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The Islamic Ruling Regarding Christmas
BY Shaykh Muhammad bin Hadee
The Islamic Ruling Regarding Christmas
BY Shaykh Muhammad bin Hadee
Christmas - The Islamic Ruling Regarding Christmas
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NewMuslim
Slave of Allah
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I don't know about this. The only argument that is ever brought up is that it's a "Christian Holiday". Everyone sees Christmas as gift-giving (a good deed) and NOBODY in America (besides the people who go to Church 24/7) recognize it as a Christian Holiday; it's secular not religious.
I don't know about this. The only argument that is ever brought up is that it's a "Christian Holiday". Everyone sees Christmas as gift-giving (a good deed) and NOBODY in America (besides the people who go to Church 24/7) recognize it as a Christian Holiday; it's secular not religious.
talibulislam
Junior Member
what can i do?
am in envirnment,where every one know am muslim,do not celebrate x-mass,newyear,birthdays but my co-worker & friends still buy me gifts,some time i recive more gifts then them as nonmuslim,i feel embaressed not giving them back but i try my best to compensate every body giving some thing back in return as friendship but it still make me feel like since its in holiday season am part of it.some time i tell them do't give me anything but i still get it,its just people r so nice around me that dont know how to react,accept give em some thing back just to make it even.
am in envirnment,where every one know am muslim,do not celebrate x-mass,newyear,birthdays but my co-worker & friends still buy me gifts,some time i recive more gifts then them as nonmuslim,i feel embaressed not giving them back but i try my best to compensate every body giving some thing back in return as friendship but it still make me feel like since its in holiday season am part of it.some time i tell them do't give me anything but i still get it,its just people r so nice around me that dont know how to react,accept give em some thing back just to make it even.
Abdul Hasib
Student of Knowledge
You can give them a present but the reason can't be for christmas but as a thank you gift.
so, it is okay?
What NewMuslim said about christmas not being associated with religion in america, that is sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo true!!! lol...like some of my friends that celebrate christmas have only been to church like once or twice in there life.
JAK for answering my question everyone.
What NewMuslim said about christmas not being associated with religion in america, that is sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo true!!! lol...like some of my friends that celebrate christmas have only been to church like once or twice in there life.
JAK for answering my question everyone.
Wa alaykum Salam,
No it is haram to share gifts over Christmas, it is still part of Christmas which has origins in pagan festival. You are still partaking in this festival even if you do not go to church, by the mere fact you are celebrating and giving gifts in this season.
Wasalam
I understand what everyone is trying to say. lol and i also know that my mom is totally against giving presents on birthdays and/or like christmas ( even if I say it's for happy holidays)...but if I know people are going to give me presents, I feel bad if I don't give them something back. Know what I mean? And even when I tell them I don't celebrate christmas, they're like, "I still want to get you a present". It seems like rude to say no.
MubarekMuslimah
Junior Member
my family are non-muslim and celebrate christmas. I don't think christmas is secular - its origins are in pagan traditions ( scuh as Xmas Tree) and Jesus pbuhs' supposed birthday - meaning Christian.
They give me and my husband presents. I give them back to them only cos they are my family and it is very important to maintain good relations with them and show them the goodness of Islam - I juts wrap the presents in plain paper ( no christmas patterned paper) and I write 'To XXX, with love from XXX' on the tickets - so no Christmas greetings or sentiments. I don't put them under the tree.
Everyone else ( i.e non immediate family) like people I work with, friends, distant family - I don't wish them Christmas, give cards or presents - I tell them I don't celebrate Christmas anymore (went down like a ton of bricks first year but they have to like it or lump it) it is only my mum and dad and sis who I give presents too and thats juts a present from me to them. If I didn't do that they would get me presents anyway they have told me.
I think cos of the importance in Islam about mainiting good relations and respecting parents and giving dawah through behaviour and example, that my paitence and generosity insha'allah shows them something. May Allah swt forgive me if I am wrong.
Anyways this is what I do - and I think it is ok (feel free to correct me with evidences) but ONLY cos they are my family.
They give me and my husband presents. I give them back to them only cos they are my family and it is very important to maintain good relations with them and show them the goodness of Islam - I juts wrap the presents in plain paper ( no christmas patterned paper) and I write 'To XXX, with love from XXX' on the tickets - so no Christmas greetings or sentiments. I don't put them under the tree.
Everyone else ( i.e non immediate family) like people I work with, friends, distant family - I don't wish them Christmas, give cards or presents - I tell them I don't celebrate Christmas anymore (went down like a ton of bricks first year but they have to like it or lump it) it is only my mum and dad and sis who I give presents too and thats juts a present from me to them. If I didn't do that they would get me presents anyway they have told me.
I think cos of the importance in Islam about mainiting good relations and respecting parents and giving dawah through behaviour and example, that my paitence and generosity insha'allah shows them something. May Allah swt forgive me if I am wrong.
Anyways this is what I do - and I think it is ok (feel free to correct me with evidences) but ONLY cos they are my family.
mohammad javid
New Member
Asalamu Alakium ,
Brother iam so happy that you are not watering down ISLAM.
I could not have given a better reply. :jumpclap:
TheHumbleWun
Banned
SANTA = SATAN
Santa Claus has become one of the most popular and widely accepted and unopposed myths ever to be successfully interwoven into the fabric and framework of Christianity. It is a fact that Christ was born, and that truth should greatly rejoice the heart of every Christian. But the Santa Claus myth distorts the truth of Christ's birth by subtly blending truth with the myth of Santa Claus. When Christian parents lie to their children about Santa Claus, they are taking the attention of their children away from God and causing them to focus on a fat man in a red suit with god-like qualities. All of this teaches the child to believe that, just like Santa, God can be pleased with "good works," done in order to earn His favor. Also, they teach that no matter how bad the child has been, he will still be rewarded by God -- just as Santa never failed to bring gifts. Even in homes of professing Christians, Santa Claus has clearly displaced Jesus in the awareness and affections of children, becoming the undisputed spirit, symbol, and centerpiece of Christmas.
Realize that Christians celebrating Christmas as the day of Jesus's (pbuh) birth makes no more sense than adding any of the following days is just as special:
Baptism Celebration
Miracle Celebration
Acension Celebration- Why not have one day set aside every year for hot-air balloon rides in order to celebrate Christ's ascension to heaven?
The very popularity of Christmas should cause a Christian to question it. Anyone and everyone can celebrate Christmas without question -- outright pagans, nominal Christians, and even Buddhists and Hindus. Christmas is a thoroughly pagan holiday -- in its origin, in its trappings, and in all its traditions.
Santa Claus has become one of the most popular and widely accepted and unopposed myths ever to be successfully interwoven into the fabric and framework of Christianity. It is a fact that Christ was born, and that truth should greatly rejoice the heart of every Christian. But the Santa Claus myth distorts the truth of Christ's birth by subtly blending truth with the myth of Santa Claus. When Christian parents lie to their children about Santa Claus, they are taking the attention of their children away from God and causing them to focus on a fat man in a red suit with god-like qualities. All of this teaches the child to believe that, just like Santa, God can be pleased with "good works," done in order to earn His favor. Also, they teach that no matter how bad the child has been, he will still be rewarded by God -- just as Santa never failed to bring gifts. Even in homes of professing Christians, Santa Claus has clearly displaced Jesus in the awareness and affections of children, becoming the undisputed spirit, symbol, and centerpiece of Christmas.
Realize that Christians celebrating Christmas as the day of Jesus's (pbuh) birth makes no more sense than adding any of the following days is just as special:
Baptism Celebration
Miracle Celebration
Acension Celebration- Why not have one day set aside every year for hot-air balloon rides in order to celebrate Christ's ascension to heaven?
The very popularity of Christmas should cause a Christian to question it. Anyone and everyone can celebrate Christmas without question -- outright pagans, nominal Christians, and even Buddhists and Hindus. Christmas is a thoroughly pagan holiday -- in its origin, in its trappings, and in all its traditions.
Younus
Junior Member
Celebrating or Participating in Holidays of the Disbelievers
Jamaal al-Din Zarabozo
Al-Jumuah Magazine, Vol. 9 Issue 2 Vol. 9 Issue 2
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Is it permissible for Muslims to celebrate or participate in holidays such as Halloween, birthdays, and Christmas functions?
Answer (By J. Zarabozo)
The Prophet (sallallaahu 'alaihi wa sallam) made it very clear that in Islam there are two festivals or holidays. These are the Eid festivals. The celebrations and holidays of a people are from among the actions that most distinguish one people from another. In a Hadith in Sunan Abu Dawud, the Messenger of Allah (sallallaahu 'alaihi wa sallam) said, "Whoever imitates (or resembles) a people is one of them." Therefore, it is not allowed for Muslims to participate in the holidays or celebrations of the non-Muslims.
Shaikh al-Islam ibn Taimiya wrote in Iqtidha al-Sirat al-Mustaqeem (vol.1, p.470), "There are a number of points that must be considered when discussing (the non-Muslims') festivals and holidays. First, festivals and holidays are from the wide range of laws, ways, and rites that Allah (Subhaanu wa ta'ala) describes in the verse, "For every nation We have established rites that they follow," such as facing the Qiblah, prayer and fasting. There is no difference between joining them in their festivals and joining them in their other rites. Agreeing to their holiday is agreeing to infidelity (Kufr), and agreeing to some minor aspects (of their religion) is like agreeing to a branch of infidelity. In fact, the holidays and festivals are one of the major items that distinguishes their customs and laws, and are one of the most obvious of their rites. Agreeing to it is agreeing to one of the most specific of the acts of infidelity and one of the most blazon of their rituals. There is no doubt that agreeing to or being in accord with something of that nature can only lead to apostasy, in general, given its conditions"
Indeed, beyond that, the scholars have even stated that it is not allowed for Muslims to congratulate the non-Muslims on their holidays or festivals. Ibn al-Qayyim in Ahkam Ahl al-Dhimma (vol. 1, p. 205) writes, "Giving congratulations on the special events that are specific to the disbelievers, such as congratulating them on their holidays by saying, "Blessed holiday for you" or other similar greetings, is considered forbidden by the agreement of the scholars. Even if the one who states it is free from any aspect of apostasy, it is still a forbidden act and it is the same as congratulating them upon their prostrations to the crucifix. In fact, that is one of the greatest sins in Allah's (Subhaanu wa ta'ala) sight. That is a greater sin than congratulating them for drinking wine, having illegal sexual intercourse and so on. Many of them who are not very religious do such things and they do not know how evil what they are doing really is. Whoever congratulates another human for any sin, heresy, or act of apostasy has exposed himself to the punishment and anger of Allah (Subhaanu wa ta'ala). The pious people from the early scholars would avoid congratulating the oppressors when they received positions of authority or the ignorant when they were given judicial or teaching positions in order to avoid the punishment of Allah (Subhaanu wa ta'ala) and falling from His Grace. If a person would be compelled to go to such people to repel any evil that he expected from him, only to speak well to him and to ask Allah (Subhaanu wa ta'ala) to guide him, there is nothing wrong with that."
Ibn al-Qayyim has included a beneficial section mentioning the opinions of the scholars concerning this matter (Ahkam Ahl al-Dhikmma, vol. 2, p. 722). It shall be reproduced here with some abridgment: "In the same way that is not allowed for them to publicly (celebrate their holidays), it is not allowed for the Muslims to assist them for the holidays or to help them or to attend (their ceremonies) with them according to the agreement of the people of knowledge. In fact, the jurists who follow the four legal schools have made this clear in their books. Abu al-Qasim al-Tabari wrote, "It is not allowed for Muslims to attend their (the disbelievers') holidays and festivals because they are a type of evil falsehood. If the people of good mix with the people of evil without putting an end to what they are doing then they become like those who are pleased and influenced by the evil. And we fear falling into Allah's (Subhaanu wa ta'ala) anger because of their gathering."
Then he stated relying on Abu Hatim's narration, that Amir ibn Murra said about the verse, "Those who do not witness falsehood," that "they do not assist the pope of idolatry in their idolatry nor do they associate with them." And al-Baihaqi recorded with a Sahih chain that Umar ibn al-Khattab said, "Do not learn the lingo of the foreigners and do not enter the polytheists' churches on the days of their holidays for (Allah's) anger descends upon them." And he also recorded with a Sahih chain that Abdullah ibn Umar stated, "Whoever stays in the lands of the foreigners and celebrates their New Year's Days (of the festivals of the disbelievers) and behaves like them until he dies, he shall be resurrected with them on the Day of Resurrection." And ibn al-Qayyim said, "Ibn al-Qasim disliked for a Muslim to give a Christian a present during his (the Christian's) holiday; he considered this action as honoring his (the Christian's) holiday and assisting him in disbelief. In the same way, it is forbidden for Muslims to sell Christians anything they may use in their holidays of meat, blood, or clothing, nor should he loan him an animal to ride on, nor help him with anything concerning his festival because all of that would be a way of dignifying their idolatry and helping them in their Kufr. It is a must for the rulers to prevent Muslims from doing such deeds. This is the opinion of Malik and others. And I do not know of any difference of opinion concerning this matter." These are his words from al-Wadhiha. And in the books of the students of Abu Hanifa it states, "Whoever gives them a present, during their holidays, of a watermelon, meaning by that to honor their holiday has committed act of Kufr (apostasy)."
Jamaal al-Din Zarabozo
Al-Jumuah Magazine, Vol. 9 Issue 2 Vol. 9 Issue 2
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Is it permissible for Muslims to celebrate or participate in holidays such as Halloween, birthdays, and Christmas functions?
Answer (By J. Zarabozo)
The Prophet (sallallaahu 'alaihi wa sallam) made it very clear that in Islam there are two festivals or holidays. These are the Eid festivals. The celebrations and holidays of a people are from among the actions that most distinguish one people from another. In a Hadith in Sunan Abu Dawud, the Messenger of Allah (sallallaahu 'alaihi wa sallam) said, "Whoever imitates (or resembles) a people is one of them." Therefore, it is not allowed for Muslims to participate in the holidays or celebrations of the non-Muslims.
Shaikh al-Islam ibn Taimiya wrote in Iqtidha al-Sirat al-Mustaqeem (vol.1, p.470), "There are a number of points that must be considered when discussing (the non-Muslims') festivals and holidays. First, festivals and holidays are from the wide range of laws, ways, and rites that Allah (Subhaanu wa ta'ala) describes in the verse, "For every nation We have established rites that they follow," such as facing the Qiblah, prayer and fasting. There is no difference between joining them in their festivals and joining them in their other rites. Agreeing to their holiday is agreeing to infidelity (Kufr), and agreeing to some minor aspects (of their religion) is like agreeing to a branch of infidelity. In fact, the holidays and festivals are one of the major items that distinguishes their customs and laws, and are one of the most obvious of their rites. Agreeing to it is agreeing to one of the most specific of the acts of infidelity and one of the most blazon of their rituals. There is no doubt that agreeing to or being in accord with something of that nature can only lead to apostasy, in general, given its conditions"
Indeed, beyond that, the scholars have even stated that it is not allowed for Muslims to congratulate the non-Muslims on their holidays or festivals. Ibn al-Qayyim in Ahkam Ahl al-Dhimma (vol. 1, p. 205) writes, "Giving congratulations on the special events that are specific to the disbelievers, such as congratulating them on their holidays by saying, "Blessed holiday for you" or other similar greetings, is considered forbidden by the agreement of the scholars. Even if the one who states it is free from any aspect of apostasy, it is still a forbidden act and it is the same as congratulating them upon their prostrations to the crucifix. In fact, that is one of the greatest sins in Allah's (Subhaanu wa ta'ala) sight. That is a greater sin than congratulating them for drinking wine, having illegal sexual intercourse and so on. Many of them who are not very religious do such things and they do not know how evil what they are doing really is. Whoever congratulates another human for any sin, heresy, or act of apostasy has exposed himself to the punishment and anger of Allah (Subhaanu wa ta'ala). The pious people from the early scholars would avoid congratulating the oppressors when they received positions of authority or the ignorant when they were given judicial or teaching positions in order to avoid the punishment of Allah (Subhaanu wa ta'ala) and falling from His Grace. If a person would be compelled to go to such people to repel any evil that he expected from him, only to speak well to him and to ask Allah (Subhaanu wa ta'ala) to guide him, there is nothing wrong with that."
Ibn al-Qayyim has included a beneficial section mentioning the opinions of the scholars concerning this matter (Ahkam Ahl al-Dhikmma, vol. 2, p. 722). It shall be reproduced here with some abridgment: "In the same way that is not allowed for them to publicly (celebrate their holidays), it is not allowed for the Muslims to assist them for the holidays or to help them or to attend (their ceremonies) with them according to the agreement of the people of knowledge. In fact, the jurists who follow the four legal schools have made this clear in their books. Abu al-Qasim al-Tabari wrote, "It is not allowed for Muslims to attend their (the disbelievers') holidays and festivals because they are a type of evil falsehood. If the people of good mix with the people of evil without putting an end to what they are doing then they become like those who are pleased and influenced by the evil. And we fear falling into Allah's (Subhaanu wa ta'ala) anger because of their gathering."
Then he stated relying on Abu Hatim's narration, that Amir ibn Murra said about the verse, "Those who do not witness falsehood," that "they do not assist the pope of idolatry in their idolatry nor do they associate with them." And al-Baihaqi recorded with a Sahih chain that Umar ibn al-Khattab said, "Do not learn the lingo of the foreigners and do not enter the polytheists' churches on the days of their holidays for (Allah's) anger descends upon them." And he also recorded with a Sahih chain that Abdullah ibn Umar stated, "Whoever stays in the lands of the foreigners and celebrates their New Year's Days (of the festivals of the disbelievers) and behaves like them until he dies, he shall be resurrected with them on the Day of Resurrection." And ibn al-Qayyim said, "Ibn al-Qasim disliked for a Muslim to give a Christian a present during his (the Christian's) holiday; he considered this action as honoring his (the Christian's) holiday and assisting him in disbelief. In the same way, it is forbidden for Muslims to sell Christians anything they may use in their holidays of meat, blood, or clothing, nor should he loan him an animal to ride on, nor help him with anything concerning his festival because all of that would be a way of dignifying their idolatry and helping them in their Kufr. It is a must for the rulers to prevent Muslims from doing such deeds. This is the opinion of Malik and others. And I do not know of any difference of opinion concerning this matter." These are his words from al-Wadhiha. And in the books of the students of Abu Hanifa it states, "Whoever gives them a present, during their holidays, of a watermelon, meaning by that to honor their holiday has committed act of Kufr (apostasy)."
omm mohammad
Junior Member
the rules for social relations between muslims and non
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
وصلى الله على نبينا محمد وعلى آله وصحبه وسلم تسليما
السلام عليكم و رحمة الله و بركاته...
as salam aleikum wa rahmatuallah wa barakatu
Introduction
The relation that we can have with people in general are based on their positions regarding Islam,not on their beliefs excepts the time of war what is called (kafer-harbi).
Some muslims wen they enter in Islam they imagin that they have to cut every thing concerning their past this is not correct,especialy with parents and neigbords,unless they have bad influence on him or..her and he can't
face it.
When you are invited in general if it is personnal or public invitation you can
atend ,and if some one tell you good year or good day,you reply the same
for you and you can acept and give gifts even if they do it for religius reasons you DO IT FOR SOCIAL REASON unless you think that will cause you
problems in your FAITH and this is up to you to evaluate.
what you can't do is to stay if there is alcohol drinks or dance, and you have
to take the same occasion to invite them to your religios ocasions and to talk
to them about it.
في ا مان ا لله
fiamaneallah
omm mohammad
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
وصلى الله على نبينا محمد وعلى آله وصحبه وسلم تسليما
السلام عليكم و رحمة الله و بركاته...
as salam aleikum wa rahmatuallah wa barakatu
Introduction
The relation that we can have with people in general are based on their positions regarding Islam,not on their beliefs excepts the time of war what is called (kafer-harbi).
Some muslims wen they enter in Islam they imagin that they have to cut every thing concerning their past this is not correct,especialy with parents and neigbords,unless they have bad influence on him or..her and he can't
face it.
When you are invited in general if it is personnal or public invitation you can
atend ,and if some one tell you good year or good day,you reply the same
for you and you can acept and give gifts even if they do it for religius reasons you DO IT FOR SOCIAL REASON unless you think that will cause you
problems in your FAITH and this is up to you to evaluate.
what you can't do is to stay if there is alcohol drinks or dance, and you have
to take the same occasion to invite them to your religios ocasions and to talk
to them about it.
في ا مان ا لله
fiamaneallah
omm mohammad
Muslimah-S
Seek The Almighty
Saying Happy holidays is forbidden too?
I really didn't know how serious it was to say that. :astag:
everything is haram during christmas!!!
i think every muslim who has a deep knowledge of islam will guess that it's clearly haram to do any activity in the christmas period. it maybe the cause that we are in the western and christian world. so we are greately influenced by the invironment. but we shouldn't forget our identity and how we should act. if i give present to someone during the christmas period celebrating or not celebrating christmas, it would put me with those people afterworld. and u know where the people will be .................
i think every muslim who has a deep knowledge of islam will guess that it's clearly haram to do any activity in the christmas period. it maybe the cause that we are in the western and christian world. so we are greately influenced by the invironment. but we shouldn't forget our identity and how we should act. if i give present to someone during the christmas period celebrating or not celebrating christmas, it would put me with those people afterworld. and u know where the people will be .................
rightpath_357
Junior Member
Ummm- well, are we allowed to give our teachers presents the day b4 winter break- not for Christmas, just for the holidays