Offering Sweets and Flowers on Occasions
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, participating in the same hour, taking sweets on the occasion of a newborn was a custom of the clergy. If it is our custom to take sweets on our occasions, such as visiting the hospital, or after the two festivals, or for any occasion at home, what is correct?
Answer:
This custom, offering sweets and flowers to the sick and on the occasion of the festival, all of these are customs of the disbelievers.
Honorable Shaykh, participating in the same hour, taking sweets on the occasion of a newborn was a custom of the clergy. If it is our custom to take sweets on our occasions, such as visiting the hospital, or after the two festivals, or for any occasion at home, what is correct?
Answer:
This custom, offering sweets and flowers to the sick and on the occasion of the festival, all of these are customs of the disbelievers.
Source
شرح بلوغ المرام من أدلة الأحكام [ صالح الفوزان ]، كتاب الحج : باب فضله وبيان من فرض عليه — islamhouse.com (1:04:56)
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