Fasting on Eid Milad-un-Nabi

ZareenKhan · February 4, 2012, 5:33pm

Is it allowed? recommended?

I am getting all mixed things online

What does Quran say about how we should be celebrating and honouring this auspicious day?

STA · February 4, 2012, 5:36pm

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No, you dont need to celebrate 12th rabiul-awwal.

Allah will not going to ask you about birthday celebration but the teaching of Prophet Muhammad(saw)/sunnah/fard/etc.

ZareenKhan · February 4, 2012, 5:44pm

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^ We may not need to but what if we want to?! Anyways, i am reading on the net that yes we can fast and infact Prophet (p.b.u.h) use to do the same on his b-day!

KKF · February 4, 2012, 5:49pm

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only on Eid, fasting is Haraam...the rest of the days are OPEN for fasting.

waleedhbk · February 4, 2012, 5:57pm

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Fasting on Eid is not allowed as far as I Know

ZareenKhan · February 4, 2012, 6:17pm

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Yah but i have been reading on net how this Eid is only called eid in linguistic terms and its not Islamically a eid hence…

waleedhbk · February 4, 2012, 6:27pm

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We Celebrate Three Eids Per Year

Eid Ul Fitr
Eid Ul Azha
Eid Milad Un Nabi!

ashykh · February 4, 2012, 8:09pm

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ummm eid milad un nabi isnt any EID!!!
where in the quran or hadeeth it says there are three eids???

ashykh · February 4, 2012, 8:09pm

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smooth_guy · February 4, 2012, 9:35pm

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The word Eid (happiness) is used for this day out of respect. Its not a prescribed day of Eid from Allah SWT.

Anas reports: "When the Prophet came to Madinah they had two days of sport and amusement. The Prophet said: "Allah, the Exalted, has exchanged these days for two days better than them: the day of breaking the fast (Eid ul Fitr) and the day of sacrifice (Eid ul Adhha)." This is related by an-Nasa'i and Ibn Hibban with a sahih chain.

Perseveranze · February 4, 2012, 10:11pm

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Asalaamu Alaikum,

Please read this -

**First claim: “The celebration of Al-Mawlid is a way of expressing joy, which is something beneficial. It would benefit anybody who celebrates it, as it even benefits Abu Lahab (a disbelieving uncle of the Prophet :saw2: due to the narration which states that a person saw Abu Lahab in his dream and asked him about his predicament. He (Abu Lahab) replied that his punishment in hell is reduced every Monday due to his rejoicing at the news of the birth of the Prophet :saw2: and also because he bought the freedom of the slave who brought him the good news.”

**Refutation: **This narrationhas an unconnected chain of narrators which renders it inauthentic; therefore, it cannot be used as evidence in an argument. Even if we were to assume, for the sake of argument, that it is not a weak narration, it is still rejected for many other reasons:

· It was only a dream and dreams are never used as a basis to judge anything, let alone be used to establish a form of worship based on them.
· This contradicts the Quran.Allaah Says (what means):* **{And we will approach * what they * have done of deeds and make them as dust dispersed.} **[Quran 25: 23]. *Therefore, nobody will get any reward for their deeds unless they intend to get closer to Allaah by doing so, and a disbeliever will never attempt to do anything to get closer to Allaah as he does not believe in Him in the first place.

· History proves that this story was incorrect, and that Abu Lahab did not free any slave at that time. In fact, the slave in question was freed after the migration of the Prophet, *:saw2: * as mentioned in the books of Ibn 'Abdul Barr and Ibn Al-Jawzi,

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Refuting false claims regarding Al-Mawlid- I**

Zhenghe · February 4, 2012, 10:14pm

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milad un nabi seems like pakistani thing copying the christians with their christmas day.

No sahabah even did such a thing like milad un nabi or even there is no such evidence for milad un nabi.

But my pakistani friends seem to be making this big issue when it can be considered innovation (bidah)

Perseveranze · February 4, 2012, 10:14pm

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Also check this out -

**Second claim: “The Prophet himself glorified his birthday, due to his reply when asked why he fasted on Mondays: “I was born on this day and started receiving the revelation on it.” [Muslim]. Therefore, he glorified his birthday by fasting on it, and this is a form of celebration.”

Refutation: This doubt can be refuted from three different angles:

· The Prophet, * never regularly fasted on the twelfth of Rabee’ Al-Awwal, which is the date that some claim is his birthday, rather, he fasted every Monday, and there are four Mondays in every month. Therefore, celebrating the twelfth of Rabee’ Al-Awwal* and designating certain acts of worship for it must be considered as an attempt to correct what is thought to be wrong or less than perfect on the part of the Prophet, .
· The Prophet, * * did not only fast on Mondays, but in addition, he would also fast on Thursdays, as he said: *"The records of deeds are raised (to Allaah) every Monday and Thursday, therefore, I like to be fasting at this time.” *[Tirmithi]. Moreover, the Prophet, * * did not say that the reason for fasting on a Monday were due to his birth only, but also because of the fact that the records of everybody’s deeds are raised to Allaah on these days. Therefore, celebrating Al-Mawlid with the excuse that the Prophet, * * used to fast on a Monday is a misunderstanding and a gross exaggeration of the facts.
· The Prophet, * * did not add any form of celebration to his fasting, as those who celebrate Al-Mawlid do. If people intend to express their gratitude to Allaah by observing *Al-Mawlid *and they justify it with the excuse that he used to fast on Mondays, then common sense dictates that they must completely imitate the Prophet, * * in the way that he expressed gratitude to Allaah. Many people who celebrate Al-Mawlid do not fast regularly on Mondays and Thursdays as they deem it to be exhausting. On the contrary, they actually prepare and eat more food than usual as part of their celebration.

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ashykh · February 4, 2012, 10:27pm

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i totally agree! tis is just a pakistani thing because pakistanis are so ignorant!
its pure bidah
may Allah guide us all, inshAllah

UmmAbdullaah · February 5, 2012, 1:09pm

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same arguments every year.
I pray all people read the history of exact date of prophets birth & realize that they are making celebration on his death-day.

Clear proofs that none of the sahabah & the best three generations celebrated his birth-day, but this bid’ah has become wide spread.

may Allah guide us all to what is truth & to what He is pleased with.

(read the book about his exact birth-day & refutations)
Rulings on Celebrating birthday of the Prophet](Rulings on Celebrating birthday of the Prophet | TowardsHuda)
many fataawaa & questions are also included here.

lethal_kamikaze · February 5, 2012, 6:05pm

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Peace ZareenKhan,

The Qur’an and Hadith say ‘Nothing’ about celebrating and honouring. If you fast on this day, ur fast will be as a ‘Nafli fast (Nafli Roza)’ same as u fast in any other day. Moreover there is no recommendation.

ZareenKhan · February 6, 2012, 5:41pm

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:k: Thanks! This is precisely what i was looking for :).

aqeel123 · February 9, 2012, 7:41pm

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TLK · February 9, 2012, 7:43pm

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Lol, are you serious?

ninja_hattori · February 9, 2012, 7:45pm

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^she is talking about fasting on mondays