Assalamualikum. Your lecture was a good reminder to let the kids settle in US as US citizens. However I would like to add it is better to leave if something is disputed about like birthday or halloween. As if after death it turns out to be haram there is no going back and changing your deed. So if possible its better to be safe than sorry. Also, when I explained to my non muslim friends I avoid celebrating birthday they ended up sharing how its difficult for them to keep up the ever growing demand of their kids every year on their birthdays. Not to mention how kids end up fighting amongst themselves and with their parents for how injust ones gift was with respect to other. May allah protect us from any wrong doing. And accept our action as refrain as ibadah.
Much kudos & love to Shaykh Yasir Qadhi: touchy topics are the equivalent of walking on eggshells & he's able to run across them unscathed! May Allah reward + protect you & all your loved ones for this much needed Q&A RU-vid series
Masha Allah, jazakalah khairan Sheikh for explaining these issues with your knowledge. May Allah reward you all abundantly ameen for enlightening the umma.
JazakAllah Sheikh Yasir Qadhi, same explanation I heard from a young Sheikh from Afghanistan also, Hashim Aalamyan. Great explanation. May Allah swt reward you for opening our head and mind and hearts ❤❤❤
Jzk sheikh Dr. Yasir Qadhi. The none sense that some people bombarded to us for the last 100 years. Reasoning and being critical about our deen is utmost importance in this era.
ASA. Jazak Allah Khairun Sheikh Yaseer Qadhi to clear the misconception regarding different festivals/ holidays celebrations in different countries. May Allah reward you, your family, friends and all those participated in this Q&A session in this world and hereafter. Ameen.
Assalaamualaykum Muhammad sallallahu alayhi wassallam took fast on mondays he said i was born on that day so that way he has already laid down the sunnah of celeberating it .Why then we ll go more than him when he had option of calling people for having food on that day like he advocated for waleema gathering.Birthday sunnah has already been laid out.
MashaAllah I really like explanations of the Sheikh. The Sheikh has excellent understanding of Islamic shariah and has the capability to contextualise to the prevailing situations. The Sheikh is a jewel for the Muslims in USA and other western countries who are facing along of fitnah and confusing situations.May Allah preserve him.
This is a fantastic q n a. Dr YQ you are absolutely a gift to a multi racial and religious community. I have never heard anyone explained these things at these detailed level. Pristine!!! Absolutely fantastic. Alhamdulillah. Jazakallah Khair.
May Allah forgive me my parents my family and all Muslims dead or alive and grant us jannah by His mercy Aameen yaa Rabb Astagfirullah wa atuubu ilaihi❣️ Subhan’Allahi wa bihamdihi Subhan’Allahil Azweem❣️ Subhan’Allah❣️ Alhamdu lillah❣️ Laa ilaaha illaa Allah❣️ Allahu Akbar❣️ Laa hawla wa laa quwwata illaa billah❣️ May peace and blessings of Allah be upon our beloved prophet his companions and entire household❣️
.. JazakAllah khairun for such an important issues... May Allah SWT increase your ilm and of course ours too .... So we can illuminate our surroundings collectively. Ameen.
Walikum assalaam wrwb Sheikh, what I get from this lecture is we should be more focused on practicing/protecting the deen. We know that majority of the festivals are consumer holidays. Their main purpose is to stimulate the economy. Personally, I encourage my children to fast during their birthdays and show gratitude to Allah swt and parents. When it comes to Thanksgiving I want my children to stand with the Native Americans and Justice and Truth. I do not want my children to follow something blindly just because the majority is doing it. We can always reason. Also, take the middle path which is recommended.
Brother with due respect I need to learn from your family practices where and how did you get the practice to urge your kids to fast on their respective birthday when as a Muslim we don’t observe or fast on the birthday of our most beloved person on earth Messenger (puh) of Allah ( ST).
You believe the RU-vid historians too much. Why can't you stand with everyone. You're raising your children to be white haters. Do some real research. Thanksgiving is about unity. Thanksgiving is not a religious holiday. It's a national holiday. Even Muslim countries celebrate national holidays.
Asa Mashaallah. Allahuma Aamiin. May Allah reward him and his offspring in Jannah. May Allah make the rest of his life the most beneficial to him and to the Umma.I ❤️ you all for the sake of Allah SW.
You're a Great Gift to our time Sheikh Yasir, Alhamdullila! Jazaka Allah Khair. I used to think Medium Rare steak was not Allowed or Halal, Thank you for Clarifying that lol!
On one extreme, some people living in non-Muslims lands think it is forbidden to have anything to do with even the most generic and secular festivals in those lands, while some people living in majority Muslim lands go out of their way to celebrate Christmas and Valentine's.
The recitation is done by EPIC Masjid's Hifdz school principal Shaykh Sajjad Gul. You can listen to more of his recitations in the following playlist ru-vid.com/group/PLYO6Oz7uwCSiKTfh-qS3yLjIAATuiE22u
Assalam O Alaikum Dr. Qadhi, I have question. I am palliative care physician and alot of time we are asked to remove pt from life support - ventilator when the family decide not to pursue aggressive care. What does Islam say about withdrawal of care specially in situation where the patient is not able to have any meaningful recovery. Thank you
During the time of prophet Muhammad Pbh.christhain, jews and other religion has owned celebration.the prophet knows that but for the muslim he only allow two celebration, the idl ftr and idl adha.
I am from Malaysia and in Malaysia, we combine religious festival together when it coincidently falls on the same month close to one another. Ofcourse as Muslims we don’t celebrate exactly as the people of that faith do... but we go to their parties to eat and we wish them for their celebration. So how?
A question Shaykh, how about congratulating other people of the book during their religious festivities (e.g Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah); are those forbidden as well?
Asalam Alaikum brother! My question is about the 14th of August when we celebrate Pakistan day? That was the best day for us to have our own Islamic country.
all i see in the comments are people making flimsy point off of his points. when your intention isnt to honour a pagan god or transgress, whats the harm in celebrating personal feats and celebrations? one might ask why do this just to fit into society? yes. thats a valid point that you are making but you completely missed the sheikhs point. he isnt encouraging the celebrations. he is merely pointing out that celebrating it when youre a part of a larger society that does celebrate things like this isnt exactly haram. you can choose to do it or not. this is just for the people that want to do it and wanna know if theyre doing something wrong by celebrating something. if you are gonna draw parallels on paganism and something like celebrating a birthday, clearly youre reading too much into it. if you intend for it to be a fun time with you and your family and friends, whats the harm in that? then again. this is for the people that want to celebrate anniversaries and birthdays. personally, ive never felt the need or desire to celebrate it nor do i find the idea appealing but all im gonna say is that people are reading too much into things that are done without any intention of wrongdoing and we all know that in islam, niyyath is everything.
GREAT AND VERY BEAUTIFUL LECTURE... THERE ARE 100000 WAYS IN WHICH BILLIONS OF MUSLIMS INCLUDING SCHOLARS CAN TRY TO INTERPRET AHAADEES / QURAN VERSES IN THEIR OWN WAYS... ACCORDING TO THEIR OWN PERSONAL VIEWS... PERSONAL PREFERENCES........... PERSONAL CONCEPTS...... SO FAR, THE MOST BEAUTIFUL LECTURE IN MY LIFE ABOUT THESE ISSUES LIKE BIRTHDAYS....ANNIVERSARIES ETC....I HEARD FROM DR YASIR QADHI.... FIRST OF ALL.... A BIG FAULT IS PEOPLE'S FAULT.... PEOPLE'S FAULT.... PEOPLE'S FAULT.... PEOPLE ASK USELESS QUESTIONS..... THEY ALSO WASTE SCHOLARS' TIME....... THEN DIFFERENT SCHOLARS START GIVING FATWAS.... MAKING SELF DESIGNED THEORIES...... THESE THINGS HAPPEN UNINTENTIONALLY ALSO...... MUSLIM WORLD DOES NOT DISCUSS DOES NOT EVEN SAY A SINGLE WORD ABOUT INNER INTENTION INNER INTENTION INNER INTENTION WHEN THEY TALK ABOUT THESE KINDS OF ISSUES...... INNER INTENTION IS NOTHING ??? ACTIONS WILL BE JUDGED ON THE BASIS OF INNER INTENTIONS.... IT IS A HADEES..... ALL MUSLIMS KNOW ALREADY VERY WELL........ MOST BEAUTIFUL COMMENT FROM DR YASIR, I HEARD MANY MONTHS AGO.... IT WAS THAT BIRTHDAYS ETC ARE NOT RELIGIOUS / ISLAMIC THINGS... SO.....HOW CAN ANY MUSLIM SAY LIKE... THESE ARE BIDAAH...... OR ADDING SOMETHING IN RELIGION ??? ANOTHER THING...... CAN ANY PERSON CONVINCE ANY OTHER PERSON FOR THESE KINDS OF ISSUES ??? NO NO NOT AT ALL...... THIS IS KIND OF NEVER ENDING CYCLE..... ONE PERSON WILL SAY ONE THING.... OTHER PERSON WILL COME UP WITH ANOTHER ARGUMENT.... EVEN A NEW INTERPRETITION OF HADEES...JUST TO PROVE HIS / HER POINT.... RU-vid WHATSAPP FACEBOOK AIRPLANES FLYING BY AIR THROUGH AIRPLANES WHAT ARE THESE ??? VERY GOOD THINGS... I GAVE THIS EXAMPLE JUST TO SHOW THAT FEW MUSLIMS SAY LIKE... BIRTHDAYS ETC ARE LIKE COPYING NON-MUSLIMS.... WHAT ???? USE OF ANYTHING MAKE A THING GOOD OR BAD... THINGS ARE NOT GOOD OR BAD.... WHAT IS MEANT BY COPYING ??? THERE IS A VERY HONEST NON-MUSLIM POLICE OFFICER... MUSLIMS SHOULD COPY THAT NON-MUSLIM.... AGAIN.... THESE KINDS OF BIRTHDAYS ETC ISSUES ARE LIKE NEVER ENDING CYCLE NEVER ENDING CYCLE TOTAL TIME WASTAGE..... IF SOMEONE DOES NOT PREFER TO CELEBRATE THESE... OK FINE GOOD IF SOMEONE PREFERS TO CELEBRATE.... OK FINE GOOD WHAT IS WRONG ???? OFERING PRAYERS..... A PRAYER WHICH IS TO SHOW OFF... IT IS A SIN..... IF IT IS 100% FOR ALLAH... IT IS THE BEST AND GOOD THING......... INNER INTENTION IS NOTHING ??? YES IT IS......... AGAIN...... I AM CONVINCING ANYONE WHO IS AGAINST BIRTHDAYS ETC ???? NO NO NOT AT ALL....... TOTAL RESPECT... IF ANY PERSON DOES NOT PREFER TO CELEBRATE THESE KINDS OF THINGS.... OK FINE GOOD IF A PERSON CELEBRATES THESE THINGS... OK FINE GOOD I CELEBRATE MY KIDS' BIRTHDAYS... MY WEDDING ANNIVERSARY...YES.... I CELEBRATE...... I WILL CONTINUE TO CELEBRATE TILL MY DEATH.... INSHA ALLAH MAY ALLAH BLESS AND PROTECT ME AND MY FAMILY..... AAMIN AAMIN AAMIN EACH PERSON HAS HIS / HER OWN VIEW... OWN INNER INTENTION.... WHO IS BETTER ?? NOBODY......... GENERALLY SPEAKING..... THE WHOLE MUSLIM WORLD IS BUSY IN "I AM BETTER" "I HAVE BETTER KNOWLEDGE" THING......... MUSLIM WORLD IS BUSY IN DISCUSSING ISSUES WHICH ARE NOT ISSUES AT ALL..... WE SEE CHILD RAPE BACKBITINGS HATRED FAKE PEER, FAQEER, BLACK MAGIC GUYS THERE ARE 100000000000 ISSUES..... SUNNI SHIA WAHABI DAIOBANDI MULTIPLE GROUPS A DIVIDED WORLD......... ------------------------------------------ ONE MORE THING..... WITHOUT NAMING ANY COUNTRY'S NAME..... SUPPOSE, THERE IS AN XYZ MUSLIM MAJORITY COUNTRY.... THAT COUNTRY HAS ITS NATIONAL ANTHEM MUSIC IS ALSO THERE.... PEOPLE FROM THAT COUNTRY STAND UP FOR NATIONAL ANTHEM A THING, WHICH HAS MUSIC ALSO.... THAT SAME COUNTRY'S PEOPLE SAY... MUSIC HARAM MUSIC HARAM MUSIC HARAM I AM NOT SAYING, MUSIC IS GOOD.... NOT AT ALL... I AM NOT SAYING, MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS ARE GOOD.... OH MUSLIMS...GO, USE THOSE.... NO I AM NOT SAYING IT...... ALLAH KNOWS VERY WELL WHAT I WANT TO SAY... WHAT IS MY POINT.... INNER INTENTION INNER INTENTION INNER INTENTION TODAY, MUSLIM WORLD HAS BECOME A WORLD OF FINGER POINTING AND A WORLD OF "I AM BETTER".... GENERALLY SPEAKING..... A WOMAN STARTS USING HIJAAB... THEN...SHE HAS JUST ONE GOAL OF LIFE... SEARCHING FOR WOMEN WHO ARE NOT USING HIJAAB A BEARD GUY STARTS LOOKING FOR CLEAN SHAVED MEN TO ATTACK.... A PERSON LEAVES MUSIC.... THAT PERSON CONSIDERS THAT HE / SHE BECAME 100 % PERFECT NOW.... I AM SAYING ALL IN A GENERAL WAY........ OBVIOUSLY, NOT SAYING, ALL DO IT.... NO........ BUT SO FAR, THROUGHOUT MY LIFE, I SAW IT.... I EXPERIENCED IT....... FEW MONTHS AGO, I MADE A VIDEO...... A BEAUTIFUL VIDEO OF MY TWO LITTLE DAUGHTERS.... I PUT A SONG IN THE BACKGROUND.... A BEAUTIFUL / SPIRITUAL SONG..... THERE WAS VERY LITTLE LIGHT MUSIC IN THE BACKGROUND...... I SENT IT TO VERY FEW OF MY RELATIVES / FRIENDS..... WITHIN MINUTES, ONE RELATIVE STARTED POSTING AND SENDING ME ANTI-MUSIC POSTS......... NOT ONLY ONE POST.... MANY....... I CRIED A LOT...... LOVE WAS IN MY HEART.... MY INNER INTENTION WAS TOTAL CLEAN I SHARED MY KIDS' VIDEO AND WHEN WE SHARE WITH SOMEONE... IT MEANS, WE SHARE WITH LOVE....... TWO LITTLE DAUGHTERS...LITTLE DAUGHTERS.... LOVE OF A PARENT FOR KIDS.... THATS IT..... BUT WHAT I GOT BACK ???? ALLAH DOES NOT SEE ??? YES ALLAH SEES ALL...... IS IT ISLAM.... THIS IS THE WAY OF PROPHET MUHAMMAD PBUH ??? I CRIED A LOT..... I BROKE.... MY INNER BROKE..... THEN I ASK MYSELF..... THIS IS THE MUSLIM WORLD TODAY ??? ANOTHER EXAMPLE...... HALLOWEEN...... EACH YEAR, INNOCENT / LITTLE KIDS COME TO MY APARTMENT... I GIVE THEM CANDIES.... A LOT OF CANDIES.............. KIDS SMILE...... LITTLE INNOCENT KIDS............. JUST A SMILE JUST A LITTLE SMILE ON THEIR FACES..... I FIND TEARS IN MY EYES..... HAPPINESS TEARS.... TEARS OF LOVE..... SAME THING..... I WILL CONTINUE DOING IT TILL MY DEATH..... ALLAH KNOWS MY INTENTIONS.... ALLAH KNOWS MY INNER..... PEOPLE DO NOT... THEY CAN NOT........ WHO IS BETTER ? NOBODY...... BUT YES PEOPLE CAN TRY TO PROVE / SHOW THEY ARE BETTER BETTER MUSLIM ETC I AM NOT BETTER THAN ANYBODY I ALSO DO NOT WANT TO SEE ANYBODY WHO CAN TRY TO PROVE / SHOW THAT HE / SHE IS BETTER.... RELIGIOUS PROUDNESS ??? IT IS NOTHING ???? FEELING OF BEING "BETTER" OR "THE BEST" OR "THE PERFECT".... THESE THINGS ARE NOTHING ??? OBVIOUSLY, THESE ARE BIG SINS........ VERY SCARY SINS ! NOW ANY PERSON / ANY MUSLIM IN THIS WORLD CAN EASILY SAY... OH I AM PARTICIPATING IN SOMETHING LIKE HALLOWEEN..... WHAT ???? WHAT ???? ANOTHER EXAMPLE...... SAYING MERRY CHRISTMAS TO CHRISTIANS..... IMRAN KHAN.... CURRENT PRIME MINISTER OF PAKISTAN HE WISHED AND SAID, MERRY CHRISTMAS TO CHRISTIANS LIVING IN PAKISTAN..... A GREAT THING..... PURE ISLAM.................. 100 % ISLAM IMRAN KHAN STARTED AGREEING WITH THE BELIEFS WHATEVER BELIEFS CHRISTIANS HAVE ?? NO HE STARTED CELEBRATING CHRISTMAS ? NO HE JUST WISHED.... INTER-FAITH HARMONY JUST SIMPLE........ MUSLIM WORLD IS FULL OF SELF DESIGNED STATEMENTS LIKE.... IF YOU SAY THIS IF YOU SAY THAT IT MEANS YOU DID SHIRK..... YA ALLAH FORGIVE ME FORGIVE ME FORGIVE ME FORGIVE US AAMIN INTER-FAITH HARMONY IS NOTHING ??? HOW CAN ANY SINGLE PERSON JUDGE ANY OTHER PERSON ??? IF YOU SAY THIS IT MEANS..............XYZ ABC ETC WHAT IS THIS ????? I WILL STOP HERE....... IT IS NEVER ENDING CYCLE NEVER ENDING CYCLE NEVER ENDING CYCLE IF ONE PERSON SAYS, MERRY CHRISTMAS... OK FINE TOTAL RESPECT IF ANOTHER MUSLIM DOES NOT WANT TO SAY IT... OK FINE TOTAL RESPECT THERE ARE ISSUES WHICH ARE NOT AN ISSUES AT ALL...... NOT AT ALL.......... YA ALLAH FORGIVE ME FORGIVE US AAMIN AGAIN..... MAY ALLAH BLESS YOU, DR YASIR..... MAY ALLAH BLESS THE WHOLE WORLD.... ALL PEOPLE....ALL NATIONS AAMIN FOR ANY PERSON..... PLEASE DO NOT REPLY TO MY COMMENT..... THERE WILL BE NO REPLY / RESPONSE FROM ME.... DO NOT WASTE YOUR TIME.... THANKS A LOT..... PLEASE DO NOT REPLY TO MY COMMENT..... THERE WILL BE NO REPLY / RESPONSE FROM ME.... DO NOT WASTE YOUR TIME.... THANKS A LOT..... MAY ALLAH BLESS..... MAY ALLAH BLESS THE WHOLE WORLD.... ALL PEOPLE ALL NATIONS AAMIN ALLAH HAFIZ
Thanks and a question. First, Jazakumullahu khairan ustaz and Epic masjid team for broadening my knowledge and understanding. Question: What is about being mediam rare in steak. Whic one is problematic; wel done or rare? On which basis? (Answer is very important for me as in my circle we know only weldone steak) I don't know id there will be someone from the te following the comments as this video is 2 years old. But, now it's my duty to dig deep on this question before my next steak.
JAK Shaykh! Excellent talk that clarifies many points! However you didn’t mention Valentine’s Day…. I once saw a Muslim couple arguing because the wife was insisting on celebrating it while the husband refused. I’m seeing it as belonging to a gray area akin to Halloween. What would you say about it?
how about celebrating graduations?especially in that Philippines we have madrasa that teaches Arabic and Everytime a child exel in their academic or graduated esp. with honors we usually. celebrate?hope someone can answer this?
allah has his mercy on you if you do good deeds, will allah have mercy on you if you dont do good deeds? no probably, if everyone enters jannah by allahs mercy and i mean everyone , then why pray 5 times a day. We need to do good and then allah has mercy inshallah on all of us
@@obay7874 If you've been following the Shaykh lectures he said everyone will enter jannah eventually as in the ones who said the kalimah...some will get tests in this world it will be enough to get them to jannah..some they will hv to go thru the fitna of the qabr...some thru the fitna of the day of judgment...some will hv to taste the punishment of the hellfire to get to jannah...Allah forgives whomever He wills...am not saying you shudnt fast nor pray...you hv to do what is fardh upon you and Allah will admit you in jannah In shaa Allah! by his mercy Btw they are some people who never did any good in their lives..after burning in hellfire for a period of time (only Allah knows till when)..they will burned to crisp...and then will be dipped in the river of life..and then they will enter Jannah...Am not a scholar just an average Muslim this is what I heard frm YQ unless my ears 👂 are full of wax 😆
SubhanAllah! beautiful explanations by Dr. Yasir, I want to learn more about 'Tashabbuh' so doing 'Hukkah' is Tashabbuh? please advise your valuable knowledge. JazakAllah
Although some cultural celebrations aren’t religious they still aren’t good to celebrate. Thanksgiving is a celebration of the genocide of the Native American people. Most Native Americans do not celebrate thanksgiving because it is a day of mourning for them. As a Muslim, and as a descendant of the Native American people, I refuse to celebrate a holiday that stems from the oppression and murder of the Native people. The 4th of July in the United States I also refuse to celebrate. It is an American tradition not related to religion but it is also another twisted holiday. Yea it is the day the US was freed from the British empire but who exactly was free? The white slave owners were free but all of the African American slaves were not free. And some of those slaves were Muslims from Africa. They were still being tortured until a hundred years later when they “technically” were freed. And even till this day are still oppressed. So Independence Day is a joke to me. I’m not telling anyone they shouldn’t celebrate these days because I have no right to do that. I just gave the reasons why I don’t and why people need to look into things before they decide to “celebrate” them. Don’t just follow others blindly for the sake of “culture”.
I find it quite convenient that natives forget their own history of genocidal wars against other native tribes. Just look at what the Sioux did to the Kiowa and the Shoni tribes. Maybe the Sioux should apologize for all those massacres. Oh wait, most of the people they could apologize to are dead. People of English descent in the US are more native the New England than the Sioux are to the Black Hills. Also, it is very well documented that Native American tribes owned African slaves. People like you want all the benefits of living in the US but will never actually leave or go and live on the reservations because the Whiteman built an objectively better nation that is the most prosperous nation in history.
JazkumAllsh Karen, I was worried all this time I had Turkey. It is sincere; I never looked at it as a holiday religion; I just thought it was a holiday season
