Almighty has bestowed us with uncountable blessings. When we look around whatever we see is nothing but a sign of His beautiful blessings. As mentioned in surah Muluk of Al Quran, impossible it is to find a single drawback in the Universe that Almighty has created. He has put everything in perfect order. The skies, the mountains, the trees and animals all are in a perfect way. A human body is combination of so many subjects, it is at a time admixture of so many technologies, how beautifully Allah has shown His engineering on the human body. How perfectly He has put the eyes, nose and other organs. How the food we eat finds its own rout? How the air we inhale doesn’t destroy the traffic rules? Allah has given an open challenge to identify a weakness and indeed there isn’t any weakness in Allah’s manufacturing. Can someone imagine of a better human structure than what exists? This isn’t enough. He has created everything that may be required for any species to make livelihood. He beautified the Universe with utmost perfection. More often we see the fascinating scenes around us, who else has created all these beautiful places indeed Allah. In late night how beautifully the stars have been put and what a great scene produces the moon amongst the stars. These all are indeed Allah’s blessings. He provided us things to eat, water to drink and air to inhale. Which make our life possible. All these facilities we are getting free of cost. We don’t pay any price for respiration, for circulation we haven’t been charged. The Almighty who has bestowed us with all these wonderful blessings has never shown sense of benevolence. These eyes have seen the sense of benevolence just for two greatest blessings, the first is getting guided towards the truth (Hidayah). The other time where Allah has shown sense of benevolence is when He sent His prophet towards humanity. This noble personality is going to remain the main focus of this discussion.
The society has yet again become prone to destruction due to uncontrollable use of drugs. Many people don’t have resources to make their livelihood. In such conditions, celebrating merely Milad without bothering about the teachings of the greatest is indeed huge injustice towards the Prophet. So, it is important that we follow his mission in addition of praising him. In this way, the world can be a better place for all the living beings and that is the real message and spirit of Milad( Prophets birth).
The prophet was born on 9th or 12th of Rabi UlAwwal. So, do Muslims celebrate this day as day of great joy and happiness. It isn’t just a moment of joy but there can’t be any other blessed happening as is prophets birth. So, why don’t a believer feel overjoyed on this precious occasion. In recent past Milad was seemed as a useless act. But for a believer and the lover of Prophet, listening even the name of Prophet is a blessing and is no less than Ibadah (Worship of Allah). So, what wrong is in it if people give slogans were they praise their beloved Prophet and celebrate his birthday. However, is mere praising enough to make our beloved Prophet satisfied towards us. He was sent to the universe with a noblemission. It is that mission for which he sacrificed what not. He was expelled from his homeland but why? The simplest answer is that he was sent with a mission and for that mission he showed lot of dedication and passion. What actually was the mission other than providing justice to all the living beings and stand tall against all the injustice that was carried on the living beings including the animals as well. The majority is aware about the religious, ethical, political, social and economic conditions of Arabia before his Prophet hood. Hence, it is a known fact that he put his energy in a great way to transform the corrupt society in a just based one. People were ignorant in many ways. Adultery was on the rise, the girls were nothing but merely a tool of entertainment. Liquor drinking has a worst impact on human health while it was used as water during that era. The girls were buried at the stage of infancy. The weak people were victimized in one way or the other. The beloved prophet took notice of all this menace and stood against this corruption and ignorance. He then became the greatest proponent of justice and universal brotherhood. He raised the status of women and gave them equal share in diverse fields. He did different social, political and economic reforms hence made people self sufficient. The people who were divided on different names and were hostile to take revenge of each other. He developed in them the sense and later established brotherhood among them. Finally, these positive developments played a crucial role in transforming the ignorant society into a well balanced society, deeply rooted on the bases of justice/ equity and brotherhood. In the present times when people around us are yet again suffering in one way or the other. There are women who again are being treated as a source of pleasure. A good number of girls have ended their lives due to the psychological trauma developed because of dowry system. The society has yet again become prone to destruction due to uncontrollable use of drugs. Many people don’t have resources to make their livelihood. In such conditions, celebrating merely Milad without bothering about the teachings of the greatest is indeed huge injustice towards the Prophet. So, it is important that we follow his mission in addition of praising him. In this way, the world can be a better place for all the living beings and that is the real message and spirit of Milad( Prophets birth).
(The author is a Senior Research Scholar at Baba Ghulam Shah Badshah -BGSBU, University Rajouri. The views, opinions, facts, assumptions, presumptions and conclusions expressed in this article are those of the authors and aren’t necessarily in accord with the views of “Kashmir Horizon”.)
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