How You Treat
Your Parents
Is How Your Kids
Will Treat You
ISLAM NEWSROOM DATELINE: FATHER'S DAY (everyday in Islam)
As most Muslims know, Islam teaches us our parents have rights on us - all our lives:
"How you treat your parents - Allah will give you children to TREAT YOU THE SAME WAY!"
Seriously, we want everyone to know that if a Muslim finds a day in the year where he or she can give more or do more for our parents - then it means the rest of the days of the year - WE WERE NOT DOING ENOUGH FOR THEM.
Let's ask Allah to allow us to give more service to our father's EVERY DAY!
And ask Allah to Forgive us for not giving our dad's more service in the past, ameen!
By the way, the same is true for our MOTHERS - RIGHT?
Here's the link to the complete story on our website for ISLAM'S WOMEN:
www.IslamsWomen.com/qa/question.php?qid=1014
Celebrating Mother's Day - From Islam'sWomen.com
Question#1014
Every year we have a holiday on a particular day and it is called Mother's Day. It occurs on March 21. All the people gather and celebrate that day. Is this permissible or forbidden?
Every holiday or celebration that differs from the shariah celebrations is a newly-invented innovation that was not known during the time of the Pious Predecessors. Furthermore, it may have begun as an imitation of the non-Muslims. Therefore, in addition to it being an innovation, it may also be an act of resembling the enemies of Allah.
The shariah holidays are well-known among the Muslims. These are the Eid al-Fitr, Eid al-Adhha and the weekly Eid [Fridays]. There is no holiday or festival in Islam other than those three. Every holiday that is invented besides them is to be rejected as an innovation and falsehood in the shariah. This is because the Prophet (peace be upon him) said,
"Every deed introduced into our affair that does not belong to it is rejected."
That is, it is rejected from that person and it will not be accepted by Allah. Another wording of the hadith states,
"Whoever does a deed that is not what our affair is upon, will have it rejected."2
Since that is clear, the holiday that is mentioned by the questioner, known as Mother's Day, is not allowed. It is not allowed to have during such a day any kind of public display and celebration, happiness, giving of presents and so forth.
It is obligatory upon a Muslim to have pride and honor in his religion. He should also limit himself to what Allah and His Messenger (peace be upon him) have restricted this upright religion to. This is the religion that Allah is pleased to have His servants follow. There can be no addition or subtraction from this religion.
Furthermore, a Muslim should not be a kind of weak person that follows every Tom, Dick and Harry. Instead, his personality should be that defined by the Law of Allah, such that he is followed and not a follower, such that he becomes an example and not a disciple. This should be the case because the law of Allah, praise be to Allah, is complete and perfect in all aspects. Allah says in the Quran,
"This day, I have perfected your religion for you, completed My favor upon you and have chosen for you Islam as your religion" (al-Maidah 3).
Furthermore, the mother has much more right than to have just one day in the year as a celebration for her. In fact, the woman has a right upon her children, that they will care for her, look after her, obey her in anything which is not sinful, during all times and at all places.
Shaikh Ibn Uthaimin
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Footnote
1. Recorded by al-Bukhari and Muslim.
2. Recorded by Muslim; also recorded by al-Bukhari in mualaq form.
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