Ruling on congratulating the disbelievers for their religious ceremonies that have kufr

Christmas Holiday

Imam Ibn al-Qayyim (‏رحمه الله) wrote:

''As for congratulating the disbelievers for their religious ceremonies that have kufr (disbelief) attached to it, then it is not permissible according to the consensus.

For example congratulating them for their holidays or their fasts, so the person says, “May you have a bless holiday”, or he wishes them well for their holiday or something like that. 

So this, if the one who says it escapes from falling into kufr (disbelief), is (still) from the impermissible things.

It is on the same level as congratulating them for prostrating to the cross - rather it is a greater sin with Allah!

It is a more severe abomination than to congratulate them for drinking alcohol and killing someone, committing illegal sexual intercourse and things of this nature.

Many of the people who don’t have any deen (or respect for the deen) fall into this, and he doesn’t know the ugliness (evil) of what he has done.

So whoever congratulates a person for committing sins, or innovations, or disbelief, then he has exposed himself to the hate, wrath (anger) of Allah.''

[Ahkam ahl al-dhimma]

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