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Is making sweets and giving gifts to two children on their birthday, without celebration or extravagance, and merely congratulating them, considered a sin?

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Source: FtawySummary from Ftawy's records · added here Sep 2, 20261 min readAlso available in العربية
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Offering gifts, sweets, and congratulations on Christmas holidays is not permissible, because it is considered an act of celebration. The desire not to make children feel discriminated against does not justify this, rather, adherence to Islamic law is more paramount, because among the objectives of Islam is to distinguish between truth and falsehood. In this era, which is considered a time of the strangeness of religion, one should be patient in adhering to Islamic law and not go along with people in their transgressions. A Muslim does not melt in with those who transgress Islamic law; rather, he remains patient and steadfast.

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