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Praise be to Allaah.

It is not permissible to greet or congratulate the kuffaar on the occasion of Christmas, New Year or any of their other holidays, and it is not permissible to respond to them when they greet us on those occasions, because they are not festivals that are prescribed in our religion, and returning their greeting is an affirmation and approval of them. The Muslim should be proud of his religion and its rulings, and he should be keen to call others and convey to them the religion of Allaah, may He be glorified and exalted.

It is also not permissible celebrate the occasion of Christmas, New Year or any of their other holidays.

Shaykh Ibn ‘Uthaymeen (may Allaah have mercy on him) was asked about the ruling on greeting the kuffaar on the occasion of Christmas and how we should respond when they greet us on this occasion. Is it permissible to go to the parties that they hold on this occasion?

Is a person sinning if he does any of the things mentioned without intending to, and he only does it to be nice, or because of or shyness or embarrassment or other reasons? Is it permissible to imitate them in that?

He replied:

Greeting the kuffaar on the occasion of Christmas or any of their other religious holidays is haraam according to scholarly consensus, as was stated by Ibn al-Qayyim in his book Ahkaam Ahl al-Dhimmah, where he says:

"Congratulating the kuffaar on the rituals that belong only to them is haraam by consensus, as is congratulating them on their festivals and fasts by saying ‘A happy festival to you’ or ‘May you enjoy your festival,’ and so on. If the one who says this has been saved from kufr, it is still forbidden. It is like congratulating someone for prostrating to the cross, or even worse than that. It is as great a sin as congratulating someone for drinking wine, or murdering someone, or having illicit sexual relations, and so on. Many of those who have no respect for their religion fall into this error; they do not realize the offensiveness of their actions. Whoever congratulates a person for his disobedience or bid’ah or kufr exposes himself to the wrath and anger of Allaah." End quote.

Congratulating the kuffaar on their religious festivals is haraam to the extent described by Ibn al-Qayyim because it implies that one accepts or approves of their rituals of kufr, even if one would not accept those things for oneself. But the Muslim should not accept the rituals of kufr or congratulate anyone else for them, because Allaah does not accept any of that at all, as He says (interpretation of the meaning):

"If you disbelieve, then verily, Allaah is not in need of you, He likes not disbelief for His slaves. And if you are grateful (by being believers), He is pleased therewith for you. .
[al-Zumar 39:7]

". . .

This day, I have perfected your religion for you, completed My favour upon you, and have chosen for you Islaam as your religion . .

[al-Maa’idah 5:3]

So congratulating them is forbidden, whether they are one’s colleagues at work or otherwise.

If they greet us on the occasion of their festivals, we should not respond, because these are not our festivals, and because they are not festivals which are acceptable to Allaah. These festivals are innovations in their religions, and even those which may have been prescribed formerly have been abrogated by the religion of Islaam, with which Allaah sent Muhammad (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) to the whole of mankind. Allaah says (interpretation of the meaning):

"Whoever seeks a religion other than Islaam, it will never be accepted of him, and in the Hereafter he will be one of the losers."

[Aal ‘Imraan 3:85]


It is haraam for a Muslim to accept invitations on such occasions, because this is worse than congratulating them as it implies taking part in their celebrations.

Similarly, Muslims are forbidden to imitate the kuffaar by having parties on such occasions, or exchanging gifts, or giving out sweets or food, or taking time off work, etc., because the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: "Whoever imitates a people is one of them." Shaykh al-Islaam Ibn Taymiyah said in his book Iqtidaa’ al-Siraat al-Mustaqeem Mukhaalifat Ashaab al-Jaheem: "Imitating them in some of their festivals implies that one is pleased with their false beliefs and practices, and gives them the hope that they may have the opportunity to humiliate and mislead the weak

End quote from Majmoo’ Fataawa al-Shaykh Ibn ‘Uthaymeen, 3/44.

And Allaah knows best.

https://islamqa.info/en/69811

cc: Sissie, mukina2

DaBillionnaire:
Praise be to Allaah.

It is not permissible to greet or congratulate the kuffaar on the occasion of Christmas, New Year or any of their other holidays, and it is not permissible to respond to them when they greet us on those occasions, because they are not festivals that are prescribed in our religion, and returning their greeting is an affirmation and approval of them. The Muslim should be proud of his religion and its rulings, and he should be keen to call others and convey to them the religion of Allaah, may He be glorified and exalted.

It is also not permissible celebrate the occasion of Christmas, New Year or any of their other holidays.

Shaykh Ibn ‘Uthaymeen (may Allaah have mercy on him) was asked about the ruling on greeting the kuffaar on the occasion of Christmas and how we should respond when they greet us on this occasion. Is it permissible to go to the parties that they hold on this occasion?

Is a person sinning if he does any of the things mentioned without intending to, and he only does it to be nice, or because of or shyness or embarrassment or other reasons? Is it permissible to imitate them in that?

He replied:

Greeting the kuffaar on the occasion of Christmas or any of their other religious holidays is haraam according to scholarly consensus, as was stated by Ibn al-Qayyim in his book Ahkaam Ahl al-Dhimmah, where he says:

"Congratulating the kuffaar on the rituals that belong only to them is haraam by consensus, as is congratulating them on their festivals and fasts by saying ‘A happy festival to you’ or ‘May you enjoy your festival,’ and so on. If the one who says this has been saved from kufr, it is still forbidden. It is like congratulating someone for prostrating to the cross, or even worse than that. It is as great a sin as congratulating someone for drinking wine, or murdering someone, or having illicit sexual relations, and so on. Many of those who have no respect for their religion fall into this error; they do not realize the offensiveness of their actions. Whoever congratulates a person for his disobedience or bid’ah or kufr exposes himself to the wrath and anger of Allaah." End quote.

Congratulating the kuffaar on their religious festivals is haraam to the extent described by Ibn al-Qayyim because it implies that one accepts or approves of their rituals of kufr, even if one would not accept those things for oneself. But the Muslim should not accept the rituals of kufr or congratulate anyone else for them, because Allaah does not accept any of that at all, as He says (interpretation of the meaning):

"If you disbelieve, then verily, Allaah is not in need of you, He likes not disbelief for His slaves. And if you are grateful (by being believers), He is pleased therewith for you. .
[al-Zumar 39:7]

". . .

This day, I have perfected your religion for you, completed My favour upon you, and have chosen for you Islaam as your religion . .

[al-Maa’idah 5:3]

So congratulating them is forbidden, whether they are one’s colleagues at work or otherwise.

If they greet us on the occasion of their festivals, we should not respond, because these are not our festivals, and because they are not festivals which are acceptable to Allaah. These festivals are innovations in their religions, and even those which may have been prescribed formerly have been abrogated by the religion of Islaam, with which Allaah sent Muhammad (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) to the whole of mankind. Allaah says (interpretation of the meaning):

"Whoever seeks a religion other than Islaam, it will never be accepted of him, and in the Hereafter he will be one of the losers."

[Aal ‘Imraan 3:85]


It is haraam for a Muslim to accept invitations on such occasions, because this is worse than congratulating them as it implies taking part in their celebrations.

Similarly, Muslims are forbidden to imitate the kuffaar by having parties on such occasions, or exchanging gifts, or giving out sweets or food, or taking time off work, etc., because the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: "Whoever imitates a people is one of them." Shaykh al-Islaam Ibn Taymiyah said in his book Iqtidaa’ al-Siraat al-Mustaqeem Mukhaalifat Ashaab al-Jaheem: "Imitating them in some of their festivals implies that one is pleased with their false beliefs and practices, and gives them the hope that they may have the opportunity to humiliate and mislead the weak

End quote from Majmoo’ Fataawa al-Shaykh Ibn ‘Uthaymeen, 3/44.

And Allaah knows best.

https://islamqa.info/en/69811

cc: Sissie, mukina2

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If the friends of the Christians ( the Shi'ite of NL) catches you!
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Anyways, truth can never be hidden! This is the truth.

There are lots of pressing issues bothering this ummah, this bullsh!t is not one of them.

Nothing wrong with greetings. Greeting is not tantamount to accepting their creed. What Qur'an says is Do Not Join Them In Worship

Don't they greet us on Eld?

Don't they greet us on Jumu‘ah?

What you need to do is to be distinctive in matter is ibadat. If we can enter church to preach or to give interfaith dialogue, what's wrong with greetings? .

It is greeting damn it.


If you can't say "a ku ódún oo", at least you can say "ę ku ódún ooo". Niyah (intention) preceeds action.

^^^ You just literally open your mouth to the air and pour out rubbish from it...

^^^ And i believe thats not for me, is it?

See Aqeedah?

Rashduct4luv:
See Aqeedah?

I am just wondering if non-muslims greet you on jummah, eld etc. How do you feel and do you respond to them or not?. Fatwa up there did not say about if non-muslims greet us on our holidays.

Empiree:
I am just wondering if non-muslims greet you on jummah, eld etc. How do you feel and do you respond to them or not?. Fatwa up there did not say about if non-muslims greet us on our holidays.

# Why are you driving backward, bro? The fanatics that even consider Jumu'ah greetings among fellow Muslims as Bid'ah, and here you are asking "if non-muslim greets them for Jumu'ah"! And remember, Mawlud Nabiyy is also Bid'ah in their wahabi religion. So, what do you expect in New year? Interestingly, their own so-called Hijrah calendar is 100% Bid'ah going by their crooked definition.


# If there's anything those folks could do to boycott the ayah in sura al-Maidah that permits eating Christian's food and marrying their chaste women, they would have done so since eternity.

# Again, what continue to baffle me is the way they accepted wholeheartedly that the Prophet allegedly joined the Jews in "celebrating Ashura", and despite the fact that with the establishment of Ramadan fasting, they continue to broadcast with all their might this alleged Jewish fasting of Ashura. Yet, extending greetings to the Christians is " haram".

# And not forget, you see their likes labouring to defend their evil master, the Saudi America when their Qur'an wa Sunnah king and his heir were busy shaking women, honouring Satan in Donald Trump, dancing sword dance, cutting giant birthday cake etc.
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* Here's the feat of a reasonable Muslim:

# My uncle (Christian) who is a Doctor at Kings hospital in London told me how excited he was when one of his patients, a Moroccan Muslim sent Xmas gift to him, and upon opening it, it was English Qur'an.

If it is those folks, they will probably send bomb.

Empiree:
I am just wondering if non-muslims greet you on jummah, eld etc. How do you feel and do you respond to them or not?. Fatwa up there did not say about if non-muslims greet us on our holidays.

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You reply them if it's our Eid/jumuah with some like:

"may Allah guide you"
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"May Allah set your affairs straight"
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etc.
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For Christmas and New year:
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it's strictly no response.

AlBaqir:
# Why are you driving backward, bro? The fanatics that even consider Jumu'ah greetings among fellow Muslims as Bid'ah, and here you are asking "if non-muslim greets them for Jumu'ah"!

True, i just feel like there are more important issues to deal with than this crap. Since trump announcement, i feel uncomfortable, and that's the biggest challenge for muslims.

I don't understand how this holiday greeting is "aqeedah" issue. Fatwa up there simply stretched it unnecessarily. If holiday greetings are act of kufr, how about Days Of The Week which are not islamic but names of colonial gods?. Don't these brothers use these names in schools and for daily activities?. I am sure they would call fellow muslims kufar over this if they get the chance. In that case they are guilty of the same for using gregorian days of the week which is kinda biblical.

Rashduct4luv:
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You reply them if it's our Eid/jumuah with some like:

"may Allah guide you"
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"May Allah set your affairs straight"
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etc.
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For Christmas and New year:
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it's strictly no response.

bro, this is not practical.

Empiree:
True, i just feel like there are more important issues to deal with than this crap. Since trump announcement, i feel uncomfortable, and that's the biggest challenge for muslims.

# Again, you are driving back bro. Have you forgotten that one idiot opened a thread saying the predicament of the Palestinian is as a result of deviation from Tawheed

That's where you know that fanaticism and brainwashing is a cancer in the flesh of the Muslim Ummah.

Empiree:
I don't understand how this holiday greeting is "aqeedah" issue. Fatwa up there simply stretched it unnecessarily. If holiday greetings are act of kufr, how about Days Of The Week which are not islamic but names of colonial gods?. Don't these brothers use these names in schools and for daily activities?. I am sure they would call fellow muslims kufar over this if they get the chance. In that case they are guilty of the same for using gregorian days of the week which is kinda biblical.

# That's where you see their hypocrisy. They use "names of Roman gods" in all their daily activities yet condemning those that celebrate it. Abeg wetin be the difference?!

Empiree:
bro, this is not practical.

. Maybe you mix with them too much before.

Rashduct4luv:
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Maybe you mix with them too much before.

you assumed too much

Saudi Arabia and some developed arab countries just celebrated the new year with different demonstrations. Some of you guys can't embrace the morden society because your book tells you to do otherwise. The earlier you free yourself from mental slavery the better for you

bugidon:
Saudi Arabia and some developed arab countries just celebrated the new year with different demonstrations. Some of you guys can't embrace the morden society because your book tells you to do otherwise. The earlier you free yourself from mental slavery the better for you

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1. who told you we follow Saudi Arabia?
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2. Please who enslaved us?
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3. Are you sure you ain't the one enslaved?
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4. We follow our Books and you follow the west yet you claim we are enslaved.

Your book was written by the whites and thats why African muslims will continue being their slaves.The earlier you emancipate your reasoning the better for you

Rashduct4luv:
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1. who told you we follow Saudi Arabia?
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2. Please who enslaved us?
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3. Are you sure you ain't the one enslaved?
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4. We follow our Books and you follow the west yet you claim we are enslaved.