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layout: post
title: "Ruling on participating in Christian feasts"
publisher: "alsalafiyyah@icloud.com"
source: "Fatawa Al-Lajnah Al-Da'imah of KSA no. -3"
category: [fatwas,walabara]
hijri: Dhul-Hijjah 6, 1441
lang: en
locale: en
note: true
excerpt: "It is not permissible to participate in the feasts of the Christians or any of the disbelievers since this falls under cooperation in sin and transgression, approval to Munkar, and declaring loyalty to the Kuffar."
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 participating in the feasts of the Christians? Please advise us. May Allah reward you.
 
### Answer:

It is not permissible to participate in the feasts of the Christians or any of the Kuffar (disbelievers) since this falls under cooperation in sin and transgression, approval to Munkar (that which is unacceptable or disapproved of by Islamic law and Muslims of sound intellect), and declaring loyalty to the Kuffar. Allah (Exalted be He) says describing the slaves of the Most Gracious (Allah): "**And those who do not bear witness to falsehood**" [al-Furqan: 72] which means that they do not attend Munkar whether it is a feast of Kuffar or anything else.