They have already strayed.

Comments such as yours are a great reason for me to say the following about the above article: There’s a great deal of points that I can agree on, at the same time it’s creating doors for people to manipulate and create harmful philosophical analogies.

The hadith discussed here is clear and has been explained by people of greater understanding and iman. While some contemporary scholars may not be immersed in the pervasive culture due to their modest hearts by no means should anyone disrespect them for living in caves. If Islam was based on common sense there would be no need the All Mighty to send messengers and revelations.

If you are stuck on baseless holidays I have one thing to say to all of you: Grow up and spend your time with servitude to your Lord and His creation in need. Your children would not be asking you to trick or treat if you simply tell them that Muslims do not part take in this holiday and take them to help at the homeless shelter instead.

Salam,
You said ‘selling the items specifically related to celebrating holidays representing religions other than Islam’ is prohibited.
I do craft and sell them on website. I make home decorations and countdown calendars for kids for Ramadhan. But because they have no religious theme I get customers ordering them for xmas. Is that permissable? How do I go about it?

The History of the First Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving was named after an entire tribe’s massacre — not a peaceful meal between pilgrims and Indians.

In 1621, Wampanoag Indians investigated gun and cannon fire at a Pilgrim settlement to see them celebrating a successful harvest. The Indians — all male warriors, were fed as a gesture of peace. The act was not repeated annually.

In 1636, when a murdered man was discovered in a boat in Plymouth, English Major John Mason collected his soldiers and killed and burned down the wigwams of all the neighboring Pequot Indians who were blamed for the murder.

The following day, Plymouth Governor William Bradford applauded the massacre of the 400 Indians, including the women and children. The Governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, William Newell, proclaimed: “From that day forth, shall be a day of celebration and thanks giving for subduing the Pequots.”

For the next 100 years, every Thanksgiving Day ordained by a governor was in honor of the bloody victory, thanking God that the battle had been won.

http://everydayfeminism.com/2014/11/history-books-dont-tell-natives/

Now I think that if any holiday national or not, was began based off the oppression of a people, as Muslims we should stay away from it. We should be more academic and look into the history of all holidays, I personally never knew this info like I said if somebody can verify it that would be great. Social justice is integral in this deen, and we cannot just let something like this slip.

Is it OK to hang photos of my baby/family at our home?

Tariq