Can Muslims celebrate Christmas?

[lolwatever]

Re: Christmas

its either a hadith or in the story mentioned in the qruan, only the people who enjoined good and forbade evil where saved, the rest copped it.

Infact that's always been a constant in dawah, ill give you an analogy... someone burgles a shop and has a feast, and you know that the food is stolen and you attend the party and have fun with him, you wouldn't be very different to teh theif himself in Allah's sight. Becasue it's a form of encoruagement.

 

[Tania]

Re: Christmas

its either a hadith or in the story mentioned in the qruan, only the people who enjoined good and forbade evil where saved, the rest copped it.

Infact that's always been a constant in dawah, ill give you an analogy... someone burgles a shop and has a feast, and you know that the food is stolen and you attend the party and have fun with him, you wouldn't be very different to teh theif himself in Allah's sight. Becasue it's a form of encoruagement.

Do you want to say everyone should keep his own fests....like i should not go to muslim fests and you should not come to christians fests, right?

 

[lolwatever]

Re: Christmas

You're more than welcome to attend our eid because we're just celebrating the end of fasting (somethign taht jews and (probably?) christians are aquainted to)... and the other eid is commemorating Ismail's dad (Abrahm's) sacrifice PBUH something that you guys probably hav in common with us....

We believe it's not a sin for you to do that because the relgiion that Isa came wtih is the same that Muhamamd PBUH came with...

but we don't celebrate christmas because it's an innovation, nothing to do with the religion that Isa PBUH came with.

hope that helps
tc all the best!

 

[Tania]

Re: Christmas

but we don't celebrate christmas because it's an innovation, nothing to do with the religion that Isa PBUH came with.

You don't find a little bit too improper Jesus to tell us to celebrate his birthday? He was very humble..
But anyhow i got your point.So the christians can attend muslim fests but you can't attend the two major christians fests.

 

[lolwatever]

Re: Christmas

But anyhow i got your point.So the christians can attend muslim fests but you can't attend the two major christians fests.

yep.

if you where my neighbor or an aquaintance i'd be very happy to attend 2a non religious celebration of yours any other day though - as long as there's no alchohol , free mixn and stuff

but i hope you understand, it's because christmas an easter is a credo, if you believe that eid is a credo antagonistic to your beliefs, and thereby you believe it wrong to not attend, by all means.. no compulsion.

You don't find a little bit too improper Jesus to tell us to celebrate his birthday? He was very humble..

It's more than just celebrating a birthday, firstly the idea of birthdays is a concept that doesn't exist in Islam, we're nto suppose to even celebrat our own propehts birthday. Secondly, it's partly celebrating the idea of him being the son of God, and Allah (God) has some very hard words about how insulted he is at such a claim (checkout the first few verses of surat al-Kahfr for example - amongst many many many others).

hope u get wher eim coming from..
take care all the best