The V-D conundrum
A freind of mine posed the following question on his facebook profile:
Valentines day is a festival which has nothing to do with our deen, it stems from the secular capitalist basis and promotes promiscuity/corruption in society?
I gave the following answer:
though i agree that Valentine's day has no affiliation with our 'deen' i cannot agree that it 'promotes' anything at all in any one. There are many people who do not observe this day in any special way and its not because they are Muslims but because they are astute enough to see this day as the money trap that it is. Under the guise of celebrating the human tendency to love and be loved this is just another economically motivated business strategy not unlike father's day or mother's day or whatever goddamned day that tickled the fancy of gift retail industry marketing execs. Its exploitation, sure, a cheap trick but a grand Zionist plan to undermine the authority of Islam? That's a bit of a stretch brother. It doesn't even matter if you are a Muslim, really, if you are smart you will shun such a stupid, baseless 'occasion and instead display you affection for the one you love on a totally random basis, which is bound to yield far more favorable results since you would have exceeded expectation rather than simply living up to it by spending a few hundred bucks on cards and flowers and whatever else is being 'suggested' by the media. A random act of genuine affection will also have a greater chance of leading Fuad to his goal. (Fuad dude said that he hoped to get laid on VD). Valentine's day is no threat to the sanctity of Islam, no, its our own inability to decipher the religion for what it is that is the bane of the Muslim ummah. Its our failure to logically comprehend religious diktat and the resulting confusion that is leading us astray, not Valentine's day.
Than i got to wondering whether my disenchantment stems from the fact that i do not have a valentine to be affectionate towards this year. The easy answer to that is yes, but the easy answer is not the right one. Even when i did have a valentine to shower my store-bought affections on, i did so grudgingly, always believing that i wasn't being 'genuine' with my affection in doing something simply to keep up with every one else. I always preferred , and much to my advantage, i might add , to buy flowers for no reason at all and chocolates just because my beloved was on her periods. is there anyone else who shares my POV?
Valentines day is a festival which has nothing to do with our deen, it stems from the secular capitalist basis and promotes promiscuity/corruption in society?
I gave the following answer:
though i agree that Valentine's day has no affiliation with our 'deen' i cannot agree that it 'promotes' anything at all in any one. There are many people who do not observe this day in any special way and its not because they are Muslims but because they are astute enough to see this day as the money trap that it is. Under the guise of celebrating the human tendency to love and be loved this is just another economically motivated business strategy not unlike father's day or mother's day or whatever goddamned day that tickled the fancy of gift retail industry marketing execs. Its exploitation, sure, a cheap trick but a grand Zionist plan to undermine the authority of Islam? That's a bit of a stretch brother. It doesn't even matter if you are a Muslim, really, if you are smart you will shun such a stupid, baseless 'occasion and instead display you affection for the one you love on a totally random basis, which is bound to yield far more favorable results since you would have exceeded expectation rather than simply living up to it by spending a few hundred bucks on cards and flowers and whatever else is being 'suggested' by the media. A random act of genuine affection will also have a greater chance of leading Fuad to his goal. (Fuad dude said that he hoped to get laid on VD). Valentine's day is no threat to the sanctity of Islam, no, its our own inability to decipher the religion for what it is that is the bane of the Muslim ummah. Its our failure to logically comprehend religious diktat and the resulting confusion that is leading us astray, not Valentine's day.
Than i got to wondering whether my disenchantment stems from the fact that i do not have a valentine to be affectionate towards this year. The easy answer to that is yes, but the easy answer is not the right one. Even when i did have a valentine to shower my store-bought affections on, i did so grudgingly, always believing that i wasn't being 'genuine' with my affection in doing something simply to keep up with every one else. I always preferred , and much to my advantage, i might add , to buy flowers for no reason at all and chocolates just because my beloved was on her periods. is there anyone else who shares my POV?
Comments
Never celebrated, dont ever intend to.
Plus...Perhaps you can tell me.
Why the hell everything bad somehow has something to do with capitalism for these people?
The negative undetones every tom, dick and harry attaches to capitalism without having any co-relation at all makes me laugh all the time.
Please tell that guy, if anything, Muhammad was a capitalist.
VD sounds more of an abbr for venereal disease that valentine's day :)
Beknighted, poori dunya shadi kar rahi hai. Tum VD ko hi rotay rehna! Find a girlfriend and find something new to cry about! Women-are-crazy and all that.
- Xeb
I know u myt say sumthin abt 'nuthin special to quote da da da' .There isnt. Thats precisely why i wud.
Hope u'r doin well! Back after a hiatus. Feels gud to see oldies trudgin it up still.
And Welcome back to blogworld, the oldies however, made my bones creak. I guess blogs age faster than people do huh?
I wud say tht again, virtual world ages faster than our real one.
Hvnt u noticed on Fb how ur uni buddies are suddenly all married only a couple months later hve turned into parents of 2?? :s where as u hvnt overcome wht happned 2-3 yrs ago in in ur life?
Well, happens to me all d tym! :s
And no i don't follow facebook quite as much as i should, i suppose. Keeps me inoculated to the ravages of passing time. Ignorance is, in fact, bliss ;)