"Christmas remains a stark warning and example to Muslims of what can happen to Islam if we were to accept innovations into our faith. To cling to the Qur'an and sunnah as understood by the salaf is the only way to remain within the sanctified parameters of our deen (religion).
Christmas is a phenomenon that should encite the awareness of the Muslim laity to be mindful about those from whom they take their religion and religious knowledge. We thank Allah for preserving our faith and pray that he bestow upon us the ability to stay on the Straight Path."
-Excerpt from Muhammad Mustaqem Shah's facebook status.mentions that he included this reminder,which is an excerpt taken from an online article by Muhammad Nizami, in his Friday khutbah, or sermon.
Even a basic google search reveals that Christmas is based on Pagan ideas which Church leaders, instead of renouncing, accepted into conventional Christian practice. Muslims should cleave to the Truth, rather than attempting to adopt their faith to prevailing trends, however innocent they might appear. In the current age,the Quran, having been preserved through the ages, remains the only call to God consciousness which hasn't adopted itself to personal whims or to prevailing trends, like consumerism. Muslims have a duty both to themselves and to humanity to uphold The Truth. Muslims should srive to ensure that they embody the principles and ideas contained in the Quran and in the accounts, in the hadith literature, of prophet Muhammed and all of the other prophets who came before him (May the peace and blessings of Allah be upon them all).
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