An interesting thing about Fridays…

So I'm in my cube at work, and I feel really awesome today, alhamdullillaah.  Of course, today is Friday, the best day of the week.  Numerous evidences in the Qur'aan and the Sunnah talk about the virtues of Friday, and that by itself could be a long discussion about why it's the best day of the week.  While thinking about, I just realized something – even the nonMuslims love Friday more than the other days.  Not that it matters, but it's just kinda funny.  How do I know?  One acronym.

TGIF – Thank God It's Friday.  Not Saturday, or even Sunday.  FRIDAY.  Is it the fitrah kicking out?  Allah knows best.  It's just an interesting observation (alright, so it's the last day of the week before work ends, but still, it's a fun thought to entertain ).

Final Analysis

It's very easy to break apart into groups of people who analyze the issue on the basis of the views they hold.  Some favour music, while others consider haraam, and so it is easy to become enthralled with Sister Yvonne's views, while glossing over the adab (which some may find adds comedic value to the article).

For others, the search for identity and integration into western society may resonate with others and cause them to gravitate towards brother Sami's message and miss the effect that the pop culture sister Yvonne points out is infecting the Muslim youth.

In breaking up the arguments, I hope that you all realize that in this argument, it is not necessary that one person is wholly correct in all their points or wholly wrong.  Biased partisanship in our perspectives can lead us into moving and accepting what one party has said wholesale, having the feeling that either "Sister Yvonne is correct 100%" or "Brother Sami is correct 100%".

My feeling in all this is that Sister Yvonne did make a lot of valid arguments and points regarding the overall state of our Ummah, and the effect of pop culture.  She was also correct about music.  Her article would have been stronger had there been less attack against the organizers of the concert and more research into brother Sami's lyrics and his attempts at bringing issues of the Ummah to the forefront.  However, I doubt this issue would have been as explosive and provocative had her article been less colorful

Remember that at the end of the day, we're all Muslims and we're all trying to come closer to Allah (SWT).  If you don't like brother Sami using instruments in his Nasheeds, don't hate him as a Muslim.  He's our brother in Islam.  If you didn't like sister Yvonne's use of colorful language, remember she's our sister in Islam and that she is also to be loved as our Muslim sister.