Here's the difference
Wishing & Imitating

For one it’s okay and for other is shirk however the line comes in between

Wishing is Makrooh-E-Tehreemi(MET)
Even if one Imitates without respecting and honouring their celebration, one will not become a Kafir. However this will be MET

What is Makrooh-e-Tahrimi ?
Makrooh-e-Tahrimi is an impermissible act in Deen. It's status is close to status of a haraam act. If one carries out a makrooh-e-tahrimi act, one will be sinful. The consequence of continuously carrying out a makrooh-e-tahrimi act could be disastrous

A non-muslim girl told me yesterday I wish you in Eid but you don't do in our Diwali, Xmas.
Wishing & Imitating is allowed in your religion but it is forbidden in mine

A non muslim comes to masjid by his choice because they don't have any rules but we couldn't go to mandir as

per our restriction

Islam comes with set of rules and boundries. To establish relation is okay but upto some extent.

At last,
"For you is your religion and for me is mine"
Qur'an 109:6

After everything what if a muslim does that sin. S/He wished or s/he participates does she becomes kafir?
See it completely depends on "Niyat"(intention) If one believes there religion is true then the individual is Kafir or the deed is shirk. If not then it is sin goes under MET

Things Happen when you are in your place of Assignment

Exo 17v12
But Moses' hands were heavy;& they took a stone,& put it under him,& he sat thereon;& Aaron & Hur stayed up his hands,d one on d one side,& d other on d other side;& his hands were steady until d goin down of d sun

2.
They each located their places of assignments.
*Joshua* was at the valley fighting.
*Moses* on the mountain praying.
*Aaron* and *Hur* lifting Moses' hands. One on the left and the other, on the right.

3.
Judges 7:21 KJV*
And they stood every man in his place round about the camp: and all the host ran, and cried, and fled.

They were where God wanted and the enemy fled.

There is a right place to be.
There is a right place to cast your net.
There is a right place to invest.

4.
There is a right place to plant and be planted.

Life however, becomes miserable when we invest our speed in the wrong direction. It takes one further away from fulfilment.

Speed therefore, becomes meaningless doing the wrong thing.

5.
Some are persistent in things God has not commissioned.

Many persist in things God has not blessed

Brethren, It is fruitless to invest in what God has left.
In this New Year, pray,
I will locate my right place, my place of assignment.

Dogs are Haram’ - There were times when I was reprimanded by my friends for patting a dog’s forehead & they still do. ‘It’s just a pat! And They’re created by the same God who created you’ was my reply to their disapproving stares or atleast that’s what

I convinced my little self. It was not until recently I stumbled upon an article which spoke about Muslims hurling stones & killing dogs because they consider it ‘unhygienic’ & then there’s some Muslims who approach the veterinary doc just to have the dogs

killed with lethal injections! The sole reason for this is the half-baked knowledge they possess. If we’re to look at Quran, we’re bound to learn that Dogs were companions of Humans.

In chapter 18, the story of a group of youths is described, who hid inside a cave to escape a religious persecution. God made them fall in sleep and they had woken up some 300 years later. When the people of the cave were sleeping, their dog accompanied them.

There is disagreement about how many people were there, but there is no disagreement that Dog was there.

''He who maintains the Saligrama shila, the Tulasi, and the conch in one place, becomes very dear to Lord Narayana." - Brahma Vaivaarta Purana.

WHAT IS A SALAGRAMA?

The Saligrama is an extremely sacred stone found in the holy Gandhaki river in the Himalayas.
They are considered the same as the Supreme Lord Himself and are worshiped throughout the temples in India, Nepal and Bangladesh.

As per Gautamiya Tantra, near the kali - Gandaki river, there is a big place called Salagram.
The stones which appear in that place are called Salagramas.

According to the Hindu tradition, this stone is the shelter for a small insect known as "Vajra-Keeta" that has a diamond tooth which cuts through the Saligram stone and stays inside it.

The Saligrama stones are hundreds of million years old when the Himalaya was an ocean floor.The Saligrams are specifically described as fossil-stones which have taken shape in the Gandaki-river, and as characterized by the presence of discus marks.

The Lingaraja temple, the largest temple in Bhubaneswar. It is regarded as one of the best archaeological monument of the east reflecting Kalinga type of architect. The temple was built by the kings of Somavamsi Dynasty in the 11th century.

The central deity of the temple, Lingaraja, is worshipped both as Shiva and Vishnu (hari hara). Lingaraja, means the king of Lingam, the iconic form of Shiva. Shiva is commonly referred to as Tribhuvaneshwara the master of three worlds:- heaven, earth, and hell.

The temple has been described as “One of the finest examples of purely Hindu Temple in India” by noted critic and historian James Fergusson.

According to tradition, Lord Shiva and Maa Parvati after their marriage came to Varanasi. But with the passage of time, Varanasi became over populated. So Lord Shiva chose this location in Ekamrakshetra(Bhubaneswar) for meditation in disguise.

Maa Parvati came to know about this place from Brahma and came to Ekamra-Kshetra to search for Lord Shiva. There she noticed cows going under a huge mango tree and automatically milking a place. She understood that Lord Shiva is there.

I’d love to see everyone’s Star of Bethlehem pictures! Please attach to the thread.

@Sotherans AMEN... yet as I found one of my dearest friends & guides in life via a sticky note found in a library book that I FELT drawn to borrow.

Is that God's algorithm for those who choose to listen, see and feel ~ upon the higher road?

Path of least resistance, yet most satisfaction?

Brahma muhurta is a period of two muhurtas , or about one and a half hours before dawn. Ayurveda and Yoga recommend waking every day before dawn, to align with oneself with earth’s cycles, achieve good health & for spiritual awakening.. ++

Ashtanga Hridayam- “brahma muhurtam uttishthet swastho rakshartham Ayusha:tatra sarvartha shantyartham smareccha madhusudanam”.
Translation: ‘One should wake up in the brahma muhurta for sustaining perfect health and for achieving a long life span, as desired. ++

•According to the International Journal of Yoga and Allied Sciences, during the pre-dawn period, there is the availability of nascent oxygen in the atmosphere. This nascent oxygen easily mixes with hemoglobin forming oxyhemoglobin, which has the following benefits: ++

~Boosts the immune system
~Increases energy level
~Helps maintain the balance of blood pH
~Relieves pain, soreness, and cramps
~Enhances the absorption of minerals and vitamins

•The pineal gland is secrets maximum melatonin during Brahma Muhurta, which is known to stabalize the mood. So one should wake up during this time and pratice meditation to make most use of it.

SHORT THREAD CRITIQUE OF ST. THOMAS AQUINAS | SUMMA THEOLOGIAE | AGAINST LOVE & WILL IN GOD
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Article 1. Whether love exists in God?

I. To the contrary, I object:
1. God should not possess faculties. Faculties imply other, alike to how sight implies there is light for it to see. Any faculty possessed by God must be perfected, and so the perfect faculty must actualise its perfect end.

Therefore, by necessity of God possessing said faculty, he must actualise the perfect end of that faculty. The faculty of love necessitates either the reception or impartation of love, so he is made to either make beings which will love him and/or beings which he can love.

Being forced to make beings to achieve his perfection is a deficiency, but without doing so he cannot perfect his faculty, leaving him imperfect.

2. Suppose the faculty’s perfection is achieved internally: what cause can be given to justify the faculty? If God is simple, he must also be uniform. If he is uniform, then he is one.

The Pursuit Knowledge Is A Duty Imposed By The Almighty Creator, Allah Upon Every Human Being. It Is The Acquisition Of Knowledge Is Obligatory Imposed Upon Every Muslim Male And Female.

Acquire Knowledge, It Enables Its Possessor To Distinguish Right From Wrong. It Light Our Way To Heaven, It Is Out Friend In The Desert, Our Society In Solitude, Our Companion When Friendless.

It Guides Us To Happiness, It Sustains Us In Misery, It Is An Ornament Amongst Friends, An Armor Against Enemies.

Learn To Know Yourself. Who Are The Least Learned. They Practice What They Know. Philosophy Is a the Stray Camel Of The Faithful. Take Hold Of It Wherever You Find It. All Knowledge Is Allah And Came From Allah.

No Man Is Independent And Self-Taught. Allah Taught The Angels, And The Angels Taught The Prophets; And The Prophets Taught Humanity And Humanity Teaches Each Other.

This Is The Way Knowledge Was Acquired.

Short Thread: The Islamic wedding

I begin with the Name of Allaah, the Entirely Merciful, the Especially Merciful.

“And among His Signs is this, that He created for you wives from among yourselves, that you may find repose in them, and He has put between you affection and mercy. Verily, in that are indeed signs for a people who reflect.“ Qur’aan 30:21

Qur’aan 25:74

They are those who pray, “Our Lord! Bless us with ˹pious˺ spouses and offspring who will be the joy of our hearts, and make us models for the righteous.”

The ideal Islamic wedding starts from praying for and choosing a pious spouse. This will ease your wedding.

Ma shaa Allaah! Islam recognizes the inherent need for humans to socialize and be entertained. As it is commonly said, Islam seeks to produce a balanced human. Hence, it creates avenues for him to socialize and to be entertained in a legitimate fashion.

Detailed thread
Amaranth cave situated at an altitude of 3,888 m is considered 1of the holiest shrines in Hinduism .Located in Distt Anantnag ,Kashmir it is surr by snow clad mountains,the cave also remains covered wth snow during most of the year except for a few summer months

It is one of the 51 Shakti peeths .There is for formation of ice lingam inside the cave &2 smaller ice stalagmites which represent Parvati & Ganesh.Legend has it that Parvati wanted to known the secret of immortality from Shiva ,so he chose this cave& left Nandi at Pahalgam

He released moon 4m his hair at Chandanwari,at lake Sheshnag he released the snakes,Ganesha ws left at Mahagunas parvat,at panjtarni the 5 elements wre released.Aftr leaving everyone behind they entered the cave .To ensure that no one knows the secret Shiva created Kal Agni to

Eliminate all living things.Then he started narrating the secret of immortality to Parvati but a pair of pigeons eavesdropped & became immortal.Many pilgrims report spotting the pair inside the cave.According to legend Rishi Brighu was the 1st to discover the cave aftr Rishi

Kashyap drained Kashmir .Kalhana in Rajtarigini has mentioned that king Sandimati (34BC-17BC) visited this shrine.Rani Surya mayo (11th century)gifted Trishuls & other sacred Emblems to this cave temple. So,local legend that a Muslim shepherd Buta Malik does not hold ground

What think ye of Christ? A Thread

What do members of the Church of Jesus Christ think about Jesus Christ? I would like to share those beliefs with you. You will probably find differences in our beliefs, and you will probably find many similarities.

I would also like to put to bed statements about our beliefs that are untrue. "I wish I was in a suitable place to tell it, and that I had the trump of an archangel," but 280 characters and a hope that this is shared a little will have to suffice.

Why is it that I feel so compelled to set out what we as Latter-day Saints believe about Christ? Paul tells us always to have an answer ready, but for me this goes even deeper. Jesus Christ is my personal savior. He redeemed ME from death and hell. How can I not testify of Him?

Can I stand by while falsehoods and half truths are spread about the feeling we as a people have for Jesus Christ, our Lord and master? I cannot any longer. All are free to disagree, and believe we are in error-but I must do my part to ensure that we state our beliefs plainly.

In doing so I would like to share not just my own feelings on the matter, but scripture and doctrine so that you may know, to my best ability to convey it, what we as a people believe about Jesus Christ.

In engineering, there is a very precise term for this type of

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