Last night at the Kids Parallel Program, we touched on this concept of Halloween and explained the brief history of its origin. We told students that this concept has nothing to do with Islam. This lecture such beautifully explains how mothers should train their children and make it explicitly known to them that there are religious holidays and we as Muslims do not have to partake in them just like other religions do not partake in our holidays. We respect each other and their beliefs but we should not be adopting such celebrations just because we are living in this society. The speaker this morning so beautifully explained this concept too. It will require some work on the part of those parents who have already been taking their kids dressed up, trick or treating in the past and this reformation will not happen overnight. With that in mind, we have asked the little workshop kids to come dressed as a Soldier of Al Mahdi and instead of having them go door-to-door begging for sweets (Im so glad the speaker used this word this morning - I was almost tempted to do the same last night when explaining the kids but refrained from it because Im not a mother and the last thing I want to hear is What do you know? You dont have kids! You wont understand our struggles), we will hand out the candies to them as Fateha at the end of the Program after remembering the Martyrs of Karbala and our Marhumeen by reciting Surah al Fateha. Shazia Yusufali Aiman Karim Dewji Zishan Hasham Rawan K Ameera R. Jaffer
Posted on: Fri, 31 Oct 2014 17:46:15 +0000
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