Re: Yes, we can celebrate Milad, the birth of the Prophet!
i dont know why they argue so much over it being right to celebrate when the date of his birth is not even certain....
Re: Permissability of mawlid by the Deoband Ulema within the laws of Shari'ah >>>>
I pity those who have never participated in a milad.
Re: Permissability of mawlid by the Deoband Ulema within the laws of Shari'ah >>>>
^ Please provide evidence from Quran and Sunnah that it was practiced by Prophet Muhammad (SAW) and the sahaba. It'd be much appreciated.
Re: Yes, we can celebrate Milad, the birth of the Prophet!
Honestly, Answer my Question.
Abu Bakr r.a., Umar r.a., Uthman r.a., Ali r.a., Did any of them celebrate milad?
No?
Ok :) then relax, and worry about other problems that are much more important to address.
Jazakallah.
Allah knows best.
Salam.
Re: Yes, we can celebrate Milad, the birth of the Prophet!
Itsme: When brother Ahmad says that arabs do celebrate, trust him on that one. Yes they do. And I can vouch for this brother, as I know him very well.
And no u needen be asking no one else, cuz he’s one himself 
Jazak ullah khairun!
btw Cresy (nice avatar? Lord of the rings… inspired?), one thing I can’t understand. If we’re doing something which has no harm, rather it promotes further good, all done is in good spirit. What is the problem with that? We’d rather spend time hating each other, but any minute we take out of our life to cherrish our Prophet PBUH with, or help those in need around, is oh so utterly wrong???
Okay I’m going to run out far away from this forum before I get a serious fight started. Layter gators!
Peace,
DB
Re: Yes, we can celebrate Milad, the birth of the Prophet!
Any activity that borders on shirk is not "harmless" no matter how much good spirit is involved.
Such faltoo time can be spent in much better ways.
Re: Yes, we can celebrate Milad, the birth of the Prophet!
btw Cresy (nice avatar? Lord of the rings... inspired?), one thing I can't understand. DB
Trigun..the anime.
skhan: exactly.
Re: Yes, we can celebrate Milad, the birth of the Prophet!
So how come companions(ra) of prohpet (s) didnt:
recite quran
chant
had guest apperances
provided refreshments
shared the joy
I really couldnt believe my eyes that you used Saddam Hussayn as an example of what Muslims do and what they dont. There are thousands of things i can put here but just to keep things light: Saddam didnt had beard, porphet Muhammad (s) did. Now whome should we follow?
brother, if the enitre world would celebrate the occasion and prophet Muhammad(s) didnt and his companions(ra) didnt, I wont do it. I follow the Prophet (s) not the entire world. Whome do you follow btw?
I’d just advice you to read islamic fiq before commentiong on what was added and what wasnt added. Besides I’m sure you’ve copy pated this arguement. Try to find out how Omar(ra) added the second Azan and why. Then look compare if how celbration of Milad started and why? And share with us what you find out.
so basically it was Ibn Taymiha who started the ‘misguided innovations’? well that sure was deep knowledge sharing here brother. Tell you what, the catagories of the biddah that you make like the ‘dangerious’ bidah and the ‘misguided bida’ and the ‘good bidah’ and ‘not good bida’ just tell me how did these divisions were made. I mean prophet (s) must have made these divisions, or is that he said (esstimated meaning) ‘all’ the bidaas are misguidance.
AstaghfirAllah Did your scholars later found that prophet (s) was didnt know about the catagories of bidaah or s’th. Please do share these divisions of bidahs were made when Muhammad(s), didnt make any such divisons.
Find the orignal name of Imam Shafi, then I’ll share one of his fatwa with you. But only if you say that you ‘believe’ e’th he said and did. You see brother if you accept one fatwa from shafi and dont accept the other from him then there is not point reffering to what he said is it?
And btw, please quote the refference of the book in which you found the above quoted material assosiated with shafi
Christan didnt worshipped Issa(a). Your schoalr is mistaken about it. It was only after the segregations of the religion when they started worshiping Issa(a). Besides we dont need a perticular day to praise Muhmmmad(s). And we are so concerned about happiness which we got after having him our prophet then why dont we ‘just’ do what he did and his companions(ra) did?
Please do try to answer the questions asked. Hopefully it’ll be a great learning xp for all of us. inshaAllah
Re: Yes, we can celebrate Milad, the birth of the Prophet!
Personally I dont see anything wrong with celebrating the birth of the Holy Propher, PBUH.
Infact we do it every year, we thank Allah for giving us such a prophet, I guide to all of us, a light for all of us.
There is nothing wrong with it.
Re: Yes, we can celebrate Milad, the birth of the Prophet!
Haha, DITTO!
Wasn’t 12 Rabi ul awwal the same date that prophet SAW died on? Give me a good reason why we should celebrate anything at all other than the two Eids? These are the only occasions we are told to celebrate. Other than that, we can “celebrate” or in other words be happy about any happy moment in our lives but celebrating someone’s birth day or death day just doesn’t make enough sense. All you can do is make nafal prayers and read quran for the dead. That is all what the dead people need, Quran and prayers, NOT barsiyan and matam.
Re: Yes, we can celebrate Milad, the birth of the Prophet!
well i don't and not even my family.. i haven't seen any afghans celebrating it.. but we do khatam -ul-Quran and give khairats :)
Re: Yes, we can celebrate Milad, the birth of the Prophet!
Wasn't 12 Rabi ul awwal the same date that prophet SAW died on? Give me a good reason why we should celebrate anything at all other than the two Eids? These are the only occasions we are told to celebrate. Other than that, we can "celebrate" or in other words be happy about any happy moment in our lives but celebrating someone's birth day or death day just doesn't make enough sense. All you can do is make nafal prayers and read quran for the dead. That is all what the dead people need, Quran and prayers, NOT barsiyan and matam.
hey salam! how are you !
where you been!
Re: Yes, we can celebrate Milad, the birth of the Prophet!
NO, NO, NO and NO...enough said.
Re: Yes, we can celebrate Milad, the birth of the Prophet!
^ itns ghussa kyoon??? 
Re: Yes, we can celebrate Milad, the birth of the Prophet!
everything else you said is correct except the last part. Prophet pbuh and Hazrat Imam don’t need our prayers or Quran (the way other dead people need). One is Saafae-mehshar and the latter is sayyed-ul-shabaab-al-jannah (leader of youngsters of Jannah). Although, we are taught to read Durood-Sharief for Prophet Mohammad and Ibrahim and their descedents. It covers everyting, prayers etc. Carefull use of words and an humble tone while talking about Allah and Prophets is a MUST. Jews didn’t care and are called **booted ones **instead of chosen ones.
Re: Yes, we can celebrate Milad, the birth of the Prophet!
If Mawlid un-Nabi is not practiced by Arabs, then why did the Fatwa Department of Dubai write a Fatwa IN FAVOUR of the Celebration of Mawlid un-Nabi, based on classical works of Ahl-e-Sunnah Scholars of the past?
Here is a link to the fatwa, and below are some exerpts from it:
http://sunnipath.com/Resources/Questions/QA00000507.aspx
We find nowadays publications filled with lies and deception which mislead many Muslims into thinking negatively about the honorable Mawlid of the Prophet. These publications claim that to celebrate the Mawlid is an act of innovation that goes against Islam. This is far from the truth, and it is therefore necessary for those who can speak clearly to help clarify and reverse the doubts surrounding this most blessed day. It is with this humble intention that I present the following proofs in support of celebrating our beloved Prophet’s birthday.
The Prophet said, “He who innovates something in this matter of ours that is not of it will have it rejected.” He also said, “Beware of innovations, for every innovation (kul bida`) is misguidance.”
Those opposed to Mawlid cite this saying and hold that the word every (kul) is a term of generalization, including all types of innovations, with no exception, and that therefore, celebrating Mawlid is misguidance. By daring to say that, they accuse the scholars of Islam of innovation. At the top of the list of those they have accused, then, is our Master `Umar (r). Those in opposition to Mawlid quickly reply to this, “But we did not mean the Companions of the Prophet Muhammad.”
It follows, then, that the meaning of every (kul) cannot be taken in its general sense. Therefore, although the Prophet may not have said to celebrate his blessed birthday, it is nonetheless not innovation to do so. For, as the following examples show, there were many actions and practices instituted by his close followers after his time that are not deemed innovation.
Compiling the Qu’ran.
(From a Prophetic saying related by Zaid Ibn Thabit.(r)) "The Prophet died and the Qu’ran had not been compiled anywhere. Umar (r) suggested to Abu Bakr (r) to compile the Qu'ran in one book. When a large number of Companions were killed in the battle of Yamama, Abu Bakr wondered, "How could we do something that the Prophet did not do?' Umar said, “By Allah, it is good.’ Umar persisted in asking Abu Bakr until Allah expanded his chest for it (Allah made him agree and accept these suggestions) and he sent for Zaid Ibn Thabit and assigned him to compile the Qu'ran." Zaid said, "By Allah if they had asked me to move a mountain, it would not have been more difficult than to compile the Qur'an." He also said, "How could you do something that the Prophet did not do?" Abu Bakr said, "It is good, and Umar kept coming back to me until Allah expanded my chest for the matter.” The saying is narrated in Sahih Al Bukhari.
The Maqam of Ibrahim (as) in relation to the Ka’ba.
(Al Bayhaqi narrated with a strong chain of narrators from Aisha.) “The Maqam during the time of the Prophet and Abu Bakr was attached to the House, then Umar moved it back." Al Hafiz Ibn Hajar said in Al Fath, "The Companions did not oppose Umar, neither did those who came after them, thus it became unanimous agreement.” He was the first to build the enclosure (maqsura) on it, which still exists today.
Adding the first call to prayer on Friday.
(From Sahih Al Bukhari, from Al Sa’ib bin Yazid.) “During the time of the Prophet (s), Abu Bakr (r) and `Umar (r), the call to Friday prayer used to occur when the Imam sat on the pulpit. When it was Othman’s (r) time, he added the third call (considered third in relation to the first adhan and the iqama. But it is named first because it proceeds the call to the Friday prayer.)”
Salutations on the Prophet composed and taught by our Master Ali (r). The salutations have been mentioned by Sa'id bin Mansoor and Ibn Jareer in Tahzeeb al Aathar, and by Ibn Abi Assim and Ya'qoob bin Shaiba in Akhbar Ali and by Al Tabarani and others from Salamah Al Kindi.
The addition to the tashahhud by Ibn Mas’ud.
After “wa rahmatullahi wa barakatu,” and the Mercy of Allah and Blessings, he used to say*, “assalamu `alayna min Rabbina,*” peace upon us from our Lord. Narrated by Al Tabarani in Al Kabir, and the narrators are those of the sound transmitters, as it has been mentioned in Majma’ Al Zawa’id.
The addition to the tashahhud by Abdullah Ibn Umar. He added the *basmalah* at the beginning of the *tashahhud*. He also added to *the talbia, "labbaika wa sa'daika wal khayru bi yadayka wal raghba'u ilayika wal amalu*" This is mentioned in Bukhari, Muslim, et al.
These are some of the developments instituted by the Prophet’s Companions, the scholars, and the honorable members of his nation, which did not exist during the time of the Prophet, and which they deemed good. Are they, then, misguided and guilty of bad innovation?
Re: Permissability of mawlid by the Deoband Ulema within the laws of Shari'ah >>>>
Sister, if you are against a practice which is not found in the Qur'an and Sunnah that was not practiced by Rasul-Allah (saws) nor by his companions, then I suggest that you STOP performing the following acts as well, because then according to your way of thinking, the following acts are also bid'a and impermissible to perform because these acts were not performed by the prophet:
Congregating people behind one Imam to pray Salat al Tahajjud after Salat Al Tarawih, in the two Holy Mosques and other mosque
Reciting the Prayer of Completion of the Qu'ran in Salat al Tarawih and also in Salat al Tahajjud
Designating the 27th night of Ramadan to complete reading the entire Qu'ran in the two Holy Mosques.
A caller saying, after Salat al Tarawih, in the Qiyam prayer, "May Allah reward you."
Founding organizations which did not exist in the time of the Prophet, such as Islamic universities, societies for committing the Qu'ran to memory, and offices for missionary work, and committees for enjoining good and forbidding evil. We are not objecting to these things, since they are forms of good innovation. We merely list these innovations to point out that those who oppose Mawlid clearly contradict their own rule stating that anything that neither the Prophet nor his Companions did is innovation. And since they claim that all innovation is bad, they themselves are guilty.
Also the complete Fatwa by Dr. Isa al-Mani from the Fatwa Department of Dubai, quoting references from all the most well known classical Ahlus Sunnah wa'l Jam'aah Ulema of the past, IN FAVOUR of the celebration of Mawlid un-Nabi. Please read it all through before passing judgements so that everyone may see with their own eyes the lies and deceptions that some people bring forward in their objection to the celebration of Mawlid un-Nabi. Jazak-Allah Khairun wa barak-Allah min feek.
*Bismillah ir-Rahman ir-Rahim
- **Should we celebrate Mawlid (The Prophet's (s) birthday)?
** Dr. Isa al-Mani al-Humayri, Department of Awqaaf, Dubai
Office of Religious Endowments and Islamic Affairs, Dubai
Administration of* Ifta'*and Research
We find nowadays publications filled with lies and deception which mislead many Muslims into thinking negatively about the honorable Mawlid of the Prophet. These publications claim that to celebrate the Mawlid is an act of innovation that goes against Islam. This is far from the truth, and it is therefore necessary for those who can speak clearly to help clarify and reverse the doubts surrounding this most blessed day. It is with this humble intention that I present the following proofs in support of celebrating our beloved Prophet's birthday.
The Prophet said, "He who innovates something in this matter of ours that is not of it will have it rejected." He also said, "Beware of innovations, for every innovation (kul bida`) is misguidance."
Those opposed to Mawlid cite this saying and hold that the word every (kul) is a term of generalization, including all types of innovations, with no exception, and that therefore, celebrating Mawlid is misguidance. By daring to say that, they accuse the scholars of Islam of innovation. At the top of the list of those they have accused, then, is our Master `Umar (r). Those in opposition to Mawlid quickly reply to this, "But we did not mean the Companions of the Prophet Muhammad."
It follows, then, that the meaning of every (kul) cannot be taken in its general sense. Therefore, although the Prophet may not have said to celebrate his blessed birthday, it is nonetheless not innovation to do so. For, as the following examples show, there were many actions and practices instituted by his close followers after his time that are not deemed innovation.
Compiling the Qu'ran.
(From a Prophetic saying related by Zaid Ibn Thabit.(r)) "The Prophet died and the Qu'ran had not been compiled anywhere. Umar (r) suggested to Abu Bakr (r) to compile the Qu'ran in one book. When a large number of Companions were killed in the battle of Yamama, Abu Bakr wondered, "How could we do something that the Prophet did not do?'Umar said, "By Allah, it is good.' Umar persisted in asking Abu Bakr until Allah expanded his chest for it (Allah made him agree and accept these suggestions) and he sent for Zaid Ibn Thabit and assigned him to compile the Qu'ran." Zaid said, "By Allah if they had asked me to move a mountain, it would not have been more difficult than to compile the Qur'an." He also said, "How could you do something that the Prophet did not do?" Abu Bakr said, "It is good, andUmar kept coming back to me until Allah expanded my chest for the matter." The saying is narrated in Sahih Al Bukhari.
The Maqam of Ibrahim (as) in relation to the Ka'ba.
(Al Bayhaqi narrated with a strong chain of narrators from Aisha.) "The Maqam during the time of the Prophet and Abu Bakr was attached to the House, then Umar moved it back." Al Hafiz Ibn Hajar said in Al Fath, "The Companions did not opposeUmar, neither did those who came after them, thus it became unanimous agreement." He was the first to build the enclosure (maqsura) on it, which still exists today.
Adding the first call to prayer on Friday.
(From Sahih Al Bukhari, from Al Sa'ib bin Yazid.) "During the time of the Prophet (s), Abu Bakr (r) and `Umar (r), the call to Friday prayer used to occur when the Imam sat on the pulpit. When it was Othman's (r) time, he added the third call (considered third in relation to the first adhan and the iqama. But it is named first because it proceeds the call to the Friday prayer.)"
Salutations on the Prophet composed and taught by our Master Ali (r). Ali and by Al Tabarani and others from Salamah Al Kindi.
The salutations have been mentioned by Sa'id bin Mansoor and Ibn Jareer in Tahzeeb al Aathar, and by Ibn Abi Assim and Ya'qoob bin Shaiba in Akhbar
The addition to the tashahhud by Ibn Mas'ud.
After "wa rahmatullahi wa barakatu," and the Mercy of Allah and Blessings, he used to say*, "assalamu `alayna min Rabbina," *peace upon us from our Lord. Narrated by Al Tabarani in Al Kabir, and the narrators are those of the sound transmitters, as it has been mentioned in Majma' Al Zawa'id.
The addition to the tashahhud by Abdullah Ibn Umar. amalu*" This is mentioned in Bukhari, Muslim, et al.
He added the *basmalah* at the beginning of the *tashahhud*. He also added to *the talbia, "labbaika wa sa'daika wal khayru bi yadayka wal raghba'u ilayika wal
These are some of the developments instituted by the Prophet's Companions, the scholars, and the honorable members of his nation, which did not exist during the time of the Prophet, and which they deemed good. Are they, then, misguided and guilty of bad innovation?
As for the claim that there is no such thing in religion as good innovation, here are some sayings of the brilliant scholars of Islam belying this claim.
Imam Nawawi said in Sahih Muslim (6-21)
"The Prophet's saying every innovation is a general-particular and it is a reference to most innovations. The linguists say, "Innovation is any act done without a previous pattern, and it is of five different kinds.'" Imam Nawawi also said in Tahzeeb al Asma' wal Sifaat, "Innovation in religious law is to originate anything which did not exist during the time of the Prophet, and it is divided into good and bad." He also said, "Al-muhdathat (pl. for muhdatha) is to originate something that has no roots in religious law. In the tradition of religious law it is called innovation, and if it has an origin within the religious law, then it is not innovation. Innovation in religious law is disagreeable, unlike in the language where everything that has been originated without a previous pattern is called innovation regardless of whether it is good or bad."
Shaykh Ibn Hajar Al Asqalani, the commentator on Al Bukhari, said,
"Anything that did not exist during the Prophet's time is called innovation, but some are good while others are not."
Abu Na'eem, narrated from Ibrahim Al Junaid, said, "I heard Ash-Shafi'i saying,
"Innovation is of two types; praiseworthy innovation and blameworthy innovation, and anything that disagrees with the Sunnah is blameworthy.'"
Imam Albayhaqi narrated in Manaqib Ash-Shafi'i that Ash-Shafi'i said,
"Innovations are of two types: that which contradicts the Qu'ran, the Sunnah, or unanimous agreement of the Muslims is a innovation of deception, while a good innovation does not contradict any of these things."
**Al `Izz bin Abdussalam **said, at the end of his book, Al Qawa'id,
"Innovation is divided into obligatory, forbidden, recommended, disagreeable and permissible, and the way to know which is which is to match it against the religious law."
Clearly we see from the opinions of these righteous scholars, that to define innovations in worship as wholly negative without exception is ignorant. For these pious knowers, among them Imam Nawawi and Ash-Shafi'i, declared that innovations could be divided into good and bad, based on their compliance or deviance with religious law.
Moreover, the following Prophetic saying is known even to common Muslims, let alone scholars: "He who inaugurates a good practice (sunnatun hasana) in Islam earns the reward of it, and of all who perform it after him, without diminishing their own rewards in the least." Therefore it is permissible for a Muslim to originate a good practice, even if the Prophet didn't do it, for the sake of doing good and cultivating the reward. The meaning of inaugurate a good practice (sanna sunnatun hasana) is to establish a practice through personal reasoning (ijtihad) and derivation (istinbat) from the rules of religious law or its general texts. The actions of the Prophet's Companions and the generation following them which we have stated above is the strongest evidence.
The ones prejudiced against celebrating the Prophet's birthday have paved the way for their falsehood by deceiving the less-learned among the Muslims. The prejudiced ones claim that Ibn Kathir writes in his Al Bidaya wal Nihaya (11-172) that the Fatimide-Obaidite state, which descends from the Jew, Obaidillah Bin Maimoon Al Kaddah, ruler of Egypt from 357-567 A.H., innovated the celebration of a number of days, among them, the celebration of the Prophet's birthday. This treacherous lie is a grave insult to the scholarship of Ibn Kathir and the scholarship of all Islam. For in truth, Ibn Kathir writes about the Prophet's birthday in Al bidaya wal nihaya [13-136] "The victorious king Abu Sa'id Kawkaburi, was one of the generous, distinguished masters, and the glorious kings; he left good impressions and used to observe the honorable Mawlid by having a great celebration. Moreover, he was chivalrous, brave, wise, a scholar, and just." Ibn Kathir continues, "And he used to spend three hundred thousand Dinars on the Mawlid." In support, Imam Al Dhahabi writes of Abu Sa'id Kawkaburi, in Siyar A'laam al nubala' [22-336] "He was humble, righteous, and loved religious learned men and scholars of Prophetic saying."
Following are some sayings of the rightly guided Imams regarding the Mawlid.
Imam Al Suyuti, from Alhawi lil fatawi, wrote a special chapter entitled "The Good Intention in Commemorating the Mawlid," at the beginning of which he said,
"There is a question being asked about commemorating the Mawlid of the Prophet in the month of Rabi' Al Awal: what is the religious legal ruling in this regard, is it good or bad? Does the one who celebrates get rewarded or not?" The answer according to me is as follows: To commemorate the Mawlid, which is basically gathering people together, reciting parts of the Qu'ran, narrating stories about the Prophet's birth and the signs that accompanied it, then serving food, and afterwards, departing, is one of the good innovations; and the one who practices it gets rewarded, because it involves venerating the status of the Prophet and expressing joy for his honorable birth.
Ibn Taymiyya said in his book Iqtida' Al Sirat Al Mustaqeem (pg. 266)
"Likewise, what some people have innovated, in competition with the Christians in celebrating the birth of Jesus, or out of love and veneration of the Prophet⦣128;榱uot; and he continues "⦣128;洨at the predecessors didn't do, even though there is a reason for it, and there is nothing against it." This is a saying of someone who set fanaticism aside and sought to please Allah and his Prophet. As far as we are concerned, we commemorate the Mawlid for no other reason but what Ibn Taymiya said, "Out of love and veneration of the Prophet." May Allah reward us according to this love and effort, and may Allah bless the one who said, "Let alone what the Christians claim about their Prophet, and you may praise Muhammad in any way you want and attribute to his essence all honors and to his status all greatness, for his merit has no limits that any expression by any speaker might reach."
In the same source previously mentioned, Al Suyuti said,
"Someone asked Ibn Hajar about commemorating the Mawlid. Ibn Hajar answered, "Basically, commemorating the Mawlid is an innovation that has not been transmitted by the righteous Muslims of the first three centuries. However, it involves good things and their opposites, therefore, whoever looks for the good and avoids the opposites then it is a good innovation.' It occurred to me (Al Suyuti) to trace it to its established origin, which has been confirmed in the two authentic books: Al Sahihain. When the Prophet arrived in Medina he found that the Jews fast the day of Aashura; when he inquired about it they said, "This is the day when Allah drowned the Pharaoh and saved Moses, therefore we fast it to show our gratitude to Allah.' From this we can conclude that thanks are being given to Allah on a specific day for sending bounty or preventing indignity or harm." Al Suyuti then commented, "What bounty is greater than the bounty of the coming of this Prophet, the Prophet of Mercy, on that day?"
"This is regarding the basis of Mawlid. As for the activities, there should be only the things that express thankfulness to Allah, such as what has been previously mentioned: reciting Qu'ran, eating food, giving charity, reciting poetry praising the Prophet or on piety which moves hearts and drives them to do good and work for the Hereafter."
These are the derivations that those opposed to Mawlid call false conclusions and invalid analogies.
Imam Mohammed bin Abu Bakr Abdullah Al Qaisi Al Dimashqi.
Jami' Al Athar fi Mawlid, Al Nabiy Al Mukhtar, Al lafz al ra'iq fi Mawlid khayr al khala'iq, and Mawlid al sadi fi Mawlid Al Hadi,
Imam Al `Iraqi.
Al Mawlid al heni fi al Mawlid al sani.
Mulla `Ali Al Qari.
Al Mawlid Al rawi fil Mawlid al Nabawi.
Imam Ibn Dahiya.
Al Tanweer fi Mawlid Al basheer Al Nadheer.
Imam Shamsu Din bin Nasir Al Dimashqi.
Mawlid al Sadi fi Mawlid Al Hadi. He is the one who said about the Prophet's estranged uncle, Abu Lahab, "This unbeliever who has been dispraised, "perish his hands" [111: 1], will stay in Hell forever. Yet, every Monday his torment is being reduced because of his joy at the birth of the Prophet." How much mercy can a servant expect who spends all his life joyous about the Prophet and dies believing in the Oneness of Allah?
Imam Shamsu Din Ibn Al Jazri.
Al Nashr fil Qira'at Al Ashr,Urf Al Ta'reef bil Mawlid al shareef.
Imam Ibn Al Jawzi **Imam Ibn Al Jawzi said about the honorable Mawlid, "It is security throughout the year, and glad tidings that all wishes and desires will be fulfilled."
**Imam Abu Shama
Imam Abu Shama (Imam Nawawi's shaykh) in his book Al ba'ith ala Inkar Al bida` wal hawadith (pg.23) said, "One of the best innovations in our time is what is being done every year on the Prophet's birthday, such as giving charity, doing good deeds, displaying ornaments, and expressing joy, for that expresses the feelings of love and veneration for him in the hearts of those who are celebrating, and also, shows thankfulness to Allah for His bounty by sending His Messenger, the one who has been sent as a Mercy to the worlds."
Imam Al Shihab Al Qastalani
Imam Al Shihab Al Qastalani (Al Bukhari's commentator) in his book Al mawahib Al Ladunniya (1-148) said, "May Allah have mercy on the one who turns the nights of the month of the Prophet's birth into festivities in order to decrease the suffering of those whose hearts are filled with disease and sickness."
There are others who wrote and spoke about Mawlid, such as Imam Al Sakhawi, Imam Wajihu Din bin `Ali bin al Dayba' al Shaybani al Zubaidi, and many more, which we will not mention due to the limited space available. From these many evidences, it should be clear by now that celebrating the Mawlid is highly commendable and allowed. Surely we cannot simply shrug off as heretics the scholars and dignitaries of this nation who approved the commemoration of the Mawlid and wrote countless books on the subject. Are all these scholars, to whom the whole world is indebted for the beneficial books they have written on Prophetic sayings, jurisprudence, commentaries, and other sorts of knowledge, among the indecent who commit sins and evil? Are they, as those opposed to Mawlid claim, imitating the Christians in celebrating the birth of Jesus? Are they claiming that the Prophet did not convey to the nation what they should do? We leave answers to these questions up to you.
And yet we must continue to examine the errors which those opposed to Mawlid utter. They say "If celebrating the Mawlid is from the religion, then the Prophet would have made it clear to the nation, or would have done it in his lifetime, or it would have been done by the Companions." No one can say that the Prophet did not do it out of his humbleness, for this is speaking evil of him, so they cannot use this argument.
Furthermore, that the Prophet and his Companions did not do a certain thing does not mean they made that thing prohibited. The proof is in the Prophet's saying, "Whoever establishes, in Islam, a good practice..." cited earlier. This is the strongest evidence that gives encouragement to innovate whatever practices have foundations in religious law, even if the Prophet and his Companions did not do them. Al Shafi'i said, "Anything that has a foundation in religious law is not an innovation even if the Companions did not do it, because their refraining from doing it might have been for a certain excuse they had at the time, or they left it for something better, or perhaps not all of them knew about it." Therefore, whoever prohibits anything based on the concept that the Prophet did not do it, his claim has no proof and must be rejected.
Thus we say to the rejecters of Mawlid: based on the rule you have attempted to found, that is, that whoever does anything that the Prophet or his Companions did not do is committing innovation, it would follow that the Prophet did not complete the religion for his nation, and that the Prophet did not convey to the nation what they should do. No one says this or believes this except a heretic defecting from the religion of Allah. To the doubters of Mawlid we declare, "Based on what you say, we convict you." For you have innovated in the basics of worship a large number of things that the Prophet did not do⦣128;⦣128;Ânor did his Companions, the Generation after the Companions, or the Generation after them. For instance:
·[FONT="] Congregating people behind one Imam to pray Salat al Tahajjud after Salat Al Tarawih, in the two Holy Mosques and other mosques.
·[FONT="] Reciting the Prayer of Completion of the Qu'ran in Salat al Tarawih and also in Salat al Tahajjud.
·[FONT="] Designating the 27th night of Ramadan to complete reading the entire Qu'ran in the two Holy Mosques.
·[FONT="] A caller saying, after Salat al Tarawih, in the Qiyam prayer, "May Allah reward you."
·[FONT="] Founding organizations which did not exist in the time of the Prophet, such as Islamic universities, societies for committing the Qu'ran to memory, and offices for missionary work, and committees for enjoining good and forbidding evil. We are not objecting to these things, since they are forms of good innovation. We merely list these innovations to point out that those who oppose Mawlid clearly contradict their own rule stating that anything that neither the Prophet nor his Companions did is innovation. And since they claim that all innovation is bad, they themselves are guilty.
Yet another claim they make is to say that those who commemorate the Mawlid are mostly indecent and immoral. This is a vulgar statement and it only reflects the character of the one saying it. Are all the distinguished scholars that we have mentioned, from the point of view of those opposed to Mawlid, indecent and immoral? We won't be surprised if this is what they believe. This is a most serious slander. We say, as the poet said, "When Allah wants to spread a virtue that has been hidden, He would let a tongue of an envious person know about it."
Those opposed to Mawlid, may Allah guide them, have confused some expressions, and claim that some religious scholars associate partners with Allah. Take for example the plea of Imam Al Busiery to Prophet Muhammad, "Oh, most generous of creation, I have no one to resort to, save You, when the prevailing event takes place." They must examine carefully the saying of Imam Al Busiery: inda hulul il amim, when the prevailing event takes place. What is al Amim? It means that which prevails over the whole universe, and all of creation, in referring to the Day of Judgment. Imam Al Busiery is asking intercession from the Prophet on the Day of Judgment because on that Day we will have no one to resort to, or appeal to. Imam Al Busiery seeks his intercession to Allah through the Prophet, for when all other Messengers and Prophets will be saying, "Myself, myself," the Prophet will be saying, "I am the one for it, I am for it [the Intercession]" It becomes even more clear now that the doubts of those opposed to Mawlid are unfounded, just as their charges of associating partners with Allah are unfounded. This is due to their blindness, both physical and spiritual.
Another similar example can be found in the well-known saying transmitted by the distinguished Imam Al Kamal bin Al Hammam Al Hanafi, author of Fath il Qadeer fi manasik al Farisi, and Sharh al Mukhtar min al sada al ahnaf. When Imam Abu Hanifa visited Medina, he stood in front of the honorable grave of the Prophet and said, "O, most honorable of the Two Weighty Ones (humankind and jinn)! O, treasure of mankind, shower your generosity upon me and please me with your pleasure. I am aspiring for your generosity, and there is no one for Abu Hanifa in the world but you." Again, we must not misinterpret this entreaty, but realize its true meaning.
Yet another misconception those opposed to Mawlid hold can be seen in their statements such as these: "What occurs during Mawlid is mixing between men and women, singing and playing musical instruments, and drinking alcohol." I myself know this to be a lie, for I have attended many Mawlids and have not seen any mixing, and never heard any musical instruments. And as for drunkenness, yes, I have seen it, but not that of worldly people. We found people intoxicated with the love of the Prophet, a state surpassing even the agony of death, which we know overcame our master Bilal at the time of his death. In the midst of this sweet stupor he was saying, "Tomorrow I shall meet the loved ones, Muhammad and his Companions."
To continue, those opposed to Mawlid say, "The day of the Prophet's birth is the same day of the week as his death. Therefore, joy on this day is no more appropriate than sorrow, and if religion is according to one's opinion, then this day should be a day of mourning and sorrow." This kind of lame eloquence, is answered by the Imam Jalal al Din al Suyuti, in Al hawi lil fatawi (pg.193), "The Prophet's birth is the greatest bounty, and his death is the greatest calamity. Religious law urges us to express thankfulness for bounties, and be patient and remain calm during calamities. Religious law has commanded us to sacrifice an animal on the birth of a child [and distribute the meat to the needy], which is an expression of gratitude and happiness with the newborn, while it did not command us to sacrifice at the time of death. Also, it prohibited wailing and showing grief. Therefore, the rules of Divine Law indicate that it is recommended to show joy during the month of the Prophet's birth, and not to show sorrow for his death."
Furthermore, Ibn Rajab, in his book Al lata'if, dispraising the rejecters of Mawlid based on the above argument, said, "Some designated the day of Aashura as a funeral ceremony for the murder of Al Hussein. But neither Allah nor His Prophet commanded that the days of the prophets' great trials or deaths should be declared days of mourning, let alone those with lesser rank."
We conclude this article with a saying of the Prophet, which has been narrated by Abu Ya'la, from Hudhaifa and about which Ibn Kathir said, "It's chain of transmission is good." Abu Ya'la said, "The Prophet has said, "One of the things that concerns me about my nation is a man who studied the Qu'ran, and when its grace started to show on him and he had the appearance of a Muslim, he detached himself from it, and threw it behind his back, and went after his neighbor with a sword and accused him of associating partners with Allah.' I then asked, "Oh, Prophet of Allah, which one is more guilty of associating partners with Allah, the accused or the accuser?' The Prophet said, "It is the accuser.'"
Completed, with all Praises to Allah and salutations and peace be upon our master Muhammad and the family of Muhammad and his Companions.
Copyright The Muslim Magazine, 1998
Re: Yes, we can celebrate Milad, the birth of the Prophet!
bhai, why would I care about legality of celebrating Maulod, when most of the people celebrating maulod are not following sharia and are hardly pray 5 times a day. We should first stregthen our basics of Iman with the fear of Allah and love of Prophet phuh instead of reciting na'at on some Indian songs clean-shaven.
ps: I am not barelvi, devbandi, ahle-hadith or wahabi. Just a Muslim.
Re: Milad/Mawlid, celebrating the birth of the Prophet Muhammad (SAW)! (merged)
Why do you worry about someone else being clean shaven or not, I think the problem there brother lies in looking after yourself for yourself, instead of looking at the faults of others by passing judgements on them? This is not characteristic of a Muslim to do such things. Our beloved Prophet (SAW) said:
Narrated by Abu Ya'la, from Hudhaifa and about which Ibn Kathir said, "It's chain of transmission is good." Abu Ya'la said, "The Prophet has said,
"One of the things that concerns me about my nation is a man who studied the Qu'ran, and when its grace started to show on him and he had the appearance of a Muslim, he detached himself from it, and threw it behind his back, and went after his neighbor with a sword and accused him of associating partners with Allah.' I then asked, "Oh, Prophet of Allah, which one is more guilty of associating partners with Allah, the accused or the accuser?' The Prophet said, "It is the accuser.'"
Re: Milad/Mawlid, celebrating the birth of the Prophet Muhammad (SAW)! (merged)
Thank you for passing me the great hadith. The way Mahafile Milaad are held in Karachi these days, with 60% of the na’at on some new or old Indian songs, I hope Prophet pbuh will not be happy about this situation. This is happening on the name of him, who never asked to celebrate, but asked to follow his sunnah and shariya. He said not to resemble with Chrix and Jews, yet we celebrate Moulood as they do christmas. Plus we have wonderful na’at recieted in those mahafils.
‘hazaar eidein qurban tujh per ai rabiullawal’ mashallah, Allah gave us two days for celebration and we are naaudobillah overridding Allah’s gift and made of our own.
Then
‘woh khuda tou nahi par khuda se juda tou nahi’ self-explainatory. 
Prophet said not to compare him with prophets of bani-israel (he can compare himself or tell us his supremacy over others, but not us) yet we dare to ignore his teaching.
‘saare nabi tere dar ke sawali’
And do not think that people who are confronting maulood in today’s form, do not love Prophet pbuh, as much as you do. Our Iman can be completed unless we love Mohammed :saw: more than our parents, children and everything in this world.