Re: Eid milad un nabi is biddat - Saudi mufti
As I said earlier anti Mawlid people and those like them, similar to them, have all sorts of misguidance, and each has a different prospective. I will again try to highlight certain common positions [anti birth DAY, not considering plain ‘‘celebration’’ as a part of Islam, and considering the Honouring and Venerating the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi wa Ahlihi wa Sallam as not a part of Islam Astagfirullah]. I am not saying all these traits are apparent in Ibn Saddique but like i said earlier the anti Mawlid people use each others differing batil prospectives to further cement their own batil thoughts
Those who outright forbid Mawlid are deviants, that is for sure. Some people do not outright forbid Mawlid but are confused or have taken for themselves a position they think is comfy in the middle. The latter here is at risk of taking positions which look good in the eyes of people.
As Salam Alaikum
Lets see what we can establish? How fair is that?
Imo:
RasoolAllah SallAllahu Alaihi wa Ahlihi wa Sallam honoured/celebrated His Day of Birth, 1 by Fasting, 2 by making bayan of His SallAllahu Alaihi wa Ahlihi wa Sallam Blessed Birth, 3 with listening to Praise of His Blessed Birth, 4 and by bringing the Quran which further celebrates the Blessed Arrival of RasoolAllah SallAllahu Alaihi wa Ahlihi wa Sallam including honouring the Day and other proofs
The Mawlid Sharif was celebrated by Allah Subhanahu wa Ta’ala, by RasoolAllah SallAllahu Alaihi wa Ahlihi wa Sallam, by the Companions, and All Believers
The Mawlid Sharif was not celebrated by Ibliss [the accursed]
The above can be taken just as my opinion. I do not mind
I wish to establish birth DAYS [aka days of Birth, birthdays] in Islam. Tell me if you can accept, we can talk about it more
And peace is upon him the day he was born,…[Quran Surah Maryam 19:15]
“And peace is upon me the day I was born…" [Quran Surah Maryam 19:33]
This highlights the Days of Birth of Prophets Alaihum Salam
Honoured Birthdays are established from this
This is one day but a Birthday never the less, not re-current days [except with remembrance], not annual or weekly, simple, basic day of birth
From the Hadith:
Hadrat Abu Qatadah (r.a.) reported: ‘The Messenger of Allah (saws) was asked about fasting on Mondays. He (saws) said, "That is the day on which I was born and the day on which I received Revelation..``’Related by Muslim.
Birthday - Yes
Commemoration - Yes
Day of Birth commemoration - Yes
Weekly Commemoration - Yes
Annual Commemoration - Open to interpretation. possibilities: 1. All commemorations including say Tuesdays for example and Annual Commemorations 2. disallows annual commemoration 3. Does not limit other commemorations 4 disallows other commemorations
So what we have is Birthdays established. Birthdays of Prophets Alaihum Salam are Honoured in Islam, and the commemoration of Birthday of our Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi wa Ahlihi wa Sallam is Sunnah. The annual commemoration is not firmly established here unless your interpretation of the daleel is that way inclined
So:
Day of Birth: Honoured, remembered
Weekly day of Birth: Honoured, remembered
Annual Calendar Day of Birth: ?? [up to interpretation]
My personal opinion is the annual day is the same as the other Honoured Days of Birth, it is a remembrance like the others cited.
You are welcome to cite your own opinion
Further more: Other then the 2 obligatory Eids
Fridays are an Eid
A Jew who was with Ibn Abbas when he recited, “Today I have perfected for you your religion…” (5:3) remarked, “If this verse had been revealed to us we would have made it a festival.” Ibn Abbas replied, “It was revealed on a day which contained two festivals(Eids), on Friday and on the day of Arafah.”
Reference: Sunan Tirmidhi 50- BOOK OF EXEGESIS OF THE QUR’AN Chapter 6 About surah al-Maidah, Hadith no 415
One of the virtues of Friday is that on it Prophet Adam Alaihis Salam was created
The community has taken from this that it is permissible to refer to Mawlid un Nabi as an eid [day of celebration/festival]
Repeating Birth celebration of Aqiqa is Sunnah:
Imam Suyuti continues, p. 64-65, “I have derived the permissibility of Mawlid from another source of the Sunna [besides Ibn Hajar’s deduction from the hadith of Ashura'], namely, the hadith found in Bayhaqi, narrated by Anas, that "The Prophet slaughtered a aqiqa [sacrifice for newborns] for himself after he received the prophecy,” although it has been mentioned that his grandfather Abd al-Muttalib did that on the seventh day after he was born, and the aqiqa cannot be repeated.
On this it has been said:
Allama Muhammad Bin Alawai Malki have stated in his work, Houl al-IHtifal Bi Zikri Mawlid an-Nabawi Ash-Sharif:
Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi wa Sallam after announcing his prophet hood, did his Aqeeqa, not only this, he also stood on his mim’ber sharif (pulpit) and recited his Shajra (Ancestral Tree), commemorated the birth of Hadrat Adam and Status of Hadrat Ibrahim, Hadrat Esa, Hadrat Moosa Alaihimus Salam. He ordered few of his companions to recite his praise; Many of the Companions offered poems in the prominence and praise of Syyiduna Rasoolullah, He was delighted hearing this and prayed for his companions
The Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi wa Ahlihi wa Sallam honoured the day of His Blessed Birth, and the weekly commemoration of it.
I honour and thank Allah Subhanahu wa Ta’ala for the Sending of RasoolAllah SallAllahu Alaihi wa Ahlihi wa Sallam. 12th Rabi Al Awal was the day Allah Subhanahu wa Ta’ala gave me such a Blessed Time with His Love. It was just an amazing day, I was alone, did not attend any functions on the day of 12th of Rabi Al Awal.
Mawlid is not restricted to 12th Rabi Al Awal, it is however a popular date for the remembrance for the Birth of The Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi wa Ahlihi wa Sallam.
Blessed is the date, or forbidden is the date?
Blessed is the date RasoolAllah SallAllahu Alaihi wa Ahlihi wa Sallam was born
In terms of Shariah fixing a date for this commemoration is permissible, even if it was not Sunnah
Ahlus Sunnah are Systematic [we fix dates for events, we call gatherings by a name], its unfortunate but this is what is required in this age
On the previous page it was you who said “…And he [SallAllahu Alaihi wa Sallam] honoured this day by fasting and he did not order anyone else to follow suit.”
Well the Sunni opinion is that Fasting on Mondays is Sunnah, and it is a Sunnah and a form of Mawlid. It does not mean that other commemorations can not take place. It is a Sunnah that is awaiting Revival among the masses but Sunnis do fast on Mondays.
Praying over food and then eating it is from our practices. Over eating is a problem, good food [aka delicious food] is a problem that we are engrossed in. This will depend from place to place, era to era however so its not a bar on Milad un Nabi, perhaps a way of perfecting some Mawlid set ups.
Fasting is a Blessing
You are here replying to the main point of my previous post which was to highlight that you had no right to negate the ‘celebration’ of Birthday by RasoolAllah SallAllahu Alaihi wa Ahlihi wa Sallam. I called it an assumption and a lie to say RasoolAllah SallAllahu Alaihi wa Ahlihi wa Sallam ‘never’ celebrated His Blessed Birth / birthday
In the text you neither see the mention of the word ‘honoured’ nor ‘celebration’. To give Honour is a celebration
If we can say ‘honoured’ we can just as easily say ‘celebrated’. The words are synonyms of each other and celebrating birth on a day can be called celebrating Birthday
The Hadith does not say ‘all we are allowed to do is keep fast’. That is not traditional Islams understanding of what we are allowed to do, I do not mean to embarrass you but that is a salafi understanding. The Hadith text is "..Allah’s Messenger (pbuh) was asked about fasting on Monday, whereupon he said: It is (the day) when I was born and revelation was sent down to me. (Muslim, Book-6, Fasting, Hadith-2606).
I am glad you accept Birthdays [many people do not]. The Deen left us a space to make interpretation on annual [Rabi Al Awal] acknowledgement of Mawlid Sharif, the Ahlus Sunnah have chosen to Honour it.
Its not actually something that I am bringing of myself. The Community [Jamaah] and its scholars cite this verse. The Rehma in this verse includes Rehmatul lil Alameen [Mercy to the worlds], the Birth of The Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi wa Ahlihi wa Sallam was when we received The Mercy *
Say in the bounty of Allah and His Mercy let them show joyous celebration..
I, and the community, also believe Allah Subhanahu wa Ta’ala showed celebration of Mawlid shareef with illumination and other signs. So in this respect we also Believe our annual celebration particularly focused during Rabi Al Awal although is a replicated re-current practice but is gained from a Sunnah of Allah Subhanahu wa Ta’ala
The Bounty of Allah Subhanahu wa Ta’ala and the Mercy can be both said to RasoolAllah SallAllahu Alaihi wa Ahlihi wa Sallam. In fact it is known in scholarly circles that this the biggest Mercy that Allah Subhanahu wa Ta’ala has given us. Mawlid is an occasion nobody has the right to prohibit the rejoicement of
There is no twisting or misinterpreting the Ayah to use in support of rejoicing Mawlid Shareef, can you show me how it excludes Mawlid?
Sister Hareem’s Tariqat have wrote : ..someone who persists in rejecting the permissibility of Mawlid after all the above evidence, which is based on Qur’an, Sunna, and the derivations of ahkam (rulings) from the relevant dala’il (proof-texts), can only be a blind-follower of his own ignorant and stubborn opinion. “They will pass through the religion the way the arrow passes clean through its quarry” (Bukhari and Muslim). Allah knows best, and Allah guides whomever He will*