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layout: post
title: "Ruling on Muslims and Christians exchanging congratulations"
publisher: "alsalafiyyah@icloud.com"
source: "Fatawa Al-Lajnah Al-Da'imah of KSA, Fatwa no. 18476, Question 2"
category: [fatwas,walabara, mawlids,festivals]
hijri: Dhul-Hijjah 6, 1441
lang: en
locale: en
note: true
excerpt: "It is not permissible to greet Christians or other disbelievers on their festivals and religious occasions, for this will be a sort of encouraging them in their falsehood and sharing in their sin."
muftis:
  chairman: 
    - name: Shaykh Abdul-Aziz ibn Baz
      url: /biography/binbaz/
  deputy_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 for Muslims to exchange greetings with Christians on every occasion?
 
### Answer:

It is not permissible to greet Christians or other disbelievers on their festivals and religious occasions, for this will be a sort of encouraging them in their falsehood and sharing in their sin. Allah, the Exalted, states, "**...but do not help one another in sin and transgression.**" [al-Maidah: 2]

However, the prohibition may be lifted if there is an interest, which will most likely be achieved and is required by Purified Shari'ah (Islamic Law).