From time to time due to ignorance some strange things appear in one place and move to another place in way not less strange like those things themselves
Here I am thinking about the strange new mode in Pakistan that people talked about from some time ,the Quran Marriage
It seems that in some places in Pakistan Girls marry the Quran !!
Do not even ask but as far as I understood the Girls who marry the Quran are not supposed to marry any human being till the day they die , already young men are scared even to propose to them otherwise they will be cursed
In other simple description we got here may be the first case of Muslim nuns , they marry the Holy Quran , I do not how exactly as the Holy Quran is a book
Of course those who did this are saying that it is an example for the complete devotion to God despite there is it was clearly obvious order in the Islam sorry there is a clear obvious prohibition of monasticism in Islam , in fact I don't how those ladies and those clerics who permitted this sort of thing to happen and call it as Quran Marriage where as they did not even brother them to read the Holy Quran as it is stated there that even the monasticism in Christianity was not an order from God, not to mention the direct prophetic quote of Prophet Mohamed "PBUH"
There is no monasticism in religion
So by this they are breaking the orders of Allah and his messenger , I wonder how they consider themselves as religious people , how those clerics in these regions are permitting this sorrowful myth to spread !!
I read once that this practice has some kind of a Hindu origin , you know the inter-relations between religions and so on , well strangely now they are speaking about , it was not known before ,in fact it is a new thing , the effects of customs,traditions and other religions on a specific religion does not occur day and night , in fact it takes some time , some huge time when some custom from specific religion goes to another religion in some place to be part from the practices of that other religion despite it is against its teachings
Of course the real Islamic clerics know that this sort of marriage is nonsense and of course they keep blaming ignorance without doing anything to fight back these myths
Strangely this marriage found its way to Egypt , this time it was a question to the Grand Mufti and I don't know what that man thought when he read the question but for sure I believe he knew that we are having one hell of a problem in Egypt,at least he thought in that
Anyhow back to Pakistan , it is very strange that these alien myths to find place in a country already having this class of clerics and is also accused by radicalism and may be this is the heart of the problem in Pakistan , people due to ignorance and poverty now are heading towards myths and radicalism in the name of religion.
It is not the first time I hear a religious myth in Pakistan , may be I will talk about the first time in a separate post because it is much more interesting
Ironically as far as I know the government in Pakistan did not do anything regarding this phenomena, may be they are busy fighting terrorism ,of course they are forgetting that the first step in combating terrorism is fighting these alien myths away from the religion but again Prevez like any dictator needs these sorts of myths to rule more easily and that's why the government does not do anything
Back in the 19th century when the British came and invaded Egypt huge myths invaded the society regarding demons and devils ,it was an easy cake for the British to rule the Egyptian while they were busy with their myths
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ReplyDeletebas wallah masakeen.
I feel sorry for people who are so mislead... what kind of a life is that? to deny yourself the enjoyment of God creation.
Seriously, something needs to be done, nutty myths are everywhere (not just pakistan)... it is not a localised phenomena, and others may be fooled into believing it the best.
p.s. which hadeeth forbid monasticim? not doubting you, just intersted in knowing which one for future reference
Well, Marriage is a voluntary social connection. No one can force anybody to marry or to stay single ( for whatever reason or belief in his mind). Even the statement of the Prophet “PRUH” is not prohibitory. It is just informative, meaning you can’t force anybody to stay single for religious reason, NOT vice versa. There is no verse in any Holly Book that says “Marry or else you will go to hell”. I don’t think also that the clerics or a government or anybody has the authority to force somebody to marry or not. That is totally a personal preference, specifically now as we are living in the era of humanity and freedom
ReplyDeleteFinally somebody with sense to talk about how radical Pakistanis are ! Great post with great insight on the subject of radicalism in islam.
ReplyDeleteNothing good seems to be coming from that god forsaken region of the world:
1- Taliban (Bred in Pakistan)
2- The Quran Marriages
3- The Red Mosque crisis
4- Bin Ladin's hideout at the Bashton region.
And many many more, I mean while on one of the business trips to UK, I've decided to go to Friday prayer at one of the mosques. I couldn't understand a thing of what they said (was in Urdu) but all what I could hear was Gori (white) Kafer and Jihad !
So stuff like that doesn't really shock me, especially coming from that region !
Well done my friend :)
@looft , it is so sad and yes it is not only Pakistan in fact it moves from one place to another
ReplyDeletethe Haddith was I guess was when Prophet Mohamed met someone who wants to monk , did not work , fasting all the time ,stayed away from women ,did nothing except worshiping God , and so the Prophet Mohamed "PBUH" told him that he is messenger of God ,yet he worked ,married to women , that he ate normally and still worship God
already this is the incident beside the verses which I believe in the Quran where Allah "SWT" says that Monasticim was invented in Christianty, of course the verese is the one in which the theoligical rule was built on that there is monasticim in Islam
@Dr SR this is quite different matter here we are speaking about ,this is a form of monasticim , marrying the holy Quran to be a monk is another thing , I am not here speaking about whether you should marry or not , but monasticim in Islam is prohibited , not to marry religious reasons is what are speaking about
@Munther , these things you mentioned are only the ICE-Berg but there are still dangerous social practices the religion prohibited , the most famous incident is May , who was raped because of the tribes laws , also the two gay men who were married also in the tribes area ,
it is not about the place or the people much more that we left this part of the Islamic world without any connection ,any relation , ignorance ,poverty and hate are only needed to have social and security problems
it is not only the religion but also democracy , we should forget it
here from your experience , you will find those young Paki in UK are suffering from discrimination and also poverty and thus they are perfect to turn in to living bombs , just need the perfect tool
already it surprises that this shekih is including the race or the color in his description ,because in Islam there is no difference between White,black , Arab or indian except by faith and faith is in the heart and no one knows what is in the heart Allah swt
I feel sad for Pakistan because here we are talking about a great country with great potentials ,it is very sad to be like that
well if more girls do quran marriage in that part of he world ,dose this mean more boys will be made in hijras, i am ask ing in all seriously
ReplyDeleteAoa.
ReplyDeleteThis type of marriage is prevalent in Sindh, amongst the feudal landlords. It's not anything to do with religion but something someone came up with ages ago to prevent females from marrying and receiving their rightful inheritance when they grew up.
Fathers/brothers would "reluctantly sacrifice" the girl to a quran marriage, then take over her share of inheritance. Islamically, she has a right to the inheritance.