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**loginereQQ** · 04-12-2011, 02:15 PM

ASSALAM O ALIKUM
maulana sahab
i am told by one of my class fellows that celebrating milad is haram,
i first used to celebrate but now i have left it, please tell me that is there any muafi for me or not?
also
tell me some fatwa on it so that i may forbid my cousines and family,
wassalam
ismail sajjad

Dear Brother, Assalaamoalaikum

Celebrating mawlid has been discussed on several threads on SF. Do search for these threads; they may prove useful.

In one of those threads, I posted as follows:

Celebrating Mawlid is celebrating the day Allah(SWT) sent to humanity at large the Best of His Creation, the Holy Messenger (SAW), to perfect, complete and show the Way to Him.

Sending our blessings and peace on the Holy Messenger (SAW) individually or in Jama'a, can be but an action that pleases Allah(SWT) and certainly the Holy Messenger (SAW) himself. Sending blessings and peace on the Holy Messenger(SAW) cannot be bida'a because Allah(SAW) Himself has invited us to do so. Allah(SWT) did not limit this invitation to one day, to one particular time, to the period during which the Holy Messenger(SAW) was with us. He only said: Do so. He is my Beloved.

An action can only be bida'a, if it is made compulsory. A voluntary action becomes bida'a if one who does that action looks down upon, mocks, insults someone who does not do such action. Because then the one who does the action is qualifying the action as being obligatory.

Actions that make us remember Allah(SWT) through his dhikr and / or sending blessings / salaams on the holy Messenger(SAW) need no proof, require no answers to any questions. Whether such actions were done by the Holy Messenger(SAW), were done by the Sahaba during the days of the Holy Messenger or after the veil fell in between him and the world, were done by the tabi'een and so on are irrelevant.

There are reasons why the Holy Messenger(SAW) did not do certain actions. This is clear from the Hadiths. So, saying that the Holy Messenger(SAW) did not do this, and, therefore, we should not do this is totally wrong.

However, we should be careful how we celebrate mawlid or perform dhikr. No means that lead to sins (minor or major) should obviously be there. There should be no exagerration in the way(s) we wish to show our love for Allah(SWT) or for His Beloved. In the Ummah, there have been and there are a lot of exaggerations. They abound in literature. Bias or excess of love??? We must be careful. If we have taqwa for Allah(SWT), there should be no problem.

I personally do not attend such celebrations where politicians are invited. But I do attend when these celebartions are held at a masjid.

Research into these topics are welcome. But conclusions reached in the absence of wisdom may be wrong.

Hopw, Insh'Allah, above may help.

Brotherly yours
farook

04-12-2011, 02:15 PM	#3
loginereQQ Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 481 Senior Member	ASSALAM O ALIKUM maulana sahab i am told by one of my class fellows that celebrating milad is haram, i first used to celebrate but now i have left it, please tell me that is there any muafi for me or not? also tell me some fatwa on it so that i may forbid my cousines and family, wassalam ismail sajjad Dear Brother, Assalaamoalaikum Celebrating mawlid has been discussed on several threads on SF. Do search for these threads; they may prove useful. In one of those threads, I posted as follows: Celebrating Mawlid is celebrating the day Allah(SWT) sent to humanity at large the Best of His Creation, the Holy Messenger (SAW), to perfect, complete and show the Way to Him. Sending our blessings and peace on the Holy Messenger (SAW) individually or in Jama'a, can be but an action that pleases Allah(SWT) and certainly the Holy Messenger (SAW) himself. Sending blessings and peace on the Holy Messenger(SAW) cannot be bida'a because Allah(SAW) Himself has invited us to do so. Allah(SWT) did not limit this invitation to one day, to one particular time, to the period during which the Holy Messenger(SAW) was with us. He only said: Do so. He is my Beloved. An action can only be bida'a, if it is made compulsory. A voluntary action becomes bida'a if one who does that action looks down upon, mocks, insults someone who does not do such action. Because then the one who does the action is qualifying the action as being obligatory. Actions that make us remember Allah(SWT) through his dhikr and / or sending blessings / salaams on the holy Messenger(SAW) need no proof, require no answers to any questions. Whether such actions were done by the Holy Messenger(SAW), were done by the Sahaba during the days of the Holy Messenger or after the veil fell in between him and the world, were done by the tabi'een and so on are irrelevant. There are reasons why the Holy Messenger(SAW) did not do certain actions. This is clear from the Hadiths. So, saying that the Holy Messenger(SAW) did not do this, and, therefore, we should not do this is totally wrong. However, we should be careful how we celebrate mawlid or perform dhikr. No means that lead to sins (minor or major) should obviously be there. There should be no exagerration in the way(s) we wish to show our love for Allah(SWT) or for His Beloved. In the Ummah, there have been and there are a lot of exaggerations. They abound in literature. Bias or excess of love??? We must be careful. If we have taqwa for Allah(SWT), there should be no problem. I personally do not attend such celebrations where politicians are invited. But I do attend when these celebartions are held at a masjid. Research into these topics are welcome. But conclusions reached in the absence of wisdom may be wrong. Hopw, Insh'Allah, above may help. Brotherly yours farook
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