{"_id":"676ac63f631b2ecff5b5cba6","title":"{\"format\":\"prosemirror\",\"schemaVersion\":1,\"doc\":{\"type\":\"doc\",\"content\":[{\"type\":\"paragraph\",\"attrs\":{\"quillBlock\":{},\"quillNewline\":{},\"quillTerminated\":true,\"direction\":null},\"content\":[{\"type\":\"text\",\"text\":\"I was informed that baby showers are haram, based on the time period it was created to when Muslims began to participate in them. Is this accurate?\"}]}]}}","question":"{\"format\":\"prosemirror\",\"schemaVersion\":1,\"doc\":{\"type\":\"doc\",\"content\":[{\"type\":\"paragraph\",\"attrs\":{\"quillBlock\":{},\"quillNewline\":{},\"quillTerminated\":false,\"direction\":null},\"content\":[{\"type\":\"text\",\"text\":\"I was informed that baby showers are haram, based on the time period it was created to when Muslims began to participate in them. Is this accurate?\"}]}]}}","answer":"{\"format\":\"prosemirror\",\"schemaVersion\":1,\"doc\":{\"type\":\"doc\",\"content\":[{\"type\":\"paragraph\",\"attrs\":{\"quillBlock\":{},\"quillNewline\":{},\"quillTerminated\":true,\"direction\":null},\"content\":[{\"type\":\"text\",\"text\":\"There is no textual or legal basis in our tradition to consider baby showers prohibited.\"}]},{\"type\":\"paragraph\",\"attrs\":{\"quillBlock\":{},\"quillNewline\":{},\"quillTerminated\":true,\"direction\":null}},{\"type\":\"paragraph\",\"attrs\":{\"quillBlock\":{},\"quillNewline\":{},\"quillTerminated\":true,\"direction\":null},\"content\":[{\"type\":\"text\",\"text\":\"A baby shower is a social, not a religious even and It is not specific to any religion, therefore it doesn't contradict prophetic traditions against imitating other peoples.\"}]},{\"type\":\"paragraph\",\"attrs\":{\"quillBlock\":{},\"quillNewline\":{},\"quillTerminated\":true,\"direction\":null}},{\"type\":\"paragraph\",\"attrs\":{\"quillBlock\":{},\"quillNewline\":{},\"quillTerminated\":false,\"direction\":null},\"content\":[{\"type\":\"text\",\"text\":\"The common elements of a baby shower, like gift-giving and sharing in the joy of others, are highly encouraged in our tradition. Gift-giving itself is a sunnah, and the Prophet ﷺ said, “Exchange gifts, for this will increase your love for one another” [Bukhari].\"}]}]}}","tags":[{"_id":"668d9fdd0b76658b4c232765","tag":"Women: Children and Childbirth","count":55},{"_id":"676ac63f631b2ecff5b5cba4","tag":"Baby Shower","count":2}],"createdOn":"2024-12-24T14:33:35.737Z"}