The ruling on taking gifts distributed during unlegislated festivals
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: What is the ruling on taking the gifts that are distributed during unlegislated festivals, knowing that I am aware of their illegitimacy? And how should I deal with these gifts that I have taken?
Answer:
Do not take them, because this is an affirmation of the unlegislated festivals and an encouragement of their people. So do not take gifts on the occasion of these festivals. If you have taken something, you should give it in charity to get rid of it; you dispose of it by giving it to the poor as a means of getting rid of it, not as an act of charity. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: What is the ruling on taking the gifts that are distributed during unlegislated festivals, knowing that I am aware of their illegitimacy? And how should I deal with these gifts that I have taken?
Answer:
Do not take them, because this is an affirmation of the unlegislated festivals and an encouragement of their people. So do not take gifts on the occasion of these festivals. If you have taken something, you should give it in charity to get rid of it; you dispose of it by giving it to the poor as a means of getting rid of it, not as an act of charity. Yes.
Source
المنتقى من أخبار سيد المرسلين 22-11-1434هـ — alfawzan.live (1:11:00)
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