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In
the name of Allah, the most Beneficent, the most Merciful. Answer
Logically, birthdays are
not something that should be celebrated or be happy about. The reason being is
that one year of the person’s life has decreased and one is one year closer to
his or her death. Birthdays is something
which was
never carried out by the Prophet of Allah Sallallahu Alahi Wasalam for himself
and nor for his children, nor was this practice common in the Sahabas and
Tabeen’s time. (Kitabul Fatawa p.282 v.6) The Prophet of Allah Sallallahu Alahi Wasalam has said; “He who
imitates a group of people is one of them.” (Sunan Abi Dawud p.559 v.2) Mufti Taqi Uthmani (D.B) in
Taqreer Tirimizi (p.331 v.2) has written that there are two types of imitation:
In light of the above, we
could derive that if there are birthdays where unlawful actions of the Shariah
is being committed, like the playing of music, intermingling of men and women,
buying a cake and blowing candles etc… then this will be considered unlawful.
(Kitabul Fatawa p.282 v.6) However, Mufti Abdur Rahman
Lajpuri in Fatawa Rahimiyah (p.226 v.10) has said that if is held to thank Allah
and show gratitude for being blessed with one more year of life, then there’s
nothing wrong with it. We can conclude for the
afore mentioned discussion that to have such birthday parties where the
teachings of the Shariah are being broken then it will not be permissible.
However, to have a small gathering where a handful of people are invited to eat
or some body buys the other a gift etc… then leeway does exist. Only Allah
Knows Best Mohammed
Tosir Miah Darul Ifta
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