Jabou
We do not revere tombs.
These are for those of us that do not have the chance to visit these historic
sites and just to pay our respects. Our children need to know the history (in
religion) and where they can be traced.
No one worships graves. It is just piece of history to be shared.
By the way
I will live to meet some of the Atlanta (Gambian) families and or friends on or
about the 18 Th. or 19 th.
Is there a directory of Gambians that one can check out if he or she goes to any
major city like Atlanta, or Washington DC.
Mr. Njie( Ebrima or Momodou )
This kind of directory would be great -email addresses or pagers or Tel (if they
want to give it out if they listed.
In Pittsburgh about five years ago during a visit ,I wanted to get in touch with
any Gambian there so I went through the phone book at the hotel .Viola
I found a couple of Njies .
My email is [log in to unmask]
Atlanta here I come- -my younger brother Solomon Sylva can help me .I forgot
Or Baboucarr Sillah.
Habib
[log in to unmask] wrote:
> In a message dated 8/10/99 5:35:31 PM Central Daylight Time,
> [log in to unmask] writes:
>
> << G-lers,
> Interested persons can view photos of tombs of Prophets (AS) and great
> Muslim Saints - 'Walis' (RA) - at the website below. The ones from Iraq and
> Syria have been mounted, but those from Saudi Arabia, India, and Pakistan are
> yet to be added.
> >>
> *******************
> Well, no offence meant, but, we muslims are not supposed to revere tombs, be
> it that of Prophets or just odinary folk. There is a famous Hadith in which
> the Prophet (SAS) said to Ali (RA) "Shall l send you on an important
> mission?" Go to the graveyard, and level any tombs or monuments that you
> find there, and do not leave until all of them are level with the ground. To
> mark a grave, muslims should put a stone at the head of the grave, or palnt a
> shrub, and nothing more.Controversial subject since our graveyards are full
> of monuments, but it is something that was the deen does not advocate.Purity
> of worship, to revere nothing but Allah (SWT) being the reason behind it. On
> the other hand, some of the holy sites of the Shi'ites are the tombs of e.g
> Hussein, the Prophet's grandson, and others they consider holy.
>
> Jabou Joh
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