Fatwa ID: 06594

Answered by: Shaykh Shafiur Rahman

Question:

Question shaykh: What’s the hukm of saying, Ramadan Mubarak or Kareem?

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

Answer:

There is nothing wrong with saying Ramadan Mubarak or Kareem to congratulate or express joy at the arrival of the blessed month of Ramadan.

The Prophetﷺ gave the good news to his companions on the arrival of the month of Ramadan and said it was a ‘Mubarak’ month as reported in the following hadith.

عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم ‏ “‏ أَتَاكُمْ رَمَضَانُ شَهْرٌ مُبَارَكٌ فَرَضَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ عَلَيْكُمْ صِيَامَهُ تُفْتَحُ فِيهِ أَبْوَابُ السَّمَاءِ وَتُغْلَقُ فِيهِ أَبْوَابُ الْجَحِيمِ وَتُغَلُّ فِيهِ مَرَدَةُ الشَّيَاطِينِ لِلَّهِ فِيهِ لَيْلَةٌ خَيْرٌ مِنْ أَلْفِ شَهْرٍ مَنْ حُرِمَ خَيْرَهَا فَقَدْ حُرِمَ ‏”‏ ‏.‏

“The Messenger of Allah said: ‘There has come to you Ramadan, a blessed month, which Allah, the Mighty and Sublime, has enjoined you to fast. In it, the gates of the heavens are opened and the gates of Hell are closed, and every devil is chained up. In it Allah has a night which is better than a thousand months; whoever is deprived of its goodness is indeed deprived.”‘ (Sunan an-Nasai 2106)

Only Allah knows the best

Written by Shaykh Shafiur Rahman

Checked and approved by Mufti Mohammed Tosir Miah

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