Singapore Wahhabi Spotlight: Celebrating National Day, Killing Apostates & Interfaith Dialogue
بِسۡمِ ٱللهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ This is Murad ibn Muhammad Sa’id. He had some interesting things to say about celebrating National Day, killing apostates and participation in interfaith dialogue. On the 09 th August 2016, he posted this on his Facebook account. He said, in Malay, “The Prophet did not make the Opening of Makkah a national day of celebration, or independence. Is your country worthier than Makkah?” The Arabic is the first verse in Surah al-Fath: سُوۡرَةُ الفَتْح بِسۡمِ ٱللهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ إِنَّا فَتَحۡنَا لَكَ فَتۡحً۬ا مُّبِينً۬ا (١) In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful Verily We have Granted thee a Manifest Victory: (Surah al-Fath:1) In other words, he is questioning the piety of Singaporean Muslims who celebrate National Day. Since the Prophet ( s.a.w. ) did not celebrate it, then this must be a bid’ah adh-dhalalah , a reprehensible innovation, according to Wahhabis li...