Permissibility
of
Celebrating
Mawlid
from
Qur'an
al-Karim
&
Ahadith!!
All
Praises
is
due
to
Almighty
Allah
SubHanuhu
wa
Ta'ala,
Peace
and
Blessings
be
upon
the
most
perfect
of
creations,
His
Beloved
Habeeb,
Sayyiduna
Rasoolullah
SallAllaho
Alaihi
wa
Sallam
his
Noble
Family
and
the
Illustrious
Sahaba
Ridwanullahi
Ta'ala
Alaihim
Ajma'een
and
all
the
pious
servants
of
Almighty
Allah!!
In
present
era we
are
suffering
sects
and
scholars
who
imposes
verdicts
of Shirk
and
Bid’at
on those
who
celebrate
Mawlid
an-Nabi
Sallallahu
Alaihi
wa
Sallam
with
great
enthusiasm
and
integrity
and due
to which
the
simple
and
straightforward
people
who are
less in
knowledge
of
Qur’an
and
Hadith
get
nervous
whether
they are
following
the
Truth or
not.
Here are
ample
proofs
from
Qur'an
al-Kareem
and
Ahadith
of
Beloved
Prophet
Peace
and
Blessings
of Allah
be Upon
Him
which
shows
beyond a
shadow
of a
doubt
that
Celebrating
Milad-un-Nabi
Sallallaho
Alaihi
wa
Sallam
is
absolutely
Lawful.
..:: The
Holy
Qur’an
Says
::..
قَالَ
عِيسَى
ابْنُ
مَرْيَمَ
اللَّهُمَّ
رَبَّنَا
أَنزِلْ
عَلَيْنَا
مَآئِدَةً
مِّنَ
السَّمَاءِ
تَكُونُ
لَنَا
عِيداً
لأَوَّلِنَا
وَآخِرِنَا
وَآيَةً
مِّنكَ
وَارْزُقْنَا
وَأَنتَ
خَيْرُ
الرَّازِقِينَ
Eisa,
the son
of
Maryam,
said, “O
Allah, O
our
Lord!
Send
down to
us a
table
spread
from
heaven,
so that
it may
become a
day of
celebration
for us –
for our
former
and
latter
people -
and a
sign
from
You; and
give us
sustenance
- and
You are
the Best
Provider
Of
Sustenance.”
[Surah
Al-Ma’idah,
Verse
114]
The day
when
food is
sent
from
skies is
day of
rejoicing
(EID);
then the
day when
soul of
universe
Peace be
with him
was born
must be
the
delight
for the
day of
rejoicing.
Look
what
Allah
has
said:
وَأَمَّا
بِنِعْمَةِ
رَبِّكَ
فَحَدِّثْ
And
abundantly
proclaim
the
favours
of your
Lord.
[Surah
Al-Duha,
Verse
11]
Allah
himself
commemorating
Milad in
Holy
Qar’an
as we do
in our
gatherings,
Allah
SubHanuhu
wa
Ta’ala
Says in
the Holy
Qur’an:
هُوَ
الَّذِي
أَرْسَلَ
رَسُولَهُ
بِالْهُدَى
وَدِينِ
الْحَقِّ
لِيُظْهِرَهُ
عَلَى
الدِّينِ
كُلِّهِ
وَكَفَى
بِاللهِ
شَهِيدًا
It is He
Who has
sent His
Noble
Messenger
with the
guidance
and the
true
religion,
in order
to make
it
prevail
over all
other
religions;
and
Allah is
sufficient
as a
Witness.
[Surah
Al-Fatha,
Verse
28]
وَإِذْ
قَالَ
عِيسَى
ابْنُ
مَرْيَمَ
يَا
بَنِي
إِسْرَائِيلَ
إِنِّي
رَسُولُ
اللهِ
إِلَيْكُم
مُّصَدِّقًا
لِّمَا
بَيْنَ
يَدَيَّ
مِنَ
التَّوْرَاةِ
وَمُبَشِّرًا
بِرَسُولٍ
يَأْتِي
مِن
بَعْدِي
اسْمُهُ
أَحْمَدُ
فَلَمَّا
جَاءَهُم
بِالْبَيِّنَاتِ
قَالُوا
هَذَا
سِحْرٌ
مُّبِينٌ
And
remember
when
Eisa the
son of
Maryam
said, “O
Descendants
of
Israel!
Indeed I
am
Allah’s
Noble
Messenger
towards
you,
confirming
the Book
Torah
which
was
before
me, and
heralding
glad
tidings
of the
Noble
Messenger
who will
come
after me
– his
name is
Ahmed
(the
Praised
One)”;
so when
Ahmed
came to
them
with
clear
proofs,
they
said,
“This is
an
obvious
magic.”
[Surah
As-Saf,
Verse 6]
لَقَدْ
جَاءَكُمْ
رَسُولٌ
مِّنْ
أَنفُسِكُمْ
عَزِيزٌ
عَلَيْهِ
مَا
عَنِتُّمْ
حَرِيصٌ
عَلَيْكُم
بِالْمُؤْمِنِينَ
رَؤُوفٌ
رَّحِيمٌ
Indeed
there
has come
to you a
Noble
Messenger
from
among
you -
your
falling
into
hardship
aggrieves
him,
most
concerned
for your
well
being,
for the
Muslims
most
compassionate,
most
merciful.
[Surah
Tauba,
Verse
128]
لَقَدْ
مَنَّ
اللهُ
عَلَى
الْمُؤمِنِينَ
إِذْ
بَعَثَ
فِيهِمْ
رَسُولاً
مِّنْ
أَنفُسِهِمْ
يَتْلُواْ
عَلَيْهِمْ
آيَاتِهِ
وَيُزَكِّيهِمْ
وَيُعَلِّمُهُمُ
الْكِتَابَ
وَالْحِكْمَةَ
وَإِن
كَانُواْ
مِن
قَبْلُ
لَفِي
ضَلالٍ
مُّبِينٍ
Allah
has
indeed
bestowed
a great
favour
upon the
Muslims,
in that
He sent
to them
a Noble
Messenger
(Prophet
Mohammed
- peace
and
blessings
be upon
him)
from
among
them,
who
recites
to them
His
verses,
and
purifies
them,
and
teaches
them the
Book and
wisdom;
and
before
it, they
were
definitely
in open
error.
[Surah
Aal-e-Imran,
Verse
164]
يَا
أَيُّهَا
النَّاسُ
قَدْ
جَاءَتْكُم
مَّوْعِظَةٌ
مِّن
رَّبِّكُمْ
وَشِفَاءٌ
لِّمَا
فِي
الصُّدُورِ
وَهُدًى
وَرَحْمَةٌ
لِّلْمُؤْمِنِينَ
۔۔۔ قُلْ
بِفَضْلِ
اللّهِ
وَبِرَحْمَتِهِ
فَبِذَلِكَ
فَلْيَفْرَحُواْ
هُوَ
خَيْرٌ
مِّمَّا
يَجْمَعُونَ
O
mankind!
The
advice
has come
to you
from
your
Lord and
a cure
for the
hearts -
and
guidance
and
mercy
for
believers.
Say,
“Upon
Allah’s
munificence
and upon
His
mercy -
upon
these
should
the
people
rejoice”;
that is
better
than all
their
wealth
and
possessions.
[Surah
Al-Yunus,
Verse
57/58]
And this
is what
we do,
we
celebrate;
we
rejoice;
we do
spend
our
money to
show
gratitude
to Allah
Almighty
on his
greatest
mercy
and
Blessing
i.e.
celebrations
of
Milad-un-Nabi
because
Qur’an
Says:
وَمَا
أَرْسَلْنَاكَ
إِلا
رَحْمَةً
لِّلْعَالَمِينَ
And We
did not
send you
(O dear
Prophet
Mohammed
- peace
and
blessings
be upon
him)
except
as a
mercy
for the
entire
world.
[Surah
Al-Anbiya,
Verse
107]
..:: See
in the
light of
Ahadith
::..
Let us
have the
opinions
of
Prophet
(Peace
be with
him) who
himself
celebrated
his
Birthday.
See
Muslim
Sharif:
عَنْ
أَبِى
قَتَادَةَ
الأَنْصَارِىِّ
رضى الله
عنه أَنَّ
رَسُولَ
اللهِ -صلى
الله
عليه
وسلم-
سُئِلَ
عَنْ
صَوْمِ
الاِثْنَيْنِ
فَقَالَ
« فِيهِ
وُلِدْتُ
وَفِيهِ
أُنْزِلَ
عَلَىَّ
Abi
Qatada
Ansari
(may
Allah be
pleased
with
him)
reported
that
Allah's
Messenger
(may
Peace
and
Blessings
of Allah
be Upon
Him) was
asked
about
fasting
on
Monday,
whereupon
he said:
It is
(the
day)
when I
was born
and
revelation
was sent
down to
me.
References:
1. Sahih
Muslim,
Book 6 –
Fasting,
Vol. 7,
Page
323,
Hadith
2807
2. Asad
al-Gaba
fi
Ma’arfat
as-Sahaba,
Vol. 1,
Page
21-22,
published
in
Lahore
1987
3. Sunan
al-Kubra
lil
Bayhaqi,
Vol. 4,
Page 286
4.
Musannaf
Abd
ar-Razzak,
Vol. 4,
Page
296,
Hadith7865
5. Sunan
Abi
Dawood,
Vol. 7,
Page
255,
Hadith
2428
6.
Musnad
Ahmad,
Vol. 49,
Page
195,
Hadith
23200
When
beloved
Prophet
(Peace
and
Blessings
be Upon
him) is
celebrating
his
birthday
not
yearly
but
every
Monday
then how
it can
be
labeled
as Shirk
or
Bid’at?
Beloved
Prophet
Muhammad
SallAllaho
Alaihi
wa
Sallam
himself
commemorated
about
his
birth in
numerous
Ahadith.
Few of
them are
presented
below.
ورأت أمي
حين حملت
بى أنه
خرج منها
نور أضاء
له قصور
بصرى من
أرض
الشام
Holy
Prophet
(Peace
and
Blessings
of Allah
be Upon
Him)
said:
“When my
mother
gave
birth to
me she
saw a
light
proceeding
from her
which
showed
her the
castles
of
Syria”
References:
1. Ibn
Hisham;
Tafsir
Ibn
Kathir
4:360
2.
Bayhaqi,
Dala’il
an-Nubuwwa
1:110
3.
Haythami,
Zawa’id
8:221
4. Ibn
al-Jawzi
‘al-Wafa’
5. Qadi
Iyad,
‘al-Shifa’
6.
Musnad
Ahmad
4:127
أول ما
خلق الله
تعالى
نوري
The Holy
Prophet
Muhammad
(SallAllahu
Alaihi
wa
Sallam)
has
stated,
"The
very
first
thing
which
Almighty
Allah
SubHanuhu
wa
Ta’ala
created
was my
Noor."
References:
1.
Tafseer
Nashyapuri,
Page 55,
Vol. 8
2.
Tafseer
Araa'is
ul
Bayaan,
Page
238,
Vol. 1
3.
Tafseer
Roohul
Bayaan,
Page
548,
Vol. 1
4.
Zirkaani
ala al-Mawahib,
Page 37,
Vol. 1
5.
Madarij
an-Nabuwwah,
Page 6,
Vol. 2
6.
Bayaan
al-Miladun
Nabi li
Ibn
Jauzi,
Page 24
Sharih
al-Bukhari
Imam
Ahmad
Qastalani
(Radi
Allahu
Ta’ala
Anhu)
states
in his
most
distinguished
work "Muwahib
al
ladaniyah"
that
narration
has been
made by
Hadrat
Imam
Zainul
Abedeen
(Radi
Allahu
Ta’ala
Anhu)
who
narrates
from His
father
Hadrat
Imam
Husain (Radi
Allahu
Ta’ala
Anhu)
who
narrates
from His
father
Hadrat
Ali
Mushkil
Kusha (Radi
Allahu
Ta’ala
Anhu)
that the
Holy
Prophet
(SallAllahu
Alaihi
wa
Sallam)
has
stated,
كنت نورا
بين يدى
ربى قبل
خلق آدم
باربعة
عشر ألف
عام
“I was a
Noor
(Light)
by my
creator
14000
years
before
the
creation
of
Hadrat
Adam
(Alaihis
Salaam)"
References:
1.
Muwahib
al-Laduniyah,
Page 10,
Vol. 1
2.
Zirkani
ala al-Mawahib,
Page 49,
Vol. 1
3.
Jawahir
al-Bihar,
Page 774
4.
Anwaar
al-Muhammadiya,
Page 9
5.
Tafseer
Rooh al-Bayan,
Page
370,
Vol. 2
6.
Hujjatullahi
Ala al-Alameen
Pupil of
Imam
Malik
and the
teacher
of Imam
Ahmed
Bin
Hanbal
and
Hafizul
Hadith
Abdul
Razzak
Abu Bakr
Bin
Hamman,
the
teacher
of the
teachers
of Imam
Bukhari
and Imam
Muslim,
in his
Book "Musannaf",
has
narrated
from
Hadrat
Jabir
bin
Abdullah
Ansari
and his
son (Radi
Allahu
Ta’ala
Anhum),
that he
asked
the Holy
Messenger
of Allah
(Peace
and
Blessings
of Allah
be Upon
Him)
روى عبد
الرزاق -فيما
قيل- عن
جابر رضي
الله عنه
قال: "قلت:
يا رسول
الله
بأبي أنت
وأمّي
أخبرني
عن أول
شىء خلقه
الله
تعالى
قبل
الأشياء؟
قال: يا
جابر إن
الله
تعالى
خلق قبل
الأشياء
نور
نبيّك من
نوره
فجعل ذلك
النور
يدور
بالقدرة
حيث شاء
الله ولم
يكن في
ذلك
الوقت
لوح ولا
قلم ولا
جنّة ولا
نار ولا
ملك ولا
سماء ولا
أرض ولا
شمس ولا
قمر ولا
جني ولا
إنسي،
فلما
أراد
الله أن
يخلق
الخلق
قسّم ذلك
النور
أربعة
أجزاء
فخلق من
الجزء
الأول
القلم،
ومن
الثاني
اللوح،
ومن
الثالث
العرش،
ثم قسم
الجزء
الرابع
أربعة
أجزاء
فخلق من
الجزء
الأول
حملة
العرش،
ومن
الثاني
الكرسي،
ومن
الثالث
باقي
الملائكة،
ثم قسّم
الرابع
أربعة
أجزاء
فخلق من
الأول
السموات،
ومن
الثاني
الأرضين،
ومن
الثالث
الجنّة
والنار،
ثم قسم
الرابع
أربعة
أجزاء
فخلق من
الأول
نور
أبصار
المؤمنين،
ومن
الثاني
نور
قلوبهم
وهي
المعرفة
بالله،
ومن
الثالث
نور
أنسهم
وهو
التوحيد
لا إله
إلا الله
محمّد
رسول
الله...."
O
Prophet
of
Allah!
My
parents
be
sacrificed
upon
you,
what did
the
Almighty
Allah
SubHanuhu
wa
Ta'ala
first
create?"
The
Prophet
(SallAllahu
Alaihi
wa
Sallam)
replied:
"Allah
first
created
my Noor
(Light)
of His
Noor.
This
Noor
traveled
about
according
to the
Will of
Allah.
At that
time,
there
was no
Heaven,
Hell,
Lawh
(Divine
Tablet),
Pen,
Earth,
Skies,
Sun,
Moon,
Jinn or
Human
Beings.
When He
decided
to
create,
He
divided
that
Noor
into
four
parts.
From one
part He
created
the Pen,
from the
second,
the Lawh
and from
the
third,
he made
the Arsh
(Throne).
He
divided
the
fourth
part
into a
further
four
parts.
From
one, He
created
those
Angels
who
carry
the Arsh,
from the
second,
the
Kursi
(Divine
Chair)
and from
the
third,
He
created
the
Angels.
He again
divided
the
remaining
parts
into a
further
four
parts.
From
one, He
created
the
skies.
The
second
was used
in
creating
the
planets.
From the
third,
Heaven
and
Earth
were
created.
Once
again,
He
divided
the
fourth
part
into a
further
four
parts.
From one
part He
created
the
power
with
which
the
believers
see.
From the
second,
He
created
in the
hearts
of the
Believers
the Noor
of
Marifat.
From the
third,
He
created
Noor in
the
tongues
of the
Believers,
so that
they can
read the
Kalima
of
Tawheed.
References:
1.
Muwahib
al-Ladunniyah,
Page 9,
Vol. 1
2.
Zirkani
Shareef,
Page 46,
Vol. 1
3.
Seerate
al-Halabia,
Page 37,
Vol. 1
4.
Mutali
ul
Musarraat
Sharah
Dalail
Khayrat,
Page 610
5. Afdal
al-Qura
by Imam
Ibn Hajr
Makki
6.
Hujatullahu
ala al-Alameen,
Page 68
7.
Anwaar
al-Muhammadiya,
Page 9
8.
Aqidat
ash-Shuhada,
Page 100
9.
Fatawa
Hadithia,
Page 51
10.
Dalaa'il
an-Nubuwwah
By Imam
Baihaqi
11.
Khamees
by
Allama
Dayar
Bakri
12.
Madarij
an-Nabuwwat
by
Skaykh
Abdul
Haq
Muhaddith
Dehlvi
Abu
Lahab
was an
uncle to
the
Prophet
(SallAllahu
Alaihi
wa
Sallam).
The
event,
which
Imaam
Qastalaani
has
referred
to, is
this.
When a
maid of
Abu
Lahab
(Abdul 'Uzza)
named
Thuwaibah
informed
him of a
son
being
born to
his
brother
Abdullah
(may
Allah be
pleased
with
him), he
(Abu
Lahab)
was so
delighted
at
herring
this
that he
pointed
his
finger
to her
in a
manner
which
signified
her
emancipation
for
carrying
the good
news to
him But
when the
holy
Prophet
(SallAllahu
Alaihi
wa
Sallam)
declared
his
Prophet
hood, he
(Abu
Lahab)
did not
accept
him as a
Prophet
but
became a
most
severe
enemy to
him and
remained
so all
his
life. In
condemnation
of him a
whole
Surah of
the Holy
Qur’an
descended.
لَمَّا
مَاتَ
أَبُو
لَهَب
رَأَيْته
فِي
مَنَامِي
بَعْد
حَوْل
فِي شَرّ
حَال
فَقَالَ
: مَا
لَقِيت
بَعْدكُمْ
رَاحَة ،
إِلَّا
أَنَّ
الْعَذَاب
يُخَفَّف
عَنِّي
كُلّ
يَوْم
اِثْنَيْنِ
، قَالَ
:
وَذَلِكَ
أَنَّ
النَّبِيّ
صَلَّى
الله
عَلَيْهِ
وَسَلَّمَ
وُلِدَ
يَوْم
الِاثْنَيْنِ
،
وَكَانَتْ
ثُوَيْبَة
بَشَّرَتْ
أَبَا
لَهَب
بِمَوْلِدِهِ
فَأَعْتَقَهَا
After
his
death,
people
of Abu
Lahab's
household
saw him
in a
dream,
and
asked
him how
he had
fared.
To this,
Abu
Lahab
said
that
after
departing
from
them he
did not
meet
with any
good but
was
being
given
water
every
Monday
from the
finger
with
which he
had
indicated
the
emancipation
of
Thuwaibah,
and this
water
lessened
his
torment.
References:
1(a).
Sahih
Bukhari,
Vol. 1,
Page
153,
Hadith
No 5101,
Kitaabun
Nikaah,
Publisher:
Darul
Fikr –
Berut.
1(b).
Sahih
Bukhari,
Vol. 7,
Book 62,
Wedlock,
Marriage
(Nikaah),
Hadith
038
1(c).
Sahih
Bukhari,
Vol. 6,
Page
764.
2.
Fathul
Baari
Sharha
Sahih
al-Bukhari,
Vol. 9,
Page 118
by Imam
Ibn-e-Hajr
Asqalani
3.
Fathul
Baari
Sharha
Sahih
al-Bukhari,
Vol. 9,
Page 145
by Imam
Ibn-e-Hajr
Asqalani
4.
Musannaf
by Abdur
Razzaq
San’ani,
Vol. 7,
Page 478
5. Umdat
al-Qaari
Sharha
Sahih
al-Bukhari
by
Allama
Badruddin
Ainee,
Vol. 2,
Page 95
Allama
Muhammad
Bin
Alawai
Malki
have
stated
in his
work,
Houl al-IHtifal
Bi Zikri
Mawlid
an-Nabawi
Ash-Sharif:
Prophet
SallAllahu
Alaihi
wa
Sallam
after
announcing
his
prophet
hood,
did his
Aqeeqa,
not only
this, he
also
stood on
his
mim’ber
sharif
(pulpit)
and
recited
his
Shajra
(Ancestral
Tree),
commemorated
the
birth of
Hadrat
Adam and
Status
of
Hadrat
Ibrahim,
Hadrat
Esa,
Hadrat
Moosa
Alaihimus
Salam.
He
ordered
few of
his
companions
to
recite
his
praise;
Many of
the
Companions
offered
poems in
the
prominence
and
praise
of
Syyiduna
Rasoolullah,
He was
delighted
hearing
this and
prayed
for his
companions.
[Houl
al-iH’tifal
Bi Zikri
Mawlid
an-Nabawi
Ash-Sharif,
Published
in
Lahore
1987]
— — —
May we
be
sacrificed
at this
Merriment
O
blessed
month of
Rabi'
al-Awwal!!
Your
joys
surpass
thousands
of 'Eids;
All in
the
world
are
rejoicing,
except
Shaytan