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Personally speaking, it has no religious meaning to me - but if it makes my friend happy, I will do it.
Your thoughts?
Your thoughts?
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This is an odd one witnessing on PP, certainly in my day-to-day life I know a lot of Muslims (mostly from work) and the majority of them either “softly” celebrate Christmas with a decorated tree, a turkey dinner and their children taking part in a Nativity play; or if not they will usually at least acknowledge the occasion and gift presents to their non-Muslim peers. I too will sometimes gift presents to Muslims for Eid. Personally speaking, Muslims have gifted Christmas presents to myself + wife for the last 2 years. However read PP and there seem to be a lot of Muslims against even the idea of people having 2 days off for Christmas & Boxing Day. I don’t get it.
Only a couple of days ago I read an article by a reliable scholar on this issue. His verdict was there is nothing wrong in wishing merry christmas to those who celebrate it, it is part of normal manners and humanity to do it.
Personally speaking, it has no religious meaning to me - but if it makes my friend happy, I will do it.
Your thoughts?
That's some basic courtesy one should have while living in a multicultural society.
There are so many other ways to reflect courtesy. Why crossing this one? You can still wish them a good day instead.
Religiously, it is wrong.
http://islamhelpline.net/node/7376
https://archive.org/details/Dr.ZakirNaik-wishingMerryChristmasForbiddenharamInIslam-
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_6MjBd1r8Y4
https://islamqa.info/en/search?q=Christmas
Its a core religious festival, not a new year or mother's day or even Valentine's day.
To think that someone would be more comfortable living in a western society but not comfortable with saying merry christmas to those who live there....
I agree with you , its supporting wrong idea that Jesus was son of God. Moreover even the date of birth of Jesus is not proofed to be in winter.
Only a couple of days ago I read an article by a reliable scholar on this issue. His verdict was there is nothing wrong in wishing merry christmas to those who celebrate it, it is part of normal manners and humanity to do it.
There are so many other ways to reflect courtesy. Why crossing this one? You can still wish them a good day instead.
Some Muslims are really weird take something and blow it out of proportion.. You gotta be flexible in today’s world.
While this is true, and I agree with it, I don't think it applies only to Muslims.
In this particular case and reference it’s muslims if you see other threads I would say the same about Hindus, Jews or whoever when they do act like weirdos..
Some atheists can also be weirdos, might as well put that in for clarification. C&P it and put it in the other threads as well for sake of balance if you like.
I don't think god (any faith) is cruel enough to burn you for eternity or fry you for wishing your friend/neighbour/colleague Merry Christmas.
I think you're good to go.
Just because you wish someone Merry Xmas doesn't mean you have to believe the Christian version of Jesus?
Most people in the UK do not even care about Jesus or believe in him when celebrating Xmas. It's a cultural festival and not a religious one for most people here.
Can’t believe we are having this discussion.
Molvis/muslims have no problem non-muslims saying Eid Mubarak but when it comes to christmas - our mouths hurt saying merry christmas. For hecks sake - focus on more pressing issues instead of creating conflicts.
Why is it necessary to wish and acknowledge something which is untrue ? Islam guides people to speak truth rather than supporting falsehood.
Why is it necessary to wish and acknowledge something which is untrue ? Islam guides people to speak truth rather than supporting falsehood.
Its not that Islam does not respect Jesus , its a duty of every Muslim to do that , but as a created , not creator. Quran has whole Chapter named after Mother of Jesus , it even describes the pain she went through while giving birth to Jesus .
This is the issue, most people here in the UK who celebrate Xmas dont believe in Jesus(pbuh), it's culture to get with their families. As far as Im concerned it's not a religious festival and even if it was why did the blessed Prophet(pbuh) allow Christians to worship inside his mosque in Medina? He could have said your religion is a lie so you cant pray. There is also a story of the Prophet(pbuh) when entering Mecca and destroying idols, he saw a painting of the Mary and baby Jesus but didn't destroy it but instead covered it with a cloth.
Great points, surely being the central figure in the religion and its universal role model, he (pbuh) knows better than anyone about how to treat people and how to conduct oneself.
This is the issue, most people here in the UK who celebrate Xmas dont believe in Jesus(pbuh), it's culture to get with their families. As far as Im concerned it's not a religious festival and even if it was why did the blessed Prophet(pbuh) allow Christians to worship inside his mosque in Medina? He could have said your religion is a lie so you cant pray. There is also a story of the Prophet(pbuh) when entering Mecca and destroying idols, he saw a painting of the Mary and baby Jesus but didn't destroy it but instead covered it with a cloth.
What is untrue? That many people decorate a fir tree, have a turkey dinner, watch television, exchange gifts and spend quality time together at home? These events are in fact truths - because they happen.
Christmas is a national and cultural holiday as much as it is a religious one, maybe moreso the national and cultural variety nowadays.
From your comments, you are obviously quite the fundamentalist Muslim, but surely even you are capable of being polite and courteous to other people who celebrate different annual holidays to you. Or are you?
If anybody in your life sees you wishing other human beings an enjoyable festival and responds to that with "you shouldnt do that" you need to take steps to remove or limit wherever possible your interactions with that person completely.
Personally speaking, it has no religious meaning to me - but if it makes my friend happy, I will do it.
Your thoughts?
I said that the incident on which the celebration is based on , that is birth of Jesus is not proved .
If people want to celebrate let them , but that does not mean I am here to please them , by agreeing with anything.
It is a General courtesy to wish people who are celebrating the festival. I do it and I did before I left work last Friday. They also wish us for Diwali if they are aware of the dates.
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This isn’t a matter of people-pleasing though, it’s a matter of being polite and courteous when called upon to do so.
This isn’t a matter of people-pleasing though, it’s a matter of being polite and courteous when called upon to do so.
Tbh what [MENTION=60967]Justcrazy[/MENTION] saying is religiously the right thing to do. But most of us ignore it according to our circumstances. Whether we will be punished or not? I don't know. Allah knows the best.
This is the issue, most people here in the UK who celebrate Xmas dont believe in Jesus(pbuh), it's culture to get with their families. As far as Im concerned it's not a religious festival and even if it was why did the blessed Prophet(pbuh) allow Christians to worship inside his mosque in Medina? He could have said your religion is a lie so you cant pray. There is also a story of the Prophet(pbuh) when entering Mecca and destroying idols, he saw a painting of the Mary and baby Jesus but didn't destroy it but instead covered it with a cloth.
Tbh what [MENTION=60967]Justcrazy[/MENTION] saying is religiously the right thing to do. But most of us ignore it according to our circumstances. Whether we will be punished or not? I don't know. Allah knows the best.
Tbh what [MENTION=60967]Justcrazy[/MENTION] saying is religiously the right thing to do. But most of us ignore it according to our circumstances. Whether we will be punished or not? I don't know. Allah knows the best.
Some Muslims are really weird take something and blow it out of proportion.. You gotta be flexible in today’s world.
Most religions are decentralised and do not have an earthly singular authority who tells the adherents what is correct and incorrect. Islam is no exception to this.
Personally I know of no evidence in the primary texts - Qur’an, Hadith, Life of Muhammad - that wishing people a Merry Christmas is forbidden. But I could be ignorant.
Why is it such a big deal? When we can celebrate "Urs" of so many Saints, whats wrong in wishing Happy birthday to Eesa ( As) and those who celebrate it?
Ofcourse we love and respect Prophet Easa but did Muhammad nabi (saws) celebrate the birthday of the previous prophets?or his wives or children? If he didn't then we shouldn't be doing this either.
We shouldn't think that Islam is so narrow that it wouldn't leave scope to adapt to the changing eras. Islam is more flexible than most muslims think. We should take it upon our shoulders to use this flexibility to mingle better with the rest of communities while at the same time retain our Muslim identities. That should be our next vision.
Don't get me wrong brother, i do wish people happy birthday, merry christmas, happy diwali etc on their days out of respect and courtesy to others. But that doesn't mean it's the right thing to do strictly in a religious point of view. I know that i am not a perfect muslim and i completely agree with it, but i will never say that saying merry christmas is "okay" in Islam. That's where the problem lies...
This is the issue, most people here in the UK who celebrate Xmas dont believe in Jesus(pbuh), it's culture to get with their families. As far as Im concerned it's not a religious festival and even if it was why did the blessed Prophet(pbuh) allow Christians to worship inside his mosque in Medina? He could have said your religion is a lie so you cant pray. There is also a story of the Prophet(pbuh) when entering Mecca and destroying idols, he saw a painting of the Mary and baby Jesus but didn't destroy it but instead covered it with a cloth.
Don't get me wrong brother, i do wish people happy birthday, merry christmas, happy diwali etc on their days out of respect and courtesy to others. But that doesn't mean it's the right thing to do strictly in a religious point of view. I know that i am not a perfect muslim and i completely agree with it, but i will never say that saying merry christmas is "okay" in Islam. That's where the problem lies...
Personally speaking, it has no religious meaning to me - but if it makes my friend happy, I will do it.
Your thoughts?
Tbh what [MENTION=60967]Justcrazy[/MENTION] saying is religiously the right thing to do. But most of us ignore it according to our circumstances. Whether we will be punished or not? I don't know. Allah knows the best.
I get what you are saying. Have you done some research on why it isn't okay? can you quote some scholars?
If you know well that it is not allowed , then you should not be doing.
We are supposed to make Allah swt happy , not friends. In fact this is an opportunity to tell them that there is no conclusive evidence that Jesus was born in winterNo i haven't done any research or followed any scholars tbh. This is what my Ustaad taught when i was in madrass.His references are same as those mentioned in post 6.
I do a lot of mistakes in my daily life, knowingly and unknowingly like hearing music, watching movies,tv series etc. If saying merry christmas makes my friends happy, i don't mind adding one more to it. I hope Allah knows my intentions are not bad.