Ruling on Birthday Wishes? | Mufti Abu Layth

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mustaqim said thanks for the birthday message no problem no problem no problem see I always feel that when you go when you're on social media if you're passing some something on your newsfeed if you're coming across something you should always say a kind word I believe that if you if somebody's going through some difficulty try and say a nicely a door for them if somebody has passed away try and offer a little you know some condolence if it's somebody's birthday then or if it's somebody it doesn't have to be a birthday it could be a happy occasion try and wish them

0:41

well and nothing you know it doesn't you don't lack anything you don't lose anything by extending some kind words and I try to do that I try to make a habit of doing that so I try to if I see anybody postings anything you know of reasonable I will try and like you try and share some positivity people share some positivity somebody said it's a birthday celebrating a bitter I of course it isn't celebrating birthdays is not a bid our people Allah is the religion Islam is not about

1:20

micromanaging people okay it's not something which Allah has sent to micromanagers on our tiny micro in our microcosms if you like in trying to what you do with this what do you do with that but some people have turned of religion into that Islam has immense freedoms okay it just lets you be

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Mufti Abu Layth. (2019, September 25). Ruling on Birthday Wishes? | Mufti Abu Layth [Video, auto-transcribed, may contain errors]. Mufti Abu Layth Archive. Retrieved November 1, 2026, from https://muftiabulayth.org/r/xfk1o-bv2uk/

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  author = {Mufti Abu Layth},
  title = {{Ruling on Birthday Wishes? | Mufti Abu Layth}},
  year = {2019},
  month = {9},
  date = {2019-09-25},
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  url = {https://muftiabulayth.org/r/xfk1o-bv2uk/},
  organization = {Mufti Abu Layth Archive},
  urldate = {2026-11-01},
  note = {Auto-transcribed, may contain errors}
}