Abdur Rahman ibn Yusuf Mangera – Q&A Birthdays, Mother and Fathers Days, Islamic

			Bismillah your Walkman you're
walking?
		

			What is the Islamic ruling on
celebrating Father's Day, Mother's
		

			Day, birthdays, etc? What I want
to say about these things is that
		

			it's quite simple, right? If
something the ruling is that if
		

			something is established from
another religion, so it's a
		

			salient feature of another
religion than to emulate that
		

			would be completely haram. Maybe
even tougher in some cases, but it
		

			would be complete haram. Right?
However, these things is birthday
		

			and Mother's Day, at least
Mother's Day and Father's Day,
		

			they're not from another religion,
there's something that has been
		

			stipulated that has been
established through community,
		

			right? People, people have come up
with these ideas. Personally, I
		

			think it's
		

			I, you know, I'm not a conspiracy
person. But I just think it's
		

			capitalist, right, trying to
capitalize on these days, because
		

			then they can sell all of these
gifts for Mother's Day and, you
		

			know, add a bit of revenue,
generate a bit of revenue, and so
		

			on. So what I personally think is
that really, like if you look at
		

			birthdays, for example, whether
it's halal or haram to celebrate
		

			them is another story, right? The
main thing is that what should we
		

			really be doing? I mean, what did
we do to become 15 years old, or
		

			20 years old, or 30 years old,
right? We didn't fuel ourselves. I
		

			mean, at the end of the day, we're
just living our life and we
		

			enjoying our life. Right? So I
don't see the point of
		

			celebration. Yes, if we've
achieved something within a
		

			certain time, then you can
celebrate your achievement and 100
		

			Maybe the chief something good in
this life, you know, you've
		

			accomplished some kind of study,
you've written something, you've
		

			produced something, you've
established something, you know,
		

			you've done something really like
spectacular, then absolutely. Go
		

			ahead. And, you know, go ahead and
celebrate it if it's a good thing,
		

			but I just don't see this kind of
celebration every Oh, you're,
		

			you're five years old. Now. You're
six years old, I just don't see
		

			the point of that. Maybe, you
know, you can think that I'm
		

			really, you know, thinking another
way, or whatever the case is. I
		

			just don't see the point of that.
Really, because at the end of the
		

			day, isn't it a time that we
should think that have? Have we
		

			done better in the last year for
ourselves? Right? Are we better
		

			Muslims? Are we closer to Allah?
subhanaw taala? Because every year
		

			that passes, and every birthday
that comes up, aren't we that much
		

			closer to our death? Right,
really, and we that much closer to
		

			our death. So that's really what I
would be thinking about during
		

			this time. Right? Father's Day,
Mother's Day, I really think that
		

			to just specify one day, you know,
for doing this kind of thing.
		

			That's not very Islamic, because
Islam is really pushing for
		

			respect of fathers and mothers all
the time. And if we kind of just
		

			leave it for one day, then I just
don't see the point. I mean, you
		

			could make your father's and
mother's day eat day, for example,
		

			right or any other day like that,
that you know, you give them an
		

			extra gift or something like that.
I don't see why you have to do it
		

			on this particular day as such. So
that's, you know, that's about
		

			Mother's Day and Father's Day
		

			ah, ah