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Celebrating new year is not forbidden in Islam.
Before we think whether something should be forbidden or not, we should think : what kind of activity is this ?
Let me give you two scenarios :
Scenario 1. In Eid ul Azha, one had intention to buy the biggest cow and camel and sheep of the market. So they bought the biggest ones and to boast it, kept those near the front of the main gate, so that everyone passing by could see.
In Eid ul Fitr, the same family bought new car, just because the previous model wasn't the latest.
Scenario 2. University student Rahim was heavily influenced by his fellow classmates in the year 2013. Encouraged by them, Rahim wanted to celebrate the new year by starting the practice of greeting others with Salam, something Rahim never did. He also wanted to visit his friends and families who are not frequently visited. He also planned to celebrate the new year by swearing to Allah that he will pray 5 times a day from the 1st January, 2014.
He also bought some gifts to give to some of his friends and classmates who distanced him because of some misunderstanding. He thought that maybe the occasion will be a good start to melt the ice.
Now you compare the two scenarios.
Look, every Muslim is against wasting money. Islam encourages spending money in others' cause, in the cause of the needy, and in the way of Allah. It is wasting money that we are against, not the occasions ! Because one can waste money in extravagance no matter the occasion is forbidden or not !
So, there is no problem for a Muslim to celebrate new year. But it has to be good, the way of celebration has to be good. Not boys and girls dancing together, having illegal physical activities, keeping up the whole night listening to songs of nasty lyrics...
Look, we Muslims don't hate East or West. We only keep away from evil, from the things that are forbidden.
If I, being a Muslim don't greet people in meeting, and if I see a Westerner to greet people in meetings, I should learn from them. I should learn that it is good to greet people in meeting. But if their way of greeting is contradictory to Islam, then I should learn what is the Islamic way of greeting. But I have no problem in giving the Westerner credit that they taught me to greet people. And I learnt from them that greeting people is a good culture.
We don't hate Western culture, we are only against what is evil, and what Allah has forbidden.
Celebrating new year is not forbidden in Islam.
Before we think whether something should be forbidden or not, we should think : what kind of activity is this ?
Let me give you two scenarios :
Scenario 1. In Eid ul Azha, one had intention to buy the biggest cow and camel and sheep of the market. So they bought the biggest ones and to boast it, kept those near the front of the main gate, so that everyone passing by could see.
In Eid ul Fitr, the same family bought new car, just because the previous model wasn't the latest.
Scenario 2. University student Rahim was heavily influenced by his fellow classmates in the year 2013. Encouraged by them, Rahim wanted to celebrate the new year by starting the practice of greeting others with Salam, something Rahim never did. He also wanted to visit his friends and families who are not frequently visited. He also planned to celebrate the new year by swearing to Allah that he will pray 5 times a day from the 1st January, 2014.
He also bought some gifts to give to some of his friends and classmates who distanced him because of some misunderstanding. He thought that maybe the occasion will be a good start to melt the ice.
Now you compare the two scenarios.
Look, every Muslim is against wasting money. Islam encourages spending money in others' cause, in the cause of the needy, and in the way of Allah. It is wasting money that we are against, not the occasions ! Because one can waste money in extravagance no matter the occasion is forbidden or not !
So, there is no problem for a Muslim to celebrate new year. But it has to be good, the way of celebration has to be good. Not boys and girls dancing together, having illegal physical activities, keeping up the whole night listening to songs of nasty lyrics...
Look, we Muslims don't hate East or West. We only keep away from evil, from the things that are forbidden.
If I, being a Muslim don't greet people in meeting, and if I see a Westerner to greet people in meetings, I should learn from them. I should learn that it is good to greet people in meeting. But if their way of greeting is contradictory to Islam, then I should learn what is the Islamic way of greeting. But I have no problem in giving the Westerner credit that they taught me to greet people. And I learnt from them that greeting people is a good culture.
We don't hate Western culture, we are only against what is evil, and what Allah has forbidden.
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