Asalamu Alaikum guys
Let's jump straight into this one yeah. This is about Sonu Nigam.
And...
who is some Indian singer bloke and what he said about the adhan
in India
Smile to Jannah
Sonu Nigum is a singer bloke from India who has expressed his disapproval
about the adhan which is the Muslim call of prayer being done on a loudspeaker at
inconvenient times
So referring to Fajar which has done just before sunrise
And Isha which is done at night
his tweets and words have been taken out of context
and have caused quite a bit of controversy
Thanks to the Indian media. Let's have a quick read of his tweets
The first one: God bless everyone.
I'm not a Muslim and I have to be woken up by the adhan in the morning.
When will this forced religiousness end in India?
Let's have a look at the second tweet
And by the way Muhammad did not have electricity when he made Islam
Why do I have to have this cacophony after Edison?
And the third tweet
I don't believe in any temple or Gurudwara using electricity to wake up people who don't follow the religion.
Why then.?
honest? true?
And the final tweet
Gundagari Hai BUSSSSS
Gundagari means
Thuggery. So he's saying it is just thuggery. Alright
So I took the time to actually watch the 21 minute press release. I know
I'm a bit crazy you see
I like to hear both sides. First of all, let's tell you guys
what the adhan is! It's a heart rendering call to prayer
It uses the human voice to remind fellow servants of their duty towards God
resonating with spirituality the melodious tone of the adhan is part of the beautiful experience that
psychologically prepares one for a pleasant
encounter with the Almighty
BEAUTY
FULFILLMENT
Solace, the Islamic reminder and a call to prayer.
Now we know what the adhan is let's move on.
If taken into context, Sonu Nigam
only had one
concern
but crowded around his choice of words and what people
interpreted and his tone. Of course you've got misconstrued. But he only had one: The use of the loudspeaker
when adhan is done at
inconvenient times. Here's what people thought he said.
he has a problem with all five adhans being done loudly.
He is targeting Muslims and Islam in particular which I can actually understand the second point because initially
It did seem like that because he did mention the adhan in particular
But then when people responded he did also say the same applies to other religions
What was Sonu Nigam's mistake? Well, he was complaining that his tweets were taken out of context there were several tweets
Some got missed out and people didn't understand the issue as a whole.
Now
Alright fair enough Sonu Nigam
But you have to understand mate that if you want to express something more comprehensively,
Don't do it on Twitter mate. Because you said yourself
It's limited in its words.
Number two: Sonu! If you use words like thuggery,
You may be making a valid point
But your point is not going to be taken seriously because of the choice of words my friend and you are using words like
Cacophony, I'm sure you can come up with a better word than thuggery mate. Yeah?
I'm just saying. I had to google cacophony mate! I had no idea what that meant.
And Sonu your third mistake was claiming that the prophet Muhammad Peace be upon him made Islam
He didn't make Islam. The maker of Islam is Allah. And some people confused the prophet as the founder of Islam
We don't believe he was the founder of Islam. The founder of Islam is Allah.
And Islam started with the first human being that was created, and that was Adam Peace Be Upon Him
Now props to him. He did take the time to apologize and clarify his position
And he also showed his love to other Muslims in the industry to which he is indebted to
he could have just been a moron and
Just said yolo
But he didn't. Now, most importantly, what is the Islamic view on the adhan?
Unlike the Media I actually took the time to call up some scholars. All of them gave the same
consistent response.
Which is: In a non-Muslim country if giving adhan for Fajar and
Isha on the loudspeaker will disturb and harm the locals in any way
Then it is discouraged.
Now, what was the role of the Indian Media in all this?
well
They took a fringe ruling from an unknown scholar who said that Sonu
Has to shave off his head and should be made to walk the streets
which is clearly not an Islamic ruling. They took this and
Presented it as an official islamic stance on this which is absolutely ludicrous yeah, Muslims
Don't believe in the sort of stuff mate
I mean where is that written in the quran or the hadith, the prophetic sayings?
Now when stuff like this happens?
There are two extremes there. You've got the first type that say look I don't care about all this mate
Yeah, doesn't really concern me, but the issue with that is
That allows the floodgates to be opened and then worse stuff gets said and done yeah
And then eventually you will have to speak out
But then, by that time, it's going to be too late and nothing can be done about it
And then you've got the second extreme which is people get very angry and emotional and start saying things
That push people further away from Islam.
Now if you want to express yourself and defend Islam, do it like the prophet Sallallahu Alayhi wasallam
Peace Be Upon Him
And that is done how?
diplomatically
academically and
Peacefully
again the best way to call people to Islam is through your actions. Just show people what Islam is
That's what they are hungry for. They just want it's not to be shown
until next time
Assalaamu Alykum!