Mood:
cheekyTopic: Child Rearing
I'm in the kitchen slicing up some (homemade) pizza for the kids when i overhear this cute conversation.
The kids are on the front steps, waiting for their pizza. (It happens to be a mild day in Mass today.)
A neighbor, an old grey-haired man, is walking from his car to his unit says to my kids as he passes them: "Hi there kids! Are you going out trick or treating?"
My just turned 5 year old daughter says: "No, We are Muslims."
The man says: "What?"
daughter: "We're Muslims."
The man: 'Oh.'
Me: quietly snickering with a wide smile.
Want to know Islam's position on Halloween, see here:
http://islam.about.com/library/weekly/aa103098.htm
"So many people participate in these celebrations without even understanding the history and the pagan connections, just because their friends are doing it, their parents did it ("it's a tradition!"), and because "it's fun!" Allah described such people in the Qur'an:
"When it is said unto them, 'Come to what Allah has revealed, come to the Messenger,' they say, 'Enough for us are the ways we found our fathers following.' What! Even though their fathers were void of knowledge and guidance?" (Qur'an 5:104)"
"Holidays are not just excuses to binge and be reckless. In Islam, our holidays retain their religious importance, while allowing proper time for rejoicing, fun and games.
"Finally, Allah warned us about following in the footsteps of those who discard faith:
"Has not the time arrived for the believers, that their hearts in all humility should engage in the remembrance of Allah and of the Truth which has been revealed to them? That they should not become like those to whom was given the Book aforetime, but long ages passed over them and their hearts grew hard? For many among them are rebellious transgressors." (Qur'an 57:16)"
