REASONS WHY WE CAN NOT CELEBRATE BIRTHDAY OF THE PROPHET MUHAMMAD SAW 1] Who has given these Innovators the right to innovate a new third Eid for the Ummah. When niether Prophet (PBUH) legislated it, nor any of his companions legislated it. 2] How can Muslim ummah take 12 rabi awwal as the day of Eid, Jashn (partying, fun and frolicking), and celebration when our beloved Prophet (PBUH) passed away from this world and his companions and families were most sad and aggrieved on this day. 3] Historians weren’t on agreement regarding the month in which our beloved Prophet (PBUH) was born. Some said it was Ramadan, some said it was sha’baan, but the most of scholars said it was Rabi Al Awwal. They further, differed about his day of birth. 4] Birthday celebrations have pagan origin and many pagan superstitions and rituals are connected to it. Know that it was discarded even by early Christians but then shaitaan gradually misled them and they started to celebrate birthdays. 5] The concept of having annual birthday parties and celebrations was unknown to early Muslims. Until almost 400 years after the demise of Prophet (PBUH) when misguided shia Fatimid state in Egypt borrowed this concept from misguided Christians. They had invented six annual birthdays celebrations; for; The prophet (PBUH), Ali, Fatima, Al Hassan and Al Hussein, (May Allah be pleased with them all) and a birthday for their present monarch as well. These annual celebrations lasted until were invalidated by Al Afadal Ben Amier Al Jiyosh , before they were restored again at the reign of Al- Hakim Bin Amr in around 6th century Hijri. It was still an unknown concept for majority of Muslims but it all changed during the period of British colonization and it was made an universal concept through them. 6] The celebration of Mawlid [(Birthday of Prophet (PBUH)] is neither from the Sunnah of Allahs Messenger nor his Companions: Anything that is not from these, cannot be a part of religion. Allahs Messenger (SAS) said: Stick to my Sunnah and the Sunnah of my rightly guided Caliphs, cling to it firmly with your molar teeth. Beware of newly invented matters, for every new matter is an innovation and every innovation is misleading. [[Musnad Ahmad (4/126) and at-Tirmidhee (2676)] Whosoever performs an act with the intention of achieving closeness to Allah while such an act was neither performed or commanded by Allahs Messenger nor by his Caliphs after him - then performing such an act constitutes accusing the Messenger of not (correctly/completely) explaining the Deen to the people. Performing this act also amounts to belying the statement of Allah, This day, I have perfected your religion for you. [Soorah al-Maidah (5): 3] Such is because (by performing an innovated act) one comes up with something supplementary claiming that it is from the religion while Allahs Messenger did not order us with it. 7] Celebrating Mawlid (birthday) of Allahs Messenger is an imitation of the Christians in their celebrating the birthday of Prophet Eesa , whereas imitating them- especially in matters of their religion - is strictly prohibited, and differing from them is prescribed in the Ahadeeth of Allahs Messenger (PBUH). The Prophet (PBUH) said, Whoever imitates/resembles a people is one of them. [Musnad Ahmad (2/05) and Abu Dawood (4/314)] Be different from the Mushrikeen (those who associate partners with Allah). [Saheeh Muslim] 8] Apart from being a Bidah (innovation) and Tashbeeh (imitation) of the Christians - and both of them are prohibited; those who participate in this celebration call upon the Prophet , seek his help and chant poems of Shirk in his praise, like Qasidah al-Burdah, and its like. Allahs Messenger (PBUH) has prohibited all such forms of exaggeration. The Prophet (PBUH) said, Do not exaggerate in me, as the Christians exaggerated about the son of Maryam. I am only a slave, so say the slave of Allah and the Messenger of Allah. [Saheeh al-Bukharee (4/142 -3445)] This Hadeeth means, do not exaggerate in praising and honoring me like the Christians, who exaggerated in honoring and praising Eesa A,S- such that they ended up worshiping him. Allah forbade the Christians from worshiping Eesa saying, O people of the Scripture (Jews and Christians)! Do not exceed the limits in your religion, nor say of Allah anything but the truth. The Messiah Eesa, son of Maryam, was (no more than) a Messenger of Allah and His Word, (Be! - and he was) which He bestowed on Maryam and a spirit (Ruh) created by Him. [Soorah an-Nisa (4): 171] Allahs Messenger prohibited us from exaggeration fearing that we might be effected by that same Shirk which the Christians were effected with. He said, Beware of exaggeration for those before were destroyed due to exaggeration.” [Saheeh Sunan an-Nisaee (2863)]. Unfortunately, those sets of people who celebrate Birthday of Prophet (PBUH) have done the same exaggeration as Christians did with Jesus (PBUH) by invoking upon Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) for help, instead of ALLAH. Just as Christian says ‘O Jesus, help me’ these sets of people say ‘O Muhammad, help me’, grant me this, grant me that. 9] Celebrating the Bidah of Mawlid opens the door to other innovations and diverts people towards it. We thus find those who participate in such innovations active in reviving the Bidah and lazy in performing the Sunnah, and enraged at the people of Sunnah until all their religion revolves around innovated memories and birthdays. They split up in groups - each group preserving the reminiscences of their scholars birthdays, like the Mawlid of Badawi, Ibn Arabi, ad-Dasooki and Shazali - in this way, they do not free themselves from one Mawlid and get busy with another celebration/ carnival of birthdays of religious figureheads. They can only think of celebration and get addicted to it to the extent that for them nothing is more meaningful than celebrations. They overlook all their teachings and even overlook all the trials and afflictions that the Muslim Ummah is going through and just enjoy busying themselves with celebrations by anyhow giving it a religious flavor. Such birthday celebration of religious personalities results in exaggeration (in the honor and praise) of the deceased and gradually cause them to invoke their religious personalities besides Allah by manufacturing the polytheistic belief that they too can benefit and harm from ghaib (unseen world) – until these people depart from the pale of Islam and return to the Deen of the people of Jahiliyah (ignorance) concerning whom Allah said,They worship besides Allah things, that hurt them not, nor profit them, and they say, These are our intercessors with Allah. [Soorah Yunus (10): 18] Those who take Awliya (protectors and helpers) besides Him (say), We worship them only that they may bring us near to Allah. [Soorah az-Zumar (39): 3]
Posted on: Tue, 30 Dec 2014 05:34:43 +0000
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