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    Question ID: 44623Country: India

    Title: Chilla and Chatti

    Question: Please tell me whether it is allowed or not to celebrate Chilla and Chatti the functions performed after the birth of a child after 40 and 21 days as per Islamic Shariah.

    Answer ID: 44623

    Bismillah hir-Rahman nir-Rahim !

    (Fatwa: 521/512/N=1434) Such types of customs and traditions do not exist in Islam. Hence if these rituals are performed as a part of religion then it shall be unlawful and innovation (bid’ah). But if they are not considered a part of religion but they include non-Shariah things then too they shall be unlawful. These ongoing Chilla and Chatti etc contain non-Shariah elements; hence it should be avoided.

    Allah (Subhana Wa Ta'ala) knows Best

    Darul Ifta,

    Darul Uloom Deoband, India