I see people get too excited over Rabbi awal and start reading gazzillions of NAAT and also Hamds.
My question is simple: y the heck you guys do that? Is thats the only way Islam and Quran thought us to admire our Prophet (p.b.u.h)? Y can’t u just read duroodh and Quran?
I totaly don’t agree on reading naats and hamds out in public on these occasions, there are better ways …infact MUCH better ways to express your love for Allah (s.w.t) and Prophet (p.b.u.h).
There are people who don’t pray five times a day and yet on Rabbi uwwal come out to read naats …is it just to polish their voice?? I mean wat the heck!
Reading durood wasn't sufficient enough, recommendations in Quran are not sufficient enough so people had to make their own "praises", you know, they know more than Allah and His Prophet ;)
Reading a naat is same as reading durood out loud. I don't see it diffrently. Quraan itself praises Prophet P.B.U.H in many places. Would you have an issue with reading the Quran out loud with qira't?
The Quran mentions those people of the Bani Israel who invented ways to praise Allah :swt: from their own desires…
They kept doing those things thinking they were pleasing Allah :swt: but in reality they were drifting further and further away from the Deen of Allah :swt:…
Their reward for innovation was hellfire…Their intentions were noble and holy…However unasked for and hence became an innovation instead of blessing…
Allah :swt: has told us in the simplest of terms and language how He likes to be praised and worshipped…He doesn’t require more from us…However, if someone has a desire to do more than what is asked for, even then, one must follow the Sunnah, not one’s hearts desires…
Naats and Hamds are fine, you are praising the Holy Prophet :saw: and Allah :swt: and there is no harm in that…But even in such a case, the verses and poetry that one puts together must be in sync with the teachings of Quran and Sunnah otherwise you might say something which like the people of Bani Israel will lead you out of Islam…And then to arrange Milads (Christmas according to Muslims) and have a function which no one in the Sahabas or the Tabieen practiced is just plain asking for trouble…
Some Naats have verses which actually border on Shirk…Like that ‘Shah-e-Madina’…And many others in which the Holy Prophet (saw) is almost given godlike status…
You are the beginning, your are the end, you are the supreme, you are the curer of ills, you are the deliverer from pain and trouble e.t.c.
Only Allah (swt) is capable of such things and to attribute these things to the Holy Prophet (saw) is plain and simple Shirk…
I am not knowledgeable in this matter at all .....but can anyone please tell me when the first Milad was held and how it evolved? and when was the first naat composed?
The first to observe the celebration of the Mawlid was the Prophet himself by fasting on Mondays because it was the day of his birth as narrated in Sahih Muslim. This is the soundest and most explicit textual proof for the licitness of commemorating the Noble Prophetic Mawlid
The first Naats were written by a great companion of RasoolAllah Sallallahu Alayhi wa sallam....His name was Hassaan bin Thabit.
As for first Milad ....I'm not sure when it started but it wasn't there in the eras of Sahaba-e karaam n even the Taabieen.
I could be wrong but i think its mainly celebrated in subcontinent only....not sure though.
One thing i never got a straight answer of, is....why we celebrate it on 12th of Rabiulawwal....while its agreed that its the date of demise of the Holy Prophet (pbuh)....whereas date of birth is not agreed upon by majority...some say it was 8th, some sayt 9th n some say 12th.
Khair....Idon't condemn or appreciate ....personally i would rather recits durood shareef in a quiet corner of my home than going to Milad.
I was about to open a thread on the same topic myself. Some naats do seem a little overstretched. Some are plain funny. I once heard a naat with poetry like kaash mein kabootar hoti tau I would have stayed around the ‘gumbad’ all my life etc etc. At that time it made me laugh but then I said astaghfar cos in all honesty its as confusing as hell. One could take the naats as an indication of the reader’s love for the Prophet :saw: but do the readers of the naats even mean what they say or are they just singing along? I guess u really can;t know. Following his sunnah would be a greater indication of love for him. I guess reading naats is easier.
"Some Naats have verses which actually border on Shirk...Like that 'Shah-e-Madina'...And many others in which the Holy Prophet (saw) is almost given godlike status..."
dude no ones giving the Prophet SAW godlike status...Just doing his tareef...like every muslim should! Shah e Medina is not elevating Him SAW to god...but showing our own inkisaari and ajazi before Him SAW
almost given godlike status…