HALLOWEEN IS A FORM OF SHIRK The following is an extract taken from the Friday Sermon of 29 October 2019 delivered by Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad, Khalifatul Masih V, may Allah strengthen his hand:
Occasionally, children ask me in person or through letters as to what harm there is in Halloween and why parents don’t let them take part in it, when other Ahmadi parents allow their children to do so.
The evil deed which I wish to mention and is celebrated nowadays, and will be in the next few days, is the custom of Halloween. As I have mentioned, even Ahmadis, without thinking or understanding, permit their children to take part in this.
[Whenever I was faced with this question] I would answer according to my understanding, that this is a wrong and disliked practice, thus I would stop them. But now that its history has come to light, it is necessary for Ahmadi children to steer clear of this.
If you ponder over the matter, however, you will find that it is an innovation that crept into Christianity and leads to Shirk [associating partners with God]. Witches, jinn and satanic acts have all been forbidden in the Bible, but they found their way into Christianity because people have ceased to practice this religion. [This tradition] is usually considered just a bit of fun or fulfilling children’s desires. We should always remember that every form of fun which is based on Shirk or may cause harm should be avoided by Ahmadis at all cost …
This innovation crept into Christianity, or the West, from a belief of the Irish. Pagans from the older ages practiced this during the times of anti-religiousness, where it became prevalent. Its foundations were laid on witchcraft and satanic views. This completely obliterates the sanctity of religion and family values. No matter how much people may say it is fun, its foundations were wrong. This is not all. There is Shirk in this also as its fundamental belief was that on 31 October, the barriers between the living and the dead are broken and that dead haunt the living on this day. The dead create problems for
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