An Unhappy Day
By: Um Bilal
At the approximately same time that our beloved Prophet Muhummed (S) was ýborn in the Arabian peninsula, the island that we now call Great Britain was ruled by men ýlike King Cuthwulf of Wessex and King Theodoric. While the day of our dear Prophet's ýbirth came and went with few people acknowledging the wondrousness of the day, the ýbirthdays of these kings was celebrated with grand festivity. ý
Possibly the earliest recorded birthday comes to us in the following passage ýtranslated from Hebrew. It's found in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of ýGenesis; "And it came to pass the third day, which was Pharaoh's birthday, that he made ýa feast unto all his servants."ý
We can see that Pharaoh clearly celebrated the day he was born, in exactly the ýsame way that many people do today. Perhaps you're thinking to yourself that this seems ýharmless; it's not something that involves your deen, your actual faith. Did you know that ýour......
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