[Izzet]

Do muslims celebrate birthday's of family and friends? My boyfriend is religious and he said muslims don't celebraite birthday's.

[Starman]

Muslims don't celebrate birthdays except for Mohammed's.
But nowhere did Mohammed tell them to do that just as Jesus never told his follower to celebrate his birthday.

The websites below explain it in more detail.

http://www.islamicity.com/forum/foru...p?TID=659&PN=1

http://www.qss.org/articles/celebrations/6-4.html

BTW
I don't agree with every statement made in any of those two articles.

[andreal99]

No Muslims Do Not Celebrate Birthdays We Do However Have To Celebrations A Year Called The Day Of Eid

[sara_uk]

Muslims don't celebrate birthdays except for Mohammed's.
But nowhere did Mohammed tell them to do that just as Jesus never told his follower to celebrate his birthday.

The websites below explain it in more detail.

IslamiCity Forum: Prophet Muhammad’s Birthday Celebration

Celebrations In Islam

BTW
I don't agree with every statement made in any of those two articles.

Muslims are not supposed to celebrate birthdays even the prophet Mohammed ( some people do that) but prophet never celebrated his birthday nor any of his friends and followers at his time. Muslims only celebrate the two eids in the year, eid el fetar after Ramadan and eid el adha.

[band-aid]

Do muslims celebrate birthday's of family and friends? My boyfriend is religious and he said muslims dont celebraite birthday's.

I am married to a muslims man and his family as brithday partys for the children he is from yeman

[noha]

No I am a muslim I think it is OK to do this to celebrate with your family and friends but don't make such wrong things like drinking bear or doing noise or listen to a bad song in brief don't do anything in this party that islam banned

[Krs]

Drinking beer is fun...

OH bad me!

[hamworld05]

[QUOTE=sara_uk]hadi88 agrees: totally agree, if I am not wrong, I would say majority of the people do celebrate the birthday of the Prophet Mohammad (PBUH) and theirs also, espicially people in the south asia continent.QUOTE]?? I thought PBUH stood for peace be upon thee. I agree, people do celebrate the birthday of the Prophet Mohammad.

[hamworld05]

I could be wrong, though.

[firmbeliever]

Birthdays are not supposed to be celebrated by muslims as it is a pagan ritual! Also celebrating birthdays means looking into astrological signs and believing that the planets effect people when they are born which is like associating partners with Allah.

And it is also not right to say that it is not a religious thing as muslims daily life is part of religion any action he/she takes which is not in accordance to the forbidden/allowed rules of Islam then he/she is answerable to the Creator on the day of judgement.

And the other thing is that some people unknowingly state that birthdays are forbidden to be celebrated because in it we are following the Christian which in itself is a misconception as the Christian and Jewish faiths did not celebrate birthdays at the beginning as they deem it to be a pagan ritual too!

Read the following passage (disclaimer -not written by me)

"When we examine the principles of God's law closely, as they relate to birthday celebrations, we can understand why neither Christ, nor His Apostles, nor their true followers, observed their birthdays. As noted earlier, the practice has its origin in idolatry and the worship of the sun, moon and stars...Some may view birthday customs as purely secular, lacking any religious significance. Yet we need to be aware of the broader perspective of their origins, and the religious significance they have had—and still have—for vast multitudes of people. (Reynolds, Rod. Should Christians Celebrate Birthdays? Living Church News, May-June 2002. pp.16-18)."

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"The first century Jewish historian Josephus noted that Jewish families did not celebrate birthdays:

Nay, indeed, the law does not permit us to make festivals at the birth of our children, and thereby afford occasion of drinking to excess (Josephus. Translated by W. Whiston. Against Apion, Book II, Chapter 26. Extracted from Josephus Complete Works, Kregel Publications, Grand Rapids (MI), 14th printing, 1977, p. 632).

Now although there is no specific command against the celebration of birthdays in the Bible, the Jewish custom in those days was apparently based on the negative occurrences in the Bible surrounding birthdays, as well as the astrological implications of the celebration of birthdays (pagan practices were specifically prohibited in the law)."

[matsmithy]

Do muslims celebrate birthday's of family and friends? My boyfriend is religious and he said muslims dont celebraite birthday's.

You big poo bum of course they don't celebrate birthdays

[caasha]

its bidah(innovation) to celebrates muhammeds birthday sallahu aleihi wasallam because he didn't celebrate his own birthday himself, neither did the companions or their followers, so how can we celebrate his birthday if the best generrations after the prophet sallahu aleihi wasallam did not celebrate it. The prophet sallahu aleihi wasallam said" The best of mankind is my generation, then those who follow them , and then those who follow them.
Wallahu a'lam

[cquigley]

The Muslims I am surrounded by do not celebrate Muhammad (Peace Be Upon Him) birthday, If he wanted us to do this he would have done the celebratiion for himself and of his companions so, this is an innovation not a religious holiday. I am sure people started this with good intentions but there is no proof that Muslims should be doing this. Where is your evidence that we should be doing this? I used to be christian, Jesus(Peace be Upon him) was not even born in December so, I do not know why Christians celebrate Christmas when he was born around spring. We are to Worship Allah alone and follow the actions of the prophet but, we are not to worship him.

[perfect soul]

Muslims are not supposed to celebrate birthdays even the prophet Mohammed ( some people do that) but prophet never celebrated his birthday nor any of his friends and followers at his time. Muslims only celebrate the two eids in the year, eid el fetar after Ramadan and eid el adha.

I've celebrated my birthday every year since I was born.. forgive me God because I have sinned! No seriously... so muslims can't celebrate b.d? Why? :( I'm muslim by the way..

[Violaename]

I am learning new stuff everyday.
I see the point why muslims do not celebrate bithdays.I can see it from their perspective.
However,this is how I see it.
To me, a birthday is a day when we remember an additional year of the life that God or Allah has given us.We rejoice in this great gift.I celebrate my birthday sometimes... with close friends and we just sit and enjoy a good meal and pray for more blessing.That is what a birthday celebration to me is about... I am sure many other out there think the same.It has nothing to do with zodiac signs or whatever.Just the same as a wedding anniversary is a remarkable day... my parents celebrate in a solemn way every year of my dads kidney transplant... to them,they see it as a gift from God to live again.it goes on and on.

[firmbeliever]

Violaename,
It is wonderful you can see from our perspective.

Islam has a way of stopping from the roots for evil, in the sense that the day we were born is special but as the years pass we see that people are extravagant in celebrations.
Even birthdays for one year olds, parents spend excessively every year. Or it becomes a competition between people to have a bigger,better,more unusual party than the other person.

And many give importance to that one day of the year when every day we live is a blessing and should be considered special.

These are excluding the fact that many do follow the zodiac signs/astrology which is something we should not follow or consult as muslims.

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[Violaename]

Violaename,
It is wonderful you can see from our perspective.

Islam has a way of stopping from the roots for evil, in the sense that the day we were born is special but as the years pass we see that people are extravagant in celebrations.
Even birthdays for one year olds, parents spend excessively every year. Or it becomes a competition between people to have a bigger,better,more unusual party than the other person.

And many give importance to that one day of the year when every day we live is a blessing and should be considered special.

These are excluding the fact that many do follow the zodiac signs/astrology which is something we should not follow or consult as muslims.

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I do agree... everyday seen is a blessing from the most high... to that, I lift my hands in total acceptance.

[THEA1M2A3]

I don't know if its forbidden to celebrate bds I think ths is smthing to be descided by (3olama2 shari3a)islam religion specialist students... in general I think if you do all what you have to do and nt affecting anything or anybody by your celebration then it will be simple sweet gathering like a break day and only to have some harmless fun... and we shouldn't give a certain information if bds forbidden or nt unless we are sure of that from the right sources
:)

[ashleino]

There is a difference between celebrating a birthday and giving someone your blessing (best wishes on your birthday) this question will always be debatable however it does not anywhere in the quarin not to celebrate birthdays

[rayhana100]

We can't celebrate birthdays of chidren because... mohammed[saw] and other prophets didn't say u can celebrate your b.d. when u are first day starting to grow [in your mommy belly] nobody knows that!. Everybody knows about delivery day right!? Why deliveryday should be your birthday? $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ please don't be crazy for your b.d, instead try to be a good human being, then people will remember u with respect and u will b forever born inside the people you know. That's how we remember all prophets and the good and helpful. But not birthday celebration.