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If Allah favours a certain day, then it is an indication that good deeds performed therein are better than on any other days. He ﷺ said, “The best day on which the sun has risen is Friday.”
“And they say, ‘The Most Merciful has taken [for Himself] a son.’ You have done an atrocious thing [by saying that]. The heavens almost rupture therefrom, the earth splits open and the mountains collapse in devastation.” [Maryam 19:88-90]
ʿUmar set the calendar according to the hijrah and did not set it according to the birthday of the Prophet ﷺ as the Christians did, in order to teach people that we are an Ummah of action, not an Ummah of eras and events.
#Christmas
It’s impermissible to congratulate a Christian for the lie of the birth of a son of God, even if he congratulates you for the Eid of Islam, because Allah’s rulings are not interchangeable. You’re not allowed to glorify an idol simply because an idolator enters the masjid with you
Almost all of the earlier and later Christian priests and historians agree that the birth date of the Maseeh (Messiah) was officially chosen after the third century, and that this selection was meant to be symbolic and not the precise date of his birth.
#Christmas
The actual birth date of the Masih is unknown, and the dispute regarding it is known between the Orthodox and Catholic Christians till today. They were unable to preserve their book from alteration, so how could they preserve the birth date of he who brought their book (Jesus)?
❷ It is permissible to marry the daughter of your father’s murderer, but just as you would never accept her joy on the anniversary of his killing, you would never accept her joy over the birth of a son for Allah Almighty.
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Wishing Christians a #MerryChristmas is not permissible by unanimous agreement of the Four Madh'habs. I do not know of an opposing view in this matter except in recent times, and they are views that are insignificant.