Congratulating on the New Year
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, is it permissible to congratulate people on the New Year?
Answer:
No, this is a bid'ah (religious innovation); congratulating on the New Year is a bid'ah, or ordering fasting or charity, all of this is bid'ah,[Yusuf 12:40].
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, is it permissible to congratulate people on the New Year?
Answer:
No, this is a bid'ah (religious innovation); congratulating on the New Year is a bid'ah, or ordering fasting or charity, all of this is bid'ah,
for which Allah has sent down no authority
مَّا أَنزَلَ اللَّهُ بِهَا مِن سُلْطَانٍ
Source
شرح كتاب المنتقى من أخبار المصطفى صلى الله عليه وسلم، بداية من باب رفع الصوت بالأذان — islamhouse.com (1:12:18)
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