Can A Muslim Celebrate Holi ? – Holi Halal or Haram in Islam ?

Many Muslims ask if they can celebrate Holi with their Hindu friends or is it really Halal or Haram in Islam. We are going to answer that question today.

Holi is the festival of Hindus, also known as the festival of Colors, as people throw colors at each other and dance all day and light bonfires. Their belief is that by throwing colors, dancing and lighting bonfires they’re driving all the evil spirits away.

It is in reality, a “Festival of Hindus“, they have their firm belief that on the day of Holi the “evil gods” were destroyed by “good gods“. And it is the part of their religion, which is completely based on idol worshipping and myths.

What Hadiths and Quran Say About Celebrating Holi in Islam

Sahih Hadiths suggest that it is not allowed to participate in the festivals of disbelievers. When Hindus in India are oppressing Muslims and burning them alive just because they eat beef, still you’d want to “celebrate” it with them?

These are the hadiths which says celebration of such festival is Haram;

And this is what Quran says about it;

These references are very clear and cut to describe how strict Islam is about idol worshiping religion and tells people not to follow or celebrate it. Not just Hadiths, there are many references in the Quran as well which you can read and realize that it is highly restricted.

You can wish people but you can not Celebrate it. There is a big difference in “Wishing” and “Celebrating”, by Wishing means, that as a human, you say good words for them, but by Celebrating means that you’re actually throwing colors at each other, dancing and eating their festive food, which is strictly haram.

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