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“Replacing Faith with Fiction” |
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We beg of you to stop this silly lie you tell your children about 'Santa': yes... that jolly imaginary guy in red that supposedly lives in the North Pole. Why do people do this? Let me show you the various dangers of this 'myth' and the injustice that you are doing to your children:-
1) You are teaching your children, at a very very young age, that parents are very good liars (they will come to realise this once they become smart enough to figure out that Santa is NOT REAL)
2) You are teaching your children that nothing is wrong with lying to people once it makes them feel good about themselves. Is it okay to deceive children to get them to behave properly??
3) You teach your children that Santa can "Always See you and hear you" he can "tell if you've been naughty or nice". You give Santa all the attributes of God Himself!!! You make your children afraid of displeasing Santa and afraid of what Santa might do if they behave naughty throughout the year, i.e. he will put black coal in your “Christmas” stocking. Astaghfirullah: Oh Muslims, this is shirk by the way, please do not teach your children these lies.
4) So, you think your kids are too young to go to mosque and church, but instead you teach them this fable. You teach them about Santa instead of God. WHAT ARE YOU DOING??? If the children can believe in a huge jolly unseen character, why in the world would people come to the conclusion that they would not understand the concept of God. God is unseen, He knows what you are doing and He will be displeased if you are 'naughty'. All the things that this mythical Santa supposedly does are original attributes of the Almighty! Why are parents teaching their children about a lie instead of filling their heads with the fear and love of God at such a tender and important age?
Now to Muslims in particular, Santa = Shirk, so stop this...stop hanging up Christmas trees, stop having 'Christmas' dinners and stop celebrating this holiday that originally started off with pagans and as a Carnival of the streets full of drinking, fornication and lewdness of every kind. It is NOT the birth of Jesus (Prophet Isa: May Allah (swt) be pleased with him) and even the church knows this. If you don’t believe us, ask them yourselves, do some research… you’ll see the truth for what it is!
The recognized Scholars of Islam have deemed this tradition of teaching your children about 'Santa Clause' as a haraam act, one that can be attributed to teaching shirk, and as an imitation of the Kuffar...
Oh Muslims, leave off this western tradition. Stuff this idea of Santa in a box and tie it with a knot so that he NEVER gets out again.
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Yours Truly Here At |
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Concerned Youths (at Youth of Islam) |
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Assalamu Alaikum and |
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"May Allah (swt) continue to guide and lead us |
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towards the right path... |