Celebrating Valentine’s Day is impermissible due to [several] reasons: -Firstly: It is an innovated Īd [holiday]. It has no basis in the Sharee’ah. -Secondly: It calls to passion and infatuation. -Thirdly: It is a means of preoccupying the heart with insignificant affairs and it is in opposition to the guidance of the Salafus Saaleh [The Pious Predecessors]. Therefore, it is impermissible to initiate anything on this day [i.e. on Valentine’s day] related to [celebration], whether it is foodstuffs, drinks, clothing, and exchanging gifts or other than these [actions]. It is obligated on a Muslim to nobly [adhere to his (or her)] religion and he [or she] should not be one who goes with the flow- following everyone who calls to something. —Shaykh Muhammad Ibn Saaleh Al-Uthaymeen [rahimahullaah] [Source: (Majmoo Fataawaa 16/199). Abridged & slightly paraphrased]