4 Critical Points to Think About Before the Mawlid

The Mawlid is a Muslim practice many around the world celebrate. The Mawlid is Arabic for "Birthday of the Prophet Muhammad(saw)".

So should we celebrate the Birthday of the Prophet(saw)?

Here are 4 points you should consider.

1. Celebrating the birthday of the Prophet(saw) is an imitation of the Christians, because they celebrate the birth of the Messiah, i.e. Christmas. This idea of "the birthday" came from the Romans who accepted Christianity and continued the practices from their previous religion of worshipping idols.
   

   “Do not praise me as the Christians praised the son of Maryam(Jesus turned into Son of God). For I am just His slave, so call me the slave of Allaah and His Messenger” (Bukhaari)

2. The Companions of the Prophet and the 2 generations after him never celebrated the Mawlid. It started with the Nusayris in Egypt and became a tradition 400 years after the death of  the Prophet(saw) by an individual called Muzaffar Abu Saeed Kawkaboori.
   
   
3. There is no agreement on the proper date of the Prophet(peace be upon him)'s day of birth, but it accepted by every scholar of the Sunnah that 12th Rabiul Awwal is the date the Prophet(saw) died, Question: are you celebrating his death?
   
   
4. The Prophet(saw) never taught this, and you cannot find evidence of this anywhere. This is what you call an innovation in religion(bid'ah). The closest we can come to a birthday, is that he(saw) used to fast on Mondays because he was born on a monday. Do you notice any date?

Note:
(saw) - SalAllahu alayhi wasallam, may peace and blessings of Allah be upon him
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