Perfume from His Sayings

Christmas and 25th of December

Many Christians are unaware that the true spirit of reverence which Muslims display towards Jesus and his mother Mary spring from the fountainhead of their faith as prescribed in the Holy Quran. Most do not know that a Muslim does not take the name of Jesus , without saying Eesa alai-hiss-salaam i.e. (Jesus peace be upon him).

 

 

Jesus is commonly considered to have been born on the 25th of December. However, it is common knowledge among Christian scholars that he was not born on this day. It is well known that the first Christian churches held their festival in May, April, or January. Scholars of the first two centuries AD even differ in which year he was born. Some believing that he was born fully twenty years before the current accepted date. So how was the 25th of December selected as the birthday of Jesus ?

 

Grolier's encyclopedia says: "Christmas is the feast of the birth of Jesus Christ, celebrated on December 25 ... Despite the beliefs about Christ that the birth stories expressed, the church did not observe a festival for the celebration of the event until the 4th century.... since 274, under the emperor Aurelian, Rome had celebrated the feast of the "Invincible Sun" on December 25. In the Eastern Church, January 6, a day also associated with the winter solstice, was initially preferred. In course of time, however, the West added the Eastern date as the Feast of the Epiphany, and the East added the Western date of Christmas".

 

So who else celebrated the 25th of December as the birth day of their gods before it was agreed upon as the birth day of Jesus ? Well, there are the people of India who rejoice, decorate their houses with garlands, and give presents to their friends on this day. The people of China also celebrate this day and close their shops. Buddha is believed to have been born on this day. The great savior and god of the Persians, Mithras, is also believed to have been born on the 25th of December long before the coming of Jesus .

 

The Egyptians celebrated this day as the birth day of their great savior Horus, the Egyptian god of light and the son of the "virgin mother" and "queen of the heavens" Isis. Osiris, god of the dead and the underworld in Egypt, the son of "the holy virgin", again was believed to have been born on the 25th of December.

 

The Greeks celebrated the 25th of December as the birthday of Hercules, the son of the supreme god of the Greeks, Zeus, through the mortal woman Alcmene Bacchus, the god of wine and revelry among the Romans (known among the Greeks as Dionysus) was also born on this day.

 

Adonis, revered as a "dying-and-rising god" among the Greeks, miraculously was also born on the 25th of December. His worshipers held him a yearly festival representing his death and resurrection, in midsummer. The ceremonies of his birthday are recorded to have taken place in the same cave in Bethlehem which is claimed to have been the birth place of Jesus .

 

The Scandinavians celebrated the 25th of December as the birthday of their god Freyr, the son of their supreme god of the heavens, Odin.

 

The Romans observed this day as the birthday of the god of the sun, Natalis Solis Invicti ("Birthday of Sol the invincible"). There was great rejoicing and all shops were closed. There was illumination and public games. Presents were exchanged, and the slaves were indulged in great liberties. These are the same Romans who would later preside over the council of Nicea (325 CE) which lead to the official Christian recognition of the "Trinity" as the "true" nature of God, and the "fact" that Jesus was born on the 25th of December too.

 

In Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Gibbon says: "The Roman Christians, ignorant of his (Christ's) birth, fixed the solemn festival to the 25th of December, the Brumalia, or Winter Solstice, when the Pagans annually celebrated the birth of Sol " vol. ii, p. 383.

 

Christians opposed to Christmas

 

There are several Christian groups who are opposed to Christmas. For example, they take the verse from the Bible in Jeremiah 10:2-4 as an admonition against decorating Christmas trees.

 

The King James Version reads: "Thus saith the Lord, Learn not the way of the heathen.... For the customs of the people are vain: for one cutteth a tree out of the forest, the work of the hands of the workman, with the axe. They deck it with silver and with gold; they fasten it with nails and with hammers, that it move not."

 

In order to understand this subject, it is helpful to trace some of the history of Christmas avoidance, particularly its roots in Puritanism.

 

The Puritans believed that the first-century church modeled a Christianity that modern Christians should copy. They attempted to base their faith and practice solely on the New Testament, and their position on Christmas reflected their commitment to practice a pure, scriptural form of Christianity. Puritans argued that God reserved to himself the determination of all proper forms of worship, and that he disapproved of any human innovations - even innovations that celebrated the great events of salvation. The name Christmas also alienated many Puritans.

 

 

Christmas, after all, meant "the mass of Christ." The mass was despised as a Roman Catholic institution that undermined the Protestant concept of Christ, who offered himself once for all. The Puritans' passionate avoidance of any practice that was associated with papal Rome caused them to overlook the fact that in many countries the name for the day had nothing to do with the Catholic mass, but focused instead on Jesus' birth. The mass did not evolve into the form abhorred by Protestants until long after Christmas was widely observed. The two customs had separate, though interconnected, histories.

 

As ardent Protestants, Puritans identified the embracing of Christianity by the Roman Emperor Constantine in the early 300s CE as the starting point of the degeneration and corruption of the church. They believed the corruption of the church was brought on by the interweaving of the church with the pagan Roman state. To Puritans, Christmas was impure because it entered the Roman Church sometime in this period. No one knows the exact year or under what circumstances Roman Christians began to celebrate the birth of their Lord, but by the mid-300s CE, the practice was well established.

حكم التهنئة بالكريسماس - ذاكر نايك Zakir Naik

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7X5pDQQ9EU8

 

 

 

when Christ was born Ahmed Deedat a lecture debates youtube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tFfPTgHee6c

 

 

Christ in Islam a sequel (full studio debate) - Sheikh Ahmed ...

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KSWHt5oVAGk

عن ابو هريرة رضي الله عنه قال
: قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم :

قال الله تعالى : أعددت لعبادي الصالحين ، ما لا عين رأت ، ولا أذن سمعت ، ولا خطر
على قلب بشر . فاقرؤوا إن شئتم : { فلا تعلم نفس ما أخفي لهم من قرة أعين } .

البخاري - المصدر: الجامع الصحيح - الصفحة أو الرقم: 3244
خلاصة الدرجة: [صحيح]

The Authority Of Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased
with him): The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) said :

"Allah said : I have prepared for My righteous servants what no eye has seen and
no ear has heard, not has it occurred to human heart. Thus recite if you wish
(1): And no soul knows what joy for them (the inhabitants of Paradise) has been
kept hidden (Quran Chapter 32 Verse 17)."

Reporters.
It was related by al-Bukhari, Muslim, at-Tirmidhi and Ibn Majah

عن ‏ ‏أبي موسى رضي الله عنه ‏ ‏قال: ‏قال رسول
الله ‏ ‏صلى الله عليه واله وسلم:
"‏ ‏المؤمن للمؤمن كالبنيان يشد بعضه بعضا" ‏

صحيح مسلم



Abu Musa, may Allah be pleased with him, reported:

Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) said: "A believer to another believer
is like a wall of bricks supporting each other. "

Sahih Muslim

عن أبي هريرة رضي الله عنه قال: "
قال رسول الله (صلى الله عليه وآله):
من كان يؤمن بالله واليوم الآخر فليقل خيرا أو ليصمت . ومن كان يؤمن بالله واليوم
الآخر فليكرم جاره . ومن كان يؤمن بالله واليوم الآخر فليكرم ضيفه

صحيح البخاري و مسلم


The Authority Of Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased
with him) From the Prophet (peace be upon him), who said ::
"Let him who believes in Allah and the Last Day either speak good or keep
silent, and let him who believes in Allah and the Last Day be generous to his
neighbour, and let him who believes in Allah and the Last Day be generous to his
guest."

Reporters.
Related by Bukhari and Muslim.

عن عبد الله بن مسعود (رضي الله
عنه) يحدث عن النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم أنه قال: لو كنت متخذا خليلا لاتخذت أبا بكر
خليلا ولكنه أخي وصاحبي وقد اتخذ الله صاحبكم خليلا.

رواه مسلم

'Abdullah b. Mas'ud reported Allah's Messenger (may
peace be upon him) as saying: If I were to choose a bosom friend I would have
definitely chosen Abu Bakr as my bosom friend, but he is my brother and my
companion and Allah, the Exalted and Gliorious. has taken your brother and
companion (meaning Prophet himself) as a friend.

Musilm
‫ هندوسي يسأل عن الشيعة في الاسلام ولماذا هم مضطهدون - د ذاكر نايك Dr Zakir‬‎

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d8NZVhVclpw
المسيح لم يصلب والدليل من الانجيل - ذاكر نايك Zakir naik

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VyA1gsxy1HA


لماذا الموسيقى والرقص حرام في الاسلام ؟ د ذاكر نايك Zakir Naik

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9qHrRVnDqRw

عن ‏عبد الله رضي الله عنه‏ ‏قال ‏
سألت رسول الله‏ صلى الله عليه واله وسلم:
‏" أي الأعمال أحب إلى الله قال الصلاة على وقتها قلت ثم أي قال ثم بر الوالدين قلت
ثم أي قال ثم الجهاد في سبيل الله قال حدثني بهن ولو استزدته لزادني"

صحيح مسلم والبخاري
Narated By Abdullah bin Masud (may (Allah be pleased
with him): I asked Allah's Apostle (peace be upon him):
"O Allah's Apostle! What is the best deed?" He replied, "To offer the prayers at
their early stated fixed times." I asked, "What is next in goodness?" He
replied, "To be good and dutiful to your parents." I further asked, what is next
in goodness?" He replied, "To participate in Jihad in Allah's Cause." I did not
ask Allah's Apostle anymore and if I had asked him more, he would have told me
more.

Bukhari and Muslim
عن عمران بن حصين رضي الله عنه
قال : قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه واله وسلم :
"يدخل الجنة من أمتي سبعون ألفا بغير حساب . قالوا : من هم ؟ يا رسول الله ! قال :
هم الذين لا يسترقون . ولا يتطيرون ولا يكتوون . وعلى ربهم يتوكلون"

صحيح مسلم والبخاري

Narated By Omran bin Haseen (may Allah be pleased
with him) the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said
"Seventy thousand of my people will enter paradise without being taken to
account. They are those who do not use spells or take omens, but put their trust
in their Lord."

Bukhari and Muslim

‏عن ‏ ‏أبي هريرة ‏عن رسول الله ‏
‏صلى الله عليه واله وسلم ‏ ‏أنه قال ‏
‏بينا أنا نائم إذ رأيتني في الجنة فإذا امرأة توضأ إلى جانب قصر فقلت لمن هذا
فقالوا ‏ ‏لعمر بن الخطاب ‏ ‏فذكرت غيرة ‏ ‏عمر ‏ ‏فوليت ‏ ‏مدبرا ‏ ‏قال ‏ ‏أبو
هريرة ‏ ‏فبكى ‏ ‏عمر ‏ ‏ونحن جميعا في ذلك المجلس مع رسول الله ‏ ‏صلى الله عليه
واله وسلم ‏ ‏ثم قال ‏ ‏عمر ‏ ‏بأبي أنت يا رسول الله أعليك أغار ‏
‏
صحيح مسلم


Abu Hurairah, may Allah be pleased with him, reported:
Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) said: While I was asleep I saw myself
in Paradise and a woman performing ablution by the side of a palace. I said: For
whom is it meant? They said: It is meant for 'Umar bin Al-Khattab. (The Holy
Prophet) said: There came across my mind the feeling of 'Umar and so I turned
back and went away. Abu Hurairah said: 'Umar wept as we were present in that
meeting with Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) and 'Umar said: Allah's
Messenger, may my father and mother be taken as ransom for you. Could I at all
feel any jealousy about you?

Sahih Muslim
قتل الحيوانات من اجل طعمها - ذاكر نايك Zakir Naik

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R_Ck29YH2Bw


راهول يسأل عن زواج الاقارب و تزوج امرأة ثانية - ذاكر نايك Dr Zakir naik
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=owlaYQJMJrk
عبد الرحيم جرين لا يمكنك أخذ ثيابك معك بعد الموت !

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cldEFuGfKVU