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layout: post
title: "Ruling on congratulating others in the new Gregorian or Hijri years or the Mawlid"
publisher: "alsalafiyyah@icloud.com"
source: "Fatawa Al-Lajnah Al-Da'imah, Fatwa no. 19991, Question 1"
category: [festivals, bidah]
hijri: Dhu al-Hijjah 6, 1441 AH
lang: en
note: true
excerpt: "Is it permissible to congratulate non-Muslims on the occasion of the new Gregorian year, the new Hijri (lunar) year and Mawlid?"
muftis:
  chairman: 
    - name: Shaykh Abdul-Aziz Aal Al-Shaykh
      url: /biography/abdulaziz/
  members: 
    - name: Shaykh Abdullah ibn Ghudayyan
      url: /biography/ghudayyan/
    - name: Shaykh Salih Fawzan
      url: /biography/fawzan/
    - name: Shaykh Bakr Abu Zayd
      url: /biography/bakr/
---

Question: 

Is it permissible to congratulate non-Muslims on the occasion of the new Gregorian year, the new Hijri (lunar) year, and the Mawlid (the Prophet’s birthday)?
 
Answer:

It is not permissible to offer congratulations on such occasions, because it is not Mashru‘ (Islamically lawful) to celebrate them.