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My Teacher's Jumu'ah Message

Salām alaykum

*Christmas Celebrations*


Today, 25th December is celebrated as the Xmas Day by many Christians world wide. In spite of that, there are many other Christians who are not celebrating this day as the birthday of Jesus. They are of the opinion that he was born in either June or October. This controversy is difficult to resolve because neither the bible nor historical documents state the exact date of his birth. The Christian bodies hold different views.

The God Kingdom Society (GKS), for example, says Jesus was not born in December but October and that it is a pagan festival dedicated to the god Saturn, which was "later adopted by early Christian leaders with the motive of converting pagans."

The Jehovah Witness does not celebrate Xmas on the same basis as GKS. Seventh Day Adventist church is also against it because it is a pagan ritual. Both Deeper Life and Mountain of Fire Ministries (MFM) do not celebrate it. They all call attention to the Bible, Luke 22:19, wherein Jesus said during the Last Supper " Do this in remembrance of me". Xmas was not mentioned as one of the things Christians should do to remember Jesus. We can then conclude safely that Xmas celebration is not biblical.

That notwithstanding, majority of Christians worldwide commemorate the birth of Jesus on the 25th December every year. Majority of Nigerian Christians do celebrate it.
As some Christians refrain from celebrating Xmas and call on people not to join them in the celebration, some Muslims have joined them by also calling on all Muslims to distance themselves from its celebration because it is _Kufr_ ; they call on Muslims not to interact with Christians, not to sell anything to them or patronise them in any way that could promote the celebration of Xmas. Some even call on proprietors of Muslim schools not to observe Xmas day as a public holiday.

The point needs to be made that Islam believes in multicultural, multifaith and pluralistic society where no group would claim absolute exclusiveness of others. Muslims and Christians live together in this country, Nigeria, sharing many things in common, including family, inter-marriage, work place, profession, business, political association and of course, neighborhood. Social interactions inevitably occur between Muslims and Christians. There is no segregation or ostracization as they do many things in common, including greetings and exchange of food and drinks during festive occasions.

Islam, as we all know, loves peaceful coexistence. It is an embodiment of peace. It promotes peace and spreads peace through greetings and demeanour. It allows Muslims to eat lawful ( _halāl_ ) food of Christians and Jews, while it makes the food of Muslims lawful for them, too (Q5:5). The food and drinks served during Christmas can not be an exception. The food is not dedicated to any god or idol, neither is any animal sacrificed to any god nor required to be so done by Christianity.
In point of fact, many Christians do not even slaughter any animal but chicken or turkey mainly to entertain their guests and for domestic consumption. Q5:3 which some Muslims invoke as justification for declaring Xmas food as _harām__ is irrelevant. Q5:5 declares Christian food lawful for Muslims to consume. It is _halāl_ as long as it does not contain any _harām_ item.

On greetings, Islam does not teach us not to respond to the greetings of non-Muslims, not even during their festivals. Instead, the Qur'an (Q4:86) says whenever we are greeted we should respond in a better way, or in the same manner. When a Christian says " Merry Xmas to you", you greet him back saying "Merry Xmas to you", or we simply say " Thank you". Islam does not teach us to keep mute when someone greets us. Those who say that we should not respond to Christian's greetings have no Qur'anic support. They rely on the opinion of some scholars (not all scholars), not the Qur'an, not even any sound _hadith_ . No human opinion is required once the Qur'an and the Prophet have ruled on any matter (Q33:36).

Peaceful interfaith coexistence is the norm in Islam, not exclusiveness, as long as other faiths do not show any sign of hatred, hostility, aggression or suppression to Muslims. Q 60:7-9 is quite explicit on this position. See also Q8:61.

Q9:6 encourages Muslims to accommodate or provide protection for _Mushrik_ ( a polytheist) and make his stay comfortable, perchance he could see the beauty of Islam through the nice manner he is treated by his Muslim host and accept Islam.

Good neighbourliness is stressed in Islam (Q4:36) irrespective of the neighbours' religions. They all have rights on us in order to sustain peaceful coexistence in the
society. Islam advocates and maintains peaceful coexistence where adherents of different religions practise their religions freely unhindered. We Muslims however have the duty of inculcating Islamic values and culture in our youth in particular and the family in general. Let them understand Islam, let them appreciate Islam. Let them imbibe Islamic values and prefer them over and above any other. Do not allow them to visit father Xmas or attend Children Xmas Party.
We Muslims should not think that Christians will embrace Islam simply because we boycott them and by not extending our hands of fellowship to them. Everyone will not and can not be Muslims. It is not the design of Allah that everyone should become a Muslim (Q10:99). What should be paramount to us is the protection of our religious rights and freedom. Other people, too, should be allowed to enjoy their religious freedom and rights (Q109). Islam maintains that there is no compulsion in religion and everyone should be allowed to practise his religion freely as truth is distinct from falsehood (Q2:256).

_In_shā'a_Allah_ , we shall discuss January 1 celebration next week.

_Jumu'atun_Mubārakah_

Prof. Yasir Anjola Quadri, Ilorin.
10th Jumādal Awwal 1442 / 25th December 2020

NeoWanZaeed:
you don't even understand what is worship and what is bidah..

you talking about obligatory and non obligatory

NeoWanZaeed:
you don't know anything about Islam. go learn...

NeoWanZaeed:
because he nullified Quran verse.suratul maidah verse 3.. Allah said religion is complete. he added moulid nabiy.
rosul said.. all innovation is misguidance.

and he called khawarij kufar

NeoWanZaeed:
wallohi keferi ni e...
I swear by the Lord of khabbah...


you are a kafir.


Se rosul is sufi

SoulB6:
Anybody opposing mawlid is in league with Shaitan because it's only Shaitan that was annoyed when prophet Muhammad (SAW ) was born.

Indeed everyone rejoices except for THE DEVIL and his counterparts: Evidence:
أن إبليس رن أربع رنات حين لعن وحين أهبط وحين ولد رسول(صلى الله عليه وسلم) وحين أنزلت الفاتحة
Iblis (Shaitan) CRIED loudly four times, 1- When Allah declared him as cursed, 2- When he was
thrown out of Paradise, 3- When THE PROPHET (SAW) was BORN (MILAD) and 4- When Surah Fatiha was revealed [Ibn Kathir in Al Bidayah wan Nihayah, Volume 2, Page No. 166]

Kingsaeedibn:
You probably Hausa..90% of Hausa are izala and sufi.. am not surprised with the nonsense you saying.


Muslims take knowledge from Quran and Hadith NOT from a site or a scholar.


Am a Muslim who practices my religion according to how prophet did. I am ahlu sunnah wa jammah.

My brothers are imam Ahmad bin hanbal, Muhammad bin abdul Wahab and others till the scholar we have here in Nigeria.

Muhammad Ali Jabata

Xmuslim:
my post is directed to the sunni Muslims. According to their Hadiths, Muhammad killed apostates and blasphemers

LandMann:
It's a normal occurrence. There's nothing spiritual about it. I experienced it a couple of times before so I researched it.

What happens is that when you fall asleep, your brain sends a signal that deactivates your motor skills like moving talking etc... This is done so that you can rest properly and not be moving around while sleeping or acting out the activities in your dream... Also to avoid hurting yourself or others.

Now, when you are about to wake up, the brain sends another signal to activate your motor skills so you can start moving moveable parts of your body.

Sleep paralysis happens when there's a delay in this signal reaching it's destination... So, your brain will be awake but the signal to activate your motor skills is delayed, causing you to panic...

Next time, don't fight it... Just try to relax knowing that you know what is happening... Also, try to practice conscious dreaming so that you can have some control and understand of what's happening both in your dream state and half awake/sleep paralysis state

feranmi76:
Wow... I now understand you, but let me enlighten you a little.
The reason why University and HND certificate can't be equal is because their STANDARD is different, the INTENT of creating them is different from each other, their CONTENTS are different, their PROCESS is different and these make their ROLES to be different in labor market or field.
For your own organization, the problem is that because you didn't know about the explanation I gave above, you put the two incompatible products together and expect them to deliver the same thing, NO. Understand their roles and place them therein and see the difference. We are talking about analysis and research work.

University engineering student is AN ENGINEER on field, while HND engineering student is A TECHNOLOGIST on field.

0temSapien:
But you guys don't allow people practise whatever they want in the real world. You kill and kidnap many of us after shouting Allahu Akbar, yet they did not tell you guys to make any declarations before you could cohabit with us on earth.

Lukgaf:
"If a suitor comes to a woman it is permissible for her to uncover her face and hands and head and that which usually appears, according to the correct view, but without wearing any cosmetics or adornments. "



https://islamqa.info/en/answers/102369/is-it-permissible-for-her-to-wear-a-little-makeup-when-a-suitor-comes-to-see-her

Yustash001:
It's bidah....the recommended one is solatul-Ibraheemiyyah

It's not ambiguous at all....

No matter how meaningful the translation of a duah may sound, it'll not be accepted in as much as there is a recommended one by the prophet..

AbuTwins:
Answer

The ‘Manhaj of the Salaf’ (methodology of the righteous predecessors) is the correct Manhaj for a very simple and self-evident reason, namely, that the Salaf are the ones who received the knowledge of the Quran and Sunnah directly from the Prophet sallallaahu `alayhi wa sallam ( may Allaah exalt his mention ). Therefore, they had the best and most perfect understanding of the divine revelation conveyed to them by the Prophet sallallaahu `alayhi wa sallam (may Allaah exalt his mention) because it was revealed in their own language and he sallallaahu `alayhi wa sallam (may Allaah exalt his mention) lived amongst them (and this was a practical example).
Allah Knows best.

Islamweb

Ramsak1:
Brother, you need to understand what salaf means. The word "salaf" simply means predecessor and contextually it means the early muslims who learnt the deen from the Prophet(saw) and actually saw the prophet perform and perfect Islam in its pristine form.
So when we say salafiiy, that doesn't necessarily denotes a name of any sect as it is the case with the suffi, shia and the others, but it means practising Islam as the prophet practised it and the way the sahabas and the tabi'in practised Islam and not some sheikh.
Allahu aalam..

Dmail:
May Allah guide you and us brother. It is not a must that we find a Quranic verse to support a Hadith of the Prophet as long as the Hadith is authentic because the Hadith itself is a relegation just like the Qur’an.
As you can see, you will not find anywhere in the whole Qur’an where Allah has decreed for us the numbers of Raka’ats to perform in our daily Solawaats but this can only be found in authentic Ahaadith. So should we because we cannot find this in the Qur’an leave off solat? No we did not.
And as for Music, Suratu Luqman, Allah says in its interpretation “And of mankind is he who purchases idle talks (i.e music, singing etc) to mislead (men) from the path of Allah without knowledge, and takes it (the path of Allah, or the verses of the Qur’an) by way of mockery. For such there will be a humiliating torment(in the Hell-fire)” May Allah protect us.
Ibn ‘Abbas (A sohabbah) the great Quranic interpreter said I swear by Allah the idle talk Allah refers to in this Verse is Nothing but Music”
Apart from this there is consensus among the scholars of Islam that Music accompanied with musical instruments is Haram(prohibited)
So whenever we find an authentic narration from the Prophet ‘alehi ssalaam we say Semi’na (we have heard) wa a’atoina( and we will obey)
May Allah Guide us.....Allohu’l musta’an

Rashduct4luv:
I never said "no prayer for the dead Muslims". Reciting Qul Huwa 3 times is not founded in any books of Islam.

"Our Lord! Forgive us and our brethren who have preceded us in Faith, and put not in our hearts any hatred against those who have believed. Our Lord! You are indeed full of kindness, Most Merciful." [Al-Hashr: 10]

We are saying pray for them in the right way.

https://www.nairaland.com/4372370/deeds-meet-dead-muslims

bilms:
how do we offer the five daily prayers according to the quran?

goodnews777:
No where in the bible was it mentioned that Mohammed is last prophet. The bible says God will send us another comforter which is the Holy Spirit. That the comforter will abide in us for ever. If he is the comforter, what comfort has he brought on humanity other than killings? If he is the last prophet why did the Holy Spirit come in Acts chapter two and anoint believer making some prophets? Please stay in your Arabic lane and stop distorting the bible for satanic purposes.

tipscogreen:
So because of hunger, you are ready and willing to sell your birthday as Esua.
I understand it hunger and the aroma of the coming moslem festival that inspired you writeup.
Before you exchange your soul with 2pieces of meat and a plate of amala or rice, please kindly read 2Cornth 6:14-18 "

"Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness? And what concord hath Christ with Belial? or what part hath he that believeth with an infidel? And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? for ye are the temple of the living God; as God hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people. Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you, And will be a Father unto you, and ye shall be my sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty. (2 Corinthians 6:14-18

Lukgaf:
Praise be to Allaah.

Listening to music is haraam, whether in Ramadaan or at other times, but it is more forbidden in Ramadaan, and is a greater sin, because fasting does not only mean refraining from eating and drinking, rather it means attaining piety or fear of Allaah, and it means that all the physical faculties should refrain from disobeying Allaah.

Allaah says (interpretation of the meaning):

“O you who believe! Observing As-Sawm (the fasting) is prescribed for you as it was prescribed for those before you, that you may become Al-Muttaqoon (the pious)”

[al-Baqarah 2:183]

And the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: “Fasting does not just mean (abstaining) from eating and drinking, rather fasting means (abstaining) from idle and obscene talk…”

Narrated by al-Haakim who said: This hadeeth is saheeh according to the conditions of Muslim.

The saheeh Sunnah of the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) clearly indicates that listening to musical instruments is haraam.

Al-Bukhaari narrated in a mu’allaq report that the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: “There will be among my ummah people who regard adultery, silk, pork and musical instruments as permissible…” Al-Tabaraani and al-Bayhaqi said that this was a mawsool report.

This hadeeth indicates that musical instruments are haraam in two ways:

1 – The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said, “[they] will regard… as permissible.” This clearly indicates that the things mentioned are haraam, but those people will regard them as permissible.

2 – Musical instruments are mentioned in conjunction with things that are definitely haraam, namely adultery (zina) and alcohol. If it were not haraam it would not have been mentioned alongside them.

See al-Silsilah al-Saheehah by al-Albaani , hadeeth no. 91.

The believer should make the most of this blessed month and turn to his Lord. He should repent to Allaah and give up haraam things that he was in the habit of doing before Ramadaan, so that Allaah might accept his fast and set his affairs straight.

And Allaah knows best.

Source: https://islamqa.info/en/answers/12647/listening-to-music-in-ramadaan

Standardcosting:
It baffles me how people argue even with facts right in front of them
The Prophet clearly stated that prostration is prohibited in Islam.
Yet some individuals would still perpetrate their mischief by looking for a way to circumvent the sunnah.
Its a pity we live in a world where people take directions and orders from their heart and not their head!

angelfallz:
Her mother is a fake christian

Ayoefa:
Naija and fake news.

So who conducted an autopsy to determine that he died of hunger?

Do you people know that someone can go for 40 days without food? As long as you stay hydrated, you can survive for 40 days without food.

All these fake news is just pathetic and sad. There are people who needs help and even I have been giving family and friends helping hand to buy food and stuffs.
He could have died due to many other reasons. In fact he will be almost skeletal before he can die of hunger.


FAKE NEWS

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