now going to The Fall season the Celtic
people of the north used to believe that
during The Fall season their year began
and actually for the Celtics their new
years was November
1st October 31st was the final day of
the year for the Celtic people of the
north and that day was called the day of
samain and this
individual was supposed to be the their
God of of of the spirits of the dead of
evil again and according to their belief
the evil spirits would rise to the
surface and would terrorize people on
that
evening and on that evening if you did
something wrong to a person they' come
back to get you on that night so some
people would put on a
disguise so you couldn't recognize them
on October 31st on that evening and then
they would be safe also they would burn
fires
now the only thing we find left of that
is the Jacko lantern that they will put
inside of their window window made from
the pumpkin what actually happened in
Europe is that the church mov All Saints
Day a day for the Saints they moved it
from May 13th to November 1st in 1834
ad and so what they said was that the
31st night Is All Hallows
evening all hallow evening which in
America later became known as
Halloween
Halloween and they depict the forces of
evil what is happening now is that the
children put on
disguises they dress as Little Devils
little witches as goblins vampires
anything evil and they go out and now
with the new American way they do trick
or
treat and they come to your house asking
for food
do they do that here in Miami trick-or
treat they knock on your door in the
disguise and some Muslims thinking they
they want to be Americans or they want
to be Canadians they send their little
children um and they're in little
disguises so what are you going to dress
them as a little angel what are you
going to be how are you going to dress
and go out there and so the reality that
we recognize that number one this is the
day of Sam ha and the Quran tells
us
that the devil is an open enemy to
humanity there is no compromise with the
devil so we don't play around and
disguise ourselves as Little Devils
little
shtin we do not disguise oursel as this
because it is an open enemy to the
people of
monotheism also there are a number of
other aspects what is happening now as
you may know in America is that there is
a new church coming about which is
called the Church of
Satan and in the 60s in San
Francisco the church um was
initiated and right now in the American
Army if you are Jewish and you die they
bring you a rabbi if you're a Muslim
they'll bring you an Imam if you're a
Christian they'll bring you a priest or
a minister if you're registered as part
of the Church of Satan they bring you a
priest from the Church of
Satan and he is performing these rights
and rituals calling on the devil to
accept his
initiate and so this is growing in this
society and they actually did a couple
movies they did this Rosemary's
Baby all right they they also uh The
Exorcist and a number of movies they did
to frighten people with evil that you
would be so afraid of evil and they show
the priests as bumbling idiots falling
down over their feet can't do anything
running away from the devil and the
Devil is a businessman in his
suits and he he has the power of
lightning and everything so even though
the devil dies in the end you end up
being more afraid of the devil than
anything else that's part of the plot to
brainwash people to be afraid of the
shaan the reality is is that the prophet
Alam said um uh that that the the upper
hand is better than the lower
hand
that the upper hand is better than the
lower hand what that means is you should
be the one who gives and don't
beg that we should not be
begging and so to send a Muslim child
out to trick- or treat is a demeaning
lowering thing you're asking them to beg
people for food then they're dressed up
in a in as a way that they're
not then when the candies and and things
come in the bag how do you know what it
is they actually gave you is it
Halal most of the candies today are made
with
gelatin with glycerin they're made with
pork products we had one person in our
area in the Boston area where I grew up
one person in our area in our project he
he used to sit back and he used to give
everybody xlax you know xlax he give you
chocolate and he puts xlax in the thing
and then he goes around and waits the
next day to see
everybody so they can do anything to you
man you have no control over the
situation you have no
control and what is also happening is
that there are some evil Wicked minded
people who are attacking children on
that night I don't know about Miami but
in Canada now they openly say on the
television do not send your children
trick-or-treating by themselves do not
go to in darken streets move as a group
don't go to a house that you don't know
the people on the
inside and there are literally groups of
satanists who are capturing children and
they're performing a right sacrificing
the child on that evening of Sam ha
supposedly to get more spiritual power
it's happening right now and so from so
many angles Muslims should have nothing
to do with Halloween and if your
children are in school go to the
teacher go to the teacher and make it
clear to the teacher we do not involve
our children in these ceremonies even
the Jehovah's Witnesses will go to the
teacher and tell them take my child out
of Halloween they don't even believe in
that take my child even out of your
Christmas they're not involved in
that what can happen during these
occasions if you want them to draw
pictures of pumpkins or you know fall
plants
okay but we don't want to be involved in
these confused rituals that that are
giving signals from many different
angles and so
in
conclusion we recognize the fact that
the present system of rituals and
holidays in this country and in the
Western countries is a confused hodge
podge of cultural rituals and it is
important for Muslims to have Bas that
they should have the insight to look
through Affairs and to not just blindly
follow the ways of the Christians and
the Jews the prophet peace be upon them
said you follow them you will follow the
people who came before you inch by inch
foot by foot even if they crawl into the
hole of a lizard you crawl inside there
with them and then they said who are
these people are they the Christians and
the Jews and the prop said who
else and so it has come to
pass and you can't islamicize these
occasions you can't use Arabic names and
Islamic symbols to make it
Halal we have to take a stand and
secondly it is important for Muslims to
cherish their own holidays when the Eid
F comes take the day off there are some
Muslims who go to work on
Eid they go to Eid prayer and they go to
work so what happens to your children
they don't have a chance to to to relax
and enjoy themselves organize an
activity bring the families together eat
together do things together remember
Allah together make it a happy occasion
for them they will remember their eids
e if they don't then they get involved
in Christmas in Easter in Halloween
where even in the Christian Tradition
now it is confusing and many of the
Christians now 7-Day Adventists
Jehovah's Witnesses and many people are
taking a stand and they're saying we do
not want to follow the Pagan religion so
what about those who have been blessed
with
monotheism and so I want to leave you
with these words
and I pray that Allah subhana T would
help the younger generation to be able
to take a stand especially for the
Muslims to take a stand and for those
non-muslims to try to understand what
Islam really is to try to understand
that our society that we what we are
living in in our society our moral
standards are being lowered to the point
where if people of conscience do not
take a stand then we will be living in a
state of confusion in Canada common law
marriages are practiced more than
regular marriages in Quebec in the
French province of Canada it has the
highest second highest rate of common
law marriages on
Earth is in Quebec and they say these
marriages only last at the most 5 years
so if the families are broken
apart if children are being molested if
women have no um Sanctuary or protection
in the society even in the white house
if nowhere is
safe then the basis the essence of the
society itself is become rotten and this
will influence the economic situation
the political situation all aspects of
life so I leave you with the with the
thought that people of conscience should
uh take uh
Time study history go back to the source
of the religions and you find that all
of the religions are based in toed in
the Oneness of God it will take you
right back to the source and when you
think about a Muslim now realize it's
not somebody who's thinking about
blowing up the Empire State Building
that's stereotyping that's Hollywood
that's
Hollywood Islam is based on peace
submission to the Creator when we meet
each other we sayam allum peace be upon
you and we pray for peace for all
people