Praise be to Allaah.
Shaykh Muhammad ibn Saalih al-`Uthaymeen (may Allaah have mercy on
him) was asked: What is the ruling on congratulating people on the
occasion of the Hijri new year, and how should one reply to a person
who offers congratulations?
He replied:
If someone offers you congratulations, then respond to him, but do
not initiate such greetings. This is the correct view concerning this
matter. So if a person says to you, for example, "Happy New Year",
then you can say, "May Allaah make it a good and blessed year for
you." But you should not initiate such a greeting, because I do not
know of any report that the salaf [early generations of Islam]
congratulated one another on the occasion of the new year, rather the
salaf did not regard the first of Muharram as the first day of the
new year until the caliphate of `Umar ibn al-Khattaab (may Allaah be
pleased with him.
Shaykh `Abd al-Kareem al-Khudayr said concerning offering
congratulations on the occasion of the hijri new year:
Praying for another Muslim in general terms, in phrases that are not
meant as a kind of ritual on special occasions such as Eid, is
acceptable, especially if what is meant by this greeting is
friendship and to show a friendly face to one's fellow Muslim. Imaam
Ahmad (may Allaah have mercy on him) said: "I do not initiate the
greeting but if someone greets me I return the greeting, because
responding to the greeting is obligatory. But being the first to
offer congratulations is neither Sunnah nor forbidden
It's a haram to celebrate any kind of non blievers holidays. It's forbidden in islam!
Muslims should not celebrate New Year because it's connected to Christmas. New Years celebrations also often have drinking, which is against Islam.
Yes, they do celebrate New Year.
people celebrate Chinese new year is because Chinese new year is their tradition.
At the end of the year, people celebrate the coming of the new year.
they celebrate CHINESE NEW YEAR
why do people sing to celebrate the New Year's holiday
lao and Khmer new year 2009 celebrate.
No. The first country to celebrate New Year's Day is Kiribati.
Yes they do and parts of Asia also celebrate the Chinese New year as well
its to celebrate the new year
Islamics Celebrate New Year On November 15th .
like allll the people in the world..but most of them don't celebrate with the new year
it is to celebrate the new year !