Why is it haram to celebrate new year?

Answer 1

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

Answer 2

It's a haram to celebrate any kind of non blievers holidays. It's forbidden in islam!

Answer 3

Muslims should not celebrate New Year because it's connected to Christmas. New Years celebrations also often have drinking, which is against Islam.