university degrees. I have two questions regarding this matter:
1- What is the ruling on attending such a party, knowing that the
Buddhist priests pray, according to their religious rituals, to bless
the party?
2- If the party starts before Dhuhr and ends after 'asr, is it
permissible for us to pray them together at the time of 'asr? Or it is
not permissible to attend that party in the first place?.
Praise be to Allaah.
We ask Allaah to bless your graduation and to benefit the Muslims through you.
The occasion of the students' graduation is a moment of joy for the
student on his graduation and for his family on their son's success.
That is one of the blessings of Allaah to His slaves, and is part of
His great bounty and kindness.
What is required is to give thanks for this blessing and to pay
attention to Allaah's rights in this matter, by adhering to His sacred
limits and laws. But unfortunately we see many wrongs and sins that
occur in students' graduation ceremonies, and they have even become
something regular and unavoidable in graduation ceremonies. That
includes the following:
1 – Celebrating with music, and usually they bring a large band, and
it is major part of most ceremonies.
The ruling on listening to music in Islamic sharee'ah is that it is
haraam, and some scholars narrated that there is consensus on this
point. This has been discussed in the answer to question no. 5000.
2 – Mixing of male and female students, and their sitting together in
one place and entering and leaving in one line, and men mixing with
women who are present, among whom are those who are wearing makeup and
perfume, and those whom shyness does not prevent from expressing their
joy in ways that are not appropriate, such as shouting, making
gestures and movements, clapping, whistling, shaking hands with men,
and other wrong actions that accompany haraam mixing.
3 –With regard to wearing the "graduation suit" that is well known
nowadays, with the black cloak and mortarboard, this is clothing that
belongs specifically to the kuffaar, then it came to us. Some scholars
have said that it is taken from the clothing of monks and bishops at
some era of history, hence they ruled that it is haraam to wear it.
Shaykh Bakr Abu Zayd (may Allaah have mercy on him) said:
The graduate comes wearing a black cloak or gown and this is a church
tradition. The people of knowledge and faith should differ from them
in this regard. End quote.
Al-Majmoo'ah al-'Ilmiyyah(Risaalah al-Ta'aalum, p. 85)
The scholars of the Standing Committee for Issuing Fatwas said:
It is haraam for the Muslims to imitate the kuffaar in the clothing
that is uniquely theirs, whether the kaafirs in question are Jews,
Christians or anything else, because of the general meaning of the
evidence in the Qur'aan and Sunnah that forbids imitating them. For
example, it is proven that the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah
be upon him) said: "Whoever imitates a people is one of them."
Narrated by Imam Ahmad, Abu Dawood and others. And the Prophet (peace
and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said, when he saw 'Abd-Allaah ibn
'Amr wearing two garments dyed with safflower: "These are among the
garments of the kuffaar; do not wear them." Narrated by Muslim in
hisSaheeh. And it is proven inSaheehMuslimthat 'Umar (may Allaah be
pleased with him) wrote a letter to his governor in Azerbaijan, 'Utbah
ibn Farqad (may Allaah be pleased with him) in which he said: "Beware
of luxury and the clothing of the people of shirk and wearing silk."
Based on that, it is not permissible to wear what is known as the
"gown" when graduating from a school, institute or college, because it
is the clothing of the Christians, and the Muslim should be proud of
his religion and his following his Prophet (peace and blessings of
Allaah be upon him), and he should not pay any attention to the
customs of those with whom Allaah is angry and who have gone astray
such as the Jews, Christians and others. End quote.
Fataawa al-Lajnah al-Daa'imah(24/26, 27)
The scholars of the Standing Committee for Issuing Fatwas were also asked:
In the American universities there is a tradition: when the students
graduate they wear so-called graduation clothes, which is a gown that
resembles the Arabic abayah, and a head cover of a certain shape. It
is said that this is the clothes that their monks used to wear in the
past. Is it permissible, when a Muslim student takes part in this
celebration, to wear these clothes?
They replied:
It is not permissible for the student to wear these clothes if they
are garments that belong only to them, because the Prophet (peace and
blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: "Whoever imitates a people is
one of them" and the prohibition is more emphatic if it is proven to
be one of the symbols of their monks. End quote.
Fataawa al-Lajnah al-Daa'imah(24/98).
4 – One of the greatest evils that may be noticed in these
celebrations is missing the prayers, because the ceremony goes on for
several hours, during which some of the times for prayer come, but you
do not see any of the people or the students or people in charge of
the ceremony respecting Allaah's rights or doing their duties, and
they do not pay any attention to the adhaan or calls or reminders;
they forget the rights of Allaah and are preoccupied with this passing
world and a little of its pleasures. They are blind to the words of
Allaah (interpretation of the meaning):"Then, there has succeeded them
a posterity who have given up As‑Salaah (the prayers) [i.e. made their
Salaah (prayers) to be lost, either by not offering them or by not
offering them perfectly or by not offering them in their proper fixed
times] and have followed lusts. So they will be thrown in Hell"
[Maryam 19:59].
Ibn Mas'ood said: "Giving up" does not mean that they forsook it
altogether, rather they delayed it beyond its proper time.
Ibn Hajar al-Haytami (may Allaah have mercy on him) said:
The seventy-seventh major sin is deliberately delaying prayer beyond
its time, or doing it too early with no excuse. End quote.
Al-Zawaajir 'an Iqtiraab al-Kabaa'ir(1/220,221)
The presence of Buddhists at these ceremonies and their performing
some of their religious rituals to bless – or so they claim! – the
ceremony is another evil. What blessing can come from associating
others with Allaah and disbelieving in Him? It is not permissible for
you to attend in a place where others are associated with Allaah
unless you are forced to do so. Allaah says (interpretation of the
meaning):
"And it has already been revealed to you in the Book (this Qur'aan)
that when you hear the Verses of Allaah being denied and mocked at,
then sit not with them, until they engage in a talk other than that;
(but if you stayed with them) certainly in that case you would be like
them. Surely, Allaah will collect the hypocrites and disbelievers all
together in Hell"
[al-Nisa' 4:140].
Based on that, attending this celebration is haraam, and if it is
haraam it cannot serve as an excuse to join Zuhr and 'Asr prayers.
And Allaah knows best.
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