As Muslims we do not celebrate holidays like Easter or Christmas. However if you were involved in an interfaith marriage (with someone from the "people of the book"), would the other person be prohibited from celebrating such holidays? Or are they allowed to celebrate as long as you (as a Muslim) do not, but just wish them "well" out of respect and politeness? Where does Islam stand on this?

I am working in MNC software company. Over here all employees, mostly non-Muslims, wish each other with *"Good morning"* and *"Good night"*. And during special festival with *"Happy Holi"*, *"Happy Diwali"* etc. So, is this allowed in Islam? Can we wish them during ordinary days and during festivals? Are there any alternatives to wishing them with *"Good morning"* and *"Good night"*? **EDIT** Thanks Everyone, i got answer for secular greetings (good morning), that we can wish them, But can we wish religious greetings (happy diwali , happy holi,...) ? ---------- **Final EDIT** Thanks everyone.. I Got answers of my questions. Yes, We can greet non-muslims with Good Morning or Good Night. But, **We can not wish non-muslims to on their Religious Festival.** Reference: Fatawa Mahmoodiya 19/567, Kitabul Fatawa 1/304 http://masaail.com/diwali-aur-un-ke-naye-saal-ki-mubarakbadi-dena/

So I’m in this class where we had a project to teach children English. The topic was halloween. We had this event where they learnt halloween vocabulary and they gave me the task to take pictures of the event. Does that mean that I’m supporting it? I know that halloween is like a shirk holiday, but I’m not sure if what I did is shirk as well. Also I was aware of the fact that it’s most likely sinful but I still took the pictures and sent them to my teacher.

At my place (India) Shias celebrate this day by arranging dastarkhwan (various special dishes) and call it dastarkhawn of Imam Hasan(A.S) I want to know why it is celebrated?

I'm a Muslim as well as both of my parents but my mom use to be a Christian. My family from my mom's side are Christians. We celebrate Christmas as a tradition because of this, not for Jesus being the "son of God" or anything like that, but like celebrating him as a prophet or as a tradition. Would this still be considered a sin?

Although the role and importance of Jesus may be seen very differently, Islam does recognize the existence of Jesus of Nazareth and even give him some critical acclaim as a prophet. However, do they celebrate his birth in any way such as Christians do at Christmas? If so, in what way do they celebrate? This question may seem basic, but we have: > لا نفرق بین احد من رسله So if we accept all prophets then why shouldn't we celebrate their birthdays?

As we know, Allah has given Muslims Eid al Adha, Eid al Fitr and Ramadan. As far as I’m concerned, I know that Allah has assigned fasting for the Jews and Christians because He says so in the Quran. But what about religious holidays? Of course Christmas has nothing to do with Christianity, but what about Hanukkah for the Jews? We Muslims celebrate Passover like the Jews do, so does that mean Allah has also given the Jews a holiday to celebrate that is Hanukkah and acceptable in His eyes for them to do? Thank you for your answers!

Since converting to Islam I've always attended my (atheist) family's Christmas celebrations (though they are *not* celebrated in a religious way). My parents expect me to give gifts to my family, and I know how important this gift giving is to them, and how highly regarded parents are to a Muslim. I found a hadith (emailed to me by a friend) that seems to support my logic: >Narrated ‘Aisha: > >Allah’s Apostles used to accept gifts and used to give something in return. > >(Bukhari, Volume 3, Book 47, Number 758). Is it Halal to reciprocate with gifts in this fashion, though it is haram to celebrate a religious holiday not form Islam?

Is it acceptable for Muslims to mark festivals of other religions (particularly, given the time of year, Christmas)? Does our acceptance of these 'holy days' give legitimacy to beliefs which, as Muslims we know to be clearly false? Or should we once again put our feelings to one side in order to maintain harmony (with neighbors who don't afford the same respect towards us)?