Celebrating birthdays

[distressed]

You cannot claim celebration Birthdays in a halal manner is Haram. You have failed in your attempt to offer concrete evidence, What you have done instead is misinterpreted a Hadith

I will say no more.

Salaam

Ive got some info that a sister sent to me a few weeks ago, i wasnt in2 birthdays etc anyway, but my family are, so decided to read up on it. from what i understand its a pagan ritual and imitaing the kuffar + the prophet (pbuh) never celebrated his did he ? where i live these things are done on such a big scale, even wen its the prophets (pbuh) birthday which is biddah, as its innovation. I cant get to the info at the minute, but wen i do i'll put it up here if no1 else has answered. I dont see anything wrong with thanking god for an extra year but shouldnt that be done when reading dua everry day rather than restricting it just to a birthday.?

 

[abdussattar]

You cannot claim celebration Birthdays in a halal manner is Haram

It is similar to say

"You cannot claim celebration Christmas in a halal manner is Haram"
"You cannot claim celebration Diwali in a halal manner is Haram"
"You cannot claim celebration Dussehra in a halal manner is Haram"

And the list will continue.

I will say no more.

Thank you.

 

[abdussattar]

I dont see anything wrong with thanking god for an extra year

In Islam, we believe that a person's fate is written down.

So if a person is going to live for X years, NOTHING CAN HAPPEN WHICH CAN KILL HIM BEFORE X YEARS.

If a person was to live for 60 years, it is his 59th birthday, he is going to die the next year, do you think he would celebrate?



(seems similar to the dawah programme , explaining to non-muslims)

 

[tigerkhan]

its also pbm with me....manytimes my family forced me to do thinks which i thinks are harmfull wrt my ahhra...i think i should contact some AALIM in this regard. but havent till due to my laziness....i think u should also talk some AALIM>
JZK

 

[abdussattar]

i think u should also talk some AALIM

Why should I? It was an Alim who told me not to celebrate birthdays...

 

[IslamicRevival]

It is similar to say

"You cannot claim celebration Christmas in a halal manner is Haram"
"You cannot claim celebration Diwali in a halal manner is Haram"
"You cannot claim celebration Dussehra in a halal manner is Haram"

And the list will continue.

Thank you.

No it is not, Celebrating Christmas, Divali etc is clearly prohibited in Islam as they are no doubt Kafir celebrations and not from our deen.

The ruling on Celebrating Birthdays is not as clear cut as you are making it out to be. Its not Haram in my opinion

That'l be all

 

[abdussattar]

Read this again.

In Islam, we believe that a person's fate is written down.
So if a person is going to live for X years, NOTHING CAN HAPPEN WHICH CAN KILL HIM BEFORE X YEARS.
If a person was to live for 60 years, it is his 59th birthday, he is going to die the next year, do you think he would celebrate?

 

[Ibn Abi Ahmed]

I know the hadith " Man tashabbaha bi qawmin, fa huwa minhum"
. "one who imitates a nation, he is among them"

Are you implying that by celebrating birthdays a person is by extension imitating the non-Muslims, and therefore, based on your understanding of this hadeeth, is by extension a non-Muslim?