What is your opinion on exchanging congratulations at the beginning of the new Hijri year?
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The questioner : Noble Shaykh, what is your opinion on exchanging congratulations at the beginning of the new Hijri year?
The Shaykh : I see that congratulating the arrival of the new year is permissible, but it is not prescribed. In other words, we do not tell people that it is recommended for you to congratulate one another, but if they do it, there is nothing wrong with it. It is also incumbent upon him that when he congratulates someone on the new year, he should ask Allah for him that it be a year of good and blessing. So, a person returns the congratulation but does not initiate it. This is what we see in this matter, and it is one of the ordinary matters, not one of the matters of worship.
The Shaykh : I see that congratulating the arrival of the new year is permissible, but it is not prescribed. In other words, we do not tell people that it is recommended for you to congratulate one another, but if they do it, there is nothing wrong with it. It is also incumbent upon him that when he congratulates someone on the new year, he should ask Allah for him that it be a year of good and blessing. So, a person returns the congratulation but does not initiate it. This is what we see in this matter, and it is one of the ordinary matters, not one of the matters of worship.