Cairo - Dr. 'Ahmed Mamdouh', the director of the Islamic legislation (Sharia) Research Department at the Egyptian Dar Al-Ifta (the house of Islamic advisory opinions), said that there is no objection on the agreement of people to specify certain days for celebrating social occasions as long as this agreement does not oppose the Islamic legislation (the Sharia). In one of his advisory opinions. He added that there is no objection that people determine a day on which they can express their love and feelings towards others, pointing out that Prophet Muhammad, Peace and Prayers be upon him, said: if one of you loves his co-religionist, he should say to him, "I love you in Allah". He clarified that the concept of love is more general and more extensive that the relationship between a man and a woman in the sense that it is possible for a person to express his love to his children, his relatives and his friends on Valentine's Day, also called Saint Valentine's Day or the Feast of Saint Valentine, is an annual holiday celebrated on February 14. There is another day of Love celebrated locally in Egypt on the 4th of November.
