[AceOfHearts]

The Religion of Nostalgia

Among people are those who believe themselves to be on the right path. These people lead their lives thinking they are the types of people who have Allah's approval. However, a quick glance reveals that their idea of fulfilling Allah's commands consists of nothing more than conforming to a set of traditions. These traditions include such things as dressing up and taking a certain appearance, sitting down in some manner, or saying certain arabic jargon words to their peers. It usually includes a special effort to keep away from the opposite gender as much as possible. In general, the aim is to create an atmosphere that feels religious and fulfills their nostaligic idea of religion, and not the absolute aim to earn the pleasure of Allah. For this reason, they are also incapable of being forward-thinking and keeping up with positive modern changes.

People who fall into this form of religion loose the capability of looking at all events with an open-mind and ablity to decide on actions, mannerisms, and ways of conduct that is most appropriate to the environment that they are in. Such people by their own acknowledgement, can function properly only in that environment which they create. Their time is almost always spent on reading or exchanging stories about certain incidents and doings of this and that person of the past, and feeling great emotional excitement from reading and hearing these. They think they found religious sincerity. Discussion about Allah's blessings, mercy and signs hardly happen. Religious devotion is simply an emotional devotion and excitement of these human charecters and past events and a desire to emulate their behaviour - to keep up the nostalgia of that time. They are unable to grasp the importance of having inner faith in Allah as stressed in the Qur'an, and thus never engage in discussion that are truly beneficial to the human soul.

[UmarOMC]

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
لا اله الا الله محمد رسول الله

assalaamu'aalaykum wa rahmatullahi wa barakaatuh,
ameen

Allahu'aalaam

Not in contrast I believe this is [better] classified as overall Pride. When pride has taken grasp a believer can lend himself to forgetting that if it were Allah's will the believer could die kaffir and destined for The Hellfire. Overall His servants are humble and ever-pensive of His Absolute Majesty.

'aalaykum assalaamu wa rahmatullahi wa barakaatuh

[Hijabigirl]

nice post. intresting read.

[AceOfHearts]

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[AceOfHearts]

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[LEGALEAGLE]

Originally Posted by AceOfHearts

The Religion of Nostalgia

Among people are those who believe themselves to be on the right path. These people lead their lives thinking they are the types of people who have Allah's approval. However, a quick glance reveals that their idea of fulfilling Allah's commands consists of nothing more than conforming to a set of traditions. These traditions include such things as dressing up and taking a certain appearance, sitting down in some manner, or saying certain arabic jargon words to their peers. It usually includes a special effort to keep away from the opposite gender as much as possible. In general, the aim is to create an atmosphere that feels religious and fulfills their nostaligic idea of religion, and not the absolute aim to earn the pleasure of Allah. For this reason, they are also incapable of being forward-thinking and keeping up with positive modern changes.

People who fall into this form of religion loose the capability of looking at all events with an open-mind and ablity to decide on actions, mannerisms, and ways of conduct that is most appropriate to the environment that they are in. Such people by their own acknowledgement, can function properly only in that environment which they create. Their time is almost always spent on reading or exchanging stories about certain incidents and doings of this and that person of the past, and feeling great emotional excitement from reading and hearing these. They think they found religious sincerity. Discussion about Allah's blessings, mercy and signs hardly happen. Religious devotion is simply an emotional devotion and excitement of these human charecters and past events and a desire to emulate their behaviour - to keep up the nostalgia of that time. They are unable to grasp the importance of having inner faith in Allah as stressed in the Qur'an, and thus never engage in discussion that are truly beneficial to the human soul.

If it feels religious ? Is that wrong ?

So what you're saying is the Prophet pbuh should have accommodated himself to the status quo in Mecca ?

Please provide details of a masjid where discussion of Allah swt mercy and signs doesn't occur

[IbnMardhiyah]

LE ... the article was a thinly veiled attempt at trivializing and dismissing the Sunnah. It tried to conflate those who are practicing the Sunnah, with those who are generally ignorant about the practical guidance Islam has for the world at large.

Garbage in, garbage out.

[wheelworks]

Originally Posted by IbnMardhiyah

LE ... the article was a thinly veiled attempt at trivializing and dismissing the Sunnah. It tried to conflate those who are practicing the Sunnah, with those who are generally ignorant about the practical guidance Islam has for the world at large.

Garbage in, garbage out.

Hmm so it was you raiding the dumpster this morning at the train station huh