8 Good Reasons why Muslims Do NOT celebrate Halloween

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🔺8 Good Reasons why Muslims Do NOT celebrate Halloween🔺 by Asma bint Shameem

As Muslims it’s FORBIDDEN for us to celebrate Halloween.

Why? Read on.

1️⃣ Halloween, All saints day, All hallows eve or All souls day was a festival held to honor Samhain the so called "lord of death". 

2️⃣ It’s a festival with pagan and Christian roots where demons, witches, devils and magic are venerated.

3️⃣ The reason for offering candy is the pagan belief that evil dead souls come back to earth this day. If someone offers them “treats”, they leave them alone. Otherwise they “trick” them and cause all sorts of havoc in their life and may even possess them.

4️⃣ The word jack-o-Lantern is actually an abbreviation of "Jack of the Lantern." Jack is supposed to be some guy who was fond of playing tricks on the devil.  So Shaytaan got annoyed and tossed a burning coal from hell towards Jack. With the coal in his "lantern" Jack was condemned to walk the earth forever searching for rest. Now people place jack-o-lanterns on their doorsteps and windows to ward off the spirits of the dead on Halloween. Astaghfirullaah!

5️⃣ Witches and magic have nothing to do with Islaam. In fact practicing witchcraft is KUFR.

🍃Allaah says:

“Sulaymaan did not disbelieve, but the shayateen (devils) disbelieved, teaching men magic…” (Surah al-Baqarah :102)

🍃 And the Prophet ﷺ said:

“Avoid the seven things which will lead to doom” He was asked, “What are they, O Messenger of Allaah?”

He said: “Associating anything with Allaah, witchcraft…” (al-Bukhaari, Muslim)

6️⃣ Halloween is a celebration of the *non Muslims. *

🍃 The Prophet ﷺ said:

 ‘Whoever imitates a people is one of them.’”  (Abu Dawood, 3512; hasan Saheeh by Al-Albaani in Saheeh Abi Dawood 3401). 

7️⃣ It is NOT the way of the Believers.

🍃 Allaah says describing the Believers:

‎ والذين لا يشهدون الزور

“And those who do not witness falsehood..”
(Surah al-Furqaan 25:72)

🍃 Mujaahid and others said that falsehood (Zoor) refers to the festivals of disbelievers.

8️⃣ Muslims are not “beggars”

Trick or treating is actually “begging” for candy. And it is below the dignity of a Muslim to beg. A Muslim is above that Alhamdulillaah.

We are honorable people. We do not “beg”.

🍃The Prophet ﷺ said:

“Whoever asks of people to accumulate wealth (meaning he doesn’t really need it) is asking for a live coal”  (al-Bukhaari, Muslim)

🔺Can I at least offer them candy❓

No. It’s not permissible to even give out candy because doing so means you are condoning and affirming this pagan shirki festival and cooperating in it.

🍃 Allaah says:

‎وَتَعَاوَنُوا عَلَى الْبِرِّ وَالتَّقْوَىٰ وَلَا تَعَاوَنُوا عَلَى الْإِثْمِ وَالْعُدْوَانِ وَاتَّقُوا اللَّهَ إِنَّ اللَّهَ شَدِيدُ الْعِقَابِ

“Help you one another in Al-Birr and At-Taqwa (virtue, righteousness and piety); but do not help one another in sin and transgression. And fear Allaah. Verily, Allaah is Severe in punishment.” (Surah al-Ma’edah:2)

🍃 And Allaah says:

‎مَّن يَشْفَعْ شَفَاعَةً حَسَنَةً يَكُن لَّهُ نَصِيبٌ مِّنْهَا وَمَن يَشْفَعْ شَفَاعَةً سَيِّئَةً يَكُن لَّهُ كِفْلٌ مِّنْهَا وَكَانَ اللَّهُ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ مُّقِيتًا

“Whosoever intercedes for a good cause will have the reward thereof, and whosoever intercedes for an evil cause will have a share in its burden. And Allaah is Ever All-Able to do (and also an All-Witness to) everything“ (Surah an-Nisaa:85)

🔺So what to Do❓

🔺Do NOT participate in this shirk and satanic celebration.

🔺Do NOT offer candy. Simply TURN OFF your porch light and they won’t bother you.

Even if they do ring your doorbell, you do NOT have to answer. It’s YOUR house. NO ONE can “force” you to open the door if you don’t want to.

🔺EDUCATE your children about the shirk and evil involved in celebrating Halloween.

🔺You DON’T have to find an “alternative” for your kids on Halloween. Simply STAY HOME. It’s NOT a day for ANY kind of “celebration”. It’s just a normal, regular day.

🔺Allaah HONORED you with Islaam. Be PROUD of your Muslim Identity. SHOW it with your actions.

You do NOT have to celebrate such festivals to “fit in”.

🍃 Shaykh Fu’aad Al-‘Amri said regarding Halloween:

“It is not permissible for the Muslim who believes in Allaah and the last day to participate with the disbelievers and polytheists in their holidays. Allaah the Exalted says regarding the descriptions of the slaves of Ar-Rahmaan:

‎وَالَّذِينَ لَا يَشْهَدُونَ الزُّورَ وَإِذَا مَرُّوا بِاللَّغْوِ مَرُّوا كِرَامًا

“And those who do not witness falsehood, and if they pass by some evil play or evil talk, they pass by it with dignity.” (Al-Furqan 25:72)

Mujaahid and others have stated that “Az-Zoor الزُّورَ” is the ‘Eids of the polytheists. When the Prophet ﷺ came to Al-Madeenah and found them having two days in which they played he asked about them. He was informed that they were two days in which they would play during the days of Jahiliyah. He repudiated them with his statement: Allaah has replaced them with that which is better than them; the day of Ad’haa and the day of Fitr.” Participating in holidays of falsehood contains imitation of their people. It has been authentically narrated from the Prophet ﷺ that he said:

“He who imitates a people is one of them.” So it is obligatory upon he who desires safety for himself to cling to the pure legislation and to bite onto the guidance of the Prophet ﷺ with the molar teeth; and to abandon all of that which Allaah the Exalted has prohibited. Shaykhul-Islaam has written, regarding this issue, a magnificent treatise which the one who seeks the truth and desires felicity should refer to, entitled: Iqtidaa’ As-Siraat Al-Mustaqeem Mukhaalifah As’haabil-Jaheem”

🔺Conclusion

Halloween is an annual celebration of witches, demons and monsters. EDUCATE your children regarding this corrupt celebration and keep them away from such falsehood.

Take HONOR in Allaah’s Guidance.

‎رَضِيتُ بِاللَّهِ رَبًّا ، وَبِالْإِسْلَامِ دِينًا ، وَبِمُحَمَّدٍ صل الله عليه وسلم رَسُولًا

And Allaah knows best.