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Yasir Qadhi

The Historical Origins of Christmas

Yasir Qadhi

Muslim Central

Religion & Spirituality, Society & Culture, Islam

4.81.3K Ratings

🗓️ 27 December 2023

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Today as you're all aware, it is our national holiday.

0:11.0

There's nowhere else to be. All restaurants are closed.

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Shopping centers are closed. So we have nothing else to do other than come here and

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insh a la not only increase our imam by praying together by remembering

0:25.4

Allah sophana with a la but also by educating ourselves as Muslims about what

0:30.5

we believe especially for our youth our children children, they need to know this.

0:33.8

What do we believe about ISA, Jesus, and what do we do as Muslims when a person

0:40.6

we're also respecting and venerating Jesus Christ.

0:43.7

He is being celebrated but in a way or a manner that we don't agree with.

0:47.4

So today I wanted to therefore talk very plainly, very boldly about how Muslims should view this celebration of Christmas.

0:59.3

And of course primarily, as you know, this is really meant for primarily our youth but in

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shawlah everybody will be in shawlah educated and learn something about today's

1:08.3

today's festival now of course for us as Muslims the key question is as follows. This is the question. We all know Jesus Erisa

1:17.2

did not preach anything of what modern Christians believe about him. Jesus never taught the Trinity. Jesus never

1:26.0

taught redemption. Jesus never taught the 25th of December as his holy day and

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festival. Yet the bulk of those who follow him are

1:37.0

believing and doing things that he did not do. So we as Muslims should

1:42.4

understand and learn where is this coming from

1:45.2

where what is the origin of these ideas these beliefs and obviously today's 20

1:51.2

minute lecture is not going to be a full survey.

1:53.9

That would take many, many dissertations, many, many lectures.

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