It is perfectly clear that those opposing this blessed act are not actually reading the whole article but rather just seeing the title and ranting away. Islam does not allow rants.

If read from beginning to end, it would be clear to see that the article is not promoting the practice, nor is it expecting all muslims to act upon it, but rather plainly and simply showing that if anyone wants to do it, it is perfectly ok to do it! that’s all!

We are in a time where every tom dick and harry wants to give fatwas, we have abandoned learning islam from the teachers of islamic sciences and have started to express our own opinions and even try to impose our own opinions on others. There are those who are on a crusade to extinguish bidah & shirk, yet attack only normal muslims, and they quote the hadith ” KULLU BIDAH DALALAH”. let them know that the last part of this blessed hadith states: and all misguidance is destined for the hell-fire. it does not say that only bidah is misguidance and bidah will go to the hell-fire. it highlights bidah as ONE type of misguidance, but the hadith clearly states, in another interpretation “ALL MISGUIDANCE WILL TASTE THE HELL-FIRE”.

so misguiding people about what is bidah and what isn’t will also be tested by the hell-fire. misguiding people about what is shirk and what isn’t will also end up in the hell-fire along with all types of misguidance.

The opinions of the common people only hold value to themselves, they cannot be imposed on fellow muslims. so it should be kept to themselves.

We are in an era, where the muslims are starting to abandon the teachings which have been agreed upon by the majority of the ulama from the past 1000 years, and adopting new age teachings which emerged not 40 yrs ago. The prophet (saw) instructed muslims not to break away from the jama’ah (the main body of muslims ie. the main body of islamic scholarship) and instructed that when u find urselves in disarray, steadfast to the majority, for my ummah will not agree upon error.

Another Hadith..
Prophet Muhammed discouraged keeping only one fast during the month of Muharram, only because jews used to do the same thing during his time.
He called upon the Sahaba’s to keep one fast extra, only to keep Islam different from Judaism. [Abd Al Mustafa - again, here the prophet (saw) did not call on the muslims to abandon the practice, rather he (saw) encouraged them to do it, but in a manner much better than the jews were doing it in.
Infact, going by the contexts of Qur'an and Hadiths, it is wrong to even bow and exchange greetings, even if they are elders. [Abd Al Mustafa - i don't know where u got this bowing from and especially bowing to greet some one. if a person wants to touch or kiss the feet of another, then obviously he will need to bend over or bend down in order to touch or kiss the feet. there is a clear difference between bowing and bending down/over, i suggest u look it up and clarify it to keep ur mind at rest].Parents hold a very high position in a muslims life. It is a sin even to say “uff” to our parents. Respect is the first command for a muslim towards his/her parents. But showing respect by going against Hadiths is a shirk. [Abd Al Mustafa - going against hadith is not automatically shirk, plz have that clarified for yourself. it may be a sin, a major sin, kufr etc but how can it be shirk. shirk involves niyyah, in order for a person to commit shirk one must have a firm intention to go against islamic teachings, rulings etc..a person may go against a hadith due to ignorance, does that mean he is guilty of committing shirk..? a person may go against a hadith due to inner weakness, does that make him/her guilty of committing shirk..?]
These Hadiths are enough to show us, that touching anybody’s feet, the way hindus do, is wrong. [Abd Al Mustafa - you not wrong there, but have u asked a hindu why and how and with what intention they touch the feet of elders..? have u asked muslims why they do the same..? judgement without facts is misguidance.......and all misguidance is destined for the hell-fire. As for the hadiths u quoted, they do your arguement no justice, they do not prove anything.......wallahu alam bis sawab.......wa billahi tawfiq wa al-hidayah]

JazakAllah.
May Allah always guide us on the right path….Ameen.
-Your sister in Islam

PS. i have noticed that pious/respectable hindu ladies cover their heads, if they are at home and their head is not covered and suddenly someone enters who is not of the family, they quickly lift up the end of their saree or dupatta and cover their heads. will u stop muslims from doing this too..? (AM)

Allah azzah wa jalla bless Dr Irfan al Alawi and strengthen him
to assist islam against the ignorant deviant cult.

Peace be upon our master Muhammad alayhi salam the Beauty of creation and upon his family, companions and upon the guided of his ummah, the Ahle Sunnah wal jamaah.

[Abd Al Mustafa] - there we go again, music at mawlids and free mixing of sexes. trouble makers! what they mentioned totally does not exist. if u had read what is written above, u wud not have posted this comment…..if u do not know where this wahabi thing came from, then u shud ask and find out. following a madhaab does not automatically qualify one to be of the ahlus sunnah. I’m not saying that all deoz are wahabi but the deoz have proved that u can follow a madhaab and be a wahabi too. However, It is high time that the contemporary ulama from both camps got together and sorted out their differences. I cud go on for longer on this but it will only fall on deaf ears, i mean these deobandies look what they are doing about the moonsighting issue in UK. some deo brothers are striving to get the muslims to follow the sunnah way, and on the other hand the majority of deo mullahs are following the misguided saudi way. A self-invented way!

It is a real good explanation.Let us pray that Allah(SWT) teach all muslims to have extereme respect for our master Sayyidina Muhammad Mustafa Sallalahu alai hi wa sallam.

[Abd Al Mustafa] - wa alaikum as salaam, my dear brother i am not a scholar so plz don’t ask me for rulings or fatwas. sunnah is of three types. sunnah taqriri, sunnah feli and sunnah qauli. qauli is where the prophet (saw) told the muslims to do something. the other two i get mixed up as to which one is which by name, but they are as follows: one is where the prophet (saw) did not do something himself but gave permission to others to do & the other is where he (saw) did not tell anyone to do it nor did he do it himself BUT he saw others doing it and he remained silent. meaning he did not prohibit them from doing it nor did he promote the idea. so in a way the ulama have stated that this is silent permission. if the prophet (saw) gives permission or if he sees u doing something and he enjoys it and praises u for it, then these are also sunnah.

keeping your parents happy is one of the most biggest ibadahs one can do after the ibadah which allah has made fardh upon us. However, from the little knowledge i have, touching the feet has no meaning in islam. i mean what does touching the feet mean.? we touch the feet of our elders with our hands and then kiss those hands which is another way of kisssing the feet. like i said above expecting others to kiss or touch your feet or getting angry or upset if one does not kiss your feet is not of the islamic adaab and definitely not a sunnah of our master sayyidina rasoolallah (saw). make sure when you touch your father’s feet that your kiss the hand with which u touch his feet with & don’t forget your mother. And why only on eid..? do it every day every month.

so back up our practise with authentic evidence and not with common sense.

[Abd Al Mustafa] - typical literalist comment. the literalists take other peoples words, but most of all quranic verses and hadith texts and interpret it literally and with effect end up spreading misguided views and thus misguiding others. may allah save us from this. what i meant by applying common sense was that if you had properly read the whole post and the comments you would’ve got the jist of the issue. learn your deen before objecting to other peoples actions and words. and NO! true islamic knowledge cannot be learned properly on the net, go and sit with the ulama. go and learn your fiqh. learn about hadith narrations and their history and how one becomes weak and the other sahih. here is a good book for it http://www.aqsapublications.com/TitleDetails.aspx?tID=17

[Abd Al Mustafa] - obviously you choose to be ignorant of all that has been said above. apply a little common sense and all will become clear. And don’t make doubts out of your own petty assumptions. This is islam we are discussing not a football game.