Saturday, May 29, 2010

Islamic view on The Arrivals series


A must see panel discussion by some eminent scholars: Sheikh Sulaiman Moola, Sheikh Ebrahim Bham, Sheikh Yusuf Abid Regarding a youtube based Documentry titled The Arrivals which has taken the Muslim world by storm. It deals with issues such as Who is controlling the world? Satanic and Dajaal worship. Preparation for his arrival. The coming of the Mahdi.
Click here for the uneditted 10 part discussion: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lCVlhApoGwo
Some points from the talk:
After watching arrivals i have become more conscious? People are not reading what they ought to read, and accessing what they ought to access for that to be obtained through a Halal and more appropriate ways. The Arrivals is effective because it has come with a different spice and flavor. In this techno generation people pay more attention to sensationalism and movies rather than the Quran. Why do Muslims latch on to to this series? We are looking for answers in the wrong places. In some level, the answers given make sense to us. Nowadays Muslims have abandoned contemplation and reading the relevant sources and have resorted to technology based information. It has good in it does it not? Yes but the evils excel the good, as the Quran mentions about Alcohol. Alcohol has some benefits but the harms out weigh them. Even the lottery claims to help people as well.
Negatives of the series:
-The seerah of the Sahabah are not mentioned AT ALL.
-They offer no solution mentioned from the Quran.
-There is music throughout the series
-They use inappropriate images to make their point.
-Amir Muawiyya [r.a] is not expressed in a positive light.
-The series gives the impression of helplessness, by claiming we are being controlled in everything, and as though we are at the mercy of the illuminati. Yet that contradicts belief that, Allah has power over everything.
- They use weak ahadith.
-The authentic view is that Dajaal is a human, but they claim him to be symbolic.

The bigger picture is our obedience to Allah and the hereafter and therefore we should not get perturbed by sensationalism. Rather than looking at ourselves and contemplating our decedenace and our contribution to it, by our religion disposition, we find the easy way out by blaming the Illuminati. Brought to you by Halal Dawa Records and the Hanafi Fiqh channel.

Below is the first part of the five part concise version of the original 10 part version.

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