Teach children why Muslims skip Halloween
“Make your Eid a very fun Eid even if you've never done it before.”
Muslim families should educate children about why Islam does not celebrate Halloween and create permissible, non-religious alternatives while making Eid joyful and empowering children to explain their beliefs kindly.
The khutbah in 5 steps
- Opens with a Quranic exhortation and frames the responsibility to empower Muslim children.
- Introduces an AMJA fatwa permitting alternative community events around Halloween under specific conditions.
- Explains boundaries: no worship or religious tie, no fixed date or annual custom, no Halloween imagery, and age-appropriate activities.
- Calls parents to educate children to explain Islamic practices respectfully and connect this confidence to confronting injustice.
- Urges families to make Eid creative and enjoyable, then closes with prayers for guidance and relief in Gaza, Palestine, and elsewhere.
In the khateeb's words
“don't tie it to some religious aspect or anything like that and it's to protect the kids and you can teach them”
“it is our job to educate our families why we don't engage in these particular things empower them to stand in front of the people in a kind manner on what we believe in”
“start planning to make your Eid a very fun Eid even if you've never done it before do it in a way that's creative so the kids are looking forward to that more than anything else”
For the dinner table
The khateeb reminded us that helping our children understand their faith is a shared responsibility. He described scholarly guidance allowing alternative activities around Halloween under conditions, including keeping them educational rather than treating them as worship, avoiding Halloween imagery, and choosing activities suited to the children's ages. He also cautioned against becoming attached to a particular date or making the event an expected annual custom. He encouraged us to teach children why we do not celebrate certain holidays and help them explain their beliefs kindly, connecting that everyday courage with standing against injustice. He urged families to start planning a creative, joyful Eid that children will eagerly look forward to.
- What could you say kindly to a friend who asks why our family does not celebrate a holiday they celebrate?
- What activity would help you have fun with other Muslim children and learn something about your faith?
- What would you love to help plan for our next Eid?
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