To respected Leonidas and all moderators !
 

AOA,

I want to [B]draw your attention to very significant issue which is totally linked with our beloved religion Islam[/B]. No doubt, smilies make our threads and posts colorful and attractive. [B]But, I’ve found 3 smilies which are unIslamic and definitely sinful as well.[/B] These are :bow :evil and :49: Being Muslim, we’re suppose to bow only, only and indeed, only our beloved Creator, ALLAH Almighty, but members use this smilies for other members for appreciation. Certainly, we can use other smilies to do so. And other smilie is of evil, I believe that there is no need to have such bad smilie which reflects either member who is using it is evil or to other member to whom its pointing out. And I can't name this :49: it is strictly forbidden as well. [B]I know these are smilies but even then we should abstain from doing/using which is prohibited in any shape.[/B] The more members use them, the more it will spread.

By the grace of ALLAH Almighty, I requested you to [SIZE="3"][B]remove said 3 smilies[/B][/SIZE]. Now its your turn to remove them as soon as possible. Please for ALLAH’s sake, think about it and remove it.
Pardon me if I interrupted in this regard...

May ALLAH tala bestow HIS countless blessings and mercy upon all of us. Ameen sumamin.

Profound regards,
RMKamran.

To me, nothing is wrong with these similes. Just need to broad your minds.
1. :bow
there is entire difference between Sajda and this simile. this is not the act of bowing but a slight movement for the sake of appreciation of someone's efforts. and i don't think that any sensible member of the forum thinks of bowing before the person to whom the simile is attributed.

2. :evil
Again nothing wrong with this one too. this is not the evil in the sense we mean any " bura kaam" but we mean "shararat or shetani" in someone's mind as a normal human being is the mixture of all good and bad things and no one is perfect in this world except Allah.

3. :49:
i think this is very cute. nothing wrong with the photo of the innocent animal. Allah has said that the Muslims should not eat the meat of pig and after touching it they should be purified through wuzu or bath. Because pig is called "napak". dog is also napak and many others animals too but we should be positive. All the animals are made by Allah. they have not been created by themselves in the present form as they are. pig is usually thought to be the stupid, ( in actual it is one of the intelligent animals) so, people usually referred as pig to those who do stupid things.

nothing in this post is meant to offend or degrade anyone in the forum it is just my thoughts that i shared.