Ruling on Celebrating National Day and Dawah Weeks

Question:
What is the ruling on celebrating National Day, and also the week of Imam Muhammad ibn 'Abd al-Wahhab? And if it is not a religious innovation, what is the difference between it and religious innovations?

Answer:
National Day is a religious innovation; National Day is a religious innovation. As for the week of the scholars, it is not among the religious innovations. This is a week in which their books are displayed; it is not a celebration. This is a week in which books are displayed. If it is called the week of such-and-such a book, and the week of such-and-such a book, and the following week such-and-such, and the week after that such-and-such, this is not a celebration. This is a book exhibition, and an explanation of what so-and-so authored and what has been printed of his books. So if it is called the week of Muhammad, the week of Shaykh al-Islam, the week of al-Izz ibn 'Abd al-Salam, the week of al-Qurtubi, and the week of such-and-such, their books are displayed and sold among the people. This is not an innovation. This is displaying the books, selling them, and spreading them among the people.
As for National Day, and celebrating a national day, or on any day, or on the Night of al-Ragha'ib, all of this is a religious innovation. All of it is among the religious innovations, and among imitating the enemies of Allah.