{"id":9662,"date":"2025-12-22T04:38:01","date_gmt":"2025-12-22T04:38:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/imuslim.us\/?p=9662"},"modified":"2025-12-22T04:38:01","modified_gmt":"2025-12-22T04:38:01","slug":"can-new-muslims-celebrate-easter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/imuslim.us\/?p=9662","title":{"rendered":"Can New Muslims Celebrate Easter?"},"content":{"rendered":"
By Editorial Staff<\/strong><\/span><\/pre>\n
\"Can<\/a>
Islam teaches that all prophets taught primarily the same message\u0632<\/p><\/div>\n
A New Muslim asked Sheikh Ahmad Kutty, a senior lecturer and Islamic scholar at the Islamic Institute of Toronto, Ontario, Canada the following question:<\/p>\n
I converted to Islam recently. In few days, my non-Muslim family will be celebrating Easter. Can I join them in their celebrations?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n
In responding to his question, Sheikh Ahmad Kutty, gave the following answer:<\/p>\n
“You may do so to join your family<\/a> on their joyous occasions\u00a0while affirming your Islamic identity.<\/p>\n
By doing so, you are merely sharing their joys; and partaking meals with them. I understand it does not involve any specific Christian<\/a> rituals they expect you to participate.<\/p>\n
Saying grace and giving thanks to God<\/a> for His blessings and joining in common prayers<\/a> to God are all acceptable. Islam<\/a> teaches that all prophets taught primarily the same message<\/a>: worship the one and only God and renounce false gods.<\/p>\n
Muslims should have no objection in expressing joys of Christians commemorating the events of Jesus; as long as we stay clear of the dogmas of triune God<\/a> and crucifixion and Jesus as a lamb sacrificed for redeeming the world.<\/p>\n
Such are erroneous beliefs no Muslim can accept. When the\u00a0Prophet Muhammad\u00a0<\/a>came to\u00a0Madinah<\/a>, and he saw the Jews fasting on the day of Ashura, he asked them why they were fasting? They told him: We are doing so to commemorate the victory of Musa (Moses<\/a>, peace be upon him) over\u00a0Pharaoh. Then he said to them: We are more worthy of Musa than you. So he ordered his followers to fast on the tenth. (Ibn Majah)<\/p>\n
By doing so, the Prophet<\/a> in no way practiced the specific Jewish rituals; instead, he was affirming the common bond that we share.<\/p>\n
Likewise, Islam<\/a> stresses the shared rituals we have with all revealed religions, more especially with the\u00a0People of the Book.<\/p>\n
Moreover, Islam<\/a> stresses emphatically that a Muslim ought to foster ties of kinship with his parents and blood relations, with the sole proviso: if they order you to worship any other than God, do not obey them.<\/p>\n
Another critical point to note: To join your Christian relatives on their festivities and feast and expressing joy with them is not done as a ritual practice; but just as a custom; and customs are allowed unless strictly forbidden; since there is no revealed text to prove otherwise, there is no reason to oppose it.”<\/p>\n
\u00a0<\/span>Source of the answer:<\/span> <\/em><\/strong>www.aboutislam.net<\/a><\/em><\/p>\nSoucre Link<\/a>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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