No we cannot. The only celebrations allow in Islam are the two eid's. All other celebrations such as birthdays, thanks giving, new years, valentines etc are not part of Islam.
And verily for everything that a slave loses there is a substitute, but the one who loses Allah will never find anything to replace Him.” [Related by Ibn al-Qayyim in ad-Dâ' wad-Dawâ Fasl 49]
No we cannot. The only celebrations allow in Islam are the two eid's. All other celebrations such as birthdays, thanks giving, new years, valentines etc are not part of Islam.
My husband and I observe Thanksgiving not as a festival (which I believe is the literal meaning of the word eid), but rather as the one time during the year when my entire family comes together to share a meal and spend time with each other.
As a general rule, AbuS and I don't celebrate any american holiday that has a serious religious origin - no christmas, no (saint) valentines day, no easter, no saint patrick's day, no halloween. We do enjoy ourselves on non religious, national holidays like memorial day, fourth of july, labor day and thanksgiving.
An answer from Imam Suhaib Webb, an american convert studying at al Azhar
As a convert to Islam and based on my humble legal training, I agree with the second opinion. Many of us, those of us who have converted to Islam, can use these moments to share the beauty of our faith with our families and loved ones in an non-hostile environment. Perhaps, by giving gifts to our parents we can heal wounds, build relationships and move forward. At the same time, such celebrations are based on the foundations of our faith: honoring one’s parents. Therefore, we should engage such holidays with the intention of fostering noble relations and spreading the beauty of our faith with others.
You should be Thankful to Allah every day of the year
but my family has thank giving dinner every year...Just the dinner. We don't say grace of course. If you celebrate it with the intention of just having dinner, i see nothing wrong with that.
It is not Al-Birr (piety, righteousness, and obedience to Allâh, etc.) that you turn your faces towards east and (or) west (in prayers); but Al-Birr is (the quality of) the one who believes in Allâh, the Last Day, the Angels, the Book, the Prophets and gives his wealth, in spite of love for it, to the kinsfolk, to the orphans, and to Al-Masâkîn (the poor), and to the wayfarer, and to those who ask, and to set slaves free, performs As-Salât, and gives the Zakât, and keep their word whenever they make a promise, and who are patient in extreme poverty and ailment (disease) and at the time of persecution, hardship, and war. Such are the people of the truth and they are Al-Muttaqûn (the pious).
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