5/5 Thekkil S. 6 years ago on Google
The
vital
point
of
the
controversy
is
still
remaining
unnoticed.
We,
first
of
all,
have
to
take
for
granted
that
there
is
not
only
the
Traditional
Lamp
(Nilavilakku)
but
a
lot
of
MATERIALS
used
in
our
day
to
day
life
that
are
simultaneously
found
or
used
in
our
houses,
places
of
worship
or
other
social
institutions
regardless
our
faith,
cast
or
social
status.
You
can
never
spot
a
Hindu
Vegetable
Market
or
a
Muslim
Beef
Market.
Thus
there
is
no
controversy
over
the
materialistic
use
of
any
material,
but
it
(controversy)
lies
in
the
sacredness
of
the
rituals
done
using
that
material.
In
other
words,
the
ORIGINAL
PURPOSE
of
the
ritual
(karma
or
عمل)
is
taken
into
consideration.
It
saddened
me
to
read
that
'the
Muslims
Scholars
considered
the
lamp
or
fire
as
the
symbol
of
knowledge'.
It
is
a
big
mistake
from
our
side
to
be
unable
to
discriminate
between
the
LITERAL
and
FIGURATIVE
usages
of
words
and
meanings.
It
is
true
that
Islam
has
called
the
KNOWLEDGE
or
WISDOM
in
name
NOOR
or
LIGHT.
But
that
naming
can
only
be
understood
as
a
figurative
usage,
not
in
a
literal
meaning.
The
ritual
of
'Sitting
Near
Lamp'
in
Ponnani
was
never
done
to
worship
that
lamp
or
fire,
but
it
was
done
as
a
form
of
recollecting
the
predecessors
who
used
to
sit
in
the
same
place,
and
to
obtain
the
sanctity
and
blessings
by
enacting
a
tradition.
Back
to
the
Controversial
Lamp,
the
tradition
of
kindling
a
Lamp
on
the
occasions
of
commencing
functions
and
ceremonies
means
'manual
igniting
of
fire
on
a
lamp
in
a
particular
posture,
by
a
particular
action
and
on
a
definite
period
of
time'.
That
kind
particularities
can
NEVER
be
found
in
the
Ponnani
Masjid
or
any
Muslim
worship
places.
The
Muslims'
Lamp
is
characterized
by
its
representing
the
place
or
persons
who
used
to
use
it.
If
it
is
to
be
seen
as
a
symbolic
one,
why
cannot
you
lit
a
600
W
fluorescent
lamp,
instead
the
Nilavilakku,
on
the
stage,
so
that,
hundreds
of
people
can
benefit
from
light..!!!
IN
SHORT,
A
TRADITION
IS
PROCLAIMED
GOOD
OR
BAD
IN
ISLAMIC
POINT
OF
VIEW,
ONLY
AFTER
EXAMINING
ITS
ORIGIN
OR
REAL
PURPOSE,
AND
THAT
CAN
ONLY
BE
DONE
BY
EMINENT
SCHOLARS
AS
WELL.
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