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VALENTINE AND ISLAM All Praise to Almighty Allaah may his blessing be upon his noble Prophet (peace be upon him) It is bewildered that the celebration of Valentine is still questionable by some unconscionable Muslims across the globe. Despite the admonitions by renowned scholars, their belief in the celebration of valentine remains unshaken. Have they forgotten? or lack the basics of how Valentine starts and its position in the religion of Islam. However, this article will take us around what the celebration entails. Also, to serve as calls to order for unconscionable Muslims. "Valentine's Day is an ignorant Roman festival, which continued to be celebrated until after the Romans became Christian. This festival became connected with the saint known as Valentine, who was sentenced to death on 14 February 270 CE. The non-believers still celebrate this festival up till today". (Islamqa.info). This festival now becomes generally accepted by the world and blindly followed by ...

The evil effect of valentine celebration in our society All Praise to Almighty Allaah Yearly, it has become commonplace for lovers both young and old, married and unmarried couples to commemorate Saint Valentine's Day on February 14. On this very day, couples and partners express love and affection for one another by sharing gift items such as jewelry, chains, photo frames, underwear, household products, makeup sets. Some affluent among them offer their lovers and concubine junkets on exotic vacations, recreation centres, shopping malls, tourist attractions, booking luxury apartments to have carnal knowledge of one another. Pope Gelasius I, found the Feast of Saint Valentine in AD 496. The festival was to be commemorated on February 14 in honour of Saint Valentine of Rome, who died on that date in AD 269. The day became associated with romantic love in the 14th and 15th centuries when notions of courtly love flourished, apparently by association with the "lovebirds" ...