Other Scholars Opinions on the Mawlid According tothe Mufti of Mecca Ahmad ibn Zayni Dahlan, in his book al-Sira al-nabawiyya wa al-athar al-muhammadiyya, page 51: To celebrate the Mawlid and to remember the Prophet is accepted by all the Ulama of the Muslims. Most of the following quotations are taken from that work. Imam Subki said, When we were celebrating the Prophets birthday, a great uns (familiarity) comes to our heart, and we feel something special. Imam Shawkani in his book al-Badr at-tali`, said, It is permissible to celebrate the Prophets birthday. He mentioned that Mullah `Ali Qari held the same opinion in a book entitled al-Mawrid ar-Rawi fi al-Mawlid al-Nabawi, written specifically to support the celebration of the Prophets birthday. Imam Abu Shama, the sheikh of Imam Nawawi, said in his book on innovations entitled: al-Ba`ith `ala inkar al-bida` wa al-hawadith: The best innovation in our day is the remembrance of the Prophets birthday. On that day, people give much donations, make much worship, show much love to the Prophet, and give much thanks to Allah Almighty for sending them His messenger to keep them on the Sunna and Shari`a of Islam. Imam Sakhawi said, The Mawlid was begun three centuries after the Prophet, and all Muslim nations celebrated it, and all `ulama accepted it, by worshipping Allah alone, by giving donations and by reading the Prophets Sira. Hafiz Ibn Hajar al-Haytami said , As Jews celebrated the day of `Ashura by fasting to thank Allah, we also have to celebrate the day of Mawlid, and he quoted the aforementioned hadith, When the Prophet came to Madina... Ibn Hajar continues, One gives thanks to Allah for the favor that He gave on a particular day either through a great good, or through the averting of a disaster. That day is celebrated every year thereafter. Thanksgiving entails various forms of worship like prostration, fast, charity, and recitation of Quran, and what greater good is there than the advent of that Prophet, the Prophet of Mercy, on the day of Mawlid? Ibn al-Jawzi (d. 597) wrote a booklet of poems andsira to be read at mawlid celebrations. It is entitledMawlid al-`arus and begins with the words: al-hamdu lillah al-ladhi abraza min ghurrati `arusi al-hadrati subhan mustanira: Praise be to Allah Who has manifested from the radiance of the bridegroom of His presence a light-giving daybreak...
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