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Is It Prohibited to Sell Christmas Items?
It is not permissible for any Muslim to join in the festivals of the non-Muslims, whether by attending the festivities or enabling them to hold their celebrations, or selling any goods or products that have to do with these festivals.56,276Is It Permissible to Celebrate Non-Muslim Festivals?
It is not permissible for the Muslim to join the non-Muslims in their festivals and to express joy and happiness on these occasions, or to take the day off work, whether the occasion is religious or secular.27,334Is It Prohibited to Accept Birthday Gifts?
The basic principle is that you should not accept any kind of gifts given on your birthday whether they are given to you on the same day or afterwards. Accepting birthday gifts implies approval of the occasion and helps to perpetuate it. So you should excuse yourself from accepting them, with the best of manners.144,741Collecting donations to give gifts to poor families at Christmas
33,177Dealing in alcohol, supplies for Christian holidays, condoms and cosmetic creams
40,847Can Muslims Join Non-Muslim Festivals?
It is not permissible to join in the non-Muslim festivals because this entails imitating or resembling them and taking part in their festivals is a kind of befriending them and showing love for them.67,418Ruling on opening one’s business on the day of kaafir festivals
36,135Taking part in non-Muslim celebrations in order to encourage them to take part in our celebrations
29,770Greeting Non-Muslims on Their Festivals
Greeting the non-Muslims on Christmas and other religious holidays like Thanksgiving is prohibited by consensus because it implies that one accepts or approves of their rituals of disbelief, even if one would not accept those things for oneself.339,162
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