Celebrating Valentines Day

Ref: mis003/07

February 2007

Q: I used to celebrate Valentines Day and never knew about it not being permissible,will I have sinned?

A:

It was incorrect for you to have celebrated Valentines Day.Now that you have realised your mistake, seek forgiveness for the past and make a firm intention not to commit the same mistake in the future.
 
Mufti Shafiq Jakhura
Iftaa Department, Darul Ihsan Islamic Services Centre
 
I concur with the answer:
Mufti Zubair Bayat

Ameer, Darul Ihsan Islamic Services Centre