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I am not a pro at religious consensus but if you ask yourself honestly -
Do U simply need a specific day to show love and affection to your wife ?
For a Muslim, V-Day is everyday 😊👍🏼
We do not celebrate but I will usually buy her some cute lovey dovey things before or after Vday since this is the best time to get heart shaped chocolate boxes, stuffies with hearts, etc
It is due to the fact that it has its roots in pagan Roman traditions and was later rebranded by Christians to honor the killing of two Christian people with the name Valentine on Feb 14th
If my kids grow up as god fearing Muslims, pray five times a day, strive to be good people who do the right thing and speak out against oppression and evil deeds, I will be happy and content.
I will not give a F if they are celebrating Halloween or Valentine’s Day.
Edit: I only celebrate Eid.
Do I work on company holidays? No.
Is there a difference between enjoying free time off (company holidays) and taking part in celebrating holidays (dressing up for Halloween, presents on Christmas etc)? Yes (in my opinion).
What is the religious reason to not celebrate? Never heard that before. I don't see anything wrong with it, you're spending time with your spouse, isn't that encouraged in Islam?
No you don't need a specific day, you can show it all year round but what's so bad about having one day be a special over the top day?
What D1 said.
I know most holidays are celebrated without the origins in mind, rather a time to spend with family or loved ones etc.
Anytime I've heard people ask about celebrating holidays (christmas, halloween, mother's day and so on), the religious expert response I've heard is similar to what D1 said.
I personally go back and forth, like I understand wanting to participate in said holidays cause you're obviously not a pagan and you're doing it for fun or showing love to family and friends, not to celebrate anything harmful or anything pagan beliefs wise.
But part of me feels like it always starts with the small things and the more you accept/participate, the more we lose our religion.
I know there's a lot of gray area with living in the west (or anywhere really) and Islam is heavily based on basic principles and our intentions etc, so idk.
I was just curious on what other 🐟 thought. In my experience, the folks who are a little more religious seem to not celebrate whereas the ones who are less religious do.
This is interesting. I consider myself religious and don’t celebrate Halloween (which is increasingly becoming a more lax thing amongst Muslims) and I would want to do something with/for my SO around valentine’s season. I don’t necessarily see that as “celebrating”, just a rekindling of love. But I guess I gotta give it some thought now....
I hear you A1, I think the act of taking part in the day is why religious scholars would consider that "celebrating".. although you're just spending time with your SO not whatever the pagan's were celebrating lol.
Similar to why I think halloween is being celebrated more by Muslims these days.. it's a day to dress up (or your kids) and collect or eat candy and nothing really to do with the pagan holiday from which it originated.
OP- Ive given it some thought... i think the differentiation in my mind between Halloween and Vday is the costumes and act of trick or treating. The costumes make it feel more like a celebration and youre going out of your way to collect candy. With vday, you’re just doing a date night during a time when romance is in. And I personally do acknowledge/celebrate Mother’s/fathers Day (not sure if that has pagan roots?) and both holidays feels the same to me in vibes except one is for a parent and one is for a spouse. Would I consider vday wrong now that I have the background? Idk. Still gotta let that churn. Probably not. But above is the reasoning for why it feels normalized in my head/thinking
BCG1, I hear you and don't disagree. At the end of the day, I guess it's about choosing your battles. You're right, if they're on point about everything else (the basics and things that really matter), what's the big deal about participating in whatever holidays if it's not affecting your faith and beliefs and you're not causing anyone any harm right? No one's perfect and if dressing up and eating candy one day a year is your biggest sin, iA you'll be alright on judgement day lol.
Many years ago I was at a Juma Prayer at Ohio State University and this young and inspiring Moulvi explained step by step why we shouldnt be celebrating V day and it made complete sense
I don’t
A1, I think where I might disagree with your thought process is what you consider an act of participating for the holiday. And I'm not trying to judge or say you're wrong and I'm right etc, like I said in my comment above if you're on point about everything else, then enjoying time with your SO is likey the least of your worries (Allah knows best).
The reason I disagree with your thought process is cause the act of celebrating halloween is dressing up or candy related.
Just as Vday's act is about spending time with your SO.
Just as Mother/Father' day is about spoiling and appreciating or recognizing your parents and so on.
I don't know if there's any pagan roots in the others either to be honest, but I'm almost positive it's not considered something for Muslims to celebrate based on what I've heard from various scholars. Whether it's due to pagan roots, or the fact that they say heaven is beneath your mother's feet so every day should be mother's day and so on.
Personally, I feel like it's not a big deal to put in extra effort to recognize your parents one day out of the year, but I think the issue is that from a religious perspective there's no such thing in Islam (that is, you shouldn't need a holiday to celebrate your parents).
Either way, not trying to say what you're doing is wrong, was just curious about other 🐟's perspective on holidays since technically (religiously) we only get 2 :).
Care to share the highlights of what you learned at Ohio state from that maulvi?
In married life as you get busy and used to routines, days like VDay provide an opportunity to appreciate your SO more than you do on the reg. I see nothing wrong with that.
By that token we should not be celebrating Christmas or the New Year. Don’t see any time off, just work those days.