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Can Muslim Students Celebrate National Days at Schools?

03 January, 2021
Q In my school they celebrate National Days each year, and it is often compulsory for students to participate. Is it permissible for us as Muslim students to take part in these celbrations?These assemblies are usually commenced with the recitation of the Quran. Can we take part in the recitation of the Quran as a means of Dawah or take up the singing of a nasheed without music (only girls are present)?

Answer

Sheikh Ahmad Kutty
03 January, 2021

In the Name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful.

All praise and thanks are due to Allah, and peace and blessings be upon His Messenger.

In this fatwa:

There is no need for Muslim students not to participate in celebrating National Days as long they stay away from practices that are objectionable in Islam.

In responding to your question, Sheikh Ahmad Kutty, a senior lecturer and an Islamic scholar at the Islamic Institute of Toronto, Ontario, Canada, states:

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Celebrating National Days is a custom followed by many countries, including many Muslim countries as well. It has been allowed as long as such celebrations do not involve any rituals or practices objectionable in Islam. 

According to jurisprudence rules, there is no objection to innovating customs; however, innovating acts of worship is different. The latter is haram, while the former is halal.

So, there is no need for Muslim students not to participate in celbrating National Days as long they stay away from practices that are objectionable in Islam.

Reading the Quran and offering supplications are always beneficial; no one should stop you from doing that. How can it be called a bidah or a reprehensible innovation?

Almighty Allah knows best.