بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
To my fellow Muslim brothers and sisters, especially friends and relatives, may this entry make you understand why I do not celebrate birthdays..
The Ruling Concerning Celebrating Birthdays.
Question:
What is the ruling concerning celebrating birthdays?
Answer:
Celebrating birthdays has no source whatsoever in the pure shariah. In fact, it is an innovation, since the Messenger of Allah (sallallaahu ‘alaihi-wasallam) said,
“Whoever introduces anything into this matter of ours that does not belong to it shall have it rejected.”
This was recorded by al-Bukhari and Muslim. In a version recorded by Muslim and by al-Bukhari in definitive muallaq form.
"Whoever performs a deed which is not in accord with our affairs, that deed is rejected.”
It is well-known that the Prophet (sallallaahu ‘alaihi-wasallam) did not celebrate his birthday at all during his lifetime nor did he ever order it to be celebrated. Nor did he teach such to his Companions. Therefore, the rightly-guided caliphs and all of his Companions did not celebrate it. They are the most knowledgeable of the people concerning his sunnah and they are the most beloved to the Prophet (sallallaahu ‘alaihi-wasallam). They were also the most keen upon following whatever the Prophet (sallallaahu ‘alaihi-wasallam) brought. Therefore, if one is supposed to celebrate the Prophet (sallallaahu ‘alaihi-wasallam) birthday, this would have been made evident at their time. Similarly, not one of the scholars of the best of generations celebrated his birthday nor did they order it to be done.
Therefore, it is known from the above that such a celebration is not from the Law that Allah sent Muhammed (sallallaahu ‘alaihi-wasallam) with. We ask Allah and all Muslims to witness that if the Prophet (sallallaahu ‘alaihi-wasallam) had done so or ordered such to be done, or even if the Companions had done so, we would rush to do it and call others to do it. This is because, and all praises are due to Allah, we are the most keen in following his sunnah and respecting his commands and prohibitions. We ask Allah, for ourselves and for all our brethren Muslims, steadfastness upon the truth, avoiding everything that differs from Allah’s pure shariah. Verily, He is Generous and Noble.
Shaykh `Abdul-`Azeez Bin Baz
Islamic Fatawa Regarding Women - Darussalam Pg.33-34
5 comments:
"It is well-known that the Prophet (sallallaahu ‘alaihi-wasallam) did not celebrate his birthday at all during his lifetime nor did he ever order it to be celebrated. Nor did he teach such to his Companions. Therefore, the rightly-guided caliphs and all of his Companions did not celebrate it."
Then in that case, Brother, you'd better terminate this blog. I'm sure Rasullulah did not keep a blog and hence, blogging is BIDA'AH!
dear brother 'anonymous'
you are obviously not able to differentiate between the bid'ah in religion which is haram and the bid'ah in worldly affairs which is permissible. May Allah increase you and all of us in knowledge and understanding of His deen.
Dear Bro Anonymous,
Yes, blogging is a bid'ah. But is it a bid'ah in religion? Definitely not.
Rather, it is merely a means of da'wah.
Many scholars nowadays have live Pal-talk, video conferencing, etc as a means of da'wah and conveying lectures. Isn't it a form of bid'ah too? Why don't you declare those scholars as having committed bid'ah?
And i'm sure you're using the Internet before reaching my blog. Isn't Internet a form of bid'ah, since the Prophet (sallAllahu 'alayhi wa sallam) did not have Internet in his time? Neither did he have computers.
So, while commenting that my blogging effort is a bid'ah, you have committed bid'ah yourself.
There's a principle in fiqh that states that if an obligatory act cannot be carried out except through a particular means, then that particular means become obligatory too.
Similarly, we all know that da'wah (through any available means) is fard kifayah (collective obligation). Thus, any available means of carrying out da'wah can be said to be fard kifayah too.
Since blogging is one mean of carrying out da'wah, we can conclude that bloggers who use blog as a means of da'wah is performing an act of fard kifayah.
May Allah increase us in knowledge and understanding of His Deen.
Wallahu a'lam wa al-Musta'an.
Assalamu'alaikum
Dear Bro Anonymous,
It is important to differintiate bid'ah and maslahatul mursalah.
THe term Bid'ah is usually used and refer to something new and invented in matters of ibadah or i'tiqad. For example: Adding a new celebration thinking that is is from sunnah etc..etc..and regard this as 'ibadah from Rasulullah. Hence, all types of bid'ah is haram.
In worldly terms like blogging, downloading and listening to lectures and making powerful cars etc...etc..to help in dakwah..All is not catergorized as bid'ah that Rasulullah salallahu 'alaihi wasalam refer to in numerous hadith. Rather, they are called maslahatul mursalah (a means or medium to attain maslahah)
Please read futher on this topic on a book called al-i'thisam by Imam Asy-Syatibi.
May Allah guide us.
Barakallahu feek
Wa 'alaykum as-Salamu wa rahmatullah.
To Bro Anonymous (the 2nd one), syukran for the brief explanation on bid'ah and maslahatul mursalah.
Insha-Allah, if i can find an article on it, i'll post it here in my blog.
I'd appreciate it if you can introduce yourself or at least stating your name. Syukran wa barakAllaahu feek.
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