'Abdullah ibn 'Umar (May Allaah be pleased with him) narrated: The Prophet (Peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: "Whoever imitates a people is one of them." [Sunan Abu Dawood 4031, Sahih by Al-Albaani] 'Abdullah Ibn 'Amr (may Allaah be pleased with him) said, "Whoever settles in the lands of the non-Muslims, then he celebrates their festivals of Nayruz and Mahrajan (of the Persians), and he imitates them and then he dies whilst in that state, he will be gathered with them on the Day of Resurrection." [Sunan Al-Kubra (9/234), Sahih by Ibn Taymiyyah in Iqtida As-Sirat Al-Mustaqim (1/457)] Ibn 'Uthaymeen (may Allaah have mercy on him) said: "Similarly it is forbidden for the Muslims to imitate the kuffaar by holding parties on these occasions, or exchanging gifts, or distributing sweets or other foods, or taking time off work and so on, because the Prophet (Peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: "Whoever imitates a people is one of them." Ibn Taymiyah (May Allaah have mercy on him) 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. Those who do any of these things are sinning, whether they do it to go along with them, or to be friendly towards them, or because they feel too shy (to refuse to join in) or any other reason, because it is a kind of compromising the religion of Allaah to please others, and it is a means of lifting the spirits of the kuffaar and making them proud of their religion." [Fataawa Ibn 'Uthaymeen (3/44)] Moreover, offering greetings on this day that comes back each year comes under the heading of celebrating it and taking it as a festival, which is also forbidden. Tags: #bismillah #islamicquotes #islamicquote #islamqa #islamicreminder #islamicreminders #islamicpost #sins #islamicposts #hadithoftheday #islamic #islampost #muslimquotes #instaislam #loveislam #hadiths #Allah #gatewayofislam https://www.instagram.com/p/CJd4ew8lg9X/?igshid=1c6nbjt9mz0qe