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Celebrating New Years

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Q: 

  1. Is it permissible to say have a happy new year when Islamic new year starts (month of  Muharram starts)?
  2. Is it permissible to say have a happy new year when the Gregorian calendar new year starts (month of January starts)?
  3. If its not permissible to say have a happy new year then what is the reason?
  4. What did Prophet Peace be upon him and the Sahabah do or say to each other when the new year commenced?

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A: 

1 – 3. It is forbidden to use these types of  greetings that have kufr connotations.

4. In the day of the Sahaabah (radhiyallahu anhum) a new year was not an event to be celebrated and where they would merry make. This is an innovation of the ignorant of later years.

And Allah Ta’ala (الله تعالى) knows best.

عن ابن عمر قال قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم من تشبه بقوم فهو منهم. (سنن أبي داود رقم 4033)

( والإعطاء باسم النيروز والمهرجان لا يجوز ) أي الهدايا باسم هذين اليومين حرام ( وإن قصد تعظيمه ) كما يعظمه المشركون ( يكفر ) قال أبو حفص الكبير لو أن رجلا عبد الله خمسين سنة ثم أهدى لمشرك يوم النيروز بيضة يريد تعظيم اليوم فقد كفر وحبط عمله ا هـ (الدر المختار 6/754)

Answered by:

Mufti Ebrahim Salejee (Isipingo Beach)

This answer was collected from MuftiOnline.co.za, where the questions have been answered by Mufti Zakaria Makada (Hafizahullah), who is currently a senior lecturer in the science of Hadith and Fiqh at Madrasah Ta’leemuddeen, Isipingo Beach, South Africa.

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