The Presence of our Prophets, Sayyedina Eesa (Jesus), and Christmas
“God draws unto Himself everyone who is willing and guides unto Himself everyone who turns unto Him.” (Surah 42:13).
December 25th is the day that many Christians around the world celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ (Sayyedina Eesa). While it is not the likely birth date of Jesus, celebrating a birthday is an act of honoring and valuing the person being celebrated, expressing love and appreciation for the individual and the impact he or she has upon our lives. In light of this, it may benefit us to probe more deeply into what it means to celebrate the existence and the impact that the Prophets of God have had upon humanity and upon us.
In The Quran, Jesus is known as one of the greatest prophets of humanity and among the “Ulul Azm” or the five greatest prophets along with Nuh, Ibrahim, Musa and Prophet Muhammad (Peace be upon them all). Addressing Prophet Muhammad, Allah states in the Quran that He (Allah) has enjoined upon the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ that which He has enjoined upon Prophet Nuh, Abraham, Moses and Jesus and that all of the messengers came to teach the One Religion- that is God’s True Religion-the Deen Al-Haqq and to establish this religion and not be divided therein (Surah 42:13).
From God’s perspective, all of the messengers are of one spiritual family and we are tasked as Muslims not to distinguish between them and to do our best to love them equally. Can we possibly conclude from this that honoring the birth event of one of the greatest Prophets of humanity violates the teachings of the Quran?
“And in Whatever you Differ O Believers, the Verdict Rests Upon God.” (Surah 42:10)
Wishing All Happy and Blessed Holidays!
