Comments on: American Customs: What is Permissible?

By: Ashes

Ashes — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 15:06:04 +0000

Oh please, Halloween is harmless fun. If you don’t want to partake in it then dont, but don’t make others feel like they are sinning for enjoying a day with their neighbors and or families.

By: Muhamad Ilyas

Muhamad Ilyas — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 12:07:55 +0000

Wearing a hatwear is a way of the beloved prophet s.a.w.
even when he would pass his blessed hands over his head he wouldn’t take his hat off.
trousers below ankles i believe is completely wrong.
Hadeeth of ibne Majah (saheeh) that the person who has his trousers below ankles his Salaah would not be accepted.
May Allah guide us all

By: hellow0rld

hellow0rld — Fri, 28 Oct 2011 09:40:06 +0000

would also like to point out though, that one will be reward for wearing a hat or for dressing in the same style as the prophets, if it’s done with this intention, insha’Allah. also one will be rewarded for doing this to differentiate oneself from the non-muslims.

By: Ashley Noor

Ashley Noor — Fri, 28 Oct 2011 02:50:27 +0000

After reading just a few of these comments. Sooo many people just go with there desires..and seem to not have fear of Allah swt. Where I am from Halloween is still very much associated with the dead. I have read so many excuses to celebrate. To me it’s a simple decision. I feel I should use my wisdom in other ways then to argue with what Allah swt has told us to do!

By: Tom

Tom — Fri, 28 Oct 2011 01:04:58 +0000

I’m a convert, and in my family these holidays have never been religious events. In fact my family is not even religious at all. When we celebrate these days it is a cultural and familial event, not a religious one, so I continue to do so. The historical origins of these holidays do not make them intrinsically haraam, because they are not intrinsically religious, and so there is no religious connotations involved.

By: Melissa

Melissa — Fri, 28 Oct 2011 00:58:11 +0000

I think some of us care because we are those “fellow Americans” who may have grew up participating in this holiday and we have fond memories of this part of childhood. For me personally, it was never associated with a religion. Wouldn’t the celebration of the religious part have to be in the heart, or the intention of the act for it to be prohibited? For example, if I go to a friends for Christmas dinner, it doesnt mean I am celebrating the birth of Jesus, but rather enjoying my friends company. I don’t have to shut myself off from the world and hide in the house so no one mistakes me for celebrating a secular holiday. It is in my heart, or not. For many people in America, religious holidays are excuses to get together, get off of work, and celebrate our friendships or families. There is not always a religious context to it. My family was never religious but being in a country whose work schedule revolves around the Christian holidays, most people just celebrate them, and the meaning is customization to the person or family. I am not an expert and God knows best, but how does it matter what something looks like on the outside, it is what is in the heart. We all know that people can go through the motions of prayer but not really feel it, so why can’t it be opposite, going through the motions of cultural customs, without the intentions being religious celebration?

By: Taj

Taj — Fri, 28 Oct 2011 00:40:27 +0000

one word bro: bullseye

By: Mohamed El-Sayed

Mohamed El-Sayed — Sun, 24 Oct 2010 07:46:38 +0000

thanks shikh Yahya for your nice article , but the hadith you mentioned before is a general rule and it has many other hadiths that support it for example ” whoever gathered with some people to make them more (in number) , he’s one of them ” and this hadith is a general rule so how did you make it on the religious days although you don’t have any evidence to specialize it ?! it’s a general rule . (1)
I feel some contradictions in your article , sir . for example , you said ” and celebrating Christmas, Easter, Valentine’s Day, St. Patrick’s day, April Fool’s day or Halloween ” I agree with you that it’s prohibited to celebrate these days , but you said before “These are acceptable celebrations according to many great scholars: personal birthdays, marriage anniversaries, Independence Day, Mother’s or Father’s day on condition that we observe special love and respect for them every day, and Thanksgiving ” aewn’t these celebrations Beda’h and imitating non-Muslims ?!
Excuse me , sir I think you have to revise your article as most of the scholars in the west make all best efforts to adapt with the western inviroment even if this was prejudicial to some Islamic rules .

By: Laura

Laura — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 15:50:55 +0000

In my opinion, just the fact that people dress up as devils, ghosts and other scary evil things should be enough to deter us from celebrating this holiday. Even if most people no longer celebrate the religious aspect of halloween this does not mean that we can partake in it. I think we also need to look at what people actually do (and not only the meaning they acribe to it). Most westerners don’t believe in the existence of jinn and shaitan, but we muslims know otherwise and so I think we should abstain. When people dress up as devils, etc… and have fun with it, the message I get is 1) these things don’t exist and so we can have fun with it (if they knew otherwise they wouldn’t play with it) or 2) these things exist and we’re messing with it ( I’m sure very few people take it this way but there are crazy groups such as satanists who actally worship satan). For these reasons I think we should really steer clear from any association with Halloween.

By: Abu Ibrahim

Abu Ibrahim — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 15:27:31 +0000

On Nike:
1. http://www.cnn.com/US/9811/21/nike.islamic/