It would be good to know what the Fiqh Academy of Jeddah has to say because it comprises of over 400 scholars from all over the world. This allows for a broader base of scholarly opinions.

The reason the scholars of the salaf prohibit new celebrations like birthdays and like Mother’s Day is so that in the future people keep to following the sunnah. The knowledgeable of the salaf enjoin to “advise” in a dignified manner. What should the reaction be if someone continues to refuse to follow the sunnah, that are shuyukh (like yourself) explain to us? By rebuking the lack of devotion to our shuyukh and the message that Allah sent to prophet Muhammed, it would exemplify the knowledge, and debase the whims. Otherwise one would approve of this lack of devotion. You could say that this rebuking is so that the words of our shuyukh prosper in the future.
When you look at a concept, the branches (furooh) would be like the origin (usool). If the origin is from the guidance of Allah, that is the Quran and the sunnah and the Ilm, the flow of Allah’s message, it will continue to be guidance. If the origin is not based on that, it would have to go through a great change in order to conform to Allah’s message.

How will this subtract from our deen? While our deen actually encourages this? What if the non-muslims were inspired by our deen to impliment a ‘mother’s day’ into their annual holiday. I also would not call it a holiday actaully, just a day to remind yourself about the importance of your mother.

Islam calls for remembering the importance of your parents everyday, however what is wrong with doing something ‘extra’ on this day, or just for the sake of it, the day after mother’s day. It’s simply a label, don’t complicate things. Therefore you cannot say that this takes something away from your deen, as it is most definetly a part of our deen. It’s not like it is something completely strange to our deen.

Jazahaka’llahu khiran.

There is scholarly consensus (ijma) that ahl al-kitab are kufar. The assertion that they are believers is a modern concept that acknowledges certain ayahs of the Qur’an and ignores a great many asserting otherwise.

This is not a matter of difference of opinion but rather a tenet of faith that no one has challenged until recently. Those that are now doing so in the West usually did not go through the a traditional Islamic education and/or have been influenced by the Salafi “fatwa do-it-yourself” methodology.

May Allah enable us to humbly seek the Truth.

Yasmin is a man’s name. I know two males named Yasmin.

I wish that the history of Mother’s Day would have been included in the discussion to put it into it’s proper context:

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2014/05/140508-mothers-day-nation-gifts-facts-culture-moms/

Realistically life doesn’t really work that way and human nature does not allow for that.
We become so engrossed our day to day activities like home chores,washing,cleaning,errands,cooking,etc.Working parents are even busier trying to make ends meet.

Children are busy with school work,studies,sport and social and religious activiies. It is so easy to forget to show special appreciation like a to say a simple “I love you.”Our rat race denies us time to spent with each other,to sit as a family,to hug and get to appreciate one another…

My kids unexpectedly came home from school on Mother’s Day with little gifts in their hands. One had a rose. Another a less expense perfume. A third had a candle. And a fourth had a little teddy bear.
Happy Mother’s Day! the sung and rushed in to hug and kiss me.

It was one of the happiest days of my life and it brought tears to my eyes. It still does. Every year since then, they save up their allowance to get me gifts for Mothers Day.

And those gifts from my kids are priceless and are the ones I cherish the most. One day every year my children conspire to do something special for me. And I love them for it.By the way they love me evey day and so do I.BUT THEY WONT BE ABLE TO GIVE ME PRESENTS EVERY DAY…

To all those ranters and ravers out there, I say chill.
Don’t turn everything into a religious battle because, many times, it simply isn’t.

Yes, Eid is our special day. Yes, love should be expressed every day. And yes, it is also very easy to forget to do that with our busy contemporary lifestyles.

We need to hold onto our own cultures and traditions. But there are things in other cultures that are good as well.

Strike the balance.

Take the positive. Leave the negative or the irrelevant. And celebrate love a little more often.

It is a positive thing to have an annual reminder that your spouse, your parent, or your child deserves that extra bit of extra special attention.

What is even more wonderful is to be able to do it your own way. A way that brings joy rather than stress. A way that builds a family and brings it together.

A little extra special attention can go a long way.Dont deprive Islam and Muslims from being human and to show love.I rather celebrate Mother’s day within the parameters of Islam than kidnap 249 school girls in the name of Islam.