Al-Mawlid… Celebrating the Prophet’s Birth…
An Islamic innovation that complies with Qur’an and Sunnah
800 Million Muslims Celebrate the Birth of Prophet Muhammad and they are 100% righteous.
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The annual Celebrations of the Prophet's birth (Mawlid un-Nabiyy) is among the great innovations of guidance.
This event is commemorated by Muslims all over the world who join together for such rewardable deeds as reciting from the Qur'an, chanting Islamic praises, telling the story of the Prophet's birth, teaching Religious Knowledge, slaughtering animals to feed to the poor, and gathering to thank and praise Allah and ask Him to exalt the honor of Prophet Muhammad, sallallahu^alayhi wa sallam.
The honorable, knowledgeable, and righteous ruler: al-Mudhaffar, the King of Irbil, initiated this practice about 900 years ago, and he was praised by Muslim scholars of Islam--among them the Egyptian hafidhs: Ibn Hajar al-^Asqalaniyy and Jalal ud-Din as-Suyutiyy. The famous scholar of hadith, Abul-Khattab Ibn Dihyah, wrote a book for the king especially to be read during the mawlid celebration, and there are no great Muslim scholars who dispraised this innovated celebration.
The basis for commemorating honorable events repeatedly every year is evidenced in the Sunnah of the Prophet. As related by al-Bukhariyy, when the Prophet emigrated to al-Madinah he found the Jews fasting, so he asked them why they fasted on the 10th of Muharram (Muharram is the first month of the Islamic calendar). They told the Prophet they do so to commemorate the day Allah saved Prophet Moses (Musa) and the Tribes of Israel (Isra'il) from the tyranny of the Pharaoh. It was revealed to the Prophet what the Jews said was true, so Prophet Muhammad told them: "We are more deserving of Moses (Musa) than you." He said this because Prophet Moses (Musa) was Muslim. Prophet Muhammad ordered the Muslims to fast the 9th and 10th of Muharram, and this Sunnah is still practiced today.
So, Milad-un-Nabiy is a great deed.
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To celebrate the birth of the Prophet by doing rewardable deeds-- that can be done on any day of the year--is considered an innovated practice because this was not done at the time of the Prophet. Although this innovation was praised by the Muslim scholars of Islam, some people consider any innovation an innovation of misguidance.
Those who consider any innovation an innovation of misguidance have been misled, because there are two sahih hadiths which support celebrating such an event. Imam Muslim related, through the route of Jarir Ibn ^Abdullah, the Prophet said:
«من سنَّ في الإسلام سنة حسنة فله أجرها وأجر من عمل بها إلى يوم القيامة، لا ينقص من أجورهم شىء ومن سنَّ فِى الإسلام سنة سيئة فعليه وزرها ووزر من عمل بها إلى يوم القيامة لا ينقص من أوزارهم شىء»
This hadith of the Prophet means:
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So, there are two types of innovations mentioned in this hadith:
- The innovations of guidance and
- The innovations of misguidance.
We shal explain more incidents insha'Allah that prove what we say.
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Re: Milad-un-Nabiy - Yes, we can celebrate the birth of the Prophet!
i can understand people love the prophet(saw) no problem but this milad ud nabi is a joke people organising this event are just copying the xstians who celebrate christmas day when supposedly isa/ jesus (pbuh) was born.
There is no evidence or action by even the sahabah who did such thing as this so why peopel doing this i have no clue time wasting really.
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^ I also have doubts and reservations
u very true
Re: Milad-un-Nabiy - Yes, we can celebrate the birth of the Prophet!
Why dont you try reading what was written:
Those who consider any innovation an innovation of misguidance have been misled, because there are two sahih hadiths which support celebrating such an event. Imam Muslim related, through the route of Jarir Ibn ^Abdullah, the Prophet said:
«من سنَّ في الإسلام سنة حسنة فله أجرها وأجر من عمل بها إلى يوم القيامة، لا ينقص من أجورهم شىء ومن سنَّ فِى الإسلام سنة سيئة فعليه وزرها ووزر من عمل بها إلى يوم القيامة لا ينقص من أوزارهم شىء»
This hadith of the Prophet means:
<<The one who innovates a good innovation in Islam has its reward and a reward similar to those who follow him in it–until the Day of Judgment–without lessening their reward. The one who innovates an innovation of misguidance would be sinful for it and has sins similar to those who follow him in it–until the Day of Judgment–without lessening their sins.>>
So, there are two types of innovations mentioned in this hadith:
- The innovations of guidance and
- The innovations of misguidance.
Yet ak 47 has problems understanding such basic issues? Either you wish to remain ignorant or simply cannot comprehend common english.
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Ahmed G, this is good, very good…keep it up:)
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from where did u get that no scholar has denounced this practice????
it remains a bid'ah and the celebrations in general constitute of a lot of shirk and other bid'aat that have no mention in Quran and Sunnah....
and to top it all, the date is not historically verified to be the accurate date....
its just a bid'ah and a show of hypocrisy by ppl who claim to love him and yet will not follow him....
if one does not celebate it, he has not sinned....
but if one is involved, chances r that he might be doing wrong and adding to his bad deeds....
so the safer option is always to stay away from such innovations....
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Innovation means that coming up with some thing new and creative.
**1> Who will decide that this innovation is of guidance and not of misguidence ?
2> If innovations are legal as you are trying to say, how will u defend the Ayat from Quran in which Allah :swt: has said that today the deen has been completed and islam has chosen as deen.
**Since rabeulawwal is round the corner we will see more of such stuff.
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How do you explain compilation of Quran in the period of Hazrat Abu Bakr and Hazrat Usman? When it was decided to compile revealed ayath, the Sahibee who was accorded this responsibility said that the Prophet never asked us or to do such a thing, answer given to him to him was that it is for the better. Now this is Hazrat Abu Bakr and Hazrat Umer who were the first people to do Ijtihad andintroduce a new practice which was not their in the Holy Prophet time. There are other examples also, but those who have read Islamic history and are aware how the current form of Quran came into existence are fully aware of the decisions taken by the Muslims of that time and how ‘new’ ideas were permissable.
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Tera khawaa'n may teray geet Gawaa'n Ya Rasool Allah (SalAllah'o Alaiwasalam)
Tera Milaad may kyoon na Manawaa'n Ya Habib Allah (SalAllah'o Alaiwasalam)
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the Quran was written down and available as a book durng the Prophet's (saw) time himself....
Re: Milad-un-Nabiy - Yes, we can celebrate the birth of the Prophet!
What you have just said can be construed as a state of absolute ignorance or an ugly attempt to misrepresent widely accpeted historical facts. Whatever the reason, you have no idea…better you go and educate yourslef before you attribute (Bidaa) things to the Holy Prophet…
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Err, no we can't.
Re: Milad-un-Nabiy - Yes, we can celebrate the birth of the Prophet!
since u r a guru of farts, i’d not take ur comments seriously…
lekin woh urdu me kia kehtay hain keh “ulta chor kotwaal ko daantay”…
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**During the life of the Prophet (saas) (570-632 CE) **
- The Prophet (saas) used to recite the Qur’an before angel Jibreel (Gabriel) once every Ramadan, but he recited it twice (in the same order we have today) in the last Ramadan before his death. Jibreel also taught the Prophet (saas) the seven modes of recitation.
- Each verse received was recited by the Prophet, and its location relative to other verses and surahs was identified by him.
- The verses were written by scribes, selected by the Prophet, on any suitable object - the leaves of trees, pieces of wood, parchment or leather, flat stones, and shoulder blades. Scribes included Ali Ibn Abi Talib, Mu’awiyah Ibn Abi Sufyan, Ubey Ibn Ka’ab, Zayed Ibn Thabit.
so gathering the pieces together was a bid’ah???
its just like saying that the repair works done at masjid-al-haraam and masjid-al-nabawi r bid’ah…
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its all bidah....did any shahaba celebrate it?...no 1 did it.. how came after 1300 years,raza khan invented this bidah which has divided muslims into groups on such a matter which was wrong...and barelvis ulamas smashed all those who dont celebrate this bidah..and i personally came a lecture of "mufti"(lol) naeemi of darul uloom naeemia saying "jo banda milad nahi karta woh jannat mein ja hi nahi sakta"....y we need to do such things just on 12 date..why not on week???..now women and males sit together...wiomen r reading naats on mikes.....too much extra expense is done on such bidahs..roads r block...people cannot beac of mikes...only 15 people r setting but volume is for whole pakistan....
barelvis need to correct themselves
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Allah sent down his Divine Inspiration to His Apostle (saw) continuously and abundantly during the period preceding his death till He took him unto Him. That was the period of the greatest part of revelation, and Allah’s Apostle (saw) died after that. (Sahih al-Bukhari, Vol.6, p.474).
It is expressly stated by one of the major Muslim scholars of the quran QurŸan in Islamic history that the text had been completely written down and carefully preserved but that it had not been assembled into a single location during the lifetime of the Prophet (As-Suyuti, Al-Itqan fii `Ulum quran al-QurŸan, p.96). Once the primary recipient of the quran QurŸan had passed away, however, it was only logical that a collection should be made of the whole quran QurŸan into a single text. The traditions of Islam state that four men knew the quran QurŸan during Muhammad’s lifetime in its entirety, one of whom was Zaid ibn Thabit (Sahih al-Bukhari, Vol.5, p.97). He was soon called upon to compile a written codex of the text.
Shortly after the Prophet’s death a number of tribes recently converted to Islam in the Arabian Peninsula reverted to Arabian paganism and revolted against Muslim rule. Muhammad’s successor Abu Bakr sent an army to subdue them and in the subsequent Battle of Yamama a number of the companions who knew the quran QurŸan directly from their Prophet were killed. Others with a similar knowledge also passed away and with them their own readings of the text:
Many of the companions of the Prophet of Allah (saw) had their own readings of the quran QurŸan, but they died and their readings disappeared soon afterwards.
(Ibn Abi Dawud, Kitab al-Masahif, p.83)
Abu Bakr realised that there was a danger that the quran QurŸan might be lost if any more of its best-known reciters passed away. He told Zaid that he was a young man above suspicion who had been known to write down portions of the quran QurŸan and he accordingly commissioned him to search for its portions and collect it into a single codex. Zaid was initially taken back at the idea and later recorded what followed:
By Allah! If they had ordered me to shift one of the mountains, it would not have been heavier for me than this ordering me to collect the quran QurŸan. Then I said to Abu Bakr, “How will you do something which Allah’s Apostle (saw) did not do?” Abu Bakr replied “By Allah, it is a good project”. (Sahih al-Bukhari, Vol.6, p.477).
Zaid eventually approved after Abu Bakr and `Umar had pressed the urgency of the task upon him and set about collecting the quran QurŸan. It was to be a unique undertaking as the contents of the book were spread widely among the companions and were recorded on various materials. His hesitancy at first shows that the project would not be easy. He did not believe that either he or any of the other companions who knew the text well could be relied on simply to write it out from memory. Instead he proceeded to make a thorough search for the text from a variety of sources and he recorded his investigation in these words:
So I started looking for the quran QurŸan and collected it from (what was written on) palm-leaf stalks, thin white stones, and also from men who knew it by heart, till I found the last verse of Surat at-Tauba (repentance) with Abi Khuzaima al-Ansari, and I did not find it with anybody other than him.(Sahih al-Bukhari, Vol.6, p.478).
Sourced.
Basic principle of doing something which may seem unusual yet has the desired results. Celebrating birth of our Prophet cannot be Bidaa because it reminds people of their beloved prophet, when they can recite poems in his honor and offer prayers and distribute alms to the needy. All in the spirit of Islam…
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“the Quran was written down and available as a book durng the Prophet’s (saw) time himself”
Would you like to change your view? Either it was, or was’nt? By the way you can call Roses by any name but they always smell the same…true and beautiful.