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Answers: 13Subcategories: 2Innovations in Religion and Worship
Celebrating the Mawlid is a legitimate act of worship according to those who regard it as mustahabb
69,400The bid‘ah (innovation) of encouraging billions of salawaat upon the Messenger of Allah on the occasion of the Mawlid (Prophet’s Birthday)
18,057How should he deal with his family who celebrate the Prophet’s birthday (Mawlid) and make comments about him because he does not join them?
28,311Celebrations in Islam: What is Permissible and What Is Not?
There is nothing wrong with having celebrations on the occasions of marriage or other worldly occasions provided that they are free of reprehensible matters such as free mixing and music. Among the impermissible celebrations in Islam are those in which there is any imitation of the disbelievers such as birthday celebrations and Mother’s Day.110,718He claims to have a hair of the Prophet (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) and he wants to build a mosque in which to preserve it!
Seeking barakah from this hair is not permissible and it is a means that may lead to shirk, because it is impossible to prove that it is actually a hair of the Prophet (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him). By the same token, it is not permissible to build a mosque for it and keep it in that mosque, even if we assume for argument’s sake that it is actually a hair of the Prophet (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) and is proven by an unbroken, sound chain of narration.100,705Should they pray behind someone who says that Allah is everywhere?
54,999Ruling on standing for a minute’s silence in mourning for a man who has died
35,695Can we say “the Holy Qur’an”?
41,369Happy Birthday Wishes in Islam
Congratulating someone else on the occasion of his or her birthday is a kind of participating and cooperating in this innovation, and imitating the disbelievers.130,096Is delivering the Eid khutbah from the minbar an innovation?
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