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As for congratulating them, this is a much more detailed question.

I'm going to summarize it and maybe one day we'll give a longer answer and I will give a longer lecture. You will find it online.

I'm a Muslim.

K Al-Ruhan. I'm not going to be a lary jana,

in a rijana nohi

in a hymn.

Vassal

O'Anhlaqla dikarya,

to summarize there is nothing explicit in the Quran or the Sunna or any of the

four imams or any of the early scholars in this regard.

One of the earliest scholars to write a treaties

or I should say have a detailed discussion about this

is Ibn al-Kahim in his famous book,

Ahkam, Ali Lima, or the rulings of the people of

Thimma, and he made a very famous remark there which is now well known and a lot of

people quoted in which he very, very strongly prohibited congratulating the non-Muslims on their

days of holy days, on their days of celebration.

And he said a phrase here, to congratulate them

on their holy days is worse than congratulating

them for a major sin like drinking alcohol or like murder.

So to congratulate them for committing a sin, he is saying to congratulate them on their holy day because of their holy day it is a bigger

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