Be careful of rumours ...

... By Dr. Md. Asrarul Haque, Gurgaon

Last Friday large number of Muslims started calling each other on phones

during the night. Reason was that few people in Mewat region (which lies

partly in

Haryana and partly in Rajasthan) claimed that a face was visible in the

moon.

Incidentally, the night was same which large numbers of Muslims in India

and in adjoining countries celebrated as "Baarah Wafaat" signifying the

birth of

Prophet Muhammad (SAW), although there is no authentic evidence that

Prophet Muhammad (SAW) was born on the day. In fact historical facts are

against it. It is authentically known that Prophet Muhammad (SAW) was

born on a Monday and during several years when Prophet Muhammad

(SAW) was

supposed to have been born, it was never a Monday on 12th of the month.

Anyway, more important issue was the visibility of a face in the moon and

people saying that the face was of Prophet Muhammad (SAW). The news

spread quite

fast through phone calls and large numbers of people in different places

claimed to have observed the event.

On Sunday two persons, both of them Aalims, visited my place. The senior

one is about 65 yrs of age and the junior one about 40 yrs. Both of them are

wellmeaning

persons and sincere. They have established a good Madarsaa in Delhi and

renovated and reconstructed two mosques which were under encroachments.

Both of them lead prayers regularly in different mosques.

During their visit the junior person told that he too saw the face of Prophet

Muhammad (SAW) in the moon in that night.

I asked him a very simple question that no where in the world any

photograph or painting of the face of Prophet Muhammad (SAW) exists.

Then how could he

recognize that the face that was visible in the moon (even if some face was

visible there) was of Prophet Muhammad (SAW)?

He started thinking about my question and could not come out with any

answer.

The senior Aalim also supported my question. Finally, the junior one agreed

that it was not possible to identify the face of Prophet Muhammad (SAW).

Finally, he

repented on his mistake.

This is how rumors are spread and Muslims are misguided by Muslims.

Evan Ulema and well-meaning persons get into such traps unwittingly.

We need to be very careful.We need to be very careful.We need to be very careful.We need to be very careful.