Mother's Day-An Islam Perspective

The Prophet, , said that his Ummah (nation) would imitate the previous
nations from amongthe Jews, Christians and Persians. He did not say
this, of course, by way of praising their deeds in so much as by way
of dispraising and chastising those who do so.
It was narrated on the authority of Abu Sa'eed that the Prophet, ,
said: "You will follow the ways of those who were before you, span by
span, and cubit by cubit [i.e. so completely and literally] that if
they should go into the hole of a lizard, you too would go there." The
Companions asked, "O Messenger of Allaah! Do you mean the Jews and the
Christians?" He , replied: "Whoelse?" [Al-Bukhaari and Muslim]
It was narrated on the authority of Abu Hurayrah that he said that the
Prophet, , said: "The Hour will not be established until my Ummah
imitates the deeds of the previous nations, span by span and cubit by
cubit." It was said, "O Messenger of Allaah! Do you mean by those
[nations] the Persians and the Romans?" The Prophet, said : "Who could
it be other than them?" [Al-Bukhaari]
Indeed, the ignorant, heretical innovators and deviants of this Ummah
have followed the previous nations of the Jews, Christians and
Persians in their beliefs, methods, morals and even appearance. It is
of great importance to note how they follow and imitate them in the
innovation of "Mother's Day" or"Family Day", which is a day invented
by the Christians to allegedly honor the mother. It has become an
exalted day, on which all usual affairs cease to function, and people
maintain relations with their mothers, sending them gifts and loving
messages. However, once it is over, everything returns to its oldstate
of severing relations and undutifulness.
Why would Muslims need such animitation, given that Allaah The
Almighty has enjoined upon them to be dutiful to the mother,forbidden
them from being undutiful to her and made the highest degree of
Paradise a reward for that dutifulness to her.
Definition of "' Eed " (A Special Dayof Celebration)
In the Arabic language, the word 'Eed comes from the root 'Awd, which
means to recur. Ibn Taymiyyah said, "The word 'Eed is a term given to
the occasion of assembly which customarily recurs annually, monthly,
weekly and so on." ] Iqtidhaa' As-Siraat Al-Mustaqeem [
Ibn 'Aabideen said, "'Eed wasgiven this name because on it, Allaah The
Almighty gives various kinds of favors that recur [in terms of
goodness] upon His slaves every day, like breaking thefast after
prevention from food, Sadaqat Al-Fitr (obligatory charitygiven after
Ramadhaan), completing Hajj by performing the Ifaadhah Tawaaf
(circumambulation) and the meatof the slaughtered sacrifices, and so
on. Moreover, delight, pleasure, activity and refreshment are features
of such days." ] Haashiyat Ibn 'Aabideen [
How many `Eeds are there in Islam?
It is noteworthy that there are many festivals that the Muslims
celebrate nowadays, like the Day of the Tree, Labor Day, the Day of
Accession, birthdays, and so on, in addition to many other days, all
of which spring from Jewish, Christian and polytheistic cultures. It
should be noted here that these days have no basis in religion, since
in Islam, there are only two occasions of annual celebration: 'Eed
Al-Adh'ha and 'Eed Al-Fitr .
It has been narrated on the authority of Anas ibn Maalik that he said
that during the days of Jaahiliyyah (pre-Islamic ignorance), people
had two days as festivals every year on which they used to entertain
themselves. When the Messenger of Allaah, , came to Madeenah, he said:
"You had two days [as yearly festivals] on whichyou used to play, and
Allaah has given you instead another two [occasions] which are much
better: 'Eed Al-Fitr [breaking fast after the month of Ramadhaan] and
'Eed Al-Adh'ha [the tenth of Thul-Hijjah, on which you slaughter a
sacrifice]." [Abu Daawood and An-Nasaa'i, Al-Albaani - Saheeh [
The Sharee'ah stance on Mother's Day
Islam is not in need of what is innovated by others, whether it
isMother's Day or anything else; it has its own laws which enjoin
dutifulness to mothers. Muslims are in no need for the innovated
celebration of Mother's Day. Ibn Taymiyyah commented on a similar case
saying: "Thus, it is clear to you how perfect this Sharee'ah, with its
true natural-disposition, is. The wisdom behind Allaah The Almighty
ordaining for His Messenger to do the opposite of whatever the
disbelievers do in all affairs is that opposition is more likely to
remove evil, and is farther from falling into the same mistakes which
a lot of those people have fallen into." - - ▓███▓ Translator:->
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