Hadith on Nowruz: Prohibition of joining idolatrous celebrations

Al-Walid reported: Abdullah ibn Amr, may Allah be pleased with him, said, “Whoever passes through foreign lands and participates in their new years and their festivals, imitating them and dying upon that way, then he will be gathered with them on the Day of Resurrection.”

Source: al-Sunan al-Kubrá lil-Bayhaqī 18863

Grade: Sahih (authentic) according to Ibn al-Qayyim

Imam Ibn al-Qayyim commented, “It is not permissible for Muslims to support them in this matter, nor to help them, nor to be present with them, according to the consensus of the people of knowledge. The jurists among the followers of the Four Imams have stated this explicitly in their books.”

Source: Aḥkām Ahl al-Dhimmah 2/346

عَنِ الْوَلِيدِ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عَمْرو رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ قَالَ مَنْ بَنَى بِبِلَادِ الْأَعَاجِمِ وَصَنَعَ نَيْرُوزَهُمْ وَمِهْرَجَانَهُمْ وَتَشَبَّهَ بِهِمْ حَتَّى يَمُوتَ وَهُوَ كَذَلِكَ حُشِرَ مَعَهُمْ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ

18863 السنن الكبرى للبيهقي كتاب الجزية باب كراهية الدخول على أهل الذمة في كنائسهم والتشبه بهم يوم نيروزهم ومهرجانهم

2/348 المحدث ابن القيم خلاصة حكم المحدث إسناده صحيح في أحكام أهل الذمة

قال ابن القيم لَا يَجُوزُ لِلْمُسْلِمِينَ مُمَالَاتُهُمْ عَلَيْهِ وَلَا مُسَاعَدَتُهُمْ وَلَا الْحُضُورُ مَعَهُمْ بِاتِّفَاقِ أَهْلِ الْعِلْمِ الَّذِينَ هُمْ أَهْلُهُ وَقَدْ صَرَّحَ بِهِ الْفُقَهَاءُ مِنْ أَتْبَاعِ الْأَئِمَّةِ الْأَرْبَعَةِ فِي كُتُبِهِمْ

2/346 أحكام أهل الذمة الفصل الأول في أحكام البيع والكنائس فصل لا يجوز للمسلمين حضور أعياد الكفار

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Abu Amina Elias
Abu Amina Elias (Justin Parrott) is an academic librarian, researcher, and translator specializing in the Quran, Hadith, and their commentaries. He is a former instructor of Islamic Creed for Mishkah University.
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