Is it permissible to celebrate the new year?

Is it permissible to celebrate New Year? What can be done on the New Year's Eve?

Answer:

“And incline not toward those who do wrong, lest the Fire should touch you, and you have no protectors other than Allah, nor you would then be helped.” (Hud, 113)

“And it has already been revealed to you in the Book (this Quran) that when you hear the Verses of Allah 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, Allah will collect the hypocrites and disbelievers all together in Hell.” (An-nisa, 140)

Narrated Abdullah ibn Umar:
“The Prophet (pbuh) said: He who copies any people is one of them.” (Dawud, Book 32, Hadith, 4020 )

Physical imitation leads to imitation of creed

A person only imitates what he loves admires and looks up to. Physical imitation leads to imitation of creed. Celebrating a Christmas Holiday can weaken the belief of a person who has accepted the basic of Islam. So it is not permissible for a Muslim to celebrate the New Year which is a Christian tradition.
In Islam Muslims celebrate the beginning of the Muslim calendar (Hijri New Year). (Modern Life through Fetvas)

So, in Islam New Year’s Eve is the first night of Muharram.
There is no harm in celebrating the Muslim New Year.
A Muslim performing an action that is representation of another religion willingly is blasphemy
It is not permissible for a Muslim to join in the celebrations of holidays of other religions, to congratulate each other, buy and eat turkey for that occasion, to give presents and to have a feast. If a person insists on committing these actions and does not repent, his/her faith is in serious danger.
Moreover Hanafi Scholars’ opinion on this subject is as such:
Whoever joins in the celebrations of holidays of other religions and doesn’t repent becomes an unbeliever like followers of that other religions.

Therefore for a Muslim to sit with these people, help them cut and cook for the feast makes him/her a sinner. (Turkmani, Kitabu'l-uma fi'havadisi va'l-bida', 1/293-94.)

How should be spent New Year’s Eve?

A Muslim should behave in accordance to Islam on this night when other people fall into pleasure and entertainment. On New Year’s Eve, a lot of events happen that Allah would not consent. It would be preferable for a Muslim to worship in a way that Allah would be pleased on this night. Starting a new year a Muslim can evaluate his/her actions from the previous year that are acceptable or not acceptable by Allah.

As a conclusion, Muslims celebrating holidays of the other religions, joining in them and to accept them as holidays even though they are the outcome of ideas that are against Allah’s consent is nothing but supporting blasphemy. To join in the celebrations of the holidays of other religions would weaken a Muslim’s faith. (Fatawa-i Hindiyya) Kaynak: http://askaquestionto.us - Is it permissible to celebrate the new year?