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Plymouth rock landed on us historians estimate that a quarter of african slaves brought to america were muslim.

Thanksgiving yams or sweet potatoes. If this sacrifice and feeding the needy was done as an act of thanksgiving to allaah then it is permissible for feeding people is a way of doing good to people and allaah loves those who do good. Muslim thanksgiving is an evident of our five daily prayers plus additional dua. Thanksgiving in america is as a result of the killings of the nativesamerica so called red indians.

Thanksgiving from the islamic perspective by ibrahim gamard 112284. It is an important right that they are given in islamic shareeah law so much so that allah has mentioned obedience to parents alongside obedience to him and their rights alongside his rights in more than one place. Is it permissible to attend the national day celebration.

Theres a lot we can learn about thanksgiving such as the importance and value of the family. Greeting the kuffaar on christmas and other religious holidays of theirs is haraam by consensus as ibn al qayyim may allaah have mercy on him said in ahkaam ahl al dhimmah. Praise be to allah.

The word for thanksgiving in arabic is shukr. Honouring ones parents is one of the greatest means of drawing close to allah and one of the best acts of obedience. Can i attend with the intention of giving a religious talk advising people to obey allah and his messenger peace be upon him.

Thanksgiving is a day that even more important than christmas a good day to be with your family and visiting the hometown. It has nothing to do with religion whatsoever. Revised 112802 as salamu alaykum wa rahmatu llahi wa barakatu h peace be upon you all and the mercy of god and his blessings.

There is nothing wrong with accompanying thanksgiving to allah with thanksgiving to ones parents and combining the two but he should not do that all the time as if it were a dhikr form of prescribed remembrance narrated from the prophet peace and blessings of allah be upon him because there is no such report from the prophet peace and blessings of allah be upon him. You can narrow down your search from hanafi shafii maliki and hanbali schools of law. After all malcolm x did say we didnt land on plymouth rock.

Congratulating the kuffaar on the rituals that belong only to them is haraam by consensus as is congratulating them on their festivals and fasts by saying a happy festival to you or may. As you can see they dont really pray but eat turkey. If i am obliged to attend the celebration as an employee in the embassy what should i do.

But if your sacrifice was aimed at warding off evil and bringing about good then it is not permissible. This thanksgiving lets remember the muslims who arrived in america in the hulls of slave ships after crossing the middle passage.