 فشرف بل اشتغالي بالعلم ولا تبغي به ما عشت يا دا دا دا لا وياله من شراف عظيم إن الحمد لله نحمده ونستعينه ونستغفره ونعود بالله من شرور أنفسنا ومن سيئات عمالنا من يهده الله فلا مضللا ومن يضلل فلا هاديلا واشدوا الله إلا الله وحده لا شريك له واشدوا أن محمد نعبده ورسوله يا أيها الذين آمنوا اتقوا الله حق تقاته ولا تموتنا إلا وانتم مسلمون يا أيها الناس اتقوا ربكم الذي خلقكم من نفس واحدة وخلق منها زوجها وبث منهما رجالا كثيرا ونساء واتقوا الله الذي تسالون به والرحام إن الله كان عليكم رقيبة يا أيها الذين آمنوا اتقوا الله وقولوا قولا سديدا يصلح لكم أعمالكم ويغفل لكم ذنوبكم ومن يطع الله ورسوله فقد فاز فوزا عظيما أما بعد فإن أصدق الحديث كتاب الله تعالى وخير الهدي هدي محمد ابن عبد الله صلى الله عليه وسلم وشر الأمور محدثاتها وكل محدثة بدعة وكل بدعة ضلالة وكل ضلالة في النار أحبت أخوات أخواتي وأخواتي أنكم جميعا من الوقت التي نحن نحن في منطل ديسمبا وفي منطل ديسمبا يجب أن يأخذها مجموعة وفي المنطل الثلاثة يمتلون ما يجب أن يفعله as Christmas فإن شاء الله تعالى في هذه الخطبة my aim and objective is insha Allah is to discuss are we as Muslims allowed and is it permitted for us to join in with them and celebrate this celebration of theirs and is Christmas something that is permitted even in their legislation and in their religion or is it something from those things which they have introduced into their religion as you all are aware of our scholars after generation after generation they spoke about what the Prophet would do through the year الامام النساء رحمه الله authored a book which he called it عمل اليوم والليلة ابن سني حافظ ابن حجر جلال الدين السيوطي all of them they authored books which they refer to as عمل اليوم والليلة and what they spoke about in this book is that which the Prophet would do through the whole year also ابن رجب الحنبري اوثري كتاب which he called it لطائف المعارف all of these scholars were speaking about what would the Prophet do through the year every single day what would he do if a particular month had a superiority over the other month and if the Prophet would give it extra importance they would state it in that book we don't find it in those books the Prophet given any importance to this month December or doing something عليه الصلاة والسلام and it's sad we're living at a time where we're seeing Muslims who are joining in and celebrating Christmas with the non-believers I recently came to a family Muslim house and I saw a Christmas tree in their house I saw a Christmas tree in their house they're preparing for Christmas and they are Muslims so this topic is not something that doesn't exist it's a reality الإمام أبوداود النسائي and أحمد they are narrated from the Hadith of Anas Ibn Malik رضي الله تعالى عنه that Anas said قادمة رسول الله the Prophet came he came to Medina ولهم يوماني and they had two days يلعبون فيهما in which they were enjoying themselves and they would play the Prophet came and these two days meant something to them فقال the Prophet said to them ما هذان إليوماني what are these two days what are the significance of these two days and the etiquettes that we learn from the Prophet here is he would always ask first he would want to know why they did what they did what was the reason behind it and so they told him قالوا they said كنا نلعبوا فيهما في الجاهلية before Islam these were days which we would celebrate we would enjoy ourselves we would play فقال رسول الله the Prophet said to them إن الله حقا الله قد أبدالكم he has exchanged it for you he has taken that away and he has brought about for you بهما خيرا منهما الله has brought about for you two days I mean two celebrations that are better than what you are celebrating يوم الأضحى ويوم الفطر these are two celebrations now let's ponder what the Prophet said عليه الصلاة والسلام he said Allah has exchanged it and the word in which the Prophet used which is that Allah has exchanged it means the previous celebration that you were celebrating is no longer going to exist it's going to go and the only thing that's going to take its place is what Islam has brought about this حديث is sufficient to tell us and to make us understand that we have no other celebrations except that which that the Nussus the Kitab and the Sunnah permitted for us the evidences that prohibit us Muslims celebrating Christmas is in two types Adilla which are general evidences that prohibit us from مشابهة الكفارة imitating and mimicking the disbelievers and the second evidences is Adilla which are specific evidences that prohibit us from من المشاركة في عيادهم to participate with them in their celebrations and insha'Allah we will tackle it with those two sides بإذن الله الكريم let's start with the general evidences that prohibit us from imitating the disbelievers and trying to be like them every one of us in every single prayer that we pray five times a day we pray and we recite a particular Surah in every raka'a we say to Allah إهدين الصراط المستقيم or Allah guide us on the straight path this straight path is a path that two groups of people have not traded on إهدين الصراط المستقيم صراط الذين أن عمت عليهم غير المغضوب عليهم والضالين غير المغضوب عليهم are the Jews and the Dallin are the Christians as the Prophet did the Tafseer of this عليه الصلاة والسلام these two people our Allah guide us on a path other than their path a guided path a straight path so this ayah teaches us that the guided path the straight path is a path other than the path of the Christians and the Jews and that is a dua that each and every one of us makes in every single ركعات in which we pray the Christians they acted with no knowledge and the Jews had the knowledge and did not implement what they knew but they and عمت عليهم the ones you have blessed the righteous people they've combined between beneficial knowledge and righteous actions so we ask Allah in every ركعات not to allow us to make us from those who tread on the path of the disbelievers the second ayah Allah says in the Quran ثم جعلناك على شريعة من الأمر فتبعها ولا تتبع هو الذين لا يعلمون Allah says to the Prophet ثم and after that Muhammad after what we have mentioned we have placed you upon ثم جعلناك على شريعة we have placed you upon a legislation we have given you commands and prohibitions we have given you a religion فتبعها follow that religion we have given you ولا تتبع and do not follow the path of who ولا تتبع هو الذين لا يعلمون don't follow the path of those who follow their whims and desires and then after that Allah says and they don't know الله سبحانه وتعالى is telling us here that there is a path which is شريعة revelation and there is a path which is desires فإن لم يستجيبوا لك فعلم أنما يتبعونه if they don't follow you Muhammad and they don't follow the revelation they are following what they are following their whims and desires and then this is the two paths it's either you're upon the شريعة or you're upon your whims and desires and that is the path that the Christians and the Jews have taken so we're commanded just like the Prophet commanded the خطاب here the addressing that's taking place in this ayah ثم جعلناك is going for the Prophet and ask first of all we're talking to you all Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم is one who's going to follow that path and he's going to follow that legislation without a doubt but it's asked that the addressing is firstly coming to الله سبحانه وتعالى he says to us in another ayah what do they wish the disbelievers what do لو تكفرونكما كفرون they wish that you become disbelievers like they have become disbelievers فتكونون سواءة so you can all be the same فلاتت تخيدوا منهم and do not take from them الله سبحانه وتعالى say to the Prophet and us believers only our allies close allies don't take them when you celebrate their celebrations what happens is you might imitate them from the outer but then what's going to happen is going to creep into your heart it's going to creep in your heart and then what's going to happen is love is going to come to you for them and then you're going to go to to their path and it may even lead for you to walk apostate from the religion and that's what they want ولي ذالك الشيخو الإسلامي بلوتيمة in his great book اقتضاء سراط المستقيم لمقالفة أصحاب الجعين he says that مضاهرة المشركين أما تشبه بالكفار imitating the kuffar from the outer will lead in imitating them from the heart it doesn't happen that you just look like them and you just like them but then it won't enter your heart it does and it goes towards your heart to them the fourth evidence which are general الله سبحانه وتعالى the prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم he said in the hadith bukhari and muslim both narrating من حديث أبي سعيد and khudri that the prophet said لا تتبعونا سنة من كان قبلكم that you will follow and you will follow the path of those who came before you شب رم بشبرين وذراعا بذراعين حتى لو دخلوا جحر ضبلا دخلتمو that the prophet said you will follow them handspan armspan you will follow them even if they go into a lizard's hole you will go into it the صحابة's they said يا رسول الله اليهود ونصارا are you talking about the Christians and the Jews that we're going to follow like that the prophet said found man who else who else and if you look at that hadith today you will realize نس داقو قوله صلى الله عليه وسلم how true it is it manifests in front of us that the muslims everything they do is what they do they drink like them they drink with their left the man or Allah commanded to let his beard grow he wants to shorten his beard he wants to cut it get rid of it and keep his thick moustache where did this come to him from it came to him from the non-believers the prophet also said عليه الصلاة والسلام من تشبه بقوم anyone who imitates a group of people he tries to be like them فا هو منهم he is from them عبد الله عمارا نريتي ذات and he is found in sunnah بيداودة نحمدينيز مسند anyone who imitates a group of people tries to be like them dress like them talk like them act like them carry yourself like them then you are verily from them today if a person prays like the christians and the jews he is following them in what in something that is their act of obedience or an act of worship for them you wouldn't follow them you would face تقبلا that's where you pray towards you will pray in the way that the prophet prayed then why would you celebrate a celebration of theirs it's still it's both the same they're both عبادة أقول ما تسمعون وأستغفر الله لولاكم لسائر المسلمين من كل ذنب فاستغفروه إنه هو الغفور الرحيم الحمد لله رب العالمين له الحمد الحسن والثناء الجميل وشد أن لا إله إلا الله وحده لا شريك له يقول الحق وهو يهد السبيل وشد أن سيدنا ونبينا محمد صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وأصحابه والتابعين لهم بحسانين إلى يوم الدين أما بعد الآن سأمر إلى الأفضلات التي تفضلنا من تفكيرهم الله سبحانه وتعالى يتفكير عباد الرحمن السلامة rightest of Allah والله سبحانه وتعالى الشخص الذي يقوم بهم كانوا تشاهدون والذين لا يشهدون الزورة لا يتفقون لا يتفقون فاستخدام والفلسود This is the characteristics of عباد الرحمن that they don't participate in falsehood أطاء مجاهد ضحاك عبد الله إلا عباس All of them they said والذين لا يشهدون الزورة الزورة here means أعياده in their celebrations The falsehood that they don't participate that they do not witness is their celebration It's a characteristics from the characteristics of عباد الرحمن that they do not participate in their celebration And from that what will enter is giving them greetings by saying to them Merry Christmas You don't say that to them It is not permissible for you Even if they say it to you when it's عيد they say عيد مبارك You're not allowed to say it to them Because your celebration is حق and their celebration is بارتن And if somebody gives you glad tidings and greetings to you upon the حق You don't give them greetings upon بارتن that which is falsehood And Allah He referred to it in this ayah as what زور Falsehood Vanity Even then the Christians amongst themselves some of their scholars have actually admitted that Christmas is nothing to do with their religion It was something that the Romans when they claimed Christianity they brought it with them and they claimed that Jesus عيسبن مريم This is when he was born And so we're celebrating it because of that And if you look at the Quran And you look at the birth of عيسبن مريم You realize that he wasn't born that time Look at what Allah said فأجاء المخاض إلى جدع النخلة قالت يا ليتني مت قبل هذا وكنت نسيا منسية فنادها من تحتها ألا تحزلي قد جع على ربك تحتك سرية Allah tells us وهوزي إليك بجدع النخلة تساقط عليك رطبا جنية Allah tells us that مريمه when she was giving birth she was under a tree And Christmas is at a cold season It's winter عيسبن مريم is under a tree The weather doesn't show that it's cold It shows that it's hot Not to mention that the ayah The siyak of the ayah mentions that Allah سبحانه وتعالى What did he say to her? فنادها من تحتها ألا تحزني قد جع على ربك تحتك سرية ما معنى السري سري is a water which is cold A river ran under her Allah said it's a cold water to drink A cold water is not drank in winter It's summer that is drank So from the Quran you sense that it is not that time عيسبن مريم was born And from amongst themselves the Christians they themselves have admitted that this is something that was brought to them by the Romans And then it is as Allah said والذين لا يشهدون الزور The believers don't participate in it And if you look at Maryamah when Gabriel came to her What did she say to him? قالت إني أعودوا بالرحماني منك إن كنت تقية Maryamah was a woman who was pious and chast Look at their celebration of Christianity when they celebrate The woman is not wearing her clothing properly She is drinking alcohol In more than 40 places In the Bible it prohibits alcohol And the drinking of alcohol And on that day they are celebrating by drinking the alcohol And then feeding him in their own religion This is wrong The men and women are free mixing And that's something that goes against their own religion Maryamah when Gabriel came to tell her about the news of her child What did she say? قالت إني أعودوا بالرحماني منك I seek refuge in Allah from you إن كنت تقية If you are a pious person who has taqwa Get away from me and don't come close to me And then what we need to realize is this is زور It's made even in their religion So one should not Give them glad hiding ولي ذلك The Prophet ﷺ He said to أبو بكر He said إن لكل قوم Every people They have إيدن a celebration وهذا عيدنا And this is our celebration And Allah said in the Quran ولي كل أمة Every nation جعلنا منسكن هم ناسكو Every nation We have made a ceremony for them A celebration for them A ritual In which they celebrate in I finally conclude with the statement of عمر رضي الله تعالى عنه عطا إبن أبي عطا إبن يسارين From the kibar of the تابعين He said that عمر said إياكم stay away from ورطانة الأعاجم Speaking the language of the disbelievers وأن تدقوا على المشركينة And that you enter upon the disbelievers يوم عيدهم The day when they celebrate in To enter onto them في كنائسهم In their In their churches And they are Muslim Clerics From misadjins Who are planning to go to the disbelievers On that day And cakes with them الله مغفل لنا دنوبنا وإصرافنا في أمرنا وثبت أقدامنا وانصرنا على القوم الكافرين الله مغفل لنا هزلنا وجدنا وخطأنا وعمدنا وكل ذلك عند لا يرب العالم الله ما لا تجعل الدنيا أكبرها منا ولا ما بلغا علمنا ولا تصليض علينا بدنوبنا من لا يخافك فينا ولا يرحمنا ربئات نفوسنا تقواها وزكها أنت خير من زكاها أنت وليها ومولاها ربنا آتنا في الدنيا حسنة وفي الآخيرات حسنة وقنا عذاب النار وقن الصلاة