{"id":560,"date":"2015-02-12T01:57:55","date_gmt":"2015-02-12T01:57:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fatwa-tt.com\/?p=560"},"modified":"2017-11-08T23:08:14","modified_gmt":"2017-11-09T03:08:14","slug":"560","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fatwa-tt.com\/index.php\/560\/","title":{"rendered":"Is it permissible to give cards on any occasions e.g. wedding,congrats,get well soon. Also are decoration permissible for such occasions e.g. balloons ect."},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Question:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<table width=\"100%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"80%\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Assalamu alaykum, islamically is it permissible to give cards on any occasions for example wedding,congrats,get well soon. Also are decoration permissible for such occasions for example balloons ect.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Answer:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>As-sal\u0101mu \u2018alaykum wa-rahmatull\u0101hi wa-barak\u0101tuh.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">As Muslims we should endeavour to practice the Sunnah to the best of our ability. On occasions such as weddings etc. the most appropriate way would be to invite friends and family personally. If not then one may send a letter of invitation.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Likewise, one may give cards for weddings, get well soon etc. on condition that the cards are simple and moderate. The occasion must also be a permissible one, hence it is not permissible to give cards for birthdays, Christmas etc.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Decoration for weddings etc. is also permissible as long as such decorations are moderate and not extravagant. Islam forbids us from being extravagant. The implementation of moderation and abstinence from extravagance has also been emphasised in many Verses of the Holy Quran.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>\u0648\u0643\u0644\u0648\u0627 \u0648\u0627\u0634\u0631\u0628\u0648\u0627 \u0648\u0644\u0627 \u062a\u0633\u0631\u0641\u0648\u0627 \u0625\u0646\u0647 \u0644\u0627 \u064a\u062d\u0628 \u0627\u0644\u0645\u0633\u0631\u0641\u064a\u0646<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em>Eat and drink and do not be extravagant. Surely, He does not like the extravagant.<\/em><em>(Verse: 7:31)<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>\u0625\u0646 \u0627\u0644\u0645\u0628\u0630\u0631\u064a\u0646 \u0643\u0627\u0646\u0648\u0627 \u0625\u062e\u0648\u0627\u0646 \u0627\u0644\u0634\u064a\u0627\u0637\u064a\u0646 \u0648\u0643\u0627\u0646 \u0627\u0644\u0634\u064a\u0637\u0627\u0646 \u0644\u0631\u0628\u0647 \u0643\u0641\u0648\u0631\u0627<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em>Surely, squanderers (the extravagant) are brothers of satans, and the Satan is very ungrateful to his Lord.(Verse: 17:27)<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>\u0648\u0627\u0644\u0630\u064a\u0646 \u0625\u0630\u0627 \u0623\u0646\u0641\u0642\u0648\u0627 \u0644\u0645 \u064a\u0633\u0631\u0641\u0648\u0627 \u0648\u0644\u0645 \u064a\u0642\u062a\u0631\u0648\u0627 \u0648\u0643\u0627\u0646 \u0628\u064a\u0646 \u0630\u0644\u0643 \u0642\u0648\u0627\u0645\u0627<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em>(The true servants of Allah are) those who, when they spend, are neither extravagant nor miserly, and it (i.e. their spending) is moderate in between (the two extremes).(Verse: 25:67)<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Mufti Shafi (Rahimahullah) explains that this ruling of moderation is not restricted only to eating and drinking, but will apply in clothing, living standards and every other aspect of life.<a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"#_ftn1\" name=\"_ftnref1\">[1]<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>And Allah Ta\u2019\u0101la Knows Best<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Mufti Arshad Ali<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#_ftnref1\" name=\"_ftn1\">[1]<\/a> <em>(Ma\u2019arif al-Quran (English Translation) Vol.3 Pg.569\/570 \u2013 Maktabah Darul Uloom Karachi)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Question: Assalamu alaykum, islamically is it permissible to give cards on any occasions for example wedding,congrats,get well soon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1601,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-560","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-character-and-morals","category-contemporary-law"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fatwa-tt.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/560","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fatwa-tt.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fatwa-tt.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fatwa-tt.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fatwa-tt.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=560"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/fatwa-tt.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/560\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fatwa-tt.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1601"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fatwa-tt.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=560"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fatwa-tt.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=560"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fatwa-tt.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=560"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}