Fataawa - , Gifts to an employee from contractors dealing with his company

Question:
According to the Sharee'ah, is it permitted for us to accept gifts
(like calendars, or dairies, or watches, etc.), at the beginning of
every year, from the Contractors who are working for our company (we
award them contracts)? Please advice.
Fatwa:
All perfect praise be to Allaah, The Lord of the Worlds. I testify
that there is none worthy of worship except Allaah, and that Muhammad
is His slave and Messenger. We ask Allaah to exalthis mention as well
as that of his family and all his companions.
There is no harm in accepting thementioned gifts at the beginning of
the New Year, but taking the New Year as a festival and celebrating it
is an innovation, and it is imitating the non-Muslims if it is the new
A.D. year, as it is the practise nowadays. However, given that these
calendars and diaries are not associated with the meaning of the
celebration, then they are not included in the prohibition; and they
are considered in general as gifts given at a particular time to
benefit from them for a particular reason related to that time.
Allaah Knows best.