QUESTION: A Muslim has a ‘season’s greetings’ poster made with the following details:
- Background colour is red (Christmas is linked to this colour)
- Gifts wrapped in round shapes, covered in gift wrapping – to the side of the poster
- His picture is in the centre
- His name is on the side along his picture
- Above his name is written ‘season’s greetings’
Please explain if such greetings are permitted in Islam? Also, one may argue that since the person is famously known, many non-Muslims also know him. Therefore, these greetings are intended for them.
ANSWER: No matter how famous one may be, Deen comes first. Allah Ta’ala clearly states in Surah Kaafiroon, “For them (the non-Muslims) is their religion and for us (Muslims) is our Deen.”
It is never permissible to mimic the non-Muslims during and upon their days of Kufr and Shirk. This is a sickness many Muslims nowadays have become victim to. The interfaith nonsense of the liberal-minded scholars such as UUCSA and JUSA is to be blamed for this.
It is such scholars of our country who have displayed a mild and a welcoming attitude towards accepting and uniting under the banner of all religions. The idea of the KUFR interfaith Dajjaaliyat is to accept all religions as equal. Accepting this, will make the Dajjaaliyat ‘One World Religion’ easy to be initiated in the world by the agents of Dajjaal.
Allah Ta’ala states, “Indeed, the (only) Deen (accepted) by Allah Ta’ala, is Islam”. (Surah Aal Imraan, Aayat 19)
To the contrary, no Sahaabi (Radhiyallahu anhu) tolerated KUFR and SHIRK, despite them going into lands wherein Kufr and Shirk were widespread. Not for a single moment did any Sahaabi (Radhiyallahu anhu) fall victim to the Shaitaani notion of, ‘we are in a minority’, despite the Sahaabah (Radhiyallahu anhum) who, when they went to lands, were genuinely in the minority at first! No, rather, they stood firm on the Tawheed they were taught.
Interfaith makes a Muslim a coward. It removes from a Muslim’s life the concept of Jihaad. And the scholars of interfaith such as UUCSA and JUSA are indirectly party to this anti-Islamic move.
It is totally Haraam and puts one’s Imaan on risky terrain to wish non-Muslims well over their KUFR festivities, and to offer greetings of any such kind. May Allah Ta’ala protect our Imaan and grant Tawfeeq to anyone who has fallen prey to this danger, Aameen.