CELEBRATING THE BIRTH OF THE PROPHET (PBUH)- IS IT PERMISSIBLE?
*Celebrating Mawlid An-Nabi - is it Permissible?*
Mawlid An-Nabi, the Prophet’s birthday, may Allah have send His peace and blessings upon him.. Some clarification.. How do you go about celebrating, if this is not something to be celebrated?
When the Prophet ( ﷺ) came to Madinah, he found the people of Madinah celebrating and playing in a state of joy on one particular day. He asked them, *"What is this day?"* They told him that this is a day that we used to celebrate long time ago, and we celebrate this annually. So the Prophet ( ﷺ) denied them from doing this and he told them, *"We have only two feasts in Islam, the feast of Al-Fitr, and the feast of Al- Adha."*
Now going to Mawlid An Nabi, the Prophet’s ( ﷺ) birthday, if you want to analyze this to know if it’s a *Sunnah or an innovation*, first of all, people celebrate it on the 12th day of Rabi’ Al Awwal, however, the authentic opinion of scholars is that the Prophet ( ﷺ) was born on the 9th of the third month of the Islamic calendar.
The consensus of all scholars that he died on the 12th of Rabi’ Al-Awwal or the third month of the Islamic calendar, which means when you claim to be celebrating the birth of the Prophet ( ﷺ), you are actually celebrating his death.
Second of all, you have to always have a pattern to follow, to know if this is a Sunnah or if it’s an innovation. Anything that draws you closer to Allah has to have evidence; you have to follow something (i.e. the *Quran, the Sunnah, the companions*), in order for you to be on the safe side.
So, if you come to the Mawlid, the celebration of the birthday of the Prophet ( ﷺ), did the Prophet ( ﷺ) celebrate his own Mawlid? The answer would be no. The only indication, to his birthday was that he used to fast on Mondays. He never celebrated anything to do with the third month of the year, on the 12th that is.
And they asked him, "Why do ycou fast Mondays?" He told them, *"This is the day I was born in, and this is the day that was revealed to me in", Allah revealed the Quran on that day.*
So, if you wish to celebrate the birthday of the Prophet ( ﷺ), fast every Monday.
The Prophet himself did not celebrate his birthday, nor did his companions, Abu Bakr, Umar, Uthman and ‘Ali (May Allah be pleased with them all), and no one doubts that they loved the Prophet ( ﷺ) more than we do.
The Prophet himself, did not celebrate the birthday of his grandfather Abraham, or Jesus, or Moses, or any of the Prophets of Allah, which indicates that it is a clear innovation.
So, whoever celebrates the birthday of the Prophet ( ﷺ), he either knows more than the Prophet; and this is blasphemous, because no one knows more than the Prophet ( ﷺ); or he is claiming that the Prophet knew that it is good to celebrate but he did not inform his Ummah, and again he is accusing the Prophet ( ﷺ) of betraying the message and not delivering it all, and this is also a type of blasphemy.
The Messenger of Allah ( ﷺ) said, *“He who innovates something in this matter of ours (i.e., Islam) that is not of it will have it rejected (by Allah).”* [Bukhari & Muslim ] In another version in Muslim it reads: *“He who does an act which we have not commanded, will have it rejected (by Allah).”*
In short, celebrating the birthday of the Prophet ( ﷺ) is an innovation, something that was fabricated, not in the first 100 years, or the second, or the third. It was fabricated on the fourth century of Islam. So, no one of the scholars ever approved of it or agreed to it.
This is a form of an escape, because people who celebrate the birthday of the Prophet ( ﷺ) claim that there is a Hadith, which is fabricated, it’s not authentic, they claim that the Prophet ( ﷺ) said, "Whoever celebrates my birthday, then Allah will forgive his sins." So, it’s like the Christians, they celebrate on Christmas, and do wrong things, then they claim that by their belief in Jesus Christ, this erases all their sins. In Islam, likewise, those innovators claim that no matter what you do, if you come on the day of the birthday of the Prophet ( ﷺ), you know.. cry a little bit, say some poetry and pretend that you are celebrating the birthday of the Prophet ( ﷺ), this shows your great love and hence, this will make all your sins forgiven.
And this is completely wrong!
Allah say; Surah Ash-Shura, Verse 21:
*Or have they associates who have prescribed for them any religion that Allah does not sanction?*
If you love the Prophet ( ﷺ), you follow him in every single detail, otherwise, you are claiming something, and your actions are falsifying it.
Allah (S.W.T) say in Surah Aal-e-Imran, Verse 31:
*"Say: If you love Allah, then follow me, Allah will love you and forgive you your faults, and Allah is Forgiving, Merciful"*.
And Surah An-Noor, Verse 63:
*Therefore let those beware who go against his order lest a trial afflict them or there befall them a painful chastisement*.
Mawlid An-Nabi, the Prophet’s birthday, may Allah have send His peace and blessings upon him.. Some clarification.. How do you go about celebrating, if this is not something to be celebrated?
When the Prophet ( ﷺ) came to Madinah, he found the people of Madinah celebrating and playing in a state of joy on one particular day. He asked them, *"What is this day?"* They told him that this is a day that we used to celebrate long time ago, and we celebrate this annually. So the Prophet ( ﷺ) denied them from doing this and he told them, *"We have only two feasts in Islam, the feast of Al-Fitr, and the feast of Al- Adha."*
Now going to Mawlid An Nabi, the Prophet’s ( ﷺ) birthday, if you want to analyze this to know if it’s a *Sunnah or an innovation*, first of all, people celebrate it on the 12th day of Rabi’ Al Awwal, however, the authentic opinion of scholars is that the Prophet ( ﷺ) was born on the 9th of the third month of the Islamic calendar.
The consensus of all scholars that he died on the 12th of Rabi’ Al-Awwal or the third month of the Islamic calendar, which means when you claim to be celebrating the birth of the Prophet ( ﷺ), you are actually celebrating his death.
Second of all, you have to always have a pattern to follow, to know if this is a Sunnah or if it’s an innovation. Anything that draws you closer to Allah has to have evidence; you have to follow something (i.e. the *Quran, the Sunnah, the companions*), in order for you to be on the safe side.
So, if you come to the Mawlid, the celebration of the birthday of the Prophet ( ﷺ), did the Prophet ( ﷺ) celebrate his own Mawlid? The answer would be no. The only indication, to his birthday was that he used to fast on Mondays. He never celebrated anything to do with the third month of the year, on the 12th that is.
And they asked him, "Why do ycou fast Mondays?" He told them, *"This is the day I was born in, and this is the day that was revealed to me in", Allah revealed the Quran on that day.*
So, if you wish to celebrate the birthday of the Prophet ( ﷺ), fast every Monday.
The Prophet himself did not celebrate his birthday, nor did his companions, Abu Bakr, Umar, Uthman and ‘Ali (May Allah be pleased with them all), and no one doubts that they loved the Prophet ( ﷺ) more than we do.
The Prophet himself, did not celebrate the birthday of his grandfather Abraham, or Jesus, or Moses, or any of the Prophets of Allah, which indicates that it is a clear innovation.
So, whoever celebrates the birthday of the Prophet ( ﷺ), he either knows more than the Prophet; and this is blasphemous, because no one knows more than the Prophet ( ﷺ); or he is claiming that the Prophet knew that it is good to celebrate but he did not inform his Ummah, and again he is accusing the Prophet ( ﷺ) of betraying the message and not delivering it all, and this is also a type of blasphemy.
The Messenger of Allah ( ﷺ) said, *“He who innovates something in this matter of ours (i.e., Islam) that is not of it will have it rejected (by Allah).”* [Bukhari & Muslim ] In another version in Muslim it reads: *“He who does an act which we have not commanded, will have it rejected (by Allah).”*
In short, celebrating the birthday of the Prophet ( ﷺ) is an innovation, something that was fabricated, not in the first 100 years, or the second, or the third. It was fabricated on the fourth century of Islam. So, no one of the scholars ever approved of it or agreed to it.
This is a form of an escape, because people who celebrate the birthday of the Prophet ( ﷺ) claim that there is a Hadith, which is fabricated, it’s not authentic, they claim that the Prophet ( ﷺ) said, "Whoever celebrates my birthday, then Allah will forgive his sins." So, it’s like the Christians, they celebrate on Christmas, and do wrong things, then they claim that by their belief in Jesus Christ, this erases all their sins. In Islam, likewise, those innovators claim that no matter what you do, if you come on the day of the birthday of the Prophet ( ﷺ), you know.. cry a little bit, say some poetry and pretend that you are celebrating the birthday of the Prophet ( ﷺ), this shows your great love and hence, this will make all your sins forgiven.
And this is completely wrong!
Allah say; Surah Ash-Shura, Verse 21:
*Or have they associates who have prescribed for them any religion that Allah does not sanction?*
If you love the Prophet ( ﷺ), you follow him in every single detail, otherwise, you are claiming something, and your actions are falsifying it.
Allah (S.W.T) say in Surah Aal-e-Imran, Verse 31:
*"Say: If you love Allah, then follow me, Allah will love you and forgive you your faults, and Allah is Forgiving, Merciful"*.
And Surah An-Noor, Verse 63:
*Therefore let those beware who go against his order lest a trial afflict them or there befall them a painful chastisement*.
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