Fatwa ID: 06978

Answered by: Maulana Abdoullah Limvoonheek

Question:  

Is it allowed for me to decorate my shop for Christmas to attract customer?

In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful

Answer:

In Islam we are to adhere to the shariah, the Quran and the Sunnah. We should also strongly oppose the way of the disbelievers.

In the Quran Allah says (Surah Ali Imran verse 19)

اِنَّ الدِّيۡنَ عِنۡدَ اللّٰهِ الۡاِسۡلَامُ ۗ وَمَا اخۡتَلَفَ الَّذِيۡنَ اُوۡتُوا الۡكِتٰبَ اِلَّا مِنۡۢ بَعۡدِ مَا جَآءَهُمُ الۡعِلۡمُ بَغۡيًا ۢ بَيۡنَهُمۡ‌ؕ وَمَنۡ يَّكۡفُرۡ بِاٰيٰتِ اللّٰهِ فَاِنَّ اللّٰهَ سَرِيۡعُ الۡحِسَابِ.

Truly, the religion in the sight of Allah is Islam. And those who have been given the Book did not differ (among themselves) except after the knowledge had come to them, (and all this) due to envy against each other. And whoever denies the verses of Allah, then, Allah is swift at reckoning.

Our only path to follow is the Quran and the sunnah of Our Nabi. In the ahadith we are told “whoever imitates a nation is among them”

Therefore we must stay away and distance ourselves from these practices and we should not honor the way of the disbelievers. In such period muslim should not shy away to show their true identity.

Only Allah (عز و جل) knows best.

Written by  Maulana Abdoullah Limvoonheek

Checked and approved by Mufti Mohammed Tosir Miah

Darul Ifta Birmingham

Reference:

Surah Ali Imran verse 19

اِنَّ الدِّيۡنَ عِنۡدَ اللّٰهِ الۡاِسۡلَامُ ۗ وَمَا اخۡتَلَفَ الَّذِيۡنَ اُوۡتُوا الۡكِتٰبَ اِلَّا مِنۡۢ بَعۡدِ مَا جَآءَهُمُ الۡعِلۡمُ بَغۡيًا ۢ بَيۡنَهُمۡ‌ؕ وَمَنۡ يَّكۡفُرۡ بِاٰيٰتِ اللّٰهِ فَاِنَّ اللّٰهَ سَرِيۡعُ الۡحِسَابِ.

عن ابن عمر، قال: قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم: «من تشبه بقوم فهو منهم»

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