The word haram.
Many things are haram and many things are not.
Some people seem to have made it their task to inform others of what is and what is ot haram.
Some things are very clear:
Eating pork is haram
Smoking is haram
Drinking is haram
Some things are not so clear:
The use of makeup
Listening to music
wearing parfume
Yes to some these may be very clear, but for some they may not.
Is it haram to have christmas lights at home if you are muslim?
With christmas lights I mean like lamps that looks like a star that people only have during the mounth of decmber during christmas. And other lamps that are used only during this time of year.
If I have these lamps in my window not to celebrate christmas but because I feel they cheer me up during this dark time of the year, is that haram?
For me it is not because my intention is pure.
This is the darkest time of the year and small lamps that give a cosy light cheer me up and are helping me to hold the depression away from me. It is easy to get depressed when there is a constant darkness.
I don´t think you can possibly understand this if you don´t live this far north. I haven´t seen the sun or the blue sky in a month. There are only dark clouds as far as the eye can see. half the day it is as dark as it was evening and the other half it is completley black. it is never light.
for me these cosy "christmas"lamps help me supress the darkness around me.
