Praise be to Allaah and blessings and peace be upon the Messenger of
Allaah.
The Prophet () told us that his Ummah (nation) would follow the
previous nations, the Jews, Christians and Persians, but this was
undoubtedly not praise for their actions, rather it is by way of
condemnation and a warning. It was narrated from Abu Sa‘eed ()
that the Prophet () said:
“You will certainly follow the ways of those who came
before you, handspan by handspan, cubit by cubit, until
even if they entered the hole of a lizard, you will do so
too.” We asked, “O Messenger of Allaah, (do you mean)
the Jews and the Christians?” He said, “Who else?”
(Narrated by al-Bukhaari, 3269; Muslim, 2669).
It was narrated from Abu Hurayrah () that the Prophet () said:
“The Hour will not begin until my ummah follows in the
footsteps of those who came before it, handspan by
handspan, cubit by cubit.” It was asked, “O Messenger
of Allaah, like the Persians and Romans?” He said,
“Those are the people?” (Narrated by al-Bukhaari, 6888)
The ignorant among this Ummah, and the innovators and heretics
have followed the previous nations, the Jews, Christians and
Persians, in their beliefs, ways, manners and dress. Our concern here
is to point out in these days their following and imitation of them
through the innovation of “Mother’s Day” or “Family Day”, which is a
day that the Christians innovated to honour mothers, or so they
claim. This then became a day that was venerated, when government
departments would be shut and people would get in touch with their
mothers or send them gifts and loving messages. But when the day

was over, things would go back to the way they were, with people
being cut off from their mothers and disobeying them.
What is strange is that the Muslims would feel a need to imitate them
in such ways, when Allaah has commanded them to honour their
mothers and has forbidden them to disobey them, and has made the
reward for that (for obeying them) the highest status.

As Mother’s Day is known in Arabic as “Eid al-Umm” or “Mothers’
Festival”; the word Eid is derive from the root ‘aada/ya’ood meaning
to come back or return.
Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyah said:
“ ‘Eid (festival) is a name that is given to an occasion which
returns, when people gather in a festive manner, whether that is

annual or weekly or monthly and so on.”(Iqtidaa’ al-Siraat al-
Mustaqeem, 1/441).

Ibn ‘Aabideen (may Allaah have mercy on him) said:
“ An ‘Eid is so called because Allaah repeatedly bestows blessings,
i.e., kinds of blessings that come back to His slaves on these days,

such as breaking the fast after refraining from eating, sadaqat al-
fitr (obligatory charity paid at the end of Ramadaan), completing

the Hajj by doing Tawaaf al-Ziyaarah, the sacrificial meats, and so
on; and because the tradition on such occasions is to express joy
and happiness, and to be energetic and happy.”(Haashiyat Ibn
‘Aabideen, 2/165)

 A historical overview and Scholars’ Rulings about Mother’s Day.