Periodic Occasions

Is it permissible for muslims to congratulate each other and give duaa on the new year based on the Gregorian calendar without the intention of celebrating it?

I see many \”Muslims\” joining in Christmas and other celebrations. Is there any daleel from the Quran and Sunnah that I can present to them to show that these are indeed very sinful practices?.

Can a muslim celebrate a non muslim holiday like Thanksgiving?

This is a brief article on what Jesus said about Christmas in the light of the Quran and the Sunnah.

I am a student in the girls college and there is a huge number of shiah living among us. Currently they are wearing black for the occasion of Aashooraa . Is it permissible for us in response to wear bright colours and extra adornment for the sole purpose of annoying them?! Is it permissible for us to backbite about them and pray against them, knowing that they have clearly expressed hatred for us? And I have seen one of them wearing amulets on which are written mysterious words and she had a stick in her hand with which she was pointing to one of the students, and I was harmed by that and am still being harmed. May Allaah reward you with good.

What is the ruling on what people do on the day of ‘Aashooraa’, such as wearing kohl, taking a bath (ghusl), using henna, shaking hands with one another, cooking grains (huboob), showing their happiness and so on…? Has any saheeh hadeeth to that effect been narrated from the Prophet peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) or not? If there is no saheeh hadeeth to that effect, does doing these things constitute bid’ah, or not? What about the things that the other people do, such as mourning, grieving, going without anything to drink, eulogizing, wailing, rending their garments, etc.? Is there any basis for that or not?

In this book, Shaikh Saleh al-Fawzan has enumerated several reasons behind the prohibition of celebrating the Mawlid, and explicitly clarified the major doubts raised up by the proponents of Mawlid; and this includes the claims that, Celebration of Mawlid is honouring the Prophet, Mawlid is celebrated by a large number of people in many towns and cities, Commemorating Mawlid renews the memories of the Prophet, Mawlid is a Bidah Husna (good innovation) because it is a means of showing gratitude towards Allah for sending the Prophet. The saying of Umar, ‘What a good Bidah is this?’ Celebration of Mawlid an-Nabawi is out of love for the Prophet and an expression of one’s love, which is permissible.

A fatwa in English in which Sh. Muhammad Saleh Al-Munajjid answers the following question, "I read a strange hadeeth which says that there is no haamah, no safar, no naw’, and no ghoul. What do these words mean?

A fatwa translated into English in which Sh. Muhammad Saleh Al-Munajjid (may Allah preserve him) answers the following question: I am living in Dubai and here a huge number of Shia are present around us they always say that doing mourning on 9th and 10th Muhaaram is right and this is the proof that we love Hazrat Husain and Hazrat Yaqoob. Allah said about Yaqoob, "And he turned away from them and said, 'Oh, my sorrow over Joseph,' and his eyes became white from grief, for he was [of that] a suppressor. They said, 'By Allah, you will not cease remembering Joseph until you become fatally ill or become of those who perish.' He said, 'I only complain of my suffering and my grief to Allah, and I know from Allah that which you do not know.'" Please tell me the answer as soon as possible that beating chest is right or wrong?

An article in Malayalam shows the ruling on celebrating the Prophetic birthday (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him).

Question answered by the Grand Sheikh Muhammad Saleh Al-Munajjid - may Allah protect him - and read: «What is the ruling on what people on the day of Ashura put like, Kohl, ablution, and henna and handshake, and grain and cooking show pleasure, and other...

A fatwa in English in which Sh. Ibn Utheimeen shows the ruling of celebrating the prophet’s birthday.

An Article on The History of Christmas.

Muslims must fear Allah and take lessons from what Allah has told us in the Noble Qur’an regarding the Prophets and Messengers of Allah and the previous nations.

Celebrating the birthday of the Prophet is a religious innovation that has no basis in Islam

the rulings relating to celebrating : the hijri new year, the birth day of the prophet, the new year's day of the christian, the celebration of the christians