I was told that by some lady who said that following folk traditions and celebrations is considered a gunaah. Even the godh bharai event is a Hindu ritual.
Yah?
Nah?
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Baby showers are not haram. People are excited and want to give the new family gifts. It's not a new holiday.
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its makrooh but NOT Haraam for sure...its just like celebrating birthdays, anniversaries etc.
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People need to get a life. nothing wrong iwth celebrating!
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And so what do you tell them?
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That I disagree.
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The way I see it, giving gifts is suggested by a hadees. All you are doing is to find a reason to give that gift. Its not a festival, its an occasion and getting together for an occasion and eating food is also proven by hadees. Good thing can be done if some people read some quran and do a dua for the mom and the baby
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And so what do you tell them?
That they need to get a life.
Or that they're welcome to not attend. No ones forcing them to have one.
Personally i'd love one but...
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^ agreed! some life-getting is definitely in order.
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I was told that by some lady who said that following folk traditions and celebrations is considered a gunaah. Even the godh bharai event is a Hindu ritual.
Yah? Nah?
as long as people are celebrating decently without hurting any principle of islam then what is wrong with that ? i think it's perfectly fine.
however , I have seen that in my ex-inlaws some people do god bharai of girls right after marriage when I saw it 1st time i found it pretty awkward . they were putting rices are stuff in the godh of girl pretty non muslim it was looking. anyway the most shocking was in one case the baby died at the time of birth but still the family went ahead to do her godh bharai on chatti , the mother was crying like anything bcuz she did not have a baby in her godh. I mean god bharai na ho gayee to islami fareeza ho gaya that you have fulfil even when the baby is no longer alive. Chatti , god bharai and baby showers are all man made rituals they are not religious .
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A little get together with friends n family is NOT haraam.
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Yes it is haraam. How dare you celebrate you are with child. You should have some sharaam and hayaa and not support such open displays of womanhood!
HEATHENS!!!
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^what are you doing here? 
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yeh kia hota hai ?
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PG it's a small get together arranged by a friend or family member for the pregnant lady, usually in the last trimester of her pregnancy. Usually, only women attend. There is food, games and gifts for the baby. It's actually a small and nice event with no religious flavor. In India, I know they do the same thing but they have "pooja" and some traditional games as well.
Personally, I think we muslims sometimes dissect everything way too much instead of focusing on basic stuff. There's always some one out there to tell you what is haram.
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Kinda off topic but i dont like the concept of baby showers for one reason... and that is God forbid if something was to go wrong with the pregnancy (like the story quoted by Diamond123), and the baby doesn't make it :( what then? imagine the poor parents surrounded by all those presents :(
personally it makes so much more sense to celebrate the birth of a child after its birth.
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there are two sides to this:
Some people don't mind and participate in baby showers in a way to welcome the new addition. It's all in good fun, where women get together, spend time together, give gifts to the mother and have something to eat. There is no religious point to it. If you would like to have a reading or dua before it, then thats fine.
Other people think that it's not appropriate to have a party before the baby is even born. It's like celebrating the victory before you even play the game. I don't think its the religious aspect that is barring them from participating in baby showers, but the fact that they would like to wait until the baby finally comes (and is healthy) to celebrate. No harm in that either.
I personally don't have any issues either way. I wanted to throw my friend a surprise baby shower, but i wanted to get her thoughts on it first. So i asked her hubby , and he was in the position of #2. So due to his wishes, we didn't have a baby shower party, but us girls just went out for dinner and presented the mom to be a gift card to a baby store. She was very happy.
Its all about respecting people's wishes.
Traditions is a culture thing, and not a religioun thing. People need to separate the two. Arabs and Pakistanis have very different cultures,but the same religion. What they do on certain occasions may not be what we do on these same occasions. It doesnt mean what we do is haram - astagfirullah.
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Kinda off topic but i dont like the concept of baby showers for one reason... and that is God forbid if something was to go wrong with the pregnancy (like the story quoted by Diamond123), and the baby doesn't make it :( what then? imagine the poor parents surrounded by all those presents :(
personally it makes so much more sense to celebrate the birth of a child after its birth.
I do think that's why people wait until the third trimester (but not too late, as babies can be early). But it's not realistic not to get ANYTHING before the baby is born. You have to have supplies, and some of those (like carseats and such) are expensive -- if loved ones want to pitch in, why can't they?
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Yup why celebrate the fact that you HAD SEX!!! OMGSH THE HORROR! 
That makes perfect sense..and I totally understand why someone wouldn’t want to have one. But I don’t think someone else has right to rain on your happiness by saying “oh baby showers are haram” b/c well they’re NOT.
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PG it's a small get together arranged by a friend or family member for the pregnant lady, usually in the last trimester of her pregnancy. Usually, only women attend. There is food, games and gifts for the baby. It's actually a small and nice event with no religious flavor. In India, I know they do the same thing but they have "pooja" and some traditional games as well.
Personally, I think we muslims sometimes dissect everything way too much instead of focusing on basic stuff. There's always some one out there to tell you what is haram.
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i searched about it in google ...kafee mazeed maloomat millin ..is ley ab
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