How to respond to A Merry Christmas - Sunnah Way
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Not to think negatively, but are you insinuating I'm a Christian walal ?
KingSomali999
UNKOWN.
when people tell me merry christmas i respond with “happy holidays” we don’t have to celebrate it but it don’t hurt showing respect
Correct walal, Respect always. This was a former work colleague of mine I bantered with
I just say thank you and ask them about their plans for the day. 
I just say thank you and ask them about their plans for the day.
I've noticed that being respectfully honest is better and even admired by them in a world where most people are habitually fake.
Princefan
80s fan
No. I'm just stating that some Christians don't celebrate Christmas,which I didn't know.
Yes Jehovahs Witnesses don't celebrate Easter or their birthdays.
I think it comes natural for gaalo to say it. I'm not going to debate them I just change the subject politely. They get the drift and answer my question.
I've accepted presents before. Would that be dambi wallal ? I've never gifted it but feel it would be rude to refuse.
It is permissible for you to accept (not give) the gift from your Christian neighbour on the day of their festival, subject to the following conditions:
1 – This gift should not be meat that has been slaughtered for the festival.
2 – It should not be something that may be used to help in imitating them on the day of their festival, such as candles, eggs, palm leaves etc.
3 – You should explain to your children the belief in al-wala’ wa’l-bara’ (loyalty and friendship vs. disavowal and enmity), lest a love of this festival or a fondness for the giver be instilled in their hearts.
4 – The gift should be accepted with the aim of softening their heart and calling their to Islam, not with friendship and love.
If the gift is something that it is not permissible to accept, then the refusal to accept it should be accompanied by an explanation of why it is being refused, such as saying, “We only refused your gift because it is meat that was slaughtered for the festival, and it is not permissible for us to eat it, or these things are only accepted by those who are taking part in the celebrations, and we do not celebrate this festival, because it is not part of our religion, and it involves beliefs that we do not believe in” and so on, which is a starting point for calling them to Islam and explaining the danger of the kufr that they follow.
The Muslim should be proud of his religion and apply its rulings, and he should not give them up out of shyness or to impress anyone, for Allaah is more deserving of us feeling shy before Him.
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