ok I have a confusion here. Everybody please don’t come attacking me because i might have a lack of knowledge on this topic. Just need your views to clear me off my confusion!
Never in my 23 years have i seen any Pakistani family living in Pakistan i.e my family, my relatives, my extended family, my friends, my friend’s families, our family friends, my entire social circle even a single Baby Shower. To my knowledge, here they are considered Hindu/Christain rasmain. In the Islamic history, put aside the giving gifts part, but the rasm as a ‘baby shower’ been celebrated. Yes many of you will say that nowadays everything happens .. Muslims even celebrate Halloween, Holi, etc. but really is there any Islamic concept of this ‘Baby Shower’ as an event? It does seem to be a sweet concept owing to the fact that its for the mother-to-be but where when does it take place? How come i’ve never witnessed any in my nearest or even farthest social circle?Or is it that the desi Pakistanis don’t celebrate it but the others do now? Or maybe there are many families here in Pakistan who celebrate but i’ve never witnessed one just by luck?
Also, what really happens in these… the games n all? If there is the concept of giving gifts, why not give the gift after the baby is born for all the ups n downs, i mean God forbid if due to some problem the baby is not born or still born or whatever .. wouldnt it be even worst for the mother to just look at all the baby gifts all the time and cry over them. why not just give them after the baby is born?
and lastly, if they should be celebrated then who should be giving these??
hmmmm…in my life i have seen many gaud berhai rasmein in pakistan and baby showers in America…and i truly believe its a beautiful rasam…
Again, baby shower concept is NOT just to collect gifts from others…its a day of celebration…its a function that is done BEFORE the baby is born…aqiqa and other functions are done AFTER the baby is born…theres a time for everything
Do we have to throw a shower and invite others [who might not even wanna come before the birth] to pamper and wish our pregnant friend?
In this case the** mother wants** someone to throw a baby shower for her so the whole idea is to collect gifts .
how can you judge her like that??? she already had received gifts from family n friends…so her wanting a baby shower is for fun not begging people for gifts.