Rushing upon the holidays of the Christians

To the bewildered Muslims who rush upon the holidays of the Christians

After your praising of Allah for at least seventeen times every day and night; you say in your prayer: {Guide us to the Straight Way} [Surat Al-Fatiha: 6]

Transliteration: Ihdina alssirata almustaqeema

Then you specify the signs of this way and say: {The Way of those on whom You have bestowed Your Grace} [Surat Al-Fatiha: 7]

Transliteration: Sirata allatheena anAAamta AAalayhim

Which means the way of the Prophets, the Siddîqûn (i.e. those followers of the Prophet, who were first and foremost to believe in him, like Abu Bakr As-Siddîq) and the righteous; it is the way that Allah Almighty specified and His Messenger (prayers and peace of Allah be upon him) manifested its signs. Then, you specify another description to distinguish this way from the other ways and say: {not (the way) of those who earned Your Anger (i.e. those who knew the Truth, but did not follow it)} the Jews {nor of those who went astray (i.e. those who did not follow the Truth out of ignorance and error)} [Surat Al-Fatiha: 7] the Christians.

Transliteration: ghayri almaghdoobi AAalayhim walaalddalleena

Surat Al-Fatiha, which is memorized by every illiterate Muslim aside from every Muslim thinker and journalist, declares that being dissimilar to the Jews and Christians in all their acts of worship is purposed by the prudent legislator. This is ascertained by the saying of Allah Almighty: {Then We have put you (O Muhammad, prayers and peace of Allah be upon him) on a (plain) way of (Our) commandment [like the one which We commanded Our Messengers before you (i.e. legal ways and laws of the Islâmic Monotheism)]. So follow you that (Islâmic Monotheism and its laws), and follow not the desires of those who know not} [Surat Al-Jathiya: 18].

Transliteration: humma jaAAalnaka AAala shareeAAatin mina alamri faittabiAAha wala tattabiAA ahwaa allatheena la yaAAlamoona

Therefore, following the straight path requires being dissimilar to the people of hellfire.

That is why being dissimilar to the habits and worships of the Jews and Christians were among the guidance of our generous Messenger (prayers and peace of Allah be upon him). He prayed in his shoes because the Jews do not pray while putting them on. Also, he recommended dying the white hair of the old person, because Jews and Christians do not do that. And he prohibited building a Masjid over the graves, to be dissimilar from the Jews and Christians. Moreover, he recommended clipping the mustaches and letting the beards grow to be dissimilar to them. And he recommended having Suhur meal, when fasting, because the Jews and Christians do not do that. Also, he prohibited observing prayer, with no reason, at sunrise or sunset, because it is the time in which the infidels prostrate themselves for it. The Prophet continued doing such acts of dissimilarity till it became intolerable to the infidels who said: "What does this man want? He left nothing we do but he did its opposite!" Furthermore, scholars declared that being dissimilar to the Jews and Christians does not differ from being dissimilar to Satan, because he is the pioneer of their way and the imam of their religion.

As long as the Prophet (prayers and peace of Allah be upon him) used to be dissimilar to the Jews and Christians in the way of observing the act when it is observed by them too (e.g. fasting Ashura day, in which he sought dissimilarity to them by recommending fasting a day before it), then what would we say about holidays and acts of worships were originated by them (e.g. Christmas and the new years eve)! Actually, the scholars declared that having agreement with them in such holidays, congratulating them, presenting gifts to them or accepting gifts from them is prohibited in the Islamic Shari'ah; it is a kind of taking them as supporters and accepting their false creed and abrogated religion which is based on the invalid base {Allâh is the third of the three} [Surat Al-Maidah: 73]

Transliteration: inna Allaha thalithu thalathatin

{Whereby the heavens are almost torn, and the earth is split asunder, and the mountains fall in ruins} [Surat Maryam: 90].

Transliteration: Takadu alssamawatu yatafattarna minhu watanshaqqu alardu watakhirru aljibalu haddan

By Allah, just bearing witness to these holidays is prohibited and grave evil, because He Almighty says: {And those who do not bear witness to falsehood} [Surat Al-Furqan: 72].

Transliteration: Waallatheena la yashhadoona alzzoora

The majority of the scholars of interpretation said: "It is the holidays of the polytheists." Hence, what about approving their doing and sending them the very warm greetings!

In the time of the Prophet (prayers and peace of Allah be upon him) a man took a vow to slaughter a camel at Buwanah. So he came to the Prophet (prayers and peace of Allah be upon him) and said: I have taken a vow to sacrifice a camel at Buwanah. The Prophet (prayers and peace of Allah be upon him) asked: "Did the place contain any idol worshipped in pre-Islamic times?" He (the man) said: No. Then the Prophet asked: "Was any pre-Islamic festival observed there?" The man replied: No. Whereupon, the Prophet (prayers and peace of Allah be upon him) said: "Fulfill your vow, for a vow to do an act of disobedience to Allah must not be fulfilled." [Reported by Abu Dawud and authenticated by Al-Albani]

This Hadeeth proved that slaughtering sacrifices and seeking nearness to Allah at the places of their holidays is disobedience, and this implies nullifying their holiday and declaring its prohibition. Moreover, that is why Omar Ibn Al-Khattab prevented the Muslims from having the festivals of the polytheists shared by Muslims; and he said: "Do not learn the jargon of the Persian or go to the polytheists in their churches at their holiday, because wrath gets down upon them (in this time)."

We send this doctrinal correction to the authors who breastfed from the breast of the defected secularism and grew up in its lap; then their pens vomited deadly poison and they wrote, on account of sympathy with their beloved Christian brothers, to denounce the sayings of the religious scholars who prevent sharing the festivals of the Christians at the new years. In fact, they still play, in excessive stupidity and plain defeatism, on the string of the religious magnanimity. They strongly defend the religions of infidelity and the advocators of aberration. On the other hand, we did not read a single word written by them for defending the Prophet (prayers and peace of Allah be upon him) when their beloved people mocked and belittled him. Could the rank of the prophets become low in your eyes and you prefer to be deaf, dumb, blind and do not care? Then; on the other hand, you are wrongly vigilant in guarding the impure polytheists!

Here, you tolerate and sympathize, while they curse and declare polytheism! You send congratulations, while they still kill and exterminate! Hence, when will you understand and be sane?!

The fact that may be absent to those people is that the issue is not confined to presenting congratulations and sharing the holidays and festivals. Actually, the aim is further than this; they will not accept from you something less than being like them and following their religion and getting in the hole of the lizard with them. Allah Almighty said: {Never will the Jews nor the Christians be pleased with you (O Muhammad, prayers and peace of Allah be upon him) till you follow their religion} [Surat Al-Baqarah: 120],

Transliteration: Walan tarda AAanka alyahoodu walaalnnasara hatta tattabiAAa millatahum

And the Prophet (prayers and peace of Allah be upon him) said: "You would tread the same path as was trodden by those before you inch by inch and step by step so much so that if they had entered into the hole of the lizard, you would follow them in this also." They said: "O Messenger of Allah, do you mean Jews and Christians?" He said: "Who else (than those two religious groups)?" [Ibn Taimiyyah, authentic]

Magnanimity never means blandishment and being satisfied with false and plain infidelity. There is a clear line between monotheism and polytheism, belief and disbelief, declaring support to the monotheists and renouncing polytheists (i.e. Al-Walaa` Wal Baraa`) and blandishment at the expense of the creed and the fundamentals of the religion. Those writers bring to life, by their call for sharing the holidays of the Christians, 'interfaith fellowship' or what is known as 'the theory of union'. Indeed it is an evil new creation and bad thought had been originated by Jamal Ad-Ddin the Persian who demolished by this call the bases of declaring support to the monotheists and renouncing the polytheists (i.e. Al-Walaa` Wal Baraa`); furthermore, he canceled the distinguishing lines between Islam and other religions till talking about these bases is unfortunately considered fanaticism and intellectual terrorism; in fact, it is religious nonchalance and contradiction to the legislation of the Lord of the worlds. So, we present our complaint to Allah!


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