Is it part of the religion? This is just wrong. In Allah Aid is Sought! Rather it is he who did not properly understand the meaning of innovation. Our scholars have called birthdays and anniversaries as innovation due to the above reasoning and the following:. Imam ad-Dardeer al-Maaliki d. Thus, along with the points mentioned above, this is another reason as to why celebrating birthdays and anniversaries are innovations.
Sadly those who argue that birthdays and anniversaries are allowed ignore these evidences and understanding and rely merely on logic and generalities. The scholars have referred to birthdays and anniversaries as innovations with knowledge and deep understanding of the topic. Third doubt: Birthdays and Anniversaries are not imitating the disbelievers. This is another doubt mentioned by those who allow birthdays and anniversaries. They say that birthdays and anniversaries are not considered imitating the disbelievers.
This is incorrect. Imitating the disbelievers means to follow them in something that is specific to them and as we established above that festivals are from worship and from the most defining aspects that distinguish one religion from another. Thus, imitating them in something which is religious and specific to another people is haram in Islam. Sadly, Yasir Qadhi argues that birthdays and anniversaries are universal and not specific to one society or people.
Thus, it is allowed. However this is if celebrations are from customs, but they are from the acts of worship and from the most specific of them. Therefore, such an argument does not hold. Yasir Qadhi then makes a false analogy between the days of the week which have Pagan origins and between celebrating festivals. This is a false analogy. So there is no contradiction here as these scholars are consistent in their view. Second, there is a difference between that which someone has no control over, such as the use of the names of the week such as Tuesday, and between something someone has control over, which is celebrating a non-Islamic celebration.
To equate the two is a false analogy. While the origins of both are pagan, they do not have the same ruling. We use the names of the days of week, such as Tuesday out of a need which is totally different than celebrating holidays voluntarily. The former is done due to a need and necessity while the latter is done out of choice and wrongdoing. As the poet said:. Sadly, Yasir Qadhi deceives his audience into thinking that these two issues are the same and they are not.
It, therefore, becomes unlawful. There are numerous aspects of Deen that we do nowadays that are not found in Quran and Sunnah, such as the modern designs of mosques, erection of minarets, establishment of Islamic institutes with boarding facilities; using internet and email to propagate The Deen, printing Qurans and Islamic books through current methods, etc. These are all acts related to Deen, but are there for the benefit of Deen.
Ponder over this definition and you will notice everything falls into perspective And Allah knows best. Mufti Siraj Desai. Little do you remember! Was this answer helpful? No Yes. Password should contain small, capital letter and at least 8 characters long. Log in Create an account. Can't log in to your account? If you do not have an account, you can click the button below to create one. If you have an account, log in. Create new account Log in.
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