Re: Milad-un-Nabiy - Yes, we can celebrate the birth of the Prophet!
ahmed the sahabah did not do it, the sunnah had no eveidence for it the quran has no evidence for it so why do it!
The people who participate in such activities may be good-hearted and sincere Muslims but they fail to understand that Islam defined for us how to show our love for the Prophet , and imitating the traditions of the kuffar is not one of them.
Instead, if we really love Allah and His Messenger, we have to obey them in every aspect of our life with full conviction in the Islamic aqeedah. The Sahabah (raa) are the best generation of Muslims and the closest to the Sunnah of the Prophet , yet because of their clear understanding of Islam and Message, they never held any event remotely resembling a celebration of the birth, life, or death of Muhammad .
We should ask ourselves why is it that they never did something like this yet we continue to perform this action thinking that it is a part of Islam and a duty on us?
Is it that the Sahabah didn’t love the Prophet , or were ignorant about the importance of such an event, or is that we are so defeated in our mentality that if the Christians celebrate the so called birthday of Isa (as) then we Muslims can better that by celebrating the birthday of Muhammad . This is a great insult to Islam and to Muhammad if we try to practice our deen in the footsteps of those whom Allah has called the ‘Dal-leen’, those who are completely lost. Rather, we should look to the Quran and Sunnah and understand the duties that Allah has placed upon us and then fulfill them in the way Muhammad taught us. This is the true love for Allah and his Messenger and it is what will carry weight on the Day of Judgment.