Why do people do khatam on thursday

As for the food presented in such gatherings, the best practice is to feed the poor. To prepare lavish food and selectively invite rich people, which has become the norm, is a loathly practice albeit not impermissible.

The best practice is to have an absolute open invitation prioritising feeding the poor with what would normally be served free from extravagance and waste. Please help. QUESTION: The Pakistani community in the UK uphold the tradition of Khatam — is it just a made up tradition or is there religious evidence to support any of the following: a Khatam held 10 and 40 days after a death b Khatam done every Thursday c Khatam done every year on the date someone passed away.

If anyone introduces an innovation bida or gives shelter to a man who introduces an innovation bida , he is cursed by Allah , by His Angels, and by all the people! Dear and Beloved Brother in Islam, there is absolutely no evidence in the Quran or the established and authentic Sunnah that the Messenger of Allah saws gathered his family or the believers on Thursdays or any other day or night , recited the Quran as is recited for the khatam , or propagated the eating or distributing of food after the supposed khatam , etc.

If one does these things assuming or believing that they are a part of the deen , or that such acts are Pleasing to Allah, or that such acts would earn them rewards from Allah, or that such acts are meritorious in any way when the Messenger of Allah saws has neither practiced nor endorsed them, then it would indeed be an absolutely wrong assumption and belief!

To make this rite or ritual a part of the deen would be an innovation, and as the Messenger of Allah saws clearly declared: every innovation in the deen is an error. Allah says in the Holy Quran Chapter 3 Surah Ale- Imran verse And whoever adopts any other than this way of Islam, that way shall not be accepted from him and in the Hereafter, he shall be among the losers. My beloved brother, Al-Islam is the name that deen or way of life which has been approved by Allah Subhanah for His slaves, and this deen and way of life is not based on the whims and fancies of what is done back home, or what was done by ones forefathers, etc.

The main reason the deens before us got corrupted is because the people in their ignorance, instead of unconditionally obeying and following and thus submitting to what Allah and His Prophets commanded, insisted on following what was practiced by their forefathers! Allah says in the Holy Quran Chapter 31 Surah Luqman verse And when it is said to them, Follow what Allah has sent down, they say, We shall only follow that upon which we found our forefathers.

Will they still be following them even if Shaitaan had been calling them to the raging Fire? But they say, We found our forefathers on a way and we are only walking in their footsteps.

Even so , whenever before you We sent a warner to a habitation, its people of means said, We have found our forefathers on a way and we are only following in their footsteps. Every Prophet asked them, Will you still go on following the same old way even if I guide you to a more right way than that you found your forefathers following? They replied, We disbelieve the religion with which you have been sent.

Consequently , We took vengeance on them. Just consider what was the end of those who denied. Allah says in the Holy Quran Chapter 2 Surah Baqarah verse When it is said to them, Follow the Commands that Allah has sent down , they reply, We will follow only what we found our forefathers practising.

Well , will they go on following their forefathers even though they did not use common sense and did not find the Right Way! The mental condition of those who rejected the way of Allah may be likened to that of the cattle whom the shepherd calls but they hear nothing except the sound of shouts and cries. They are deaf , they are dumb, they are blind; therefore they do not understand anything.

Beloved brother, one may recite, learn, and understand the Glorious Quran as much as one wills or is easy for him; but to make it a ritual to gather people on a specific day or night, or to collectively make it a must to complete the recitation of the Quran khatm , or to make it a rite to conclude this khatm by providing a specific type of food only to commemorate the khatm , or make any deed, or rite, or ritual a part of the deen when Allah and His Messenger saws have not endorsed it, it would be considered an innovation in the deen of Islam, and every innovation in the perfect deen of Islam that was revealed on Prophet Mohamed saws is an error.

If one sincerely wishes to do something good, he should unconditionally submit, obey and follow what has been commanded by Allah Subhanah in His Glorious Quran, and what guidance one has received from the authentic and established Sunnah of the Prophet saws. And the best gift a believer can present to his beloved Prophet saws is to increase ones salutations to him saws as commanded and guided by none other than the Lord Himself in His Glorious Quran:.

O you who believe , you should also ask Allah to send blessings on him; and salute him with all respect. Al- Muwatta Hadith Hadith 9. Bashir ibn Sad said to him, 'Allah has ordered us to ask for blessings on you, O Messenger of Allah saws. How should we do it? Then he told us to say , 'O Allah, bless Muhammad and the family of Muhammad as You blessed Ibrahim , and give baraka to Muhammad and the family of Muhammad, as You gave baraka to the family of Ibrahim.

In all the worlds You are worthy of Praise and Glorious,' and then give the taslim as you have learnt. Contemplating Sufi and Bazdawi like this. Contemplating Sufi , Apr 17, Aqdas , Apr 14, I have read somewhere that shah 'Abd alHaq Muhaddith e Dihlevi, rahmat Allahi Ta'ala alayh, mentioned in one of his works, something similar about soul's. You must log in or sign up to reply here. Show Ignored Content. Share This Page Tweet.

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