An earnest supplication from the Shaykh during the Rabaa massacre. Today, 9th of Dhu'l-Hijjah, is the blessed day to renew this supplication for the Ummah as a whole and specially for the Kashmiris:https://t.co/3b60FM0opU
— Sazzad Bin Kamal (@sazzadbinkamal) August 10, 2019
The Politics of Funeral
When state mechanisms fail, when people do not feel safe to express their opinion, specially in public matters, their grievances, their dissensions find ways in unusual sites. Sometimes it is expressed in the loudness of 'Amen' in unison during the congregation of an Islamic supplication. Some times it is exhibited in the funeral of certain people. And I'm sure there are more outlandish examples out there. It is etched in my memory that during a night supplication at Mecca the Imam was praying for the well-being of the Muslims around the globe and the betterment of their conditions etc. And every time the congregate would leave no strength to reply with an 'Amen' in unison. The more passionately the Imam asked for their collective needs the louder it got. But as soon as the Imam started to ask for the well-being of its ruling class and the King the loud 'Amen' started to dissolve into diminuendo. Until it ended with a muttering when the Imam specially mentio...