{Islamic Mailing Group} Whoever imitates a people is one of them!

Shaykh Ibn 'Uthaymeen:

"It is forbidden for the Muslims to imitate the kuffaar by holding parties on these occasions [i.e. Christmas], or exchanging gifts, or distributing sweets or other foods, or taking time off work and so on, because the Prophet (ﷺ) said: "Whoever imitates a people is one of them."

Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyah said in his book Iqtida' al-Siraat al-Mustaqeem Mukhaalifat Ashaab al-Jaheem: Imitating them on some of their festivals implies that one is happy with the falsehood they are following, and that could make them (the non-Muslims) take this opportunity to mislead those who are weak in faith."

(Fataawa Ibn 'Uthaymeen, 3/44)

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