The invitation to attend a birthday celebration
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Question:
He says: May Allah preserve you. Some of the da'wah workers appeared and invited people to attend his son's birthday. Is this considered an innovation in the religion? And is this inviter considered one of the innovators?
Answer:
There is no doubt that this is an innovation. There are no celebrations or festivals for birthdays. A birthday is not a festival, and a father's day is not a festival. This is all from bid'ah (religious innovations) and from imitating the disbelievers. They are the ones who have these things: a father's day, a son's day, a boy's day, and so on. We have only two festivals: 'Id al-Fitr and 'Id al-Adha. In Islam, there are only two festivals: 'Id al-Fitr and 'Id al-Adha. So whoever adds to the two festivals is an innovator. Yes.
He says: May Allah preserve you. Some of the da'wah workers appeared and invited people to attend his son's birthday. Is this considered an innovation in the religion? And is this inviter considered one of the innovators?
Answer:
There is no doubt that this is an innovation. There are no celebrations or festivals for birthdays. A birthday is not a festival, and a father's day is not a festival. This is all from bid'ah (religious innovations) and from imitating the disbelievers. They are the ones who have these things: a father's day, a son's day, a boy's day, and so on. We have only two festivals: 'Id al-Fitr and 'Id al-Adha. In Islam, there are only two festivals: 'Id al-Fitr and 'Id al-Adha. So whoever adds to the two festivals is an innovator. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، محاضرات في العقيدة والدعوة-60-أسباب محبة الله للعبد|صالح الفوزان|العام|كبار العلماء — youtube.com (1:02:12)
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