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Father’s, Mother’s and Valentine’s Day not for Muslims, say Imams

  • June 23, 2011 at 3:02 pm

Father’s, Mother’s and Valentine’s Day not for Muslims, say Imams by Azlan Othman

Muslims must refrain from celebrating Father’s Day as well as Mother’s Day and Valentine’s Day. Imams in the Friday sermon said that Muslims should not follow the cultures of non-Muslims and should stay on the right path.

Our community is keen to celebrate these occasions without looking into their sources or histories. Mother’s Day, for example, has been identified as a spring celebration for other races as a mark of respect to a mother of their God, Ria.

In the year 1600, they celebrated Mothering Sunday, which was marked on the fourth Sunday either in February or March. Christians would stop to eat for religious reasons because it was, in fact, to pay respect to Mother Mary.

Every mother is treated with cakes and such practices have spread worldwide. Mothering Sunday is also combined with other church activities.

In 1907, Anna Jarvis carried out a campaign to launch Mother’s Day, whereby she succeeded in influencing the Mother’s Church to celebrate the second anniversary of her mother’s demise on the second Sunday of May.

Meanwhile, Father’s Day was first celebrated in a church to mark the demise of 361 men in an explosion. a majority of them were immigrants and fathers. The idea to celebrate Father’s Day was first mooted by a son, Sonora, who saw his father’s sacrifice.

Sonora planned to spread his idea globally and was determined in achieving this mission. He ended up making the third week of June way back in 1972 as Father’s Day.

Therefore, it becomes obvious that the celebrations mentioned are not for Muslims and they are advised not to jointly mark the occasions.

Islam in fact urges the Ummah to do good deeds for their parents regardless of the time period. Additionally, Muslims are reminded that not all cultures are good to be followed and evaluations are required.

For Muslims, our yardstick or benchmark is the Islamic law. They should not go against their own religions and blindly follow other cultures.

Father’s, Mother’s and Valentine’s Day not for Muslims, say Imams

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