Permissibility of Saying “Taqabbalallahu Minna wa Mink” as an Eid Greeting

Saying “Taqabbalallahu Minna wa Mink” on Eid — Ruling and Evidences


Source: Fatāwā ‘Ilmiyyah (Tawḍīḥ al-Aḥkām), Vol. 2, p. 131

Question:​

Is it proven in Sharī‘ah to say to each other “Taqabbalallahu Minna wa Mink” (May Allah accept from us and from you) after the Eid prayer?

Analysis of the Prophetic (Marfū‘) Narrations​

Two marfū‘ narrations are reported on this matter:

1st Marfū‘ Narration​

• Sources: [Al-Kāmil by Ibn ‘Adī: 6/2274], [Al-Majrūḥīn by Ibn Ḥibbān: 2/301], [As-Sunan al-Kubrā by al-Bayhaqī: 3/319], [Al-‘Ilal al-Mutanāhiyah by Ibn al-Jawzī: 1/476, ḥadīth 811] — "This ḥadīth is not authentic."
• Weakness: The narrator Muḥammad bin Ibrāhīm bin al-‘Alā’ ash-Shāmī was declared a fabricator:
  
  • Imām Dāraqutnī: "A liar"
  • Ibn Ḥibbān: "He fabricated ḥadīths upon the people of Shām"
  • Al-Ḥākim: "He narrated fabricated ḥadīths from al-Walīd bin Muslim and Suwayd bin ‘Abd al-‘Azīz"

2nd Marfū‘ Narration​

• Sources: [As-Sunan al-Kubrā by al-Bayhaqī: 3/319–320], [Amālī Ibn Shim‘ūn: 277], [Al-Majrūḥīn by Ibn Ḥibbān: 2/149], [Al-‘Ilal al-Mutanāhiyah: 2/57–58, ḥadīth 900] — "This ḥadīth is not authentic."
• Weakness: Narrator ‘Abd al-Khāliq bin Zayd bin Wāqid:
  
  • Imām Bukhārī: "Munkar al-ḥadīth" and "I do not narrate from one whom I declare munkar al-ḥadīth"
  • The narration is also munqaṭi‘ (disconnected) between Makhḥūl and ‘Ubādah.
  • Ibn Ḥajar also graded it weak.

Authentic Reports from the Companions and Early Generations​

Even though marfū‘ narrations are weak, there are authentic āthār (Companion/Tabi‘ī practices) that support the permissibility:


① Practice of Abū Umāmah and Wāthilah bin al-Asqa‘ رضي الله عنهما

• People would greet them on Eid with “Taqabbalallahu Minna wa Minkum”, and they would reply: "Wa Minkum".
• Source: Mukhtaṣar Ikhtilāf al-Fuqahā’ by al-Ṭaḥāwī, 4/385 — Chain: ḥasan.

② Statement of Jubayr bin Nufayr رحمه الله

• The Companions would say “Taqabbalallahu Minna wa Mink” on Eid.
• Chain: ḥasan — authenticated by Ibn Ḥajar.

③ Report from Ṣafwān bin ‘Amr as-Saksakī رحمه الله

• He saw several senior Tābi‘īn using this greeting on Eid.
• Chain: ḥasan.

④ Imām Mālik رحمه الله’s Statement

• When asked, he said: "This is the practice in Madinah; we see no harm in it."
• Chain: ḥasan.

⑤ Imām Shu‘bah bin al-Ḥajjāj رحمه الله

• On Eid, Yūnus bin ‘Ubayd greeted him with “Taqabbalallahu Minna wa Mink”.
• Chain: ḥasan.

⑥ Statement of al-Ṭaḥāwī رحمه الله

• He recorded that his teachers and contemporaries would respond to Eid greetings with “Taqabbalallahu Minna wa Mink”.

Conclusion:​

• The Prophetic narrations on this matter are weak and cannot be used as proof by themselves.
• However, authentic reports from the Companions, Tābi‘īn, and leading imāms confirm that it was a known and accepted greeting on Eid.
• Therefore, saying “Taqabbalallahu Minna wa Mink” on Eid is permissible and based on the practice of the early generations.

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