christmas?

[Esther462]

I was thinking about this before I told my parents that I've become a Muslim.
I have been reading everyones comments and this on stuck out for me,

At my house we have Christmas. We do the tree and go to so many dinners that we just might pop. We don't do the "Christ" part of Christmas. It is a time to give and get and spend time with family. Christmas' of my youth are cherish memories. I want my son to be able to have the same thing. The difference is he will have memories of Christmas and Eid. My husband attends all of these with me. He loves seeing our sons face light up Christmas morning when he comes downstairs and see all of his presents under the tree.

I am going to have a Christmas tree in my house as it is part of this countrys tradition.
My family are followers of Christaitly. I am going to give and reseave pressons to and from my family. My friends how ever, I will give them a card or gift if they give me one 1st. That is the nicest thing to do.
I am going to tell my family that Christmas is a time to be with them and for me a time to celerbate Jesus (pbuh) the prophets birth. This will keep my whole family happy. My family love me very much and it is one of the only times a year that we are all together.
I am the odd one out in my family being the only Muslim in it but at Christmas we are one family and it will be nice to spend time with them and see them all in a time for giving.

 

[Alexius]

Could a Muslim possibly explain the problems of Christmas for this Christian? I know you believe in Isa and virgin birth, so it must be more to do with its established festival or something. Thanks...

Prayers and petitions,
Alexius

 

[ummzayd]

Could a Muslim possibly explain the problems of Christmas for this Christian? I know you believe in Isa and virgin birth, so it must be more to do with its established festival or something. Thanks...

Prayers and petitions,
Alexius

greetings Alexius

If the date of Prophet Jesus' birth (pbuh) were known, then it would still not be recommended for Muslims to celebrate the occasion as our Prophet Muhammad pbuh informed us that the only 2 festivals we should celebrate are the festival at the end of Ramadan and the festival of sacrifice.

Further, it is well known that the Christians took over pagan festivals and made them into celebrations of Jesus's birth and resurrection - ie Christmas and Easter. the pagan custom of taking evergreen trees indoors and decorating them is condemned in the Old Testament (sorry don't have my bible but will try and get you the verse). This facilitated the spread of Chistianity throughout Europe, as the pagans didn't have to give up their festivals but only added a few elements to Christianize it a bit.

Also for us Muslims who have Christian family, there is a little problem of Christmas being a time of unbridled spending (extravagance and wastefulness are not allowed in Islam) and also alcohol is pretty much a feature of Christmas celebrations.

Oh and finally the matter of Christians worshipping Jesus pbuh as God is a bit of a bar to sharing any festival with them :thumbs_do

peace



peace

 

[tomtomsmom]

I was thinking about this before I told my parents that I've become a Muslim.
I have been reading everyones comments and this on stuck out for me,



I am going to have a Christmas tree in my house as it is part of this countrys tradition.
My family are followers of Christaitly. I am going to give and reseave pressons to and from my family. My friends how ever, I will give them a card or gift if they give me one 1st. That is the nicest thing to do.
I am going to tell my family that Christmas is a time to be with them and for me a time to celerbate Jesus (pbuh) the prophets birth. This will keep my whole family happy. My family love me very much and it is one of the only times a year that we are all together.
I am the odd one out in my family being the only Muslim in it but at Christmas we are one family and it will be nice to spend time with them and see them all in a time for giving.

Good to hear sister, glad I could be helpful.