Thanksgiving Day (US), is it permissible?

[Hannibal]

Is it permissible to celebrate or to participate in the US holiday of Thanksgiving? I ask because I don't think the murder and genocide of the native peoples of America should be celebrated, what do you think?

[ninjapro]

Is it permissible to celebrate or to participate in the US holiday of Thanksgiving? I ask because I don't think the murder and genocide of the native peoples of America should be celebrated, what do you think?

I just think Muslims shouldn't celebrate it since its a kuffar holiday and we don't celebrate except for the two Eids.

Here, I got this from islam-qa: "Muslims are forbidden to imitate the kuffaar by having parties on such occasions, or exchanging gifts, or giving out sweets or food, or taking time off work, etc., because the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: "Whoever imitates a people is one of them." Shaykh al-Islaam Ibn Taymiyah said in his book Iqtidaa’ al-siraat al-mustaqeem mukhaalifat ashaab al-jaheem: "Imitating them in some of their festivals implies that one is pleased with their false beliefs and practices, and gives them the hope that they may have the opportunity to humiliate and mislead the weak."

Whoever does anything of this sort is a sinner, whether he does it out of politeness or to be friendly, or because he is too shy to refuse, or for whatever other reason, because this is hypocrisy in Islaam, and because it makes the kuffaar feel proud of their religion.

Allaah is the One Whom we ask to make the Muslims feel proud of their religion, to help them adhere steadfastly to it, and to make them victorious over their enemies, for He is the Strong and Omnipotent.



Majmoo’ah Fataawa wa Rasaa’il al-Shaykh Ibn ‘Uthaymeen, 3/369)