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Innovations in Religion and Worship
What Is ‘Umrah?
`Umrah is composed of four things, namely: ihram, circumambulation of the Sacred House (tawaf), sa`i between al-Safa and al-Marwah, and shaving the head or cutting the hair.184,644Eating food that is distributed on the Prophet’s Birthday (Mawlid)
214,689Buying Sweets on Mawlid al-Nabi: Permissible?
1- Celebrating Mawlid al-Nabi (Prophet Muhammad’s birthday) is an innovation. 2- Buying sweets on Mawlid al-Nabi comes under the heading of helping and propagating the celebration of Prophet Muhammad’s birthday; rather it is a kind of establishing that festival or ‘Eid. So it is better for you not to do that on the day of the celebration.52,777Response to those who regard some innovated matters as good, such as celebrating the Prophet’s birthday (Mawlid)
61,648Reading Quran together, giving good deeds to the dead, and al-Mawlid al-Nabawi (celebrating the birthday of the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him))
164,765What the Shi’ah do on ‘Ashura is bid’ah (innovation) and misguidance
133,875Ruling on what is known as “khatam shifa”, and praying behind an innovator and calling him (to the right path)
122,806Ruling on buying Halloween candy at a time other than Halloween
26,122Is it permissible to make a cake to give to a child on his birthday without having a party?
123,846Is Celebrating the 15th of Sha’ban Legislated?
Celebrating the 15th of Sha’ban is not permissible whether that is by spending the night in prayer, dhikr and reading Quran, or by distributing sweets or giving food to people and so on. For more, please see the detailed answer.77,260