Topic: Giving Gifts or Financial Assistance to a Worker on Christmas   (No-8180)

Q Assalamualaikum! We have a Christian lady employed at our store who handles cleaning duties. Occasionally, she requests financial assistance due to her husband's or a family member's illness. Typically, we provide her with 100 to 200 rupees. Recently, during the Christmas holiday, she asked for 100 rupees to buy clothes for her daughter. I gave her the money purely out of kindness, without feeling any particular respect for the occasion. How should we handle similar situations in the future? Your guidance would be appreciated.

a: Given the religious significance of Christmas for Christians, the Shariah obligates us to avoid actions that might be interpreted as showing respect or reverence for this occasion. Consequently, it is not permissible to exchange gifts with Christians on this particular day. However, in the specific situation mentioned, since you have already been providing financial assistance to the worker from time to time, there is some room for you to give her money if she is in need of financial support during the Christmas period. This is because, you have been assisting her throughout the year; you are not helping her solely because it is Christmas. That being said, it is better to give her the money she needs, a day before or after Christmas.

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تبیین الحقائق: (228/6، ط: المطبعۃ الکبریٰ الامیریۃ)
"قال - رحمه الله - (والإعطاء باسم النيروز والمهرجان لا يجوز) أي الهدايا باسم هذين اليومين حرام بل كفر، وقال أبو حفص الكبير - رحمه الله - لو أن رجلا عبد الله خمسين سنة ثم جاء يوم النيروز، وأهدى لبعض المشركين بيضة يريد به تعظيم ذلك اليوم فقد كفر، وحبط عمله، وقال صاحب الجامع الأصغر إذا أهدى يوم النيروز إلى مسلم آخر، ولم يرد به التعظيم لذلك اليوم، ولكن ما اعتاده بعض الناس لا يكفر، ولكن ينبغي له أن لا يفعل ذلك في ذلك اليوم خاصة، ويفعله قبله أو بعده كي لا يكون تشبها بأولئك القوم، وقد قال رسول الله - صلى الله عليه وسلم - «من تشبه بقوم فهو منهم»، وقال في الجامع الأصغر رجل اشترى يوم النيروز شيئا لم يكن يشتريه قبل ذلك إن أراد به تعظيم ذلك اليوم كما يعظمه المشركون كفر، وإن أراد الأكل والشرب والتنعم لا يكفر"

Allah the Almighty knows best.
Darul ifta Al-Ikhlas, Karachi.

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