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layout: post
title: "Ruling on celebrating holidays of Non-Muslims"
publisher: "alsalafiyyah@icloud.com"
source: "Fatawa Al-Lajnah Al-Daimah, Fatwa no. 16419, Question 1"
category: [walabara, mawlids, festivals]
hijri: Dhul-Hijjah 6, 1441
locale: en
lang: en
note: true
uid: ruling-on-celebrating-kafirs-holidays
excerpt: "What is the ruling on Muslims who celebrate holidays of non-Muslims that Allah did not sanction, such as the Mother's Day, Sham Al-Nasim and Christmas?"
muftis:
  chairman: 
    - name: Shaykh Abdul-Aziz ibn Baz
      url: /biography/binbaz/
  deputy_chairman:
    - name: Shaykh Abdul-Razzaq Al-Afifi
      url: /biography/afifi/
  members: 
    - name: Shaykh Abdullah ibn Ghudayyan
      url: /biography/ghudayyan/
    - name: Shaykh Salih Fawzan
      url: /biography/fawzan/
    - name: Shaykh Abdul-Aziz Aal Al-Shaykh
      url: /biography/abdulaziz/
    - name: Shaykh Bakr Abu Zayd
      url: /biography/bakr/
---

### Question: 

What is the ruling on Muslims who celebrate holidays of non-Muslims that Allah did not sanction, such as the Mother's Day, Sham Al-Nasim and Christmas?

### Answer:

All these days are innovated celebrations which are not permissible for Muslims to participate in or celebrate. In Islam, there are only two 'Eids: 'Eid-ul-Fitr (the Festival of Breaking the Fast) and 'Eid-ul-Adha (the Festival of the Sacrifice). Thus, a Muslim whom Allah has guided to the truth should advise and gently instruct those who celebrate such innovated feasts. If he abandons this practice, it will be good; otherwise, he will be considered a persistent doer of Bid'ah (innovation in Islam) who is sinful for that action.