CHRISTMAS & NEW
YEAR ARE PAGANISM & LIES (2019 edition)
ASSEMBLED BY MALLAM ABBA ABANA, KUBWA,
ABUJA, NIGERIA
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MONDAY, 16th
DECEMBER, 2019 CE and 18th RABIUL AKHIR 1441 AH
(PART
6 OF 6)
Bismillah
Walhamdulillah Was Salaatu Was Salaam 'ala Rasulillah. As-Salaam Alaikum
Wa-Rahmatullahi Wa-Barakatuhu.
Praise be to
Allaah; we seek His help and His forgiveness. We seek refuge with Allaah from
the evil of our own souls and from our bad deeds. Whomsoever Allaah guides will
never be led astray, and whomsoever Allaah leaves astray, no one can guide. I
bear witness that there is no god but Allaah, and I bear witness that Muhammad
(Sallalhu alaihi Wasalam) is His slave and Messenger.
7.0 GREETING
CHRISTIANS ON THE OCCASION OF THEIR FESTIVALS
What is the ruling on
greeting Christians on the occasion of their festivals by saying Kul sanah wa
antum tayyibeen (roughly equivalent to “many happy returns”), wishing them well
and hoping that they will be good, i.e., that they will not annoy us with
regard to our religion, and not with the aim of congratulating them on their
shirk, as some shaykhs think?.
What is forbidden with regard to congratulating the
Christians on the occasion of their festivals is expressing joy to them, being
overly polite and showing approval of their actions, even if that is only
expressed outwardly without feeling it inwardly.
The prohibition concerns those who show any kind of
participation or approval, such as giving gifts, verbal greetings, taking time
off work, making food, going to places of leisure, and other customs of
celebration. Having any intention other than what is said (when congratulating
them) does not make it permissible. The outward appearance of these actions is
sufficient to say that it is prohibited.
It is well known that most of those who take a lenient
attitude towards such matters do not intend to join the Christians in their
shirk; rather what motivates them in some cases is showing politeness, and in
other cases it is shyness, but politeness with regard to falsehood is not permissible;
rather what is required is to denounce the evil and strive to change it.
Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyah (may Allah have mercy on him)
said in Majmoo‘ al-Fataawa (2/488):
It is not permissible for the Muslims to imitate them in any
way that is unique to their festivals, whether it be food, clothes, bathing,
lighting fires or refraining from usual work or worship, and so on. And it is
not permissible to give a feast or to exchange gifts or to sell things that
help them to celebrate their festivals, or to let children and others play the
games that are played on their festivals, or to adorn oneself or put up
decorations.
In general, (Muslims) are not allowed to single out the
festivals of the Kuffaar for any of these rituals or customs. Rather the day of
their festivals is just an ordinary day for the Muslims, and they should not single
it out for any activity that is part of what the Kuffaar do on these
days.
As for what the Muslims do deliberately, that was regarded
as Makrooh by a number of the earlier and later generations. As for singling
out (such days) for the things mentioned above, there is no dispute concerning
that among the scholars; in fact some of the scholars are of the view that the
one who does these things is a Kaafir, because it involves venerating the
symbols of Kufr. And some of them said that the one who slaughters a sheep on
the day of their festival, it is as if he slaughtered a pig.
‘Abdullah ibn ‘Amr ibn al-‘Aas said: The one who follows the
tradition of non-Muslims and observes their Nawrooz and Mahrajaan (festivals),
and imitates them until he dies like that, will be gathered with them on the
Day of Resurrection.
Ameer al-Mu’mineen ‘Umar ibn al-Khattaab, the Sahaabah and
all the imams of the Muslims stipulated that they should not celebrate their
festivals openly in the lands of the Muslims; rather they should do that
privately in their houses.
One of the early generations said concerning the verse in
which Allah, may He be exalted, says (interpretation of the meaning): “And
those who do not witness falsehood” [Holy Quran Chapter
al-Furqaan 25:72]: (This refers to) the festivals of the Kuffaar; if
that has to do with witnessing them, and not actually doing anything, then how
about doing things that are unique to those festivals? It was narrated from the
Prophet (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) in al-Musnad and as-Sunan
that he said: “Whoever imitates a people is one of them.” According to another
version he said: “He is not one of us who imitates others.” This is a jayyid
isnaad. If this is the case with regard to imitating them, and if this has to
do with customs, then how about imitating them in matters that are more serious
than that? The majority of imams regard it as Makrooh, either in the sense of
it being prohibited or in the sense of it being discouraged, to eat meat that
they slaughter at the time of their festivals and sacrifices, and they include
that under the heading of that which is sacrificed for something other than
Allah and that which has been sacrificed on stone altars (for idols). Similarly
they also forbade helping them in their festivals by giving gifts or selling to
them, and they said: It is not permissible for the Muslims to sell to the
Christians anything for the purpose of their festivals, whether that be meat,
blood or garments; they should not hire out any mounts to them or help them
with any of their religious affairs, because that comes under the heading of
venerating their shirk and helping them in their Kufr. Those in positions of
authority should forbid the Muslims to do that, because Allah, may He be
exalted, says (interpretation of the meaning): “Help you one another in Al‑Birr
and At‑Taqwa (virtue, righteousness and piety); but do not help one another in
sin and transgression”[Holy Quran Chapter al-Maa’idah
5:2].
Moreover, it is not permissible for the Muslim to help them
in drinking alcohol by pressing the juice and so on, so how about helping in
that which is one of the symbols of Kufr?! If it is not permissible for him to
help them himself, then how about if he is the one who is actually doing that?!
End quote.
In several answers on our website we have discussed this
matter and explained the reason for the prohibition. And Allah knows best.
8.0 CONCLUSION
8.1 Allah
(Subhanahu Wa Taala) said in the Qur’an:
Allah does not forbid you from those who do not fight you
because of religion and do not expel you from your homes - from being righteous
toward them and acting justly toward them. Indeed, Allah loves those who act
justly. (Holy Quran chapter 60:8)
Greeting non-Muslims in their special occasions and
celebrations isn’t haram if done with the intention of spreading peace, love
and tightening the relationship between the Muslims and non-Muslims as how
Allah (Subhanahu Wa Taala) asked us to do, but not with the intention of
celebrating what they are celebrating like celebrating Christmas wit...
We should understand that Religion is not a joke.
Hence, we shouldn't “loosen up” in such matters. Things
like New Year celebration, Birthday Celebrations are forbidden as they are
Bid'ah. We are not allowed to celebrate Prophet Muhammad (Sallalhu alaihi Wasalam)'s birthday
since its Bid'ah.
We must understand that people have misinterpreted the
condemnation of celebration of Christmas as a matter of disrespect for
Christians. In reality, it is out of respect for Allah and Jesus and the
teachings of our Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon them. It is an integral part
of our faith to reject celebrations that have not...
إِنَّ عِدَّةَ ٱلشُّہُورِ عِندَ ٱللَّهِ ٱثۡنَا عَشَرَ شَہۡرً۬ا فِى ڪِتَـٰبِ ٱللَّهِ يَوۡمَ
خَلَقَ ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٲتِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضَ مِنۡہَآ أَرۡبَعَةٌ حُرُمٌ۬ۚ ذَٲلِكَ ٱلدِّينُ ٱلۡقَيِّمُۚ
فَلَا تَظۡلِمُواْ فِيہِنَّ أَنفُسَڪُمۡۚ وَقَـٰتِلُواْ ٱلۡمُشۡرِڪِينَ كَآفَّةً۬ ڪَمَا
يُقَـٰتِلُونَكُمۡ ڪَآفَّةً۬ۚ وَٱعۡلَمُوٓاْ أَنَّ ٱللَّهَ مَعَ ٱلۡمُتَّقِينَ (٣٦)
Holy Quran chapter 9.36’’ The number of months in the sight of
Allah is twelve (in a year) ― so ordained by Him the day He created the heavens
and the earth; of them four are sacred; that is the straight usage. So wrong
not yourselves therein and fight the pagans all together as they fight you all
together. But know that Allah is with those who restrain themselves.’’
Allah has replaced them for you with better days,
the days of slaughter (Adhaa) & the day of Fitr.” (Al Baihaqi). Uqbah bin
Amir (radiallahuanihu): Prophet (Sal Allaahu Alaiyhi wa Sallam) : “The day of
Fitr & days of Tashriq are our holidays, the people of Islam.”(Ahmad).
8.2 It is permissible for you to
accept the gift from your Christian neighbour on the day of their festival,
subject to the following conditions:
1)
This
gift should not be meat that has been slaughtered for the festival.
2)
It
should not be something that may be used to help in imitating them on the day
of their festival, such as candles, eggs, palm leaves etc.
3)
You
should explain to your children the belief in al-wala’ wa’l-bara’ (loyalty and
friendship vs. disavowal and enmity), lest a love of this festival or a
fondness for the giver be instilled in their hearts.
4)
The
gift should be accepted with the aim of softening her heart and calling her to
Islam, not with friendship and love.
If the gift
is something that it is not permissible to accept, then the refusal to accept
it should be accompanied by an explanation of why it is being refused, such as
saying, “We only refused your gift because it is meat that was slaughtered for
the festival, and it is not permissible for us to eat it, or these things are
only accepted by those who are taking part in the celebrations, and we do not
celebrate this festival, because it is not part of our religion, and it
involves beliefs that we do not believe in” and so on, which is a starting
point for calling them to Islam and explaining the danger of the Kufr that they
follow.
The
Muslim should be proud of his religion and apply its rulings, and he should not
give them up out of shyness or to impress anyone, for Allaah is more deserving
of us feeling shy before Him.
SOURCES
a) MUST Watch: The Truth About Holidays
Sh. Abdullah Hakim Quick https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZsuxpN-ZDPw
b) It is not permissible for us to
gather on New Year's Eve to remember Allah, offer supplication (du‘aa’) &
read Qur'aan? https://islamqa.info/en/113064
c) Accepting a gift from a Kaafir on the
day of his festival http://islamqa.info/en/85108
They were offered food at Christmas & New year – what should they do? http://islamqa.info/en/82860
They were offered food at Christmas & New year – what should they do? http://islamqa.info/en/82860
d) It is not permissible to congratulate
the Kuffaar on their festivals in any way whatsoever http://islamqa.info/en/81977
f) Ruling on the Muslims celebrating at
the time of Christmas & decorating their homes with balloons. https://islamqa.info/en/145950
n)
https://islamqa.info/en/106668
o) Author-
Lawrence Kelemen:
https://www.simpletoremember.com/vitals/Christmas_TheRealStory.htm
Dated: MONDAY, 16th
DECEMBER, 2019 CE and 18th RABIUL AKHIR 1441 AH
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