Re: So how many of you took the kids out to trick or treat?
for those who say halloween is haram but still hand out candy to neighborhood kids, isn't that being a wee bit hypocritical? you're not participating in it by dressing up but you're still being an enabler for those who are, so doesn't that make you as guilty of going against islamic rulings as those who dress up and go trick or treating?
i don't find it to be haram, personally. like someone else said, its just as cultural as thanksgiving or canada day or labour day bbq's or even tailgating at a football game. obviously if you don't want to participate in cultural events of the area you live in, then thats a different story, but halloween is a dress up FOR FUN occasion and then you eat a bunch of candy (or give it away, because lets face it, most of the candy is kind of gross. those mini-bars are meh.) thats it. and actually, i work at a kids publishing company so i've always given away pencils, fun erasers, books, noisemakers, etc. rather than candy, so hah! its educational stuff! lol
if you're going to worship the devil, i'm sure you can do it in plain ole jeans and a t-shirt too so why pick on dressing up?
SGC there is a difference between cultural and religious holiday if holloween is somewhat related to any kind of religion or saints or anything, we cannot celebrate it but if it has something to do with country like thanksgiving its not haram.