Can We Wish Merry Christmas In Islam

Islam is all about reciprocating kindness with kindness.

Can we wish merry christmas in islam. A can muslim wish merry christmas. It s forbidden for muslims to say merry christmas for zillions of reasons. Now let s have a look at the ruling of the scholars pertaining to this matter.

Committing any of the above sins may very well amount to infidelity and you may not remain a muslim anymore. The qur anic mandate for muslims is clear. The miraculous birth was announced by angels and has worldwide significance.

You may only utter the words merry christmas if there is a possibility that christians will hate you for not saying it. One cannot say with absolute conviction that wishing one another happy new year on the 1 st of january is based on a pagan religion but without an iota of a doubt it would be absolutely forbidden for the believers to wish ones chrisitan brethren merry christmas for they claim and believe and i seek refuge in allah from even saying this that the noble messenger of allah saws isa ibn maryam a s is the son of god and claim that he was born on this day. However some muslims forbid participating in christmas celebrations mainly because they claim that jesus is worshipped as one of three gods.

Just as christians greet muslims happy eid we can definitely greet christians merry christmas. A group of classical scholar says it is haram forbidden to wish but some contemporaries scholars ruled that it is harus permissible.