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Is sawal ko samajhne ke liye do bunyadi usool samajhna zaroori hain: tareekh ki riwayat aur aaj ka ma’ni (meaning) aur niyyat. Sab se pehle yeh wazeh ho jaye ke Basent ke hawale se jo baat aam tor par phaili hui hai ke yeh kisi aise shakhs ki yaad mein manayi jati hai jis ne Nabi ﷺ ya Hazrat Fatimaؓ ki tauheen ki thi — is ka koi mustanad, qati aur yaqini tareekhi saboot maujood nahi. Yeh zyada tar baad ki kahaniyan aur andazay hain, na ke musallam tareekh. Doosri aur zyada aham baat yeh hai ke Islam mein kisi amal ka hukm us ki asal niyyat aur us ke maujooda ma’ni se tay hota hai, na ke sirf is se ke sadiyon pehle kisi daur mein us ka koi aur pasmanzar bataya jata hai. Agar aaj Basent aam log sirf mausam ki khushi, rang, hawa, patang aur culture ke taur par manate hain, na ke kisi aqeede, shirk, ya kisi tauheen ki yaad ke taur par — to phir woh cheez apni asal mein mubah (allowed) rehti hai. Islam yeh nahi kehta ke har woh cheez haram ho jati hai jo kabhi kisi ghair-Muslim culture se judi rahi ho. Warna kapray, zaban, calendar, mausm ke jashn, sab cheezen mushkil mein par jaayen. Deen cheezon ke matlab aur un ke asar ko dekhta hai, na ke sirf un ki nasb (origin). Haan, agar koi shaks kisi tehwar ko aqeede ke taur par, ya kisi aise maqsad se manaye jo Islam ke khilaf ho — jaise shirk, fahashi, ya kisi muqaddas hasti ki tauheen — to phir woh ghalat ho ga. Lekin sirf khushi, rang aur mausam ke izhar ko deen ne haram qarar nahi diya. Islam insaan ko ghair-zaroori pabandiyon mein nahi daalta, balkeh niyyat, aqal aur insaaf ke sath cheezon ko dekhna sikhata hai.