The Ruling on Attending Birthday Parties
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Question:
He says: One of my colleagues invited me to a walimah (wedding feast), and when I entered, I found candles and sweets. He said, “This is my birthday.”
Answer:
If he said that for the day of the nose, it would be a lie and falsehood, because this is a bid'ah (religious innovation), this is oppression, and it is imitating the enemies. Yes.
He says: One of my colleagues invited me to a walimah (wedding feast), and when I entered, I found candles and sweets. He said, “This is my birthday.”
Answer:
If he said that for the day of the nose, it would be a lie and falsehood, because this is a bid'ah (religious innovation), this is oppression, and it is imitating the enemies. Yes.
Source
75-لقاءات مع الشيخ صالح الفوزان - 08- — archive.org (39:33)
The Arabic text is a machine transcription of the audio recording.