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Assalamu alaikum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuhu alhamdulillah wa salatu wa salamu ala

Rasulillahu wa ala ala alihi wa s-sahbihi wa menu wa ala amabadi.

Given the fact that we are at the end of December, I decided to answer the standard questions

that come during this time frame and I found one particular question that asked a lot

of them together.

And so, Bismillahi ala alayhi s-began, brother Jabir from London.

He emails a series of questions, I'm going to summarize them.

He is a business owner and he says that during this time frame of obviously the Christmas

holidays, he offers bargains because it is a good time to submerge and dies and he himself

purchases goods on discount because obviously of the holiday season.

So he wonders firstly that is this something that is permissible.

And then he says that he's the employer, his employees carry out activities such as gift

exchanging during this time frame.

And since of course he is the boss not only does he allow it to happen because every other

corporation is doing that but he also participates in it as well.

And then he asks the standard question which I have done before and I'll simply rehash

a little bit now which is about greetings and what is appropriate during this time frame.

And then lastly which I found tickling a little bit interesting inshaAllah, he asks that is

it okay for Muslims to look forward to and anticipate this season despite the fact that

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