From: salim <sals...@gmail.com>
Subject: [M-I-C] Fwd: Please read it before Christmas
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Date: Thursday, 23 December, 2010, 1:54 PM
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Bilal Jose <bila...@gmail.com>Date: 23 December 2010 13:44
Subject: Please read it before Christmas
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It is the time of the year when the Nazarenes ( Christians) celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ whom they believe to be God among the Trinity. Knowing that we work in a multi-cultural environment, where intermingling of people belonging to different faiths becomes inevitable it is binding on us as Muslims to convey to them the message of Islam on Tawheed (Oneness of God) and Prophethood of Eesa (PBUH) to our non-Muslim friends on this occasion.
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.”
What the Muslim is required to do is not to single out these days for any kind of celebration, decorating or adornment, or special foods, otherwise he will be joining the kuffaar in their festivals, which is something that is undoubtedly haraam.
Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyah said in his book Iqtida’ al-Siraat al-Mustaqeem Mukhaalifat Ashaab al-Jaheem: Imitating them on some of their festivals implies that one is happy with the falsehood they are following, and that could make them (the non-Muslims) take this opportunity to mislead those who are weak in faith.
Those who do any of these things are sinning, whether they do it to go along with them, or to be friendly towards them, or because they feel too shy (to refuse to join in) or any other reason, because it is a kind of compromising the religion of Allah to please others, and it is a means of lifting the spirits of the kuffaar and making them proud of their religion,
Shaykh Ibn ‘Uthaymeen (may Allah have mercy on him) said: Similarly it is forbidden for the Muslims to imitate the kuffaar by holding parties on these occasions, or exchanging gifts, or distributing sweets or other foods, or taking time off work and so on, because the Prophet (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) said: “Whoever imitates a people is one of them.”
Dont be among those Muslims who claim to be practising and pray five times and do all the fardh and Sunnah and yet congratulate Christians or take part in their food exchanges or anything related to this. It is Haraam for a Muslim to do so.
May Allah guide all Muslims to the straight path and make us firm on the guidance.
To begin a fruitful conversation with them as Allah says in the Quran in Surah an-Nahl :
"Invite to the Way of your Lord (i.e. Islam) with wisdom and fair preaching, ...
(Surah An-Nahl 16:125).
One can begin by telling about Tawheed first , then importance of Eesa (PBUH) in Islam.
Then some basic questions can be asked on this occasion like
1. Where in the Bible is it mentioned that December 25th is birth of Jesus Christ??? ( there is no date mentioned in the Bible)
2. Did the disciples of Jesus Christ (those who loved Jesus the most) celebrate Christmas??? ( ofcourse they didn’t celebrate)
3. If they truly love and follow Jesus Christ, then prove it by doing what Jesus Christ did.
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He prayed to Jehovah or the One God
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He (PBUH) never ate pork ( it was forbidden)
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He got circumcised on the 8th day he was born
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and many more like these
And Allaah is the source of strength. May Allaah bless our Prophet Muhammad and his family and companions, and grant them peace
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Allah says;" The day will come when their own tongues, hands, and feet will bear witness to everything they had done."...( Quran 24:24)
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Barakallah feek,
Muhammed Salim Kachery
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