Non Muslim Holidays? | Mufti Abu Layth

i see saracen mostly since some christian holidays like christmas valentine's halloween have become more secular and commercialized partaking them yep i've got sugar and much love for the super chat i've got a uh detailed um i've got an article actually on facebook called tinsel in a tangle or something i wrote it a few years ago so i don't know if i'll be embarrassed of it now but but i'm sure the sentiment in it generally is still pretty much the same that look there is a difference of opinion on these matters okay so there are some ulama who feel that

anything associated with any religion and identity runs so deep that it is in direct conflict and clash with our faith so to have it in any way means it is tantamount and equates to compromising your islam and iman that is the high standard that they set for their iman and and they're obviously coming from a place of deep honor and love for the for their iman and and i admire that value i admire

their deep love for it and there are many people and they may they may even be the majority whether i don't know how we're going to count numbers but many people this is commonly found if you search online this belief and they will find things that say that look the prophet you know said don't do anything like the mushrikeen and so on and so forth and there's that view and if you follow that view fine you know if that's you and that helps you and that makes you a better person and that brings you bliss then ah and you're welcome to it but don't impose it on somebody

who believes something different so there's another view that feels that no that says that when things have become secularized even if they hold religious origins but because they have become secularized to a considerable extent even whatever that extent is whether it's a third or it's a half or it's whatever extent they've become secularized they then no longer have a prohibition as long as your intention isn't the obvious lead to worship

so this group of ulaman is several ulama and i list them in the i list many and obviously not an exhaustive list and this is the fatwa of jamil azhar this is the photo of many of the contemporary ulama this is the fatwa of sheikh ali al-jaferi this is the fatwa of uh you'll get loads and many people that have said this you'll get many ulama that have said this today or the you know the grand mufti i i list them in that article so just as i mean not exhaustive but just as some examples so to them they will

say well look when you look at the evidence the prophet sallam allowed certain practices that were not islamic that were pagan but just because they had lost some of their values like for example which is practiced today was actually a pagan practice the rajabiya which we don't practice now but in early islam the muslims did practice it but it was a pagan practice the uh the atera the and the um there was another practice as well so even some have looked at even things like safa and marwa i know many people

may think safan marwa was with from ibrahim al-islam but other people feel it wasn't it was a pagan practice that had lost its value and this is why in the quran when they asked about suffolk does not mention ibrahim he just says that look whosoever does it today with a good value so other so this group of olimar feel that look today things like christmas things like halloween things like especially halloween but even christmas or valentine's day or these things they

some have more religious values than others at their core and many religious people may also partake in them but if you are obviously are not you don't become a christian but and you're not seeing it as a christian thing you're just you're just living in a country where people you know they see as a festive season and you partake so you say you know somebody says merry christmas he said merry christmas to you too you know you're just saying it as an exchange of jewelry so many ulama said that is permissible so now there are two like i said whatever you follow is fine if you follow this then don't condemn

those people you know people who don't want to do it don't say to them what's wrong with you do it you know you should be celebrating it you should be doing this no let them be you know it's each to their own and those who don't want to do it they shouldn't impose on others you see it's your faith it's for you to practice it's not about impose they're following a different fatwa that's fine you know this is this is what the true challenge of islam is your connection with allah what you want what you should be staying away from it's not about what should that person down the road be staying away from it's your your own

you worship allah as though you can see him if not then he sees you not that he sees this person down the road he sees you so it's a very personal journey so i hope that helps live and let live people you