Every nation remembers birth or death of their guide/leader and arranges public meetings/gatherings so that successive generations of their people become aware of their leader and benefit from his life, personal traits and achievements. Such occasions help people in many ways, particularly in doing good deeds and remain united.
People also celebrate and remember important events of their history and show happiness and pride for their past achievements. The annual pilgrimage of Hajj is also a remembrance and celebration for all Muslims of the worlds that gather at Makka al-Mukarrama, Mina, Arafat and Madina al-Munawwara and show their solidarity towards Islam.
Quran and Ahadith are full of the remembrance of the births of Prophets like Adam ( علیھ السلا م ), Moses ( علیھ السلا م ), Isa ( علیھ السلا م ), Yahiya ( علیھ السلا م ), etc.
Similarly, we have been commanded by Quran and Ahadith to celebrate Miladun Nabi (صلى الله عليه و آله وسلم).
It is in Quran - اذْكُرُوا نِعْمَةَ اللَّهِ عَلَيْكُمْ إِذْ جَعَلَ فِيكُمْ أَنبِيَاءَ (Meaning - Remember and express with gratitude the gracefulness of Allah (سبحانہ و تعا لی) that He sent Prophets among you (Al-Maa'ida - 20).
In the above Quranic verses Allah (سبحانہ و تعا لی) has commanded people to celebrate the births of Prophets who were sent for the guidance of their nations. Therefore, the celebration of the birth of Prophet Mohammad (صلى الله عليه و آله وسلم), as a show of gratitude and happiness towards Allah (سبحانہ و تعا لی) is mandatory by the whole world as he was sent as mercy for all the worlds in this Cosmos.
It is in Quran - وَمَا أَرْسَلْنَاكَ إِلَّا رَحْمَةً لِّلْعَالَمِينَ [Meaning - We have not sent you (O'Prophet - صلى الله عليه و آله وسلم) except for the mercy on all the worlds] (Al-Anbiya-107).
It is in Quran - قُلْ بِفَضْلِ اللَّهِ وَبِرَحْمَتِهِ فَبِذَٰلِكَ فَلْيَفْرَحُوا [Meaning - Say O'Prophet (صلى الله عليه و آله وسلم) for Allah's (سبحانہ و تعا لی) mercy and beneficence (O'believers) you celebrate the happiness. (10/58)
It is in Quran - وَسَلَامٌ عَلَيْهِ يَوْمَ وُلِدَ وَيَوْمَ يَمُوتُ وَيَوْمَ يُبْعَثُ حَيًّا ( Meaning - And Salaam is on Him the day when he was born and the day when he will die and the day when he will be raised alive." (19/15).
In the above verse, Allah (سبحانہ و تعا لی) has mentioned the complete Milad of Prophet Yahya (علیھ السلا م).
It is in Quran - وَسَلَامٌ عَلَيْهِ يَوْمَ وُلِدَ وَيَوْمَ يَمُوتُ وَيَوْمَ يُبْعَثُ حَيًّا (Meaning - And Salaam is on Him the day when he was born and the day when he will die and the day when he will be raised alive." (19/ 33).
In the above verse, Allah (سبحانہ و تعا لی) has mentioned the complete Milad of Prophet Isa ( علیھ السلا م ).
It is in Hadith, narrated by Hazrat Ibn Abbas (رضئ اللہ تعالی عنہ) that when Prophet Mohammad (صلى الله عليه و آله وسلم) heard from Jews that the day of Aashoora (the tenth day of Moharram) is the day of 'deliverance of Moses (علیھ السلا م )' (Najat-e-Moosa - علیھ السلا م from Fir'awn), he said "Nahnu ahaqqu bi-Moosa minkum" (Meaning - In comparison with Jews, we Muslims deserve Moses (علیھ السلا م) more. Then the Prophet(صلى الله عليه و آله وسلم) kept fast on that day and asked others to follow'. (Bukhari)
The above Hadith confirms that we must also celebrate the salvation of the entire world(Najaat-e-Insaani) because Prophet Mohammad (صلى الله عليه و آله وسلم) was sent down as Rahmatul lil Aalameen.
The above Hadith shows that keeping fast was the way Prophet Mohammad (صلى الله عليه و آله وسلم) used to celebrate the birth days of Prophets.
Prophet Mohammad (صلى الله عليه و آله وسلم) celebrated his own Milad by having fast every Monday - the day of his birth.
It is in Hadith - Once in
It is in Hadith - Waliuddin wrote this narration with reference to Sahee Muslim. When Prophet Mohammad (صلى الله عليه و آله وسلم) was asked about his fasts on Mondays, he said "I was born and the Qur'an was revealed to me on this day." [Mishkat - Page 179]
Ibn Muhammad bin Abdul Wahhab Najdi, in his book (Mukhtasar Seerat-e-Rasool - saws, Published at Salafia House, Sheesh Mahal, Lahore, Pakistan), writes: Thuwaiba, who was the freed slave of Abu Lahab fed Rasolallah (صلى الله عليه و آله وسلم) milk. Abu Lahab freed Suwaiba at the time when she informed him that a son has been born at your brother’s house.
After the death of Abu Lahab he was seen in a dream, in which he said ‘I am in severe punishment but this is lessened on Mondays, he showed his forefinger, and said that he would suck from it. This is so because it was with this finger that I freed Suwaiba when she informed of the birth of the Prophet, and she also fed the Prophet (صلى الله عليه و آله وسلم)milk”. Ibn Jawzi states: Abu Lahab is that kaafir who has been specially referred to, in the Qur’an. If such a person can be rewarded for celebrating the Milad of the Prophet (صلى الله عليه و آله وسلم), then imagine how great the reward would be for a Muslim when he celebrates it.
It is in Hadith - "
It is very rare that a leader will ask his followers to celebrate his
birth day? Did our grand father or
father ever asked us to celebrate his birth day? It is the children or the
grand children who show a lot of enthusiasm and make arrangements for the birth
days of their father/mother or Grand parents.
However, the parents or grand parents feel happy when their children or
grand children show love and care for them. Celebration of one's Birthday is
just a show of care, love. Where is
Shirk in it?
In the following we have provided Ahadith when Prophet Mohammad (صلى الله عليه و آله وسلم) happened to visit the places where people were celebrating his birth day (on his Milad day). He showed a lot of happiness on that gathering and also told them that they will get salvation in Hereafter for their act.
The kind of Milad-un-Nabi (صلى الله عليه و آله وسلم) celebrations we see now-a-days have developed over a period of time. In the times of Sahabah, we find sketchy record if big celebrations were organized on Prophet's (صلى الله عليه و آله وسلم) birth day. However, we do find individual, small gatherings about Miladun Nabi (صلى الله عليه و آله وسلم), as we have quoted in the following Ahadith in which Prophet (صلى الله عليه و آله وسلم) himself attended such gathering.
With time, our living styles change as many comforts of worldly living are made available to us by scientific and technological development. Today we have very tall buildings, which were not there in the times of Prophet Mohammad (صلى الله عليه و آله وسلم). We are traveling by Air planes; we have TV, Internet and many other things which were not there earlier. Similarly, celebration of Milad as we see today was done differently earlier. But, everyone, including Sahaba, Imams and all Muslims did show happiness on the day of birth of the Prophet (صلى الله عليه و آله وسلم) and celebrated it as per the norms prevailing during their times.
If some one does not want to show happiness on this important occasion, giving
absurd excuses, it shows that his claim of love of Prophet (صلى الله عليه و آله وسلم) is not real; it is only on his lips. Meaning, he belongs to the category of
Munafiqoon.
It is in Hadith - Abul Khattab Umro Bin Wahia Kalbi (رضئ اللہ تعالی عنہ) has narrated this Hadith in his book 'At tanweer fi Mauludil basheer an-nazeer'. Also, Imam Jalaluddin Suyuti has narrated this Hadith in his book "Siblul Huda fi Mauludil Mustafa(صلى الله عليه و آله وسلم) " that Hazrat Abu Darda (رضئ اللہ تعالی عنہ) narrates that "I went to the house of Aamer Ansari (رضئ اللہ تعالی عنہ) along with the Prophet (صلى الله عليه و آله وسلم). Hazrat Abu Aamer (رضئ اللہ تعالی عنہ) was narrating the events of the birth of Prophet Mohammad (صلى الله عليه و آله وسلم) to a gathering of his relatives and children and was repeating; "this was the day and this was the day". The Prophet (صلى الله عليه و آله وسلم) said, O'Aba Amer(رضئ اللہ تعالی عنہ), Allah(سبحانہ و تعا لی) has opened the doors of His mercy (Rahmah) for you and the angels are praying for your absolution (Maghfirah). Whoever does this act of yours, he would also get the Salvation like yours".
The above Hadith confirms the following.
(1) Prophet Mohammad (صلى الله عليه و آله وسلم) has declared that whoever celebrates his (Prophet's - صلى الله عليه و آله وسلم) birth day will get salvation on the Day of Judgment.
(2) Whoever celebrates the birthday of Prophet Mohammad (صلى الله عليه و آله وسلم), the doors of Allah's (سبحانہ و تعا لی) mercy are opened for him.
(3) Whoever celebrates the birthday of Prophet Mohammad (صلى الله عليه و آله وسلم), the angels pray for his absolution (Maghfirah).
It is in Hadith - Hazrat Abdullah Ibn Abbas (رضئ اللہ تعالی عنہ) said that "one day at my home I had gathered people and was describing about the birth of Prophet Mohammad(صلى الله عليه و آله وسلم) and the people were feeling over joyous and were invoking the praise of Prophet Mohammad (صلى الله عليه و آله وسلم) (meaning - reading Durood-e-Sharif) and Prophet Mohammad (صلى الله عليه و آله وسلم) himself came to our gathering and said "My intercession (hallat lakum Shafa'a) for you has become legitimized.
The above Hadith is narrated by (i) Imam Suyuti in his book "Siblul Huda", (ii) Ahmad Bin Hujr Al-Makki (the famous Jurist of Shafi'i school of thought) in his book "Maulud al-Kabeer", and (iii) Abul Qasim Mohammad Ibn Osman in his book "Addurul Munazzam".
Ibn Taymiyyah in his book “Majma' Fatawa Ibn Taymiyya", Vol. 23, p. 163 and his book "Iqtida' al-sirat al-mustaqim", p. 294-295 wrote as follows.
QUOTE "To celebrate and to honor the birth of the Prophet(صلى الله عليه و آله وسلم) and to take it as an honored season is good and in it there is a great reward, because of their good intentions in honoring the Prophet (صلى الله عليه و آله وسلم)."UNQUOTE Ibn Taymiyyah in his book "Necessity of the Right Path", p. 266, 5th line from the bottom of that page, published by Dar Al-Hadith, has written the following :
QUOTE - "As far as what people do during the Milad, either as a rival celebration to that which the Christian do during the time of Christ's birthday or as an expression of their love and admiration and a sign of praise for the Noble Nabi (صلى الله عليه و آله وسلم), the angels pray for their absolution (Allah Almighty will surely reward them for such Ij'tiha)" UNQUOTE.
Imdadullah Muhajir Makki (1817-1899) is the Grand Super Shaikh of most of the prominent Deobandi scholars (Akabir) like Rashid Gangohi, Qasim Nanotwi, Ya'qub Nanotwi, Ashraf Ali Thanwi, Mahmood-ul-Hasan, Husain Ahmad Tandvee, etc. etc. It is written in his books "Shama'em Imdadiyya" and "Haft Masala" that:
QUOTE “Miladun Nabi (صلى الله عليه و آله وسلم) is celebrated by everyone, including the Arab scholars of Haramain Ash-Sharifain. This is sufficient proof for us to celebrate Miladun Nabi (صلى الله عليه و آله وسلم). Also, how could someone say that the remembrance and narration about Prophet Mohammad (صلى الله عليه و آله وسلم) is not appropriate? As far as I am concerned, I take part in Milaad functions; rather I consider it the source of Barakah and I also arrange Miladun Nabi (صلى الله عليه و آله وسلم) gatherings and functions every year and I feel a lot of satisfaction and happiness in doing so"UNQUOTE
(Imdadullah Muhajir Makki - Shama'em Imdadiyya- 87-88, & 'Haft Masala - 9)
Shah Waliullah (1713-1762) (r) has written in his book "Fuyudhul Haramain" as follows:
QUOTE - I participated in a Miladun Nabi (صلى الله عليه و آله وسلم) celebration in Makka Al-Mukarrama wherein people were reciting Durood and Salaam on Prophet Mohammad (صلى الله عليه و آله وسلم) and were narrating the incidents that were witnessed at the time of the birth of Prophet Mohammad (صلى الله عليه و آله وسلم) and the incidents which were observed before the birth of Prophet Mohammad (صلى الله عليه و آله وسلم). During these celebration I witnessed Allah's (سبحانہ و تعا لی) mercy and 'noor' being showered over the gathering. I do not say that I witnessed this extraordinary happening only from my physical eyes or exclusively from spiritual eyes; however when I considered about it closely, I realized that these kind of 'Anwaar' may have been the result of the Angels who attend these gatherings or it was the result of exclusive 'Rahma' from Allah(سبحانہ و تعا لی) or both. UNQUOTE.
(Shah Waliullah (Rahmatullah), Hadith Scholar in his book 'Fuyudhul Haramain' pages 80-81)
The above Quranic verses, Ahadith and quotes confirm that arranging peoples' gatherings, describing events of Prophet's (صلى الله عليه و آله وسلم) birth and showing happiness and greeting each other on the birth day of Prophet Mohammad (صلى الله عليه و آله وسلم) is Sunnah and practice of Sahabah.
Prophet (صلى الله عليه و آله وسلم) has confirmed that those who arrange nativity gatherings on his birth day, his (Prophet Mohammad's - صلى الله عليه و آله وسلم) intercession for them becomes legitimized.
There are no limitations on showing happiness during the celebration of the birth day of Prophet Mohammad (صلى الله عليه و آله وسلم). Muslims all over the world have different customs in celebrating Eids and important national/Islamic occasions. Muslims can wear new clothes, lighten their homes and mosques, distribute sweets, greet each other in their traditional styles, take out Milad processions, arrange gathering of people, feed people, conduct Sama, Salam, Durood Mehfils and inform people about the Seerah of Prophet Mohammad (صلى الله عليه و آله وسلم). No bars, anything can be done to show your love of Prophet Mohammad(صلى الله عليه و آله وسلم)within the ambiance of Sharia.
Salafis and their like minded groups confuse innocent Muslims about the Birth Day celebrations of Prophet Mohammad (صلى الله عليه و آله وسلم).
When you question them about the legitimacy of their self concocted beliefs, they try to confuse you by their lengthy explanations. They cannot deny the birth day celebrations of Prophet Mohammad (صلى الله عليه و آله وسلم) as it is proved by Quran and Ahadith; therefore, they try to confuse innocent Muslims by their unfounded explanations.
Whenever person talks of praise of Prophet Mohammad (صلى الله عليه و آله وسلم) or any happiness related with him, his family or Sahabah, a sea change of disrespect appear on the faces of Salafis and the like minded groups. They are displeased to hear anything in praise of Prophet (صلى الله عليه و آله وسلم). They spend their life times in research to degrade the status of prophets, particularly the status of Prophet Mohammad (صلى الله عليه و آله وسلم) in order to equate him with sinful human beings. They try to prove the Ahadith narrated in praise of Prophet Mohammad (صلى الله عليه و آله وسلم) as Da'eef and make all out effort to downgrade his importance in religious issues. But when the mention of founders of their sects comes, they start showering all possible respects for them. This shows their hidden rebellion and hatred towards Prophet Mohammad (صلى الله عليه و آله وسلم). They run away even from the thought of Prophet Mohammad (صلى الله عليه و آله وسلم).
This attitude is similar to the attitude of Munafiqun (hypocrites) of the time of Prophet Mohammad (صلى الله عليه و آله وسلم).
Ibn Taymiyya writes: "Those people who celebrate Milad through the love and respect of the Prophet (may Allah bless him and grant him peace), will be rewarded by Allah"[Iqtida as-Sirat al-Mustaqim, page 294]He also writes that:"If someone celebrates Milad with the love and respect of Prophet (may Allah bless him and grant him peace), he will have a 'big reward'... In Muslim communities, Milad an-Nabi gatherings are only done with the respect and love for the Prophet (may Allah bless him and grant him peace)"[Iqtida as-Sirat al-Mustaqim, page 297]
*Ibn Tay'miah* said in his book "Necessity of the Right Path", p. 266, 5th line from the bottom of that page, published by Dar Al-Hadith, the following: "
"As far as what people do during the Meelad, either as a rival celebration to that which the Christian do during the time of Christ's birthday or as an expression of their love and admiration and a sign of praise for the Noble Prophet, Allah will surely reward them for such Ij'tiha". "He then said: ""Although Meelad was not practised by (Salaf), they should have done so since there was no objection against it from the Shari'ah point of view"...
"And we certainly only celebrate Meelad out of love and admiration to the Prophet of all Mankind.
Muhammad ibn 'Abd al-Wahhab writes: "Thuwayba, who was the freed slave of Abu Lahab, fed RasoolAllah milk. Abu Lahab freed Thuayba at the time when she informed him that a son has been born at his brother's house. After the death of Abu Lahab he was seen in a dream, in which he said 'I am in severe punishment but this is lessened on Mondays'. He showed his forefinger and said 'I will suck from it because it was with this finger that I freed Thuwayba when she informed of the birth of the Prophet, and she also fed the Prophet milk'.
"Ibn Jawzi states: 'Abu Lahab is that kafir who has been specially referred to in the Qur'an. If such a person can be rewarded for celebrating the Milad of the Prophet, then imagine how great the reward would be for a Muslim when he celebrates it'"
[Ibn 'Abd al-Wahhab, M., Mukhtasar Sirat ar-Rasul, 'Milad an-Nabi']
"Ibn Taymiyya’s opinion about Mawlid from: “the Collected Fatwas,” (“Majma’ Fatawi Ibn Taymiyya,”) Vol. 23, p. 163:"
”To celebrate and to honor the birth of the Prophet(may Allahs blessings be upon him) and to take it as an honored season, as some of the people are doing, is good and in it there is a great reward, *because of their good intentions in honoring the Prophet(may Allahs blessings be upon him).”
Hafiz Ibn Kathir wrote that: "There was once a King, Abu Sa'id Malik Muzaffar - a man of good deeds.In his kingdom, wherever he saw a lack of water, he would build a well. He also established many Islamic study centres. Every year, he would spend half a million dinars on hosting a gathering of his people to celebrate the birthday of the Prophet (may Allah bless him and grant him peace)[Ta'rikh Ibn Kathir, vol. 13, 'Story of King Abu Sa'id']
The above is evidence that celebrating the birthday of the Prophet (May Allah bless him and grant him peace) in the form of a gathering is permissible. Otherwise Hafiz Ibn Kathir would not have referred to it as a good deed and Muhammad ibn 'Abd al-Wahhab and Hafiz Ibn Taymiyya would not have said that there would be a "big reward" for doing so....
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