The modern Mother's Day is celebrated on various days in many parts of the world, most commonly in May or in March/April, as a day to honour mothers and motherhood. In the UK and Ireland it follows the old traditions of Mothering Sunday, celebrated in March/April.
Mothering Sunday is a Christian festival celebrated throughout Europe. Secularly it became a celebration of motherhood.[1] It is increasingly being called Mother's Day, although in countries other than UK and Ireland that other holiday has other origins.[1] In the UK it is considered synonymous with Mother's Day as celebrated in other countries.HistoryIn the Roman religion the Hilaria festival was held in honour of the mother goddess Cybele and it took place during mid-March. As the Roman Empire and Europe converted to Christianity, this celebration became part of the liturgical calendar as Laetare Sunday, the fourth Sunday in Lent to honour the Virgin Mary and the "mother church"[2].During the sixteenth century, people returned to their mother church for a service to be held on Laetare Sunday. This was either a large local church, or more often the nearest Cathedral.[1] Anyone who did this was commonly said to have gone "a-mothering", although whether this preceded the term Mothering Sunday is unclear. In later times, Mothering Sunday became a day when domestic servants were given a day off to visit their mothers and other family members. It was often the only time that whole families could gather together, since in other days they were prevented by conflicting working hours.By the third decade of the twentieth century, the custom of keeping Mothering Sunday had tended to lapse in Europe.[2] It was revived through the influence of American and Canadian soldiers serving abroad during World War II, who celebrated Mother's Day on the second Sunday in May.[2] People from Ireland and the UK started celebrating Mother's Day again, but on the same day Mothering Sunday had been celebrated before it fell into disuse, the fourth Sunday in Lent.[2]Mothering Sunday remains in the calendar of some Canadian Anglican churches, particularly those with strong English connections.
UMAT ISLAM MENGIKUTI LANGKAH-LANGKAH YAHUDI DAN NASRANIDaripada Abu Said Al-Kudri ra berkata : Bahawasanya Rasulullah SAW bersabda : "Kamu akan mengikuti jejak langkah umat-umat sebelum kamu, sejengkal demi sejengkal, sehasta demi sehasta sehingga jikalau mereka masuk ke lubang biawak pun kamu akan mengikuti mereka". Sahabat bertanya, "Ya Rasulullah! Apakah Yahudi dan Nasrani yang kau maksudkan?" Nabi SAW menjawab, "Siapa lagi kalau bukan mereka".Umat Islam yang mengikut jejak langkah apapun "cara hidup" orang-orang Yahudi dan Nasrani, hinggalah dalam urusan orang kecil dan perkara-perkara yang tidak munasabah. Contohnya, jikalau orang Yahudi dan Nasrani masuk ke lubang biawak yang kotor dan sempit sekalipun, orang Islam akan terus mengikut mereka.Zaman sekarang ini kita dapat melihat kenyataan sabdaan Rasulullah SAW ini. Ramai orang Islam yang kehilangan pegangan di dalam kehidupan. Mere hanya meniru "cara hidup" Yahudi dan Nasrani samada mereka sedar atau tidak. Ramai orang Islam yang telah terperangkap dengan tipu helah Yahudi dan Nasrani dan ramai pula orang yang menjadi alat dan tali barut mereka.(H.R. MUSLIM)
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Al-Baqara [2:42] : Dan janganlah kamu campur adukkan yang benar itu dengan yang salah dan kamu sembunyikan yang benar itu pula padahal kamu semua mengetahuinya.




