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بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم

(In The Name Of Allah, the Most Gracious and the Most Merciful ...)

To start with Mawlid or Eid Milad-un-Nabi, it is the celebration of Prophet Muhammeds (S.A.W) birth on the 12^th of Rabi-ul-Awal, Hijri (The Islamic Calendar). The tradition is mostly seen in India, Pakistan and Bangladesh.
Now the question comes whether We are supposed to celebrate this day (Eid Milad-un- Nabi)...???




Firstly Our beloved Prophet Muhammeds (S.A.W) Birth

The scholars differ greatly upon the exact date of birth of the Prophet (S.A.W). All agree that he  was born in the year of elephant (when Abraha attacked Makkah) and that he was born on a Monday but when it comes to the day of the month, there are a lot of different opinions 8th, 9th and 12th Rabi-ul-Awal and none of them can be fully confirmed. However, one thing is for sure, the Prophet (S.A.W) passed away on the 12^th of Rabi-ul-Awal at the age of 63. That was a disastrous day for the companions and the ummah and it makes no sense for us to celebrate a day in which the ummah suffered an irrevocable loss.


On Celebrating Eid Milad-un-Nabi

Authentic narrations mention only 2 forms of (Eid) celebrations in a year for any Muslim; Eid-ul-Fitr and Eid-ul-Adha. For both these times we have detailed explanation of how the Prophet (S.A.W) spent his day and night in Worship and enjoyment. And it clearly depicts that we are not allowed to do celebrations on any other day except this two. That is according to Islamic law even we are not asked to celebrate our birthdays. And then we put a question mark in celebrating our Prophets (S.A.W) birthday.

And if we go search Quran and Sunnah we would never find any Ayats or Reporting's that says our beloved Prophet (S.A.W) or his companions ever celebrated His birthday.

 
Eid Milad-un-Nabi- its origin

As we see a new Eid or the Third Eid has originated Eid Milad-un-Nabi.
Never did Prophet Muhamed (S.A.W) say anything, Nor the sahabis and not even imaams – Abu Haneefah, Maalik, al-Shaafi’i, Ahmad, al-Hasan al-Basri, Ibn Seereen – did this or commanded others to do it or say that it was good? By Allah, no! It was not even mentioned during the first and best three centuries.
 The Prophet (S.A.W) said : “The best of mankind are my generation (or my century), then those who come after them, then those who come after them. Then there will come a people who will not care if their testimony comes before their oath or vice versa (i.e., they will not take such matter seriously).”
 (Reported by al-Bukhaari, Muslim and al-Tirmidhi).
 The celebration of the Prophet’s birthday appeared many centuries later in Cairo by the Fatimi State (Shia sect) who used to celebrate the birthday of the Prophet, Ali, Fatima, Hassan, Hussain and their present monarch.



In India we see many celebrating it by saying "We do because, we love our Prophet Muhammed (S.A.W)"

To them i have to say that it was sahabis who loved our Prophet Muhammed (S.A.W) the most.

They were the one whose knees shook and heart trembled upon the hearing of demise of their Prophet (S.A.W). They are the ones who adhered to his Sunnah so much so that if the Prophet (S.A.W) stopped at a particular place during their journey, then they would also want to stop at the same place, and if the Prophet (S.A.W) placed his foot on a certain place during tawaf, then they will also try to do likewise. Such were the followers of Muhammad, and they were truly followers and not innovators.
 

The companions loved Prophet (S.A.W) in the truest meaning of the word ‘love’.
 And the Quran says
“Say (O Muhammad): ‘If you (really) love Allaah, then follow me, Allah will love you and forgive you your sins. And Allaah is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful.”
[Aal ‘Imraan 3:31]
In this verse, it’s clear if you love someone, you will try to follow all his commands to the best you can. It is no wonder then, that Allah praised the companions of the Prophet at various places throughout the Quran commenting on their belief, their love, and their following of the Prophet (S.A.W).

I hope it’s clear now that there are no proofs of celebration of Prophets (S.A.W) birthday from our beloved Prophet Muhammed (S.A.W), nor any reports from his companions of doing so. And if we need to express our love, we need to become true followers of him, by doing all what he did and abstain from all what he didn’t.

This was all according to me , my research. I would request you to go deep into this and save yourself from all kind of bidah and shirk.

After all ISLAM is all about ones knowledge.

O you who believe!!

Just don’t believe what you hear, you know how to read and try researching them in the Light of Quran and Sunnah. And until you find them by your own, don’t believe.

Thus I pray

“O Allah save us from all wrongs and shower Mercy on us..."

And Allah knows best.

O Allah forgive me if I am wrong and guide us to the right path…

(...Aameen...)

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السلام عليكم و رحمة الله و بركاته
Assalamu Alaikum wa Rahmatullahi wa Barkatuhu
 (Peace, Mercy and Blessing of Allah be upon you).