masri

Assalamualaikum WBT.

Saya tak dapat melihat beza Hari Ibu, Hari Guru, Hari Merdeka, Hari Buruh dan lain-lain.

Kalau nak kata haram sambut mother’s day, maka katakan jua haram sambut hari merdeka etc.

Dan saya lagi cenderung tak mengapa nak sambut pun, ia tidak ada beza dengan
sambut hari lahir, hari buruh, hari merdeka, anniversary perkahwinan
etc.

Janganlah nak berhujah dangkal yang kena sayang ibu bapa setiap hari.
Ingat mereka yang sambut mother’s day tu sayang ibu mereka pada hari
mother’s day sahajakah?

Di sini saya lampirkan beberapa fatwa. Saya tak menolak pun memang ada ulama
yang menentang tapi, ingat mereka bukan hanya menentang mother;s day, mereka
juga menentang labour day, independence day, dan lain-lain kerana bagi mereka hanya
ada dua festival iaitu raya haji dan raya puasa. Maka jika anda nak ikut
fatwa mereka, jangan ikut part mother’s day sahaja, ikut juga dalam part2 festival
yg lain sebab alasan mereka menolak adalah sama.

Di bawah ini ialah fatwa berkaitan anniversary, birthday, dan kita
boleh apply utk mother;s day, teacher’s day etc selagi mana ia bukan
perayaan agama:

Question: I would like to know if it is permissible in Islam for a married couple to celebrate their wedding anniversary.

   

    Answered by Sheikh Sâmî al-Mâjid
 
 
    

After
a careful study of the rulings pertaining to unlawful festivals and
holidays, it appears to me that these rulings concern those occassions
that have a single date for all the people in society – like all of the
people residing in the country or who are attibuted to it – so that the
day that is specified for the festival is a conspicuous, public event
where the people make a public show of joy and celebration. Such
festivals and holidays resemble the `îd days in Islam, and such are the
holidays that are prohibited, in my opinion.

The prohibition of
such days is evidenced by the hadîth where the Prophet (peace be upon
him) arrived at Madinah and found that they had two festive days
wherein they would play and enjoy themselves. The Prophet (peace be
upon him) said: “Allah – Most Blessed and High – has replaced them with
what is better: `Îd al-Fitr and `Îd al-Adhâ.” (Sunan Abî Dâwûd (1134) and Sunan al-Nasâ’î (1556))

It
is only such festivals that are celebrated by everyone on a particular
day that have the qualities that resemble the `îd celebrations.

As
for a person celebrating the occasion of his wedding anniversary with
his wife, I do not see this as coming under the ruling of prohibited
festivals. Its day is different for different couples. Therefore, it is
in no way comparable to the `îd days of Islam. Each couple celebrates
their marriage on a different day.

The difference between
general public festivals and such particular, personal days is that
with respect to the personal days, the days themselves are generally
not sanctified and considered sacrosanct and there is not a wholesale
public display of festivity.

Therefore, I tend to the view that
there is nothing wrong with a couple celebrating their wedding
anniversary as long as they do not copy the particular practices of the
non-Muslims in doing so, like lighting candles for each year that they
were married.

And Allah knows best.

http://www.islamtoday.com/show_detail_section.cfm?q_id=974&main_cat_id=14

Question: What is the ruling on celebrating birthdays?

   

    Answered by Sheikh Salman al-Oadah
 
 
   
If you mean celebrating the likes of the birthday of Prophet Muhammad
(peace be upon him) or Prophet Jesus (peace be upon him), then this is
clearly unlawful. Such festive days are newly contrived innovations
that conflict with the dictates of Islamic Law.

Such rites are
from the traditions of the People of the Book. They have a devotional
purpose and are carried out seeking nearness to Allah. This is the
reason I view such occasions to be unlawful and prohibited.

If,
on the other hand, you mean celebrating personal birthdays, then this
is something different, since it is not intended as a devotional act or
an act of worship. Therefore, it is not as serious a matter. Still, I
tend to regard it as something disliked for people who are not already
accustomed to celebrating this event in their culture, but do so merely
to blindly ape cultural practices that are outside of their own
experience.

Question: What
is the ruling on making or selling birthday party decorations and
balloons? Does it take the same ruling as selling Christmas trees?

Answered by Sheikh Salman al-Oadah

Participating
in, making, or manufacturing anything that is used for something
unlawful is also unlawful, since it is assisting in sin and iniquity.
Therefore, selling Christmas trees and Christmas decorations is
unlawful.

With respect to birthday parties, the situation is
different. This is because birthday parties are not religious occasions
and do not have an overt religious cast to them.

A birthday
party is not a festival of the nature of an `îd that is a general
festive day for the entire community. It is merely a personal occasion
that means nothing more than a remembrance of something dear.

http://www.islamtoday.com/show_detail_section.cfm?main_cat_id=49&q_id=973