NewMuslim
Slave of Allah
Assalam.
First of all, I would like to put that the writing was not of my own reasearch, but I felt it held some valid points.
I believe the same (that it held valid points) and I know it wasn't your own research.
if XMAS was good, then Islam would have had it!!!
True, but Islam doesn't mention anything about sports in the Qur'an (I don't think). Does that mean sports are evil? No. It just means that sports weren't important enough for Allah to put in His Holy Book (the Qur'an).
I am A MUSLIM. I don't want to be selfish, I don't want too many material things. I want my heart to keep Islam inside and leave the materialistic things that naturally tie me to this dunya outside.
Same here, but not too many people think like that. Would it not be counted as a good deed if we give gifts to others? Or maybe even pay extra alms around this time?
I am all up for friendly relations and sharing, but what does it feel like to go to a mall and see a fake dressed up man with kids on his lap, with the child reciting a long list of "I WANTS" What does it feel like to go back to my country and see a girl walk up to your car, with a poor sick baby in hand begging for money. What does it feel like when you watch a bent old man hobbling down a road, clothes tattered, eyes weary of watching the world? What does it feel like seeing poverty... and then seeing the AMERICAN XMAS!!!
Welcome to America: The most greedy country in the world. Unfortunatly, this is how people are brought up here. I won't lie: I used to always tell my mother "I want this and that" without caring for anyone living in Darfur or Israel, where one day without death is a blessing from God, or in Iraq where you have a foreign power tearing up your country, or in Bangladesh where you have to give bribes o succeed in the world.
I am not trying to be rude but I dislike Xmas very much so.
Many people do. But it doesn't mean it's unlawful. However, when I think of Xmas, the first thing that comes to mind is "presents" from which come some person/kid's demands. That's not right.
People swarm to markets in the theme of giving, while many times in their mind plotting how to get their parents or siblings to get them what they want. I realize that yes... other charity organizations from christians go out at this time... but ohhhh it just makes my sooooo sad... after Xmas, the customer service lines are clogged. People come return gifts they don't like and exchange them, their houses are conjusted with past gifts, unused, thrown away, some children begin to lose appreciation for things, they set expectations and if they aren't met, they get angry.
So true. However, we shouldn't blame the children; we should blame anyone who spoiled the child. If my mother kept giving me a horse every Christmas, and then the next Christmas I get a remote-controlled car, I would be angry because I was spoiled.
I'd like to introduce them to their brothers, the brothers without a shirt to wear, the brothers who will love you if you give them so much as a smile or a hug, the sisters who don't need makeup to be beautiful, the sisters who work all day taking care of their siblings now orphaned, the babies who die without a taste of life... why indulge in such things?
Ameen. It's a sad fact, but kids in my school don't know what's happening in Israel or even what Darfur is. Greedy people need to undergo a major education program to see what's happening outside Europe/North America.
No offence meant to anyone at all...
None taken. My point wasn't that we should celebrate Christmas, but rather it isn't unlawful (from what I know, but my knowledge is limited).
Wassalam.