Intro
Ahmadi’s are quitting Ahmadiyya on a daily basis. This is nothing new, however, most of the time, they get no press. Shaikh Saleemuddin Saif head of Jamaat Ahmadiyya Lodhran Punjab, sent curses to Ahmadiyya and came to the fold of Islam at the hands of Irfan Mehmood Burq an ex-ahmadi. Saleemuddin is 80 years old was a very important personality of the Ahmadiyya Jamaat. He remained head of Ansarullah and Khuddamul Ahmadiyya for long time after getting retirement from Pakistan Air Force where he was a Chief Warrant Officer. Local Journalist Hafiz Umar Molana Hafiz ur Rehman, Dr. Talat Bari introduced Saleemuddin to Irfan Mehmood Burq who held lengthy sessions of debate and proved to him the lies of Mirza Qadiani from his own books Rohani Khazain . Finally Sheikh Saleemuddin has reverted to Islam in presence of 11 witnesses. However his wife one daughter and 2 sons are still Ahmadi’s. He has shown his determination to get his family out of Qadiani cult soon.
Intro MGA’s confrontation with Pir Mehr Ali Shah started in 1899. Pir Mehr Ali Shah had a book vs. MGA published in May of 1899. It was printed at the Mustafa’i Press, Lahore in Ramadan 1317 A.H. Maulawi Nur-ud-Din read a few pages of this book on February 17th, 1900, and wrote a letter to Pir Mihr Ali Shah the next day. It was written in this book that if any one wanted to say
anything about this book he must refer to authentic commentaries such as Ibni Jarir and Ibni Kathir and also to the true Hadith or he must base his arguments upon the Holy Quran, which should be acceptable to the great and learned people who are masters of language and rhetorics (page 8). Though the book is written in Urdu, yet the writer has occasionally
employed Arabic also to show his learning. So Maulawi Nur-ud-Din asked the Pir eleven questions in his letter (see Dard). MGA responded with Ijaz-ul-Maseeh. Continue reading “While MGA was beefing with Pir Mehr Ali Shah, he stopped making prayers 5 times a day”→
The real story According to the details, Pakistan origin US citizen Dr. Iftikhar Ahmad Chattha and his friend Dr. Tahir Ahmad belonging to Qadiani Jamaat went missing on 13 March, 2019, while visiting to their owned agricultural land in Fateh Jang. Their mobile phones were also found switched off. Brother of Dr. Iftikhar lodged a complaint with police.
Meantime Qadiani circles expressed their doubts that both of them were kidnapped. Qadiani Jamaat Official spokesman Saleemuddin and Qadiani website “Rabwah.net” started poisonous propaganda against Pakistan. They tried to link the issue with so called “Ahmadi persecution”.
However, Attock Police Officers syed Shehzad Bukhari , Sikandar Gondal, Abid Mayor and Jahanzaib Khan foiled this bid of Qadianis by arresting the murderers who were the servants of slain Dr. Iftikhar Ahmad and Dr. Tahir Ahmad. The killers confessed that they have killed both the doctors to acquire their land of 45 Canals. Police recovered the dead bodies and weapon used in the murder.
Intro
This entire entry was taken from a reddit forum. It seems his issue with celebrating birthdays is that Prophets never did it themselves. I think he is trying to say it is an innovation. But so is Masih Maood and Musleh Maood Day… And whatever other days these community invented. Isn’t having your image captured an innovation as well? I’m pretty sure Prophet Muhammad never had his image drawn and distributed to his followers. According to some muslims, he forbade this to avoid idol worship. Yet the Ahmadiyya leadership get their pictures taken and distributed regularly. He mentions copying the West. Why are you in the West then? Why? As an Ahmadi I used to not celebrate birthdays out of my obedience to Khilafat.
Here is how I personally rationalized the Birthday Ban while I was Ahmadi:
It’s not okay to do something the Khalifa has told us not to do. Why bother being part of the community if you don’t want to follow the rules?
Making a wish on Candles is Shirk!
Inviting lots of people over to celebrate the day you were born is very arrogant.
Inviting people over with the expectation of gifts is very spoiled entitled behavior.
Birthday Parties spoil children and turn them into to entitled little monsters.
Throwing yourself a party is pathetic. Are you that full of yourself?
People waste so much money on Birthday Parties and are put under a lot of stress/pressure.
If someone can’t afford to give you a gift, drama occurs/you are judged by the gifts you give/you aren’t welcome unless you bring a gift
So honestly, my thoughts on typical Birthday “Parties” aren’t that different than what they were as an Ahmadi. What has changed is that I believe birthday parties don’t necessarily have to have any of these negative(IMHO) aspects mentioned above. And therefore, I see no justification in completely banning Birthday Celebrations.
Here are my thoughts and Birthday Practices now:
I am no longer a member of Ahmadiyya, and therefore I am not morally obligated to be obedient to their leader.
Why is “copying the West” an issue? I am part of the West. I was born and raised in the West. I’m only 48.8% south Asian. The rest of my heritage is Western. Some Muslims are 100% Western. As with every culture, we should reject the Bad and embrace the Good. Western culture is not inherently bad!
I still don’t do the candles (besides ‘shirk’, it grosses me out, I won’t eat a cake that has been blown/spit on)
Quality vs Quantity: I don’t invite many people over for birthdays. I keep it small, intimate and special within my family. (And by that I mean my household)
I don’t think there is anything wrong with giving a loved one a gift, although I do believe expecting gifts is wrong. I believe the focus should be more on making lovely memories.
Gifts are fine, but unnecessary. Be appreciative of any you receive, never expect them. Give freely if that is what feels right to you.
Teach your children to not expect gifts from everyone and to be humble. Don’t let them think Birthday = Gifts from everyone.
Birthday = Fun Day, is a healthier association
Birthday celebrations in my household usually consist of a family outing to a museum, zoo, park etc.. lunch/dinner at a restaurant and dessert at home (usually cake).
We usually do give each other gifts.
We don’t sing Happy birthday. (I don’t think there’s anything wrong with singing it, we just find it corny and cringey in my household. To each their own!)
I still sort of associate Birthday Parties with arrogance/entitlement/self centeredness. But recognize that they need not be that way.