(FATHER'S OR MOTHER'S DAY IS UN-SLAMIC)
Islam does not recognize the concept of Father’s Day or Mother’s Day. In fact, to single out just one day of the year to honour our fathers and mothers is an embarrassment and humiliation to our parents. Every single moment of our lives is for our fathers and our mothers. Shariah has placed much emphasis on the rights of parents.
Allah Almighty says, {Your Lord has decreed, that you worship none save Him, and (that you show) kindness to parents. If one of them or both of them attain old age with thee, say not ‘Fie’ unto them nor repulse them, but speak unto them a gracious word.} (Al-Israa’ 17:23)
Ibn Abbas reported that a man asked the Prophet (PBUH) about the best deeds: “The Messenger of Allah said, ‘Having faith in Allah and His Messenger, then honoring one’s parents.” (Al-Bukhari and Muslim).
Celebrating Father's or Mother’s Day is an innovated matter which the Prophet, peace and blessing be upon him, and his companions did not do. It is also an imitation of the kuffaar from whom we have been commanded to differ.
Father's or Mother’s Day is an official holiday in many countries, even some Muslim countries. However, this must not lead us to believe that because it is an official holiday in some Muslim countries that it is deemed permissible.
Celebrating Father's or Mother’s Day is an innovated matter which the Prophet, peace and blessing be upon him, and his companions did not do.
It is also an imitation of the kuffaar from whom we have been commanded to differ.
Hence it is not permissible to celebrate it, because the Prophet, (P) , said: «There is no obedience if it involves sin; obedience is only in that which is right and proper» (Narrated by al-Bukhaari, 7257; Muslim, 1840).
Love of imitation, even if it is something that exists in people’s hearts, is forbidden in shariah if the one who is being imitated differs from us in his beliefs and thinking, especially is what is being imitated is religious beliefs or acts of worship, or it is a ritual or tradition.
When the Muslims became weak in this time, their imitation of their enemies became more widespread and many western traditions and customs became widespread, whether that has to do with consumer goods or attitudes and behavior.One of these customs is the celebration of Father’s or Mother’s Day.
Shaykh Muhamamd ibn Saalih ibn ‘Uthaymeen, may Allaah have mercy on him, was asked about celebrating Mother’s Day and he replied: “All celebrations which differ from the Eids prescribed in Islam are innovated festivals which were not known at the time of the righteous salaf, and may also have come from the non-Muslims, in which case as well as being an innovation (bid’ah) they are also an imitation of the enemies of Allaah. The festivals which are prescribed in Islam are well known to the Muslims: they are Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha, and the weekly (Eid) of Jumu’ah. There is no other festival in Islam apart from these three. All the festivals that have been invented apart from these are to be rejected because they are innovations and are false according to the laws of Allaah, because the Prophet, peace and blessing be upon him, said: «Whoever introduces anything into this matter of ours that is not part of it will have it rejected»,” i.e., it will be thrown back at him and will not be accepted by Allaah. According to another version: «Whoever does any deed that is not part of this matter of ours will have it rejected».
The Muslim should feel proud of his religion and adhere to the limits set by Allaah and His Messenger, peace and blessing be upon him, in this religion, which Allaah has chosen for His slaves, and he should not add anything or take anything away.
Conclusively, Moreover, this innovation has come to us from societies in which disobedience towards parents is widespread, in which mothers and fathers can find no refuge except old people’s homes, where they are left alone and no one visit them, and they spend their time in pain and sorrow.
So they think that honouring their mothers for one day will erase the sin of their disobedience towards her during the rest of the year.
But we Muslims have been commanded to honour our parents and uphold the ties of kinship, and we have been forbidden to disobey our parents.
COMPILED BY: IBRAHIM MAINA MUHAMMAD
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