Is it permissible to congratulate people on the new year?
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The questioner : Shaykh, this meeting, O Shaykh, is considered the first meeting of this new year, so we would like a word about the beginning of the year and bidding farewell to the year that has passed.
The Shaykh : Previously...
The questioner : All right, O Shaykh, is it permissible to congratulate people on the arrival of the new year?
The Shaykh : Congratulating people on the arrival of the new year has no basis in the practice of the righteous predecessors, so do not initiate it. However, if someone congratulates you, return the greeting, because this has become customary among people. Although this has started to decrease now, for what has occurred, and praise be to Allah, people have come to know it, whereas at first they used to exchange messages.
The questioner : What is the formula, O Shaykh, that people exchange?
The Shaykh : That he congratulates you on reaching the new year, and we ask Allah to overlook what has passed in the last year and to help you with what is to come, or a phrase similar to that.
The questioner : What about saying: "May every year find you in good health"?
The Shaykh : No, "May every year find you in good health" is not a thing, neither for the 'Id al-Adha, nor for the 'Id al-Fitr, nor for this.
The Shaykh : Previously...
The questioner : All right, O Shaykh, is it permissible to congratulate people on the arrival of the new year?
The Shaykh : Congratulating people on the arrival of the new year has no basis in the practice of the righteous predecessors, so do not initiate it. However, if someone congratulates you, return the greeting, because this has become customary among people. Although this has started to decrease now, for what has occurred, and praise be to Allah, people have come to know it, whereas at first they used to exchange messages.
The questioner : What is the formula, O Shaykh, that people exchange?
The Shaykh : That he congratulates you on reaching the new year, and we ask Allah to overlook what has passed in the last year and to help you with what is to come, or a phrase similar to that.
The questioner : What about saying: "May every year find you in good health"?
The Shaykh : No, "May every year find you in good health" is not a thing, neither for the 'Id al-Adha, nor for the 'Id al-Fitr, nor for this.