What is the ruling on someone who works in a shop that sells Mawlid sweets?
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Celebrating the Mawlid (Prophet's Birthday) is not from the guidance of the Salaf (pious predecessors), and it is an innovated Bid'ah (innovation) that should be avoided. It is not permissible to assist in it by selling items specifically designated for it.
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