Is giving gifts to children on their birthdays forbidden, knowing that I do not celebrate them?
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It is not permissible to celebrate birthdays in any way, because doing so involves imitating the polytheists. The Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said: "Whoever imitates a people is one of them."
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