My late grandfather, a devout Muslim once told me that extravagance and wastefulness are sinful in Islam. Greed, of any kind is destructive to men and we should only spend on things we need, not on things we covet. These are transgressions considered fatal to spiritual progress of the faith.
Unlike Christianity, which divides sin into 2 categories, venial sin and mortal sin and forbid indulgence of the 7 deadly sins, Islam has similarities, but do not divides sin into categories, consider sin as an act and not state of being.
Many of us transients, probably, commit some of them every day without even realising it.
What about people who claimed virtue, piousness and strict adherence to the religion. People like those in PAS, they who wear the Islamic badge?
Why are there fireworks at PAS 'hijau" rally last night in Alor Star. The burning of fireworks is considered extravagance, the same as gluttony, which is considered a sin in Islam.
Report indicated anything between 50,000 to 150,000 of these pious subject attending the rally.
Would PAS consider the use of fireworks as something un-Islamic just like the many objections they had to foreign artists performing in Malaysia.
The photo below shows fireworks in the background. The story from FMT here.
Is the photo real or another one of the opposition's bluff.
A puffery, a CGI, if you may!
See the real ones at:
http://kedahan69ers.com/?p=1802
Read more of the opposition and pro-opposition wayang kulit (shadow play) here and here.
