Bdays

[arclight]

Simple question this one.


Does Islam allow the celebration of birthdays?

[alliex]

Bismillah,


No. Because we only celebrate what Allah told us to celebrate which is our Eid's. One after Ramadan and one in regard to our beloved prophet Abraham.


Wasalam

[Muslimah]

Bismillah


salam Arclight, u sure have lots of questions, loads I d say to speak British.


Anyway, just to compliment what my dear sister alliex said, Eids (feasts) in Islam come after making an obedience. Just as she said after Ramadan. The second one is associated with Haj season, the Eid comes after the day of Arafa. U may find some articles about Arafa on the Eid and Haj room. If u still have questions feel free to bring them on.

[Rock]

Bismillah


Assalamu alykom


In islam every thing is admitted unless Allah and his messenger did`nt forbid,and we are strongly forbidden to forbid what Allah and his messenger did`nt forbid.


Yes we have only two religious feasts,but I did`nt know any verse in the Quran or Hadith


forbid us from celebrating any social or private occasions,only we must celebrate in an


islamic manner.


Some muslims prefered to celebrate only the religious feasts,this is good and may be very good,but this did`nt make the other wrong.

[SisterJennifer]

Asalaamu alikum,


Birthdays have roots in pagan tradition and to this day you still can find groups of Christians who still dont celebrate them. I think the use of the word celebration implies parties and festivities, which is something different than simply giving the kids a little gift and saying thanks to Allah for blessing us with the life.


We thank Allah each new day hopefully for the life anyway, not just on milestones.

[Muslimah]

Bismillah


as salam alykom


Jazaki Allah khairan Jennifer for the explanation.


I d like before I add to ask Rock which kind of social occaisons u refer to when u say we are allowed to celebrate social occaisons. For instance, if u mean wedding anniversaries, this has nothing to do with Islam.


before we continue, what u said is very much correct about everything is allowed unless other wise indicated by Quran or Sunnah. But we have an important rule that actually covers this area. Which is that we are commanded by a hadeeth to go in contrary with what the Mushrekeen do. Under this rule, we are not allowed to celebrate their social or religious occaisons inlcuding christmas, New years eve, wedding anniversaryies..etc. What is even more dangerous is that we dont see such things as harmful, we say we are just looking for fun. I m trying to stay on topic. But take wedding parties for example in Muslim countries, starting from the wedding march, to cutting the cake, to throwing away the bouquet of flowers, has nothing to do with Islam, but all is well rooted in western culture.


hope i made some sense.


As for the Messenger salla Allah a`lyhee wa sallam, he never celebrated his own birthday in the manner that is taking place currently. But rather he used to fast Mon and Thus of every week. When he was asked why, he said Mon is the day on which I was born and I like to thank Allah, and Thus is a day on which deeds are taking up to Allah and I like that my deeds to be takien up while i m fasting.


Thus, he used to fast every Mon in gratitude to Allah, not have a cake and presents from people.

[arclight]

salam Arclight, u sure have lots of questions, loads I d say to speak British.

Well I did warn you, and I'm still on the first piece of A4 :)


Thing is, world events being as they are, I've realised I actually know next to nothing about one of the major religions in the world, and one that is also very common in the UK. There are virtually no muslims where I live, and the only time I've had a conversation with a muslim was two years ago. Upto then I didn't even know what Ramadan was.

[Muslimah]

Bismillah


You are most welcome arclight, that is why we are here, Insh aAllah we will do our best to give you the info u need. Go ahead bring your questions over.

[Rock]

Bismillah


Assalamu alykom


Sister Muslimah


I mean by social occaisons"any occasion celebrated by all the society at the same time


like mother`s day",I may be used wrong expression but that what I mean.


I think that celebrating the memories of our good times(like birth and wedding)or


celebrating our good values(like loving and thanking to our mothers)is a type of our


thanking to Allah for what he gave to us.


I understand that contradiction the Mushrekeen means not to do anything make us look


like we are Mushrekeen,but it is not mean not to do any thing they do.


You said that our beloved prophet salla Allah a`lyhee wa sallam never celebrated his


own birthday in the manner that is taking place currently. But rather he used to fast Mon


and Thus of every week. When he was asked why, he said Mon is the day on which I was


born and I like to thank Allah, and Thus is a day on which deeds are taking up to Allah and


I like that my deeds to be takien up while i m fasting.


Thus, he used to fast every Mon in gratitude to Allah, not have a cake and presents from people.


Is`nt mean that He(pbuh)celebrated his birthday,but in a different manner as you say.I


think we can celebrated like our prophet,but adding some permissible actions like cutting


cakes and giving some gifts to each other is not wrong.


You know that there are some clear rules in Islam we must accepted and make no


difference between us in understanding to these rules,but there are others even the


scholars have different understanding to it and this is a typo of Allah mercy.


Thanks to Allah that we are in difference in one of the others.

[AlShamms]

Peace.....


As a Christian, I wanted to step in and agree with SisterJennifer in that, the celebration of birthdays does indeed trace its roots to pagan practices and that is why we as Christians are not supposed to take part in such celebrations. (That includes such things as Christmas and Easter) There are particular verses in the Bible that warns the believer against observing particular days, months, times, and years that have nothing to do with Christian faith.


So the celebration of birdays being forbidden is something we (both muslim and christian) can agree upon. B)


Shamms