How can children be convinced to avoid the innovated holidays prevalent in society, such as birthdays, New Year's Day, Mother's Day, and the Prophet's birthday (Mawlid), given that celebrations are held for them and those who abandon them are accused of backwardness, especially when these celebrations are held in schools and children face accusations of being primitive?
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Convincing comes through dialogue and presenting legal evidence from the Quran, Sunnah, and the sayings of scholars, and raising children to understand that what matters is what the Sharia has brought, not what the majority is upon, and that it is among Allah's ways that the people of falsehood are many and the people of faith are few.
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