He said:
“Jesus, son of Mary, said, ‘O Allah, our Lord, send down to us a table spread from heaven to be a festival for the first of us and the last of us, and a sign from You; provide for us, for You are the best of providers.’” (al-Māʾidah 5:114)
Accordingly, Thursday is the Feast of the Table, whereas Sunday they call the Paschal Feast—also known as the Feast of Light and the Great Feast. Because it is a festival, they prepare for their children dyed eggs and the like, for on that day they eat whatever comes from animals—meat, milk, and eggs—whereas their fast is an abstention from animals and anything produced by them. During the fast they consume only grains and what is made from them, such as olive oil, sesame (or linseed) oil, and similar items.
Most of these practices reported about the Christians—as well as others not reported—Satan has beautified in the eyes of many who claim to be Muslims, granting them esteem and a favorable opinion. They have added to some of these customs, diminished others, brought certain elements forward, and postponed others—either because some of what they do was indeed practiced by certain Christians, or because they altered it themselves, just as they alter aspects of the true religion. Yet everything that is set apart for these days and the like—days that possess no distinctive status in the religion of Allah, but rather