Warning Against Turning the Muslims' Festivals into Ones Resembling the Festivals of the Disbelievers
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Question:
I ask Allah for you. This is a matter that many Muslims overlook: that the festivals in Islam, 'Id al-Adha and 'Id al-Fitr, are religious festivals and occasions for the worship of Allah?
Answer:
Yes, they are religious festivals and occasions for the remembrance of Allah (Mighty and Majestic) because of what has been legislated in them. There is no harm in Muslims resting, eating food, rejoicing by the grace of Allah, and thanking Allah. He the Exalted said:[Yunus 10:58] But this must not extend to the stage of imitating the disbelievers by declaring open sinfulness, declaring heedlessness, and declaring excessive amusement and play that consumes time and makes minds foolish.
I ask Allah for you. This is a matter that many Muslims overlook: that the festivals in Islam, 'Id al-Adha and 'Id al-Fitr, are religious festivals and occasions for the worship of Allah?
Answer:
Yes, they are religious festivals and occasions for the remembrance of Allah (Mighty and Majestic) because of what has been legislated in them. There is no harm in Muslims resting, eating food, rejoicing by the grace of Allah, and thanking Allah. He the Exalted said:
Say, "In the bounty of Allah and in His mercy - in that let them rejoice; it is better than what they accumulate."
قُلْ بِفَضْلِ اللَّهِ وَبِرَحْمَتِهِ فَبِذَٰلِكَ فَلْيَفْرَحُوا هُوَ خَيْرٌ مِّمَّا يَجْمَعُونَ
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [1444] التحذير من تحويل أعياد المسلمين إلى ما يشبه أعياد الكفار I الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com (1:54)
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