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| What should I do when someone wishes me a Merry Christmas?!? |
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| Abd_Allah |
| 12/24/01 at 22:14:16 |
| I work in a mall and I always get well-wishing shoppers wishing me a merry christmas. What should my response be to these people. I usually just ignore them but I am thinking there must be a better thing to do. |
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| Rashid |
| 12/24/01 at 22:22:36 |
| [slm] Usually I just go "ok" "thank you" something like that, and I dont wish em back. If they get offended or something i just say "I'm muslim" and that pretty much takes care of everything. [wlm] |
| Re: What should I do when someone wishes me a Merry Christmas?!? |
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| akbalkhan |
| 12/24/01 at 22:41:51 |
| As Salamu Alayka, Tell them Wa Lakum, or 'And to you.' Or simply say, 'Peace be upon you.' A hadith tells us that when the Kafr would greet Muslims, often times they would say 'Death be upon you' and the Prophet, SAWS, told the people to respond by saying, 'And to you.' So perhaps this would be a good way to get around the greeting without raising any eyebrows or causing a build up in your line. Hope it helps. Regards, QAK |
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| bhaloo |
| 12/25/01 at 03:10:13 |
| slm When they say Merry Christmas to me I just ignore them and don't even reply. It was interesting, the other day, a non-Muslim woman, said Merry christmas to all the customers but to me she said happy holidays, perhaps she knew I was Muslim? ??? I know Dr. Siddiqi had said you could say happy hollidays, but me personally I don't say anything at all to them when they say this greeting. |
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| Abd_Allah |
| 12/25/01 at 03:28:51 |
| heres another one...what do you do when you have completed a transaction and a woman costumer wants to shake your hand. I have been leavin em hangin but I think there should be a better way about that too. Salaamz |
| hota hai.. |
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| princess |
| 12/25/01 at 03:39:56 |
| as'salaamualikum ;-D i smile and say thanks..and keep walking..:) they being nice enough to greet u..:) i always think u should do the same :) |
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| siddiqui |
| 12/25/01 at 16:57:40 |
| assalam alikum This a very amusing inicident that happened last night, We had just dropped a freind at the grey hound bus terminus around midnight and were coming out when the cabbies asked us if we wanted a taxi a freind of mine ( a non muslim) said no thank you and wished them merry christmas and walked on the cabbies replied "thank you and wish you a very happy ramadhan" My freind was very perplexed he didnt know what was going on till i had to tell him it was directed to me since i was wearing one of my longest kurtas lol |
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| Kashif |
| 12/25/01 at 18:42:56 |
| assalaamu alaikum If someone wishes me a Merry Xmas, i smile, say thank you, and wish them an enjoyable break. Works for me. Kashif Wa Salaam |
| NS |
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| Shakira |
| 12/26/01 at 21:11:37 |
| I think that some say Merry Christmas, out of habit, or they are in the "holiday spirit", or some just not to be rude. I would think that wishing them "HAPPY HOLIDAYS", would be OK. |
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| bhaloo |
| 12/26/01 at 21:31:31 |
| slm From the islam-qa.com website: Greeting the kuffaar on Christmas and other religious holidays of theirs is haraam, by consensus, as Ibn al-Qayyim, may Allaah have mercy on him, said in Ahkaam Ahl al-Dhimmah: "Congratulating the kuffaar on the rituals that belong only to them is haraam by consensus, as is congratulating them on their festivals and fasts by saying ‘A happy festival to you’ or ‘May you enjoy your festival,’ and so on. If the one who says this has been saved from kufr, it is still forbidden. It is like congratulating someone for prostrating to the cross, or even worse than that. It is as great a sin as congratulating someone for drinking wine, or murdering someone, or having illicit sexual relations, and so on. Many of those who have no respect for their religion fall into this error; they do not realize the offensiveness of their actions. Whoever congratulates a person for his disobedience or bid’ah or kufr exposes himself to the wrath and anger of Allaah." Congratulating the kuffaar on their religious festivals is haraam to the extent described by Ibn al-Qayyim because it implies that one accepts or approves of their rituals of kufr, even if one would not accept those things for oneself. But the Muslim should not aceept the rituals of kufr or congratulate anyone else for them, because Allaah does not accept any of that at all, as He says (interpretation of the meaning): "If you disbelieve, then verily, Allaah is not in need of you, He likes not disbelief for His slaves. And if you are grateful (by being believers), He is pleased therewith for you. . ." [al-Zumar 39:7] ". . . This day, I have perfected your religion for you, completed My favour upon you, and have chosen for you Islaam as your religion . . ." [al-Maa’idah 5:3] So congratulating them is forbidden, whether they are one’s colleagues at work or otherwise. If they greet us on the occasion of their festivals, we should not respond, because these are not our festivals, and because they are not festivals which are acceptable to Allaah. These festivals are innovations in their religions, and even those which may have been prescribed formerly have been abrogated by the religion of Islaam, with which Allaah sent Muhammad [an error occurred while processing this directive] (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) to the whole of mankind. Allaah says (interpretation of the meaning): "Whoever seeks a religion other than Islaam, it will never be accepted of him, and in the Hereafter he will be one of the losers." [Aal ‘Imraan 3:85] It is haraam for a Muslim to accept invitations on such occasions, because this is worse than congratulating them as it implies taking part in their celebrations. Similarly, Muslims are forbidden to imitate the kuffaar by having parties on such occasions, or exchanging gifts, or giving out sweets or food, or taking time off work, etc., because the Prophet [an error occurred while processing this directive] (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: "Whoever imitates a people is one of them." Shaykh al-Islaam Ibn Taymiyah said in his book Iqtidaa’ al-siraat al-mustaqeem mukhaalifat ashaab al-jaheem: "Imitating them in some of their festivals implies that one is pleased with their false beliefs and practices, and gives them the hope that they may have the opportunity to humiliate and mislead the weak." Whoever does anything of this sort is a sinner, whether he does it out of politeness or to be friendly, or because he is too shy to refuse, or for whatever other reason, because this is hypocrisy in Islaam, and because it makes the kuffaar feel proud of their religion. Allaah is the One Whom we ask to make the Muslims feel proud of their religion, to help them adhere steadfastly to it, and to make them victorious over their enemies, for He is the Strong and Omnipotent. (Majmoo’ah Fataawa wa Rasaa’il al-Shaykh Ibn ‘Uthaymeen, 3/369 |
| NS |
| Re: What should I do when someone wishes me a Merry Christmas?!? |
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| Anonymous |
| 12/27/01 at 01:46:30 |
| At the Mosque I go to someone asked the Mulana if we could celebrate Christmas. He asked her, “Do you believe in Jesus?” She said yes so he said that he doesn’t see why she shouldn’t celebrate it if she wants to. I am a convert to Islam and participate in holidays with my family. My family doesn’t drink when we get together for the holidays and I only eat what I can, but I look at it as a special day set aside to spend with my family. I live in the US so I know my children will grow up knowing about Christmas so I have been thinking of ways to celebrate it with them and make it about Islam. I want to make it a day for family and to teach them about prophet Jesus (pbuh). Read Islamic material about Jesus (pbuh), etc. So we will not be celebrating it like Christians, but like Muslims who love Jesus (pbuh). |
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| Anonymous |
| 12/27/01 at 01:46:53 |
| Assalam'alaykum, When they say "Merry Christmas" (and I wear hijab, can you believe?), I say "I don't celebrate it, but thanks anyway"... As for the handshaking, I usually say "I don't mean any disrespect, but as a muslim, I can't shake hand with men". wassalam |
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