine, a Christian priest challenged this command and used to
conduct secret marriage sermons. He was soon discovered and was sentenced to
death. While in prison he fell in love with the daughter of a prison guard, but
this was a secret since Christianity forbade priests to marry or have romantic
relations with women, but since he remained steadfast on Christianity, the
people overlooked his crime of falling in love. The emperor offered to forgive
him and make him one of his close companions and marry one of his daughters to
him, on the condition that he gave up Christianity, but Valentine favoured
Christianity and was executed on the fourteenth of February, 270 CE - the night
before the celebration of the Greek
spring holiday of the fifteenth of February. Ever since then, it was called
Priest Valentines holiday. After the spread of Christianity throughout Europe,
February the fourteenth was re-named Valentines Day in his memory because
(they claim) he sacrificed himself for Christianity and fostered those in love.
That was the story behind this holiday. Unfortunately many young men and women
were deceived by this, due to the weakness of their faith, ignorance of Islam,
heedlessness and the lack of guidance by the Muslim scholars and leaders. The
ignorant youth were hoodwinked into celebrating this holiday.
Among the manifestations of this holiday are the giving of red roses, the
wearing of red dresses, and exchanging special greetings, cards and gifts. This
is a day where one is supposed to remember their wives or lovers. This
holiday is so ingrained in western culture that remembering this day and
celebrating it has become a sign of true and sincere love and it is not
uncommon for one who forgets about this day to be thought of as insincere
and untrue in his or her love!
Every Muslim must know that this holiday was invented by the disbelievers and
it is therefore unlawful to celebrate it according to the religion of Islam.
There is no difference of opinion among the Muslim scholars regarding this.
In fact, even if this holiday was invented by the Muslims it would still be
unlawful to celebrate it. Aaishah narrated that the Prophet sallallaahu alaihi
wa sallam said:He who innovates something in our matter (i.e. the religion of
Islam), will have it rejected. [Al-Bukhaari & Muslim]
Anas Ibn Maalik narrated that when the Prophet sallallaahu alaihi wa sallam
came to Madeenah, he sallallaahu alaihi wa sallam found people celebrating a
two-day memorial which dated back to the time of Jaahiliyyah (the pre-Islamic
era). He sallallaahu alaihi wa sallam said:Allaah Has replaced these for you
with two better days; the day of Eedul-Adh-haa (sacrifice) and the day of
Eedul-Fitr (following Ramadhaan)." [Ahmad, An-Nasaai & Abu Daawood)]
Shaykh Abu Hafs An-Nisfi went as far as to say: He who offers an egg as a gift
to a disbeliever in glorification of their day of celebration becomes a
disbeliever.
Allaah warned us from following the disbelievers or supporting them and
commanded us to differ from them. He Almighty Says (what means): O you who
have believed! Take not those who have taken your religion in ridicule and
amusement among the ones who were given the Scripture before you nor the
disbelievers as allies. And fear Allaah if you should (truly) be believers.
[Quran: 5: 57]
The Prophet sallallaahu alaihi wa sallam said: He who resembles a group of
people will be with them (in the Hereafter). [Ahmad and others]
How can it be that a Muslim accepts for himself and his family the celebration
of an immoral holiday innovated by disbelievers; Valentines Day, the claimed
celebration of love? How can he allow his family to celebrate the holiday of a
Christian priest, Valentine, who was cursing Allaah day and night by saying:
He is one of three, He had a wife, He had begotten a son etc. ?
Allaah is exalted far above what they attribute to Him.
Allaah Says (what means): And they say: The Most Merciful (Allaah) has taken
(for Himself) a son. You have done an atrocious thing. The heavens almost
rupture therefrom and the earth splits open and the mountains collapse in
devastation. That they attribute to the Most Merciful a son. And it is not
appropriate for the Most Merciful that He should take a son. There is no one in
the heavens and earth but that he comes to the Most Merciful as a servant. He
has enumerated them and counted them a (full) counting. And all of them are
coming to Him on the Day of resurrection alone. [Quran 19: 88-95]
Allaah Says (what means):Be not deceived by the (uninhibited) movement of the
disbelievers throughout the land, (It is but) a small enjoyment; then their
(final) refuge is Hell, and wretched is the resting place! [Quran 3: 196-197]
Do not be deceived by them and what they doing because this life is a temporary
one and it is vanishing fast. Allaah Says (what means): But the Hereafter is
better and more lasting (Al-Alaa: 17)
and also: It will be, on the Day they see it, as though they had not remained
(in the world) except for an afternoon or a morning thereof. [Quran 79: 46]
Beware of these holidays which have been invented by the disbelievers and warn
people against them; be proud of your religion; be distinct from the misguided;
do not follow in their footsteps or be affected by their ideas; ask Allaah to
guide you and keep you steadfast.
Do not allow the uncertain to fool you; dont allow the disbelievers to misguide
you; be proud of your religion and your celebrations; preserve your identity;
and do not resemble or imitate the disbelievers because it leads to destruction
and Hell.
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As-Salaam Walekum
Adil Khan
Bombay
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