islam and halloween

7/29/2019 Islam and Halloween

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ISLAM and Halloween


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Origin

ancient Celtic (Irish/Scottish/Welsh) festival

called Samhain

On the night of October 31, they celebrated

Samhain, when it was believed that the ghosts

of the dead returned to earth

Nov 1 was the beginning of the dark, cold

winter, a time of year that was often

associated with human death


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Roman & Christian influence

Romans started to conquer the Celtic lands by

43A.D

Incorporating their festival of honoring pagan

goddess pomona

Christianity spread in Celtic lands in 7th

century

Introduced All Saints Day or All Hallows Eve


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Halloween Customs and Traditions

Trick or Treating


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Images of bats, black cats, etc


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Games such as bobbing for apples


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Jack-O'-Lantern


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Interesting Fact

Survey conducted by BIGresearch found that an estimated $3.29 billion

was spent on this holiday in 2005

Candy sales for Halloween in the year 2005 made a profit of $2.1

billion ($1 million immunizes more than 58,000 children for life againstthe top 6 child-killer diseases)

Average consumer planned on spending $48.48 on merchandise. A

total of $18.07 was spent on sweets ($40.00 can provide blankets for

ten children to protect them from the cold and $15 provides two long-

lasting insecticidal mosquito nets, protecting families from malariawhich kills an African child every 30 second)


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Islamic Teachings

TauheedHe is Allah, the One and Only;

Allah, the Eternal, Absolute;

He begetteth not, nor is He begotten;

And there is none like unto Him. [Quran 112:1-4]

Blindly follow the ancestorsWhen it is said unto them, 'Come to what Allah has revealed, come to the Messenger,' they say,

'Enough for us are the ways we found our fathers following.' What! Even though theirfathers were void of knowledge and guidance?" (Qur'an 5:104)

Plans of Ahal e KitabMany of the people of the Scripture (Jews and Christians) wish that if they could turn you away

as disbelievers after you have believed, out of envy from their ownselves, even, after thetruth (that Muhammad is Allaah's Messenger) has become manifest unto them. Butforgive and overlook, till Allaah brings His Command. Verily, Allaah is Able to do all

things. [Quran 2:109]


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Islamic Teachings

refrain from copying or imitating the kufar in their celebrations

(Our beloved Prophet Muhammad (s.a.s.) issued a stern warning: Whoever

imitates a nation is one of them! (Abu Daoud).)

Islam is a pure religion with no need to accommodate any custom, practice or

celebration that is not a part of it

(Prophet(s.a.s.) Every innovation (in our religion) is misguidance, even if

the people regard it as something good (ad-Daarimee.).)

abstain from Halloween and other non-Muslim celebrations, such as birthdays,

anniversaries, Christmas, Valentines Day, etc

(The Prophet Muhammad (s.a.s.) said: The Final Hour will not come until my

followers copy the deeds of the previous nations and follow them very closely,

span by span, and cubit by cubit (inch by inch). (Bukhari).)


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Islamic Teachings

Religious Festivals

Muslims have two celebrations each year, 'Eid al-Fitr and 'Eid

al-Adha. They were allowed to Muslims instead of pre-

Islamic feasts in Medina. The celebrations are based in theIslamic faith and religious way of life.

(Anas reported: "The Prophet came to Madeenah while they

had two days they celebrated. The Prophet asked, "What are

these two days?" They said, 'These are two days we used to

celebrate in our pre Islamic era. The Prophet said: "Allah has

replaced them with two better days: 'Eid Al-Ad-ha and 'Eid

Al-Fitr." [Ahmad and At-Tirmithi])
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DEALING WITH HALLOWEEN

Avoid it, it's a night of evil. Satan is our open

enemy and we do not play with evil

When tempted, remember the pagan origins

of these traditions (astughfirullah), and ask

Allah to give you strength.


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References

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halloween/

http://www.liveislamonline.com/islam/halloween-in-islam.html

http://southernmuslimah.wordpress.com/2007/10/31/halloween-

harmless-or-haram-an-islamic-perspective/

http://islam.about.com/od/otherdays/a/halloween.htm

http://www.islamweb.net/emainpage/index.php?page=articles&id=161416

http://www.worldofteaching.com

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