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**Gremlinn** · 03-15-2012, 04:00 PM

^ But that is a valid point. Why don't we go 'gugu gaga' over the Imam of our own masjid? Are they any less than these famous Imam?

I'm not saying to boycott the Imam of Haramayn, . However the amount of respect we give to them, we should give to the leaders of our own community as Allah has chosen them to lead us.

It is just like a mureed should go 'gugu gaga' over his own shaykh rather than another more famous shaykh.

We don’t go gugu gaga over our local Imams because we pray behind them day in and day out, sister. But the Imams of the Haramayn Sharifayn come to our masjids or madaaris once in a blue moon, maybe. They have been blessed with the opportunity to lead salah in the House of Allah and in the Prophet’s mosque and I think that it is natural for Muslims to love them and seek to see them, visit them and listen to what they say when they come to our cities. Secondly, I don’t think that refusing to go to a mosque where the Imam of the Haram is going to lead prayers is going to increase the respect that we give to our local Imams. After all, Hadrat Mawlana Laat Sb is in Bombay and people are flocking from all over the city to listen to him. Yet, no one is saying that the local Imams are being given less respect because most of the muqtadis in Tablighi mosques are going to listen to Hadrat. People go to attend the mosque when such personalities come in a very positive and enthusiastic frame of mind and I think that there is no need to spread negativity unnecessarily.

03-15-2012, 04:00 PM	#34
Gremlinn Join Date Nov 2005 Posts 536 Senior Member	^ But that is a valid point. Why don't we go 'gugu gaga' over the Imam of our own masjid? Are they any less than these famous Imam? I'm not saying to boycott the Imam of Haramayn, . However the amount of respect we give to them, we should give to the leaders of our own community as Allah has chosen them to lead us. It is just like a mureed should go 'gugu gaga' over his own shaykh rather than another more famous shaykh. We don’t go gugu gaga over our local Imams because we pray behind them day in and day out, sister. But the Imams of the Haramayn Sharifayn come to our masjids or madaaris once in a blue moon, maybe. They have been blessed with the opportunity to lead salah in the House of Allah and in the Prophet’s mosque and I think that it is natural for Muslims to love them and seek to see them, visit them and listen to what they say when they come to our cities. Secondly, I don’t think that refusing to go to a mosque where the Imam of the Haram is going to lead prayers is going to increase the respect that we give to our local Imams. After all, Hadrat Mawlana Laat Sb is in Bombay and people are flocking from all over the city to listen to him. Yet, no one is saying that the local Imams are being given less respect because most of the muqtadis in Tablighi mosques are going to listen to Hadrat. People go to attend the mosque when such personalities come in a very positive and enthusiastic frame of mind and I think that there is no need to spread negativity unnecessarily.
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