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Maulana Shahabuddin Razvi Barelvi has given a fatwa on celebrating New Year. Maulana has said that celebrating New Year is illegitimate. Dancing, singing, extravagance, lewdness, all things are illegitimate in Islam. Muslim people should maintain distance while celebrating New Year. New Year is a memorable moment for Christians, not for Muslims.
Maulana Shahabuddin Razvi Barelvi, President of All India Muslim Jamaat in Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh, has expressed his strong opinion regarding the celebration of New Year. He said that on the night of 31st December, people often do things like noise, dancing, singing, partying and wasteful expenditure. This type of behavior is considered wrong and prohibited according to Islamic Shariat.
Maulana Shahabuddin Razvi, while talking to news agency ANI, said that in Islam, the new year does not start from January, but from the month of Muharram. Therefore celebrating New Year on the night of 31st December is against Islamic rules. He called it a useless and unnecessary work which is not right in the eyes of religion.
#WATCH Bareilly, UP , On New Year celebrations, President of All India Muslim Jamaat, Maulana Shahabuddin Razvi Bareilvi, says, “On the night of December 31st, people generally celebrate in a boisterous manner, with noise, revelry, dancing, singing, and all sorts of indecent… pic.twitter.com/aBJBloIZgX
— ANI (@ANI) December 29, 2025
January 1 is not the new year of both Islam and Hindu – Maulana Razvi
While talking to ANI, Maulana Razvi also said that not only in Islam, but also in Hindu religion, the new year starts not from January but from the month of Chaitra. In such a situation, celebrating the New Year by copying Western traditions does not match the basic beliefs of any religion.
Islamic scholars will strongly oppose such events – Shahabuddin Razvi
Maulana Shahabuddin Razvi said in clear words that the party should not be organized under any circumstances. If any young man or woman holds a party and dances, sings or shows off, then Islamic scholars will strongly oppose such events.
People should stay away from wasteful expenditure and wrong activities – Rajavi
He appealed to the people to follow the teachings of religion and stay away from obscenity, extravagance and wrong activities in the name of New Year. He says that a person should spend his time in good works, worship and welfare of the society and not in noise and show-off.
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