Hence, it is not right at all for a Muslim to share in the happiness of someone celebrating his birthday by saying “happy birthday” to him or to make a birthday cake or to send gifts on that occasion.
We should remember that if we make the feelings of people the benchmark, then just as some people become happy by telling them ‘happy birthday’, others take exception to this. Thus, the criteria of acceptance in the court of Allah Ta‘ala is the adherence to the Sunnah of Rasulullah (sallallahu ‘alaihi wasallam), not the feelings of people.
عن ابن عمر قال قال رسول الله -صلى الله عليه وسلم من تشبه بقوم فهو منهم (سنن أبي داود الرقم: 4031)
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