What is the ruling on honoring my wife on the occasion of International Women's Day, March 8th?
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"Women's Day" is an innovation and an invented matter that entered Muslim lands due to their heedlessness and imitation of the West. The Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said: "Whoever introduces into this matter of ours that which is not from it will have it rejected." Every innovation that is introduced causes a to be abandoned or to die out. The festivals in Islam are only Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha. Honoring one's wife should be continuous, as it is a requirement of living together in kindness, not on a special occasion that is considered an innovation.
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