So how do you define celebrating? Where do you draw the line?
Is taking a day off and going out to the park celebrating? Meeting your relatives? Having friends over and a BBQ? Where does the buck stop?
Shouldn't we be rather focusing on the niyyat?
You don’t celebrate it by not participating in the festival. For Holi throwing colours has religious significance to Hindus. For Christmas setting up a Christmas tree has religious significance to Christians. For Easter doing the Easter rituals has religious significance to Christian. For Halloween wearing a mask and going trick or treat had religious significance to the religion which Halloween originated from. For Eid going Eid namaaz and taking part in any other Eid particles like Qurbani has religious significance to us Muslims.
You won’t find a Hindu going to slaughter a goat on Eid ul Adha.
If a complete stranger with no sense of time seen you with your relatives would be thin you’re celebrating a holiday? No. If he seen you throwing colours at your friends would he think you’re celebrating a holiday? Yes.
I think it’s very easy to draw the line between celebrating and not.
Shouldn't we be rather focusing on the niyyat?
Ok during Christmas you will set up a Christmas tree, sing Christmas carols, dress up as Santa, and hand out Christmas gifts but with the niyyat of not celebrating Christmas rather just having fun with your family and relatives?
So how do you define celebrating? Where do you draw the line?
Is taking a day off and going out to the park celebrating? Meeting your relatives? Having friends over and a BBQ? Where does the buck stop?
Shouldn't we be rather focusing on the niyyat?
You don’t celebrate it by not participating in the festival. For Holi throwing colours has religious significance to Hindus. For Christmas setting up a Christmas tree has religious significance to Christians. For Easter doing the Easter rituals has religious significance to Christian. For Halloween wearing a mask and going trick or treat had religious significance to the religion which Halloween originated from. For Eid going Eid namaaz and taking part in any other Eid particles like Qurbani has religious significance to us Muslims.
You won’t find a Hindu going to slaughter a goat on Eid ul Adha.
If a complete stranger with no sense of time seen you with your relatives would be thin you’re celebrating a holiday? No. If he seen you throwing colours at your friends would he think you’re celebrating a holiday? Yes.
I think it’s very easy to draw the line between celebrating and not.
Shouldn't we be rather focusing on the niyyat?
Ok during Christmas you will set up a Christmas tree, sing Christmas carols, dress up as Santa, and hand out Christmas gifts but with the niyyat of not celebrating Christmas rather just having fun with your family and relatives?