Continuing with the second section of the book “The ruling concerning Mawlid an-Nabawi the celebration of Prophet’s birthday”. For first section see previous post.Section second deals with- Several reasons for prohibition and rejection:- 1. The celebration of Mawlid is neither from sunnah of Allah’s Messenger (s.a.w.) nor his (s.a.w.) caliphs (pbut) and anything that is not from these, is a prohibited Bidah (innovation) as mentioned in a Hadith in Musnad Ahmad (4/126) and at-Tirmidhee 2676. Irrespective of your intention (may it be a good like achieving closeness to Allah), if a person performs such an act constitutes accusing the Messenger of not (correctly/completely) explaining the Deen to the people. Also belying the statement of Allah, “This day, I have perfected your religion for you.” (Maidah 5:3)
2. The celebration of mawlid is an imitation (tashbeeh) of the Christians in their celebrating the birthday of Prophet Eesa (a.s.) whereas imitating them specially in matters of their religion is strictly prohibited. The Prophet (s.a.w.) said, “Whoever imitates/resembles a people is one of them.” (Musnad Ahmad, Abu Dawood) “Be different from the Mushrikeen.” (saheeh Muslim)
3. A means of exaggeration in the honor of Allah’s Messenger to the extent that those who participate in this celebration call upon Prophet (s.a.w.), seek his help and chant poems of Shirk. The Prophet said, “Do not exaggerate in me, as the Christians exaggerated about the Son of Maryam. I am only a slave, so say the slave of Allah and Messenger of Allah.” (Saheeh al-Bukhari 4/142- 3445)
4. Opens the door to other innovations and diverts people towards it, like reminiscences of their scholar’s birthday and invoking decaesed. Will post next sections very soon insha’Allah. Article open for suggestions.

Continuing with the second section of the book “The ruling concerning Mawlid an-Nabawi the celebration of Prophet’s birthday”.
For first section see previous post. Section second deals with-
Several reasons for prohibition and rejection:-
1. The celebration of Mawlid is neither from sunnah of Allah’s Messenger (s.a.w.) nor his (s.a.w.) caliphs (pbut) and anything that is not from these, is a prohibited Bidah (innovation) as mentioned in a Hadith in Musnad Ahmad (4/126) and at-Tirmidhee 2676. Irrespective of your intention (may it be a good like achieving closeness to Allah), if a person performs such an act constitutes accusing the Messenger of not (correctly/completely) explaining the Deen to the people. Also belying the statement of Allah, “This day, I have perfected your religion for you.” (Maidah 5:3)
2. The celebration of mawlid is an imitation (tashbeeh) of the Christians in their celebrating the birthday of Prophet Eesa (a.s.) whereas imitating them specially in matters of their religion is strictly prohibited. The Prophet (s.a.w.) said, “Whoever imitates/resembles a people is one of them.” (Musnad Ahmad, Abu Dawood) “Be different from the Mushrikeen.” (saheeh Muslim)
3. A means of exaggeration in the honor of Allah’s Messenger to the extent that those who participate in this celebration call upon Prophet (s.a.w.), seek his help and chant poems of Shirk. The Prophet said, “Do not exaggerate in me, as the Christians exaggerated about the Son of Maryam. I am only a slave, so say the slave of Allah and Messenger of Allah.” (Saheeh al-Bukhari 4/142- 3445)
4. Opens the door to other innovations and diverts people towards it, like reminiscences of their scholar’s birthday and invoking decaesed. Will post next sections very soon insha’Allah. Article open for suggestions.

Assalamualaikum folks.
Recently, i accidently stumbled upon a book, “The ruling concerning Mawlid an-Nabawi, the celebration of Prophet’s birthday” by Sh. Saleh ibn Fawzan ibn al-Fawzan, translated by Shawana A. Aziz. Although, i know the title has been a matter of debate from centuries and will remain so. But my intention here is to brief the book for those who are interested and i ask you to reflect on it open-mindedly.
The book is divided into four sections. And i will review them in four different posts. May Allah gives me intellect to do justice to the author’s phenomenal work.
First section was of introduction. The book starts with the mention of some of the ayahs of Qur’an and hadith which had one basic theme of ‘abiding by the Qur’an, adhering to the guidance of Prophet Muhammed (s.a.w.) and rejection of innovations’. Sheikh goes on to write about the various ways in which it is celebrated, then there is a brief translator’s note.
Quoting from the book, ‘with all its various forms and intentions of those who celebrate it, commemoration of Mawlid of an-Nabawi is indisputably a prohibited innovation originated by the Fatimite Shi’ah after the three best generations in order to corrupt the deen of the Muslims.
The first one to encourage this celebration was King Muzaffar Abu Sa’eed Kaukobouri, the king of Ibril at the end of the 6th century or at the beginning of 7th century.’
This fact has been documented by historians like Ibn Katheer, Ibn Khalkan, Abu Shaamah, etc. Author quotes these scholars describing the different ways in which people used to celebrate it. It was coupled with music, dancing, gathering, decorating domes, nasheed recitals, singing, puppet shows, etc.
This was the brief history mentioned in the introduction, will post the next section soon insha’Allah.
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