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Mother's Day, Father's Day, Birthday, Family Day, and other secular "days" and "anniversaries" are rooted in and/or inspired by pagan, polytheistic, fertility traditions. When people refute polytheism, Satan cannot directly cause them to sin, he employs the paths of least resistance to tempt them into seemingly harmless activities.
Abrahamic religions have the benefit of revealed scriptures which clarify the oneness and unity of God. The scriptures inform us that everyone and everything else is created. God does not have a family. Worship belongs to the one true God. However, mainstream Christianity, and, as mentioned in The Quran, the Jews, associate a son with God. Any such association is clearly refuted.
Polytheistic traditions are generally about a divine family, and have many rituals and customs associated with fertility. Throughout ancient history till present day, the polytheists worship not only a pantheon of deities, but also consider their parents as manifestations of the divine. Recently, Parents' Worship Day (Matri Pitri Poojan Diwas) has also been introduced in India, and has been declared an official celebration.
People love celebrations, and enjoy them very much. As the world is going secular, many religious people are also embracing celebrations which apparently do not seem to contradict their faith. Almost all religions enjoin kindness and gratitude to parents especially, and to the family. So, in non-polytheistic societies, we see the introduction of secular celebrations which seem to honour the mother, the father, the child, the family, or the grandparents.
We believe that the true religion has always been the same monotheistic worship of the one and only God. We also believe that people have slid into polytheism several times. Secularism never lasts. Every advanced society that was destroyed was polytheist. Advances in knowledge bring with them the realisation that their must be someone behind creation and its maintenance. In the absence of a firm rooting in monotheistic scriptures, it is very easy to slide from secularism to polytheism. It may take generations, or the change may be very rapid. The scholars who warn against embracing secular ideals must be heeded to (few links below).
Moreover, there is the commercial angle to such festivities. People spend on decorations, gifts and fancy food to make such days special. Extravagance is not sanctioned by God. Surah al-Balad (The Country) reads thus:
لَاۤ اُقۡسِمُ بِهٰذَا الۡبَلَدِۙ ١
No! I swear by this country, - (Or: city)
وَاَنۡتَ حِلٌّ ۢ بِهٰذَا الۡبَلَدِۙ ٢
And you (i.e., the Prophet) are an inhabitant of this country.
وَوَالِدٍ وَّمَا وَلَدَ ۙ ٣
And (I swear) (by) the begetter and what he begot.
لَقَدۡ خَلَقۡنَا الۡاِنۡسَانَ فِىۡ كَبَدٍؕ ٤
Indeed We already created man in suffering.
اَيَحۡسَبُ اَنۡ لَّنۡ يَّقۡدِرَ عَلَيۡهِ اَحَدٌ ۘ ٥
Does he reckon that no one can ever determine over him?
يَقُوۡلُ اَهۡلَكۡتُ مَالًا لُّبَدًا ؕ ٦
He says, "I have consumed stacked wealth."
اَيَحۡسَبُ اَنۡ لَّمۡ يَرَهٗۤ اَحَدٌ ؕ ٧
Does he reckon that none has seen him?
اَلَمۡ نَجۡعَلۡ لَّهٗ عَيۡنَيۡنِۙ ٨
Have We not made for him two eyes,
وَلِسَانًا وَّشَفَتَيۡنِۙ ٩
And a tongue, and two lips,
وَهَدَيۡنٰهُ النَّجۡدَيۡنِۚ ١٠
And guided him on the two highways (of good and evil)?
فَلَا اقۡتَحَمَ الۡعَقَبَةَ ۖ ١١
Yet he has not rushed along the uneven (Or: steep) track.
وَمَاۤ اَدۡرٰٮكَ مَا الۡعَقَبَةُ ؕ ١٢
And what makes you realize what the uneven track is?
فَكُّ رَقَبَةٍ ۙ ١٣
It is the freeing of a slave, (Literally: the untying of a neck)
اَوۡ اِطۡعٰمٌ فِىۡ يَوۡمٍ ذِىۡ مَسۡغَبَةٍ ۙ ١٤
Or feeding upon a day of famine.
يَّتِيۡمًا ذَا مَقۡرَبَةٍ ۙ ١٥
An orphan of (Literally: owning) near relationship,
اَوۡ مِسۡكِيۡنًا ذَا مَتۡرَبَةٍ ؕ ١٦
Or an indigent man in starvation; (Literally: in dusty circumstances)
ثُمَّ كَانَ مِنَ الَّذِيۡنَ اٰمَنُوۡا وَتَوَاصَوۡا بِالصَّبۡرِ وَتَوَاصَوۡا بِالۡمَرۡحَمَةِ ؕ ١٧
Thereafter he is one of the ones who believed, and enjoined one another to have patience, and enjoined one another to do merciful deeds.
اُولٰٓٮِٕكَ اَصۡحٰبُ الۡمَيۡمَنَةِ ؕ ١٨
Those are the companions of the position of Rightness.
وَالَّذِيۡنَ كَفَرُوۡا بِاٰيٰتِنَا هُمۡ اَصۡحٰبُ الۡمَشۡـَٔـمَةِ ؕ ١٩
And the ones who disbelieve in Our signs, they are the companions of the position of sinister (befalling); (Or: the Hand)
عَلَيۡهِمۡ نَارٌ مُّؤۡصَدَةٌ ٢٠
Over them is a Fire without any outlet (Literally: vaulted/over).
[Al-Quran 90:1-20, Translation: Dr. Ghali]
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Related Links
Mother’s Day in Islam - Islam Question & Answer
FatwaIslam.Com : The Ruling Concerning Celebrating Mother’s Day.
https://www.islamweb.net/en/fatwa/81835/
Every day is Mother’s Day in Islam
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mother%27s_Day
Further reading in this blog:
World History & Future Implications
Nine Groups corrupting the Earth
No Duality, No Trinity, No Divine Family
Polytheism: The Sin committed by The First Human Couple
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Last updated on: May 17, 2023
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