Cultural and National Holidays
32 questions
Is it permissible for Muslims to exchange greetings and prayers with one another on the occasion of the New Gregorian Year without the intention of celebrating it?
Is it permissible to buy New Year's sweets with the sole intention of eating them?
Is celebrating Nowruz forbidden or not, knowing that those who observe it place a Qur’an on the table in celebration of it?
What is the ruling on commemorating "Earth Day" and participating in its events, which marks the occupation's confiscation of Palestinian lands?
Does sending one's children to schools whose curricula include the glorification of national and Christian holidays, and concepts such as democracy, secularism, and nationalism, alongside the teaching of the Holy Quran, render the one who does so an apostate? And what is the ruling on that given the unavailability of educational alternatives that qualify for higher education?
What is the ruling on celebrating the Third Millennium and participating with those who celebrate it?
Is it permissible for an employee to receive double overtime pay for working on official national holidays, excluding religious holidays?
What is the ruling on celebrating Valentine's Day, with mention of the evidence and the sayings of scholars regarding it?
Is it permissible to stay up until Fajr on school holidays to watch cultural and entertainment programs?
What is the ruling on celebrating Valentine's Day, which falls on February 14th of each year?
What is the legitimate Islamic rooting for Thanksgiving and what is the ruling on celebrating it, and is it related to the fall of the Ottoman Empire?
What is the response to those who believe that celebrating Mother's Day is not a religious innovation (bid‘ah), but rather falls under social customs, citing that innovation (bid‘ah) only pertains to inventing in religious matters, and that all worldly novelties are not innovations?
Is it permissible to celebrate national holidays, especially the holidays of the Arab revolutions that removed tyrannical rulers?
To what extent is naming February 11th "Affiliation Day" legitimate, and what is the ruling of Islamic law on holding social and cultural events, and celebrations with celebrities, at the Catholic Center?
Does celebrating the Amazigh New Year in the Maghreb countries—by gathering families and eating cooked grains and nuts—fall under the category of Bid‘ah (innovation), knowing that it does not involve any particular belief and originates from the indigenous people of the Maghreb?
What is the ruling on celebrating Women's Day, Labor Day, Tree Day, and the Noble Prophet's Birthday (Mawlid)?
What is the ruling on gifts received by a teacher from their students on Teacher's Day?
Is designating a special day for the orphan permissible Islamically, or is it considered an innovation (bid‘ah)?
What is the ruling on honoring my wife on the occasion of International Women's Day, March 8th?
Is there a scholarly refutation of the fatwa that permits celebrating International Mother's Day, considering it not forbidden?
What is the ruling on celebrating the birth of the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, and birthday celebrations, and Mother's Day, and Tree Week?
Is it permissible to celebrate annually a special day coinciding with the 15th of Ramadan as "the day of joy and love," and is it permissible to ask guests on this day to pray for God to unite them in goodness and happiness?
Is it permissible to celebrate the annual Cultural Day at the university where students showcase the cultures of their countries?
What is the ruling on celebrating the Gregorian New Year with the intention of bringing joy, not celebrating Christian holidays?