In the previous post you said
We know that innovations are forbidden within Islam. There is Islam and there is the sunnah. As Muslims we also know that we Muslims have only two celebrations, everything else falls outside the box so to say is a innovation by it self. Point 1 of Huzaifah was "
Tashabbuh bil-Kuffaar (imitating the Kuffaar in their celebrations).", however maybe you have missed this point, if so then you haven't replied to that.
There is a hadith that i remember this hadith.
‘I advise you to fear Allaah and to hear and obey even if an Abyssinian slave were to rule over you. For surely, he who lives from amongst you will see much differing, so it is upon you to be upon my Sunnah and the Sunnah of the Rightly Guided Caliphs. Bite on to it with your back molar teeth and beware of newly invented matters, for verily, every newly invented matter is an innovation, and all innovation is misguidance.’”
Source used: https://abdurrahman.org/2013/07/08/h...her-audioen/So
i am not saying it is haram as i myself have no clear evidence. Some scholars say it is haram and the present their evidence. I choose the safe way and agree with them to stay away from it. Based on what do i agree with them to stay away? Based on logic. If i do not practice celebrating my birthday, what will i miss..even though it is halal? For example, you see vegetarian Muslims. Meat is halal, but they don't eat it. Is there any sin they are committing, as far as i know ...no. So in case of something that isn't known, we Muslims know better to just stay away from it. If let's say it is haram, despite knowing we should stay away from it to be on the safe side but don't do that..this will become another thing on our plate on the Day of Judgement. So logic and rationality says, stay away from it to be on the safe side.
I refer you to the text above about point one of Huzaifah made.
You ignored many other posts, while usually one would respond to their arguments to prove their arguments are false. Again, if you have not seen or read those arguments, i apologize, as we see often people still wanting to head their own way without refuting other arguments first. So my argument is solely based on seeing no comment of yours refuting other arguments first.
To know what is a culture, one must first define what a culture is.
"
The arts and other manifestations of human intellectual achievement regarded collectively."
"
The ideas, customs, and social behaviour of a particular people or society."
source used:
https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/culture
Islam it self is a way of life. Rasullah(saws) came to redefine this human intellectual achievement regarding the collective of people who choose to be part of it. As Muslims we have certain customs, you know maybe even better than me about those. We have social behavior, i do not have to explain this to you as you also know this maybe even better than me.
So based on this one can say that Islam can be branded as a culture. A culture that can be chosen, just like any other culture. You might be born in a Turkish culture, but if you choose to throw out those cultural habits and adopt a western culture means you have adopted another culture.
Nobody knows you enough even if they already were members since 2008. Only Allah(swt) knows you and He knows you better then you yourself.
So again, based on what did i conclude that...well i already have said it above as you might maybe have read it already. So no, it was not a assumption, it is a observation based on a action taken. And again if you really haven't noticed other comments or did not read point 1 of Huzaifah, i apologize.
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