Quran and Hadith on Christmas and the Like
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Ibn Taymiyyah
And [they are] those who do not testify to falsehood, and when they
pass near ill speech, they pass by with dignity. [al-Furqan (25): 72]
Muhammad ibn Sirin said: it is the Palm Sunday (that is the Sunday
before Easter)
Mujahid said: it is the festivals of Mushrikeen (polytheists)
Anas ibn Malik said: these are the festivals of Mushrekeen.
Amrou ibn Murrah said: they do not resemble the Musrikeen and does not
mix with them.
Ata' ibn Yasar said, Omar said: do not resemble the foreigners in
your speech, and do not go to the festivals of Mushrekeen inside their
churches.
These are some of the sayings of scholars on this verse. As for other
sayings on this verse that, it is the songs, or meetings of Jaheliyyah
(days of ignorance), or a Statue in the antiquity, all these sayings
does not contradict with each other, because those scholars answer the
according to the questioner's needs, and pick one type from a
species. It is like someone asking: what is bread? And in answer
someone shows him a loaf and says: this is it, to indicate the class of
bread and not this particular loaf of bread.
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