I did not say cooking a roast was shirk-here is what I said
"I like the good old British roast but avoid making it on Christmas day. I was told once if by a scholar that if I had kids and they were to cook a Christmas roast every Christmas like their life depended on it I could be bordering shirk (they went into great detail on it and explained the whole worshipping of statues began as a cultural thing that spiralled)".
You can cook a full roast with all the trimmings any time of the year, why wait for one day?!
RupayHalwa, I do hope you didn't take any of my comments personally, I only gave my own humble comments about what I do, which have no reflection on what others do.
As for anything else I put in my post, I won't be justifying it as I've already put
"I am by no means perfect, and I am not preaching at anyone as noone really knows what is best for someone else I am only commenting on what I do".
If I can't state why I think and what I have been told without being made to feel like I must justify my opinion because I am in the minority I'll stick to sharing recipes and other ideas around here.
Peace.
no need to over react princess1983. everyone who commented in reply to your post including myself referred to the scholar and his level of thinking, not you.