why not, what's the big deal. most butchers in nigeria are muslims and usually perform muslim prayers on the beef before they cut it up. does that mean u should avoid beef? aren't muslims praying to one God just through a different medium. you could be a spectator at the event without actively participating. people and their holy holy attitude

1 Cor 8 is your answer.

@poster:

Is Sallah similiar to Christmas/Easter celebration? If yes, I see no reason for a christian to attend.

Jesus associated himself with people from all walks of life (sinners and prostitutes, regular Jews who didn't believe in him). He knew that we are all equally sinners and no one was any better than another. Christ had enough love in his heart to find even the down-and-out types to be worthy of dining with.

So, yeah, dinning with the sinners might seem "wrong" to you and me, but the Lord made no distinction among sins or sinners and came to save all mankind.

Peace

When you eat and drink with them, does that not glorify their very god you do not believe in?

So, yeah, dinning with the sinners might seem "wrong" to you and me, but the Lord made no distinction among sins or sinners and came to save all mankind.

how can i glorify something abstract, again u are not an active participant in the sallah celebration, are u claiming not to have eaten beef in naija. u think the hausa cattle rearer didn't pray over his cattle or sule the butcher didn't do some prayers before cutting up the beef. there is no big deal.

bawomolo:

it's so hilarious how two groups of people who worship the same god can drive a wedge between each other

pilgrim.1:

@bawomolo,

Correction: Islam at its very core does not teach that we worship the same God. This fancy idea has been held on for eons that it's amazing how many people can be easily swept along in that deluge.

affee:

Christianity doesnt either,

affee:

I believe that sallah food,according to the Christian faith has been sacrificed to idols.

affee:

any food given to my family on sallah day is given back to the almajiris.

pilgrim.1:

Okay, we all have our various persuasions. I think the issue is quite plain and simple. One should not receive what they have rejected in their hearts. 1 Corinthians 10 shows has plain teaching on this subject.

When we said no they got angry, so we had to collect the food, but they've stopped now

discombobulation

affee:

When we said no they got angry, so we had to collect the food, but they've stopped now.

Thats moderation, a middle course that Allah, the Almighty permits for muslims. I will say Bismillah on it. That also include any food prepared by Muslims.[b] But I will not eat from those others; atheists, buhhdists, etc. [/b]It is not permissable, while the foods of jews and christians are! It is in there in Surah Al Maidah. So are their women as wives for muslim men

Me personally, I've got to the point that I do not even want to pray with other so called christians because I very much doubt that we are praying to the same God. And that is even before we get to the point of sharing communion or any other meal with them.

But if i am offered food and drinks, i will take it, especially if i love the food Goatmeat

Again, will you attend a christian wedding in a church and partake in the church service for just an hour because the groom is a good friend of yours?

I'm asking you this because I know a muslim brother here who will not relent to invite you for any Islamic thing but can never ever enter the church or attend any christian feast. Invite him to your home on a christmas or easter and see him come up with a very sorry excuse to avoid it.

DeepZone:

na waaah; Are a Guru maharaji or Olumba Olumba?

olabowale:


Thats moderation, a middle course that Allah, the Almighty permits for muslims. I will say Bismillah on it. That also include any food prepared by Muslims. But I will not eat from those others; atheists, buhhdists, etc. It is not permissable, while the foods of jews and christians are! It is in there in Surah Al Maidah. So are their women as wives for muslim men!

Pastor AIO:

My brother does that mean that you cannot eat out in restaurants etc. Because I'm sure a great deal of chefs out there in NY are atheists. Not to mention office parties, or even just ordinary Snickers chocolate.

Pastor AIO:

Which brings us to the real reason for the idea that we all worship the same God. It's political. We say it to keep the peace. I personally would have collected the food in the first place, but then discreetly binned it if I didn't want to eat it.

That would be hypocrisy dont you think?

I think that the real reason why you sent it back in the first place is to make a show of your christianity's exclusivity. I don't know you to say that for sure but it is just what I suspect.

I never said I sent it back to the people that gave me the food, I simply gave it to the almajiris.
shey u know whom alamajiris are?. I cant throw food away, I make sure it is consumed even if not by me

I never said I sent it back to the people that gave me the food, I simply gave it to the almajiris.
shey u know whom alamajiris are?. I can't throw food away, I make sure it is consumed even if not by me