أم بدر الدين
2008-12-28, 07:44
Praise be to Allaah.
Shaykh Muhammad ibn Saalih al-`Uthaymeen (may Allaah have mercy on
him) was asked: What is the ruling on congratulating people on the
occasion of the Hijri new year, and how should one reply to a person
who offers congratulations?
He replied:
If someone offers you congratulations, then respond to him, but do
not initiate such greetings. This is the correct view concerning this
matter. So if a person says to you, for example, "Happy New Year",
then you can say, "May Allaah make it a good and blessed year for
you." But you should not initiate such a greeting, because I do not
know of any report that the salaf [early generations of Islam]
congratulated one another on the occasion of the new year, rather the
salaf did not regard the first of Muharram as the first day of the
new year until the caliphate of `Umar ibn al-Khattaab (may Allaah be
pleased with him.
Shaykh `Abd al-Kareem al-Khudayr said concerning offering
congratulations on the occasion of the hijri new year:
Praying for another Muslim in general terms, in phrases that are not
meant as a kind of ritual on special occasions such as Eid, is
acceptable, especially if what is meant by this greeting is
friendship and to show a friendly face to one's fellow Muslim. Imaam
Ahmad (may Allaah have mercy on him) said: "I do not initiate the
greeting but if someone greets me I return the greeting, because
responding to the greeting is obligatory. But being the first to
offer congratulations is neither Sunnah nor forbidden
AND WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT MUSLIMS WHO CELEBRATE WITH THE CHRISTIANS THEIR PARTIES?????????? 0
Shaykh Muhammad ibn Saalih al-`Uthaymeen (may Allaah have mercy on
him) was asked: What is the ruling on congratulating people on the
occasion of the Hijri new year, and how should one reply to a person
who offers congratulations?
He replied:
If someone offers you congratulations, then respond to him, but do
not initiate such greetings. This is the correct view concerning this
matter. So if a person says to you, for example, "Happy New Year",
then you can say, "May Allaah make it a good and blessed year for
you." But you should not initiate such a greeting, because I do not
know of any report that the salaf [early generations of Islam]
congratulated one another on the occasion of the new year, rather the
salaf did not regard the first of Muharram as the first day of the
new year until the caliphate of `Umar ibn al-Khattaab (may Allaah be
pleased with him.
Shaykh `Abd al-Kareem al-Khudayr said concerning offering
congratulations on the occasion of the hijri new year:
Praying for another Muslim in general terms, in phrases that are not
meant as a kind of ritual on special occasions such as Eid, is
acceptable, especially if what is meant by this greeting is
friendship and to show a friendly face to one's fellow Muslim. Imaam
Ahmad (may Allaah have mercy on him) said: "I do not initiate the
greeting but if someone greets me I return the greeting, because
responding to the greeting is obligatory. But being the first to
offer congratulations is neither Sunnah nor forbidden
AND WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT MUSLIMS WHO CELEBRATE WITH THE CHRISTIANS THEIR PARTIES?????????? 0