[DevaRextusidis]

Just received a chocolate easter egg from work. Should I eat it or throw it away?

[vasyasvc]

melt it down and reshape it. maybe into a dome?

[autolubitelone]

Just received a chocolate easter egg from work. Should I eat it or throw it away?

Ofcourse throw away. It is based on their prayer to their 'Trinity' God. We are not supposed to be engaging in activities confined to the Non-believers which has no place in Islam. We should not have any part in their committing of Shirk, ie associating partners with Allah.

May Allah protect us from such Shirk activities.
Ameen.

[Sandvikla]

salam

melt it down and reshape it. maybe into a dome? but if it's one of those "cadbury crem eggs " you'll ruin it!

what's the big deal if you eat it....i enjoy "creme eggs".

it's food and really has nothing to do with your beliefs right? your just enjoying a treat that only comes around once a year.

analogous to buying a red and black (chocolate) flavoured rice crispies that only come out around Halloween time.

[Sandvikla]

Ofcourse throw away. It is based on their prayer to their 'Trinity' God. We are not supposed to be engaging in activities confined to the Non-believers which has no place in Islam. We should not have any part in their committing of Shirk, ie associating partners with Allah. with respect, are you sure you're not getting carried away there...

[autolubitelone]

with respect, are you sure you're not getting carried away there...

No i m not getting carried away, we are not supposed to imitate their religious celebrations or activities.

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 Muhammad said:

مَنْ تَشَبَّهَ بِقَومٍ فَهُوَ مِنْهُمْ
“Whoever imitates a people is one of them.”

This hadeeth was authenticated by a great deal of scholars including Abu Dawood, Ibn Hibbaan, Ibn Hajar, Ibn Taymiyyah (with the wording: ليس منا من تشبه بغيرنا “He is not from us, the one who imitates others beside us.”), Az-Zarqaani, Adh-Dhahabi, Al-Haythami, Al-`Iraaqi, As-Sakhaawi, As-San`aani, Muhammad Jaarullaah As-Sa’di, Ahmad Shaakir, Ibn Baaz, Al-Albaani (with an additional wording: ليس منا من تشبه بغيرنا، و لا تشبهوا باليهود و لا بالنصارى And do not imitate the Jews nor the Christians.), Ibn `Uthaymeen, and others.

Ibn Taymiyyah, in his beautiful, classic, and monumental book Iqtidaa’ as-Siraat al-Mustaqeem mukhaalafatu Ashaab’il-Jaheem (In Pursuit of the Straight Path by Contradicting the People of the Hellfire), said:

“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 mislead the weak.”

Therefore, whoever does anything of this sort is a sinner, even if he does it out of politeness, to be friendly, too shy to refuse, or for whatever other reason, because this is hypocrisy in Islam and it makes the Kuffaar feel proud of their ways and festivals.

[DevaRextusidis]

I found this (islamonline.net):


Dealing with non-Muslims is very sensitive. Muslims need to be balanced in their attitude toward them. On the one hand, Muslims have to be just and kind toward non-Muslims in order to reconcile their hearts and show them the tolerance of Islam. On the other hand, Muslims may not compromise the basics of their religion or get involved with them in whatever is related to their rituals or religious practices.

Answering this question, Dr. Hatem Mohammad Al-Haj Aly,professor of fiqh at the Shari`ah Academy of America, said,

Accepting gifts from non-Muslims is a sunnah of Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him). If the gift is related directly to the rituals they have on that day, then you may decline it. If the gift, however, is not related to their rituals, you may accept it.

Imam Ibn Taymiyyah stated that it is permissible to accept the gifts of the non-Muslims on their feasts. He mentioned a report indicating that `Ali accepted the gift of some non-Muslims on the day of Nayrouz. `A'ishah was also asked about the Zoroastrians' giving gifts to Muslims on their feast and she said, "Whatever they slaughtered for their day, do not eat it, but eat from their trees" (reported by Ibn Abi Shaybah). This means that the meat of the Zoroastrians is not permissible.

You must keep in mind, whenever you receive gifts from or give gifts to them, that you are doing this to reconcile their hearts. It should be clear both in your heart and to them that you do not celebrate their feasts, particularly one in which they claim that God or part of Him was born — Exalted He is above what they ascribe to Him. I'm not going to eat the easter egg, but I gather that I can eat the confectionary which I was given with the egg as long as it is not shaped like a religious symbol?

[Arkadiyas]

well the whole Easter egg concept is not really even part of their religion either, its a bidah they have made in their religion lol so im not sure if it is really considered a religious thing?

[mincbiori]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Easter_egg

[Lunims]

i love chocolate. id eat it

[autolubitelone]

I'm not going to eat the easter egg, but I gather that I can eat the confectionary which I was given with the egg as long as it is not shaped like a religious symbol?

bro,
The egg, the chocolate or any other food stuff given as 'a celebration of easter' is not fit for eating. It doesnt matter if its the egg itself or something else. After a few 100 years they might be giving out cookies for easter instead of eggs, but that does not make having 'those' cookies permissible. I hope you got my point.
Bottomline: Avoid all kinds of religious customs and celebration of Non-muslims.

Its a nuisance from where i live, lots of the cultural stuff is mixed with old pagan customs. Most of the innocent Muslims dont even realize it and misunderstand it as a regional tradition. But if you dig up the history it will be some idolatory practice done centuries back.

[mincbiori]

the wiki link I posted shows that the egg is a real big deal in the religion, as well in other religions.

I have to agree with br azhar on this. For this I don't even buy hotcross buns even though they look nice.