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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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The Ruling on Celebrating a Child's Birthday

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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A questioner says: What is the ruling on celebrating the birthday of a newborn child for the first year only?

Answer:
It is not permissible to celebrate birthdays because this is a bid'ah (religious innovation). This is
an innovation, and every innovation is an errorبدعة وكل بدعة ضلالة
Sunan Abi Dawud 4607Sahih (Al-Albani)
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Source إغاثة اللهفان من مصائد الشيطان 22-05-1438هـ — af.org.sa (59:19)

The Arabic text is a machine transcription of the audio recording.

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