Title: Please advise me is it permissible for a muslim revert to attending the baptism of a family member. With the view of keeping family ties (NB: not the church just the after celebrations), also if the wife refuses must she go if ordered by her husband.
Question: As salamu alaikum, Please advise me is it permissible for a muslim revert to attending the baptism of a family member. With the view of keeping family ties (NB: not the church just the after celebrations), also if the wife refuses must she go if ordered by her husband. jazakAllah
Answer ID: 5406Posted on:
Sep 1, 2020
Bismillah hir-Rahman nir-Rahim !
(Fatwa: 833/711=B/1429)
Attending one?s religious programme amounts to supporting it, therefore it is unlawful for a Muslim to attend the religious programmes of people professing other beliefs.
Allah (Subhana Wa Ta'ala) knows Best
Darul Ifta,
Darul Uloom Deoband, India