The Virtues of Sha’baan & Virtuous Actions of Shab e Bara-at

Fireworks
On this night, Muslims should spend most of their time in Ibaadat
(worship), and they should abstain from using fireworks. With the
exception of earning the displeasure or Allah, the harmful effects of
fireworks are well-known. The harmful effects can be observed by
reading through the newspapers and by those who witness this. All the
Muslims should jointly make efforts to end this incorrect, destruction and
non-Shariah compliant activity. Every wrongdoing can be stopped by
making an effort to eradicate it. A true believer is one who is always
engrossed in spreading the Deen. To spend this night in sinful acts is a
sign of immense deprivation. It is known about fireworks that this was
started by the king Namrud (Nimrod), when he catapulted Hazrat
Ibraheem Alaihi Salaam into the raging inferno and it turned into a
garden for him (by Allah’s command), his people filled pomegranates
with a combusting agent, and then lit them and threw them towards
Hazrat Ibraheem Alaihis Salaam. This (fireworks) is actually the custom of
the Hindus who do this during diwali and holi. Muslims should also realise
that hundreds of thousands of rupees are wasted in this (un-Islamic)
practice, and every year we hear that due to fireworks so many houses
have burnt down in such and such place, and such and such amount of
people have been burnt to death. There is danger to one’s life and also
destruction of one’s wealth, and the risk of houses catching alight, due to
this practice. To burn your wealth with your own hands and to earn the
wrath and displeasure of Allah are all impermissible and forbidden in the
Shariah. It is necessary for all the Muslims to abstain from this vile
practice.
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