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    Posted: 02 January 2008 at 4:10pm
As Salamu Alaikum wa Rahmatullahi wa Barakatuhu,

May Allahu subhanahu wa ta'ala forgive me for not posting this in advance of the kafir "holidays", but as I browse this website, I realize it is VERY much needed as I see Muslims congratulating KUFAR on THEIR "holidays".  As Muslims, we are the most honorable, dignified people who, alhamdulillah, are following the din of the Creator of everything and that din is complete and anything that the most honorable and last Messenger, Muhammad (sall Allahu alaihi wa salam), did not participate in, we must refrain from.

Insha'Allah ta'ala, this will still benefit some this year and all proceeding years.  Please read THOROUGHLY.

http://www.islamqa.com/ln/php/the_file.php?ln=eng


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Knowledge, this is ridiculous! There is nothing wrong with ishing someone well on their holiday. It has nothing t do with indulging in the holiday it is called courtesy. I say Merry Christmas or Happy Holidays to my Christian/Non-Christian neighbors. Although in my mind I don't believe in these types of  holidays I am only being courteous? If God knows whats in my heart then your post really doesn't matter right?
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Originally posted by Israfil Israfil wrote:

Knowledge, this is ridiculous! There is nothing wrong with ishing someone well on their holiday. It has nothing t do with indulging in the holiday it is called courtesy. I say Merry Christmas or Happy Holidays to my Christian/Non-Christian neighbors. Although in my mind I don't believe in these types of  holidays I am only being courteous? If God knows whats in my heart then your post really doesn't matter right?


As Salamu Alaikum wa Rahmatullah,

No, your wrong.  If you read the information in the link, you will find out exactly why, so I advise you to do that.

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Bro.Israfil , did u read that link.
Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) said: �All the descendants of Adam are sinners, and the best of sinners are those who repent."
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Prophet Mohammad (pbuh) did not invite to Islam because God hated everyone other than Muslims. He was appointed to his mission because Allah (swt) loves ALL of humanity.

 

The word �Holiday� comes from �Holy Day�. There is nothing wrong with observing any day and every day as Holy.
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 I visited the site islamqa.com. There is too much stuff there. I have copied only one q/a and I post it below:

 Question:
Is it permissible for Muslims to take part in their festivals, such as Christmas?

Answer:
Praise be to Allaah.  

It is not permissible for the Muslim to join the kuffaar in their festivals and to express joy and happiness on these occasions, or to take the day off work, whether the occasion is religious or secular, because this is a kind of imitating the enemies of Allaah, which is forbidden, and a kind of co-operating with them in falsehood. It was proven that the Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: �Whoever imitates a people is one of them.� And Allaah says (interpretation of the meaning): 

�Help you one another in Al‑Birr and At‑Taqwa (virtue, righteousness and piety); but do not help one another in sin and transgression. And fear Allaah. Verily, Allaah is Severe in punishment�[al-Maa'idah 5:2] 

We advise you to refer to the book Iqtidaa� al-Siraat al-Mustaqeem by Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyah (may Allaah have mercy on him), for it is very useful on this topic. [Translator�s note: This book is available in English under the title �The Right Way,� published by Darussalam, Riyadh]. 

And Allaah is the source of strength. May Allaah bless our Prophet Muhammad and his family and companions, and grant them peace. 


Standing Committee on Academic Research and Issuing Fatwas, Fatwa no. 2540.

 I do not feel that those celebrating christmas (christians) are kuffar. If I join any one in his festival or I wish any christian or Jew well, I do not feel that I am imitating him/her.

 In the above fatwa, it is said that "Do not join the kuffar (enemies of Allah) in their celebrations."  Well that is good. I will never join the Kuffar. But if I wish any one of the ahle Kitab "good wishes" that seems to be a different thing.

 The hadith or verse quoted does not apply to me at least. I have wished the christians well on X-mas and I feel that I have not done anything wrong. Thanks.
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Originally posted by minuteman minuteman wrote:

 

 I visited the site islamqa.com. There is too much stuff there. I have copied only one q/a and I post it below:

 Question:
Is it permissible for Muslims to take part in their festivals, such as Christmas?

Answer:
Praise be to Allaah.  

It is not permissible for the Muslim to join the kuffaar in their festivals and to express joy and happiness on these occasions, or to take the day off work, whether the occasion is religious or secular, because this is a kind of imitating the enemies of Allaah, which is forbidden, and a kind of co-operating with them in falsehood. It was proven that the Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: �Whoever imitates a people is one of them.� And Allaah says (interpretation of the meaning): 

�Help you one another in Al‑Birr and At‑Taqwa (virtue, righteousness and piety); but do not help one another in sin and transgression. And fear Allaah. Verily, Allaah is Severe in punishment�[al-Maa'idah 5:2] 

We advise you to refer to the book Iqtidaa� al-Siraat al-Mustaqeem by Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyah (may Allaah have mercy on him), for it is very useful on this topic. [Translator�s note: This book is available in English under the title �The Right Way,� published by Darussalam, Riyadh]. 

And Allaah is the source of strength. May Allaah bless our Prophet Muhammad and his family and companions, and grant them peace. 


Standing Committee on Academic Research and Issuing Fatwas, Fatwa no. 2540.

 I do not feel that those celebrating christmas (christians) are kuffar. If I join any one in his festival or I wish any christian or Jew well, I do not feel that I am imitating him/her.

 In the above fatwa, it is said that "Do not join the kuffar (enemies of Allah) in their celebrations."  Well that is good. I will never join the Kuffar. But if I wish any one of the ahle Kitab "good wishes" that seems to be a different thing.

 The hadith or verse quoted does not apply to me at least. I have wished the christians well on X-mas and I feel that I have not done anything wrong. Thanks.



As Salamu Alaikum wa Rahmatullah,

Christians are not kuffar?  I think either you don't know your Arabic terms or are in denial. 

No kafir is the friend of a Muslim and vice-versa.  If they are friends, the Muslim is disobeying the order of Allah found in Suratul Ma'idah, verse 51, which says "O you who believe! do not take the Jews and the Christians as friends; they are friends of each other; and whoever amongst you takes them for a friend, then surely he is one of them; surely Allah does not guide the unjust people."

I will not take any more of my time explaining this to you because I have provided fatawa from well known shuyukh who explain it very simply and clearly for those who wish to listen and believe.  Refer to the links I have provided for full explanations and stop providing your own fatawa which are not contributing anything good to this topic.
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 Please remain on the topic. I had read only a part of the site address. There were many topics. I just picked up the first one and presented the same to all friends.

 You also believe that Christians are not kafirs. But the fatwa is forbidding the attending of celebrations of the kafirs. You can read it above. Chrismas is a celebration of christians, i.e. not kafirs.

 I feel that you have no time to read anything yourself. I would request that you please comment on the Fatwa that I have reproduced from the given site. Thanks. Otherwise produce some other Fatwa.
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