[zabiqapara]

Hi i would like to know what is markas, as i have a few friends who are always on about markas, and want to take me to a markas event in dewsbury,
where scholars, will be present. im not sure what the different's beliefs are as i am sunni, and they have a few different opinions to mine, so im not sure what they are on about.

i.e. they dont celebrate the prophet Muhammad, birthday.
Dont take part in morham (Ali & Karbala) as in fasting, and reading
Also they say u should not say nare takbeer, nare risalat.as its a shia related.
but they do reed they sunta and 20 rakat, Tarawih (i thought this the way of the sunni's)
they say they belong to the khurasan, people, and that markaz, comes from a village before india and pakistan were split, and it was divine
then pakistan took over and changed their ways.

All this is a mystery to me, but they do admit that they believe in direct contact with Allah, and dont believe in using the prophets name in your dua. as extra aid. like sunnis. do. and also they dont believe in peers, but they believe in khwaja garrib nawaz, but they are sayed .
basically its all to do with this khurasan. belief., (hard to make out as they believe in a lot of wahabi ways) is markaz another term for wahabis???

[22CreessGah]

Hi i would like to know what is markas, as i have a few friends who are always on about markas, and want to take me to a markas event in dewsbury,
where scholars, will be present. im not sure what the different's beliefs are as i am sunni, and they have a few different opinions to mine, so im not sure what they are on about.

i.e. they dont celebrate the prophet Muhammad, birthday.
Dont take part in morham (Ali & Karbala) as in fasting, and reading
Also they say u should not say nare takbeer, nare risalat.as its a shia related.
but they do reed they sunta and 20 rakat, Tarawih (i thought this the way of the sunni's)
they say they belong to the khurasan, people, and that markaz, comes from a village before india and pakistan were split, and it was divine
then pakistan took over and changed their ways.

All this is a mystery to me, but they do admit that they believe in direct contact with Allah, and dont believe in using the prophets name in your dua. as extra aid. like sunnis. do. and also they dont believe in peers, but they believe in khwaja garrib nawaz, but they are sayed .
basically its all to do with this khurasan. belief., (hard to make out as they believe in a lot of wahabi ways) is markaz another term for wahabis???

A Sunni is not defined by whether or not he celebrates the birthday of Rasoolullah , neither by whether or not he takes part in mourning on Ashura (which is about Imam Hussein and his martyrdom at Karbala). Many Sunnis do not celebrate the birthday - or any birthday - since they see it as imported from non-Muslim culture or an addition to the religion (bid'ah). Also, all Sunnis are recommended to fast on the 9th and 10th or the 10th and 11th of Muharram, not because of Imam Hussein and Karbala, but because of hadeeth from Rasoolullah telling us to do so when he came to Madinah Munawwarah.

Some Sunnis don't even pray 20 raka'at, but that would be due to ignorance or following very weak opinions. Or following Salafi/Wahhabis.

And no, all Sunnis can use the name of Rasoolullah in their du'a - in fact, some sunnah du'as contain his name, such as "اللهم إني أسألك من خير ما سألك منه نبيك محمد صلى الله عليه وسلم".