Is it permissible to offer verbal congratulations and present gifts on birthdays and Mother's Day after their celebration has been forbidden?
Source: FtawySummary from Ftawy's records · added here Sep 2, 2026
Congratulating parents and giving them gifts on their birthdays is an imported custom, not practiced in the blessed eras. Doing so imitates and emulates the enemies of Allah, and "whoever imitates a people is one of them." A Muslim should consistently treat their parents with kindness every day.
Summary from Ftawy's records · added here
Reviewed by El Fatwa's sharia committee.
Read the full answer on Ftawyhttps://ftawy.com/en/questions/51381
Where this answer came from
- Source platform
- Ftawy
- Original fatwa ID
- 51381
- Added here
- . This is when the answer was added to El Fatwa, not the fatwa's date.
- Text
- Summary from Ftawy's records, reviewed by El Fatwa's sharia committee.
- Read the full ruling
- Read the full answer on Ftawy