re: #17 ProLifeLiberal

I’m going to out on a limb here (as I am a new Muslim) and say that a modified Christmas may be celebratable. Jesus (Isa) (PBUH) was a prophet, and apparently some other Muslims celebrate Muhammad’s (PBUH) birthday (Known as Mawlid). Since Isa (PBUH) is also a prophet, couldn’t we also celebrate his birthday?

Nope, I asked about that years ago. Celebrating Muhammad’s (s.a.w.s) birthday isn’t traditional in the sense that Ramadan or Eid al-Adha are—i.e. it’s an “innovation” that came much later, though it’s not by definition a bad one (as you probably know, any innovation whatsoever is considered bad by the Salafis).

Even if it were permissible to celebrate Jesus’ (a.s.) birthday as an Islamic holiday, we’d first have to know his actual birth date, and then (because of the lunar calendar) it would always fall at different times.

For example, I was born in March, but this year my birthday fell in September according to the Islamic calendar. We’re not supposed to celebrate our own birthdays either, you know that, right?