Wednesday, January 15, 2014

Thanksgiving As A Muslim!

By Adam Majewski

Bismillah,

Minneapolis, MN- Another year passes and it is thanksgiving again here in the west. A holiday seen as weird to many Muslims, because we should be giving thanks everyday.

Now  to first Imam Ahmad and other hadith collectors have reported a hadtih that the Prophet Muhammad (S.A.W.) said, "Whoever imitates some people, he is considered as one of them." In another narration the prophet (S.A.W.) said, "A person is not one of us (Muslims), if he imitates others (non-Muslims)."

What everyone needs to keep in mind, many of whom will argue, the hadith refers to the moral values of other cultures not the cultural values of them. It is the Moral Values which should not be imitated.

With that said and thanksgiving next week, many American Muslims will be celebrating Thanksgiving, and be called Imitators of non-Muslims. These fellow Brothers and Sister's in Islam are only celebrating their cultural heritage as American Muslims, not imitating the moral values of another culture. These brothers and sister's are Muslims and Americans. As Muslims we are commanded to give thanks to Allah Subhana Wa'Tala everyday. 

On thanksgiving started 400 plus years ago, we as Americans were given the opportunity, to live in a society which does not oppress us for our beliefs or who we are as individuals. The command to give thanks, like during Ramadan to Allah should be strained more on this day, for the opportunities we are given in this country. All Muslims and Non-Muslims should bare in mind that Ramadan and thanksgiving should not normally be compared in this way yet most who would be quick to judge normally need a comparison of this type in order to understand the meaning of such thinking.

The importunates of this holiday does not have to be celebrated by all Muslims but those who celebrate it can't be shunned because of the decision to. It is difficult being a Muslim in America, it is even harder being an American Muslim here.

Now as the year continues to pass with this approaching holiday many will be giving thanks for, the life Allah Subhana Wa'Tala has given us. Even More then they do any other day. Many will be sharing food's they have never had before, some with be eating foods which are their favorites and don't eat often. No matter it is about spending a wonderful meal with loved ones while keeping in remembrance that which Allah Subhana Wa'Tala has giving use the past years, day's and hours.

Assalam Alaikum Wa Rahmatullah Wa Barakathu.

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