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Is eating birthday food permissible?

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assalamu alaykum

if someone bring food to the office for thier birthday. can muslim eat that food knowing its for thier birthday

jazakallah

Answer

In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.

As-salāmu ‘alaykum wa-rahmatullāhi wa-barakātuh.

The history of celebrating birthday traces back to the beliefs of the pagans. As muslims, we are averse to celebrating birthdays and anything related to that, including eating birthday foods and cakes. You should wisely communicate to the person regarding the Islamic perspective of birthdays. In doing so, take into consideration the nature of the person. When presenting the correct perspective of Islam to anyone, the aim should not merely be to inform the person. Rather, the aim should be to make the information as acceptable to him so that he understands the wisdom of Islam and be able to practice on Islam whole heartedly. To achieve that, one must be diligent in conveying anything of Islam to others.

In the enquired case, while you should avoid eating the birthday food, it is important that you conduct yourself in a responsible way as explained above.

 

And Allah Ta’āla Knows Best

Abdul Hannan Nizami,
Student Darul Iftaa
Chicago, USA

Checked and Approved by,
Mufti Ebrahim Desai.

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