The Ruling on Congratulating Someone on Their Birthday
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Question:
The questioner asks: Is it permissible to congratulate my wife on her birthday?
Answer:
No, a birthday is not a festival, and birthdays are among the festivals of the disbelievers. A person does not celebrate his own birthday, or his wife’s birthday, or his son’s birthday, or the birthday of a king. There is no festival except 'Id al-Fitr and 'Id al-Adha. Muslims have no festival other than these two festivals. So there are no other festivals, and one does not congratulate people on forbidden festivals or festivals that are not prescribed. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you.
The questioner asks: Is it permissible to congratulate my wife on her birthday?
Answer:
No, a birthday is not a festival, and birthdays are among the festivals of the disbelievers. A person does not celebrate his own birthday, or his wife’s birthday, or his son’s birthday, or the birthday of a king. There is no festival except 'Id al-Fitr and 'Id al-Adha. Muslims have no festival other than these two festivals. So there are no other festivals, and one does not congratulate people on forbidden festivals or festivals that are not prescribed. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you.
Source
لقاء مفتوح 03-08-1433هـ — alfawzan.live (9:58)
The Arabic text is a machine transcription of the audio recording.