Is it permissible to celebrate and give gifts to children in their birth month (June), without saying "Happy Birthday to you (plural)"? And is children's gift-giving to their mother in March considered an imitation, and what is the ruling on accepting gifts from female teachers who insisted [on giving them]?
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Connecting a gift to a birthday occasion and repeating this annually is considered a celebration of it, whether the gift is presented at the time of the occasion or not, and whether there is a congratulation or not. This connection is a form of celebrating the birthday. Therefore, it is advisable to avoid this and not to tie the hearts of children to these innovated holidays, but rather to accustom them to be content with the lawful (Shar'i) holidays.
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