Birthdays and Anniversaries
- Is it permissible to hold a celebration with the intention of bringing joy to a child's heart, and not with the intention of celebrating their birthday, doing so a week or more before or after their birthdate, in opposition to the disbelievers and to avoid imitating them?
- Is it permissible to go out with a friend on their birthday for leisure, not celebration, and is that considered a pretense?
- What is the ruling on a woman's vow to give her grandson a gold lira on every birthday, and is it permissible for her to buy the delayed liras all at once if their price increases?
- What should I do about my wife's insistence on celebrating her birthday and our son's, and her demand for congratulations and gifts, despite her knowledge of the ruling on celebrating, and the problems that have resulted from this?
- Is a son considered disobedient to his mother if she stops speaking to him because he refused to celebrate a birthday and did not kiss his uncle's wife? And has he committed a sin if he is forced to go to a birthday party while he dislikes it? And is there any blame upon him if he accepts money from them on his birthday?
- Is she considered a hypocrite, she who accepted a gift from her fiancé on her birthday, despite knowing its impermissibility and her inability to inform him, and because she knows many matters of her religion yet does not apply them? And what is the advice for her?
- Is it permissible to gift a male university colleague my personal perfume for his birthday, knowing that he requested it from me, and that wearing perfume for women may be unlawful?
- What is the ruling on giving a Christian person a gift on their birthday with the intention of showing friendliness and respect, not as a congratulation for the holiday?
- What is the ruling on celebrating a person's birthday?
- Is it permissible to attend a feast or a women's gathering at a friend's house if the gathering is for a birthday celebration?
- Is it permissible for a Muslim woman to allow her four-year-old daughter to attend the birthday party of her non-Muslim friend?
- Does the father bear the sin for his wife holding their daughter’s birthday party at her family’s home, given his prior knowledge and objection to it?
- Is it permissible for a wife to dispose of money she saves with her husband's knowledge but without his explicit consent, or to take from his money without his knowledge, especially since part of his additional income is spent in her name and the names of her children, given his stinginess and refusal to purchase essential needs and gifts for her and their children?
- Is it permissible to congratulate one's mother on her birthday if she is far from religious observance, knowing that celebrating this occasion is forbidden, and fearing her alienation?
- What is the ruling on celebrating a wedding anniversary by decorating the house, bringing a cake, and presenting gifts?
- Am I sinful if I play with my brother's puppy, which my mother brought as a birthday gift, and touch it, knowing that it is disliked and its saliva is impure?
- Is it permissible for a wife to give her husband a gift on his birthday or their anniversary, without celebrating these days?
- What is the ruling concerning a girl who used to talk to young men and ask them to top up her phone credit under the pretext of a birthday gift before her repentance?
- Is it permissible to work in engraving and carving on glass, marble, and wood to make gifts that are sold on holidays such as Christmas, Valentine's Day, and New Year's, while avoiding the depiction of animate beings and only depicting flowers and writing words? And is it permissible to make signs and logos for commercial shops and restaurants without inquiring about the nature of their merchandise, especially if they do not request the writing of anything that indicates the sale of unlawful items like alcohol?
- Does vowing to do something for someone who is holding a birthday party count as a vow of righteousness or a vow of contention, what is the ruling on fulfilling it, and does asking about its ruling necessitate anything?
- Is it permissible for a woman who works with her hands (making gifts and photo albums) to accept work that she knows is for a birthday or Valentine's Day? And is it permissible for her to make a photo album for married couples, or for men, or for girls only as friends or sisters?
- Is it permissible to participate in a simple birthday celebration confined to family members only, and what is the ruling on refraining from participating in this case?
- Is it permissible to make a birthday cake for a child with the intention of making him happy, even if it's not for holding a party, and is that considered a sin?