To Celebrate The Mawlid or Not? - Shaykh Hamza Yusuf 

Truthfears Guilty he’s the complete opposite. His ways are of love and peace. His jihad is with himself in perfecting character or striving to do so. He is a Sufi scholar. If you were to know anything about the term Sufi and who they are you would know that it teaches to destroy only the ego. Harming others and showing hostility is off the diseased heart and so please keep your mouth shut instead of being disrespectful. Your tongue can do allot of damage

Amin Summa Amin

أمين

Aameen Aameen Ya Rabbila'lameen inshallah

He didn't explain it well but cut and paste. In Islam we have aqiqahs, not mawlid which is from shiuh pagans. Plus fasting shows it wasn't a holiday. Watch Najeeb al Angelisi debunking a sufi doubt.

So 365-1 =364?

and rabeel awwal

I would like to see their reasons for celebrating it from the Quran and hadith, don't tell me it's beautiful, reading Quran, Charity etc. That's not a reason.

@Truthfears Guilty Hamza is a learned person let's be fair to him, but like one of the past Islamic theologians said " anybody's opinion could be islamically acceptable or Islamically disposable except the the prophet (PBUH) ". No room for innovation in Islam, it is COMPLETE.

@Truthfears Guilty point of correction, my mentor is anyone through which Quran and sunnah flows REGARDLESS. And yes hamza yusuf got it wrong this time. By the way I would like to know who is your mentor?

Faisal Khan you are correct. Also the prophet S.A.W said if one brother calls another brother misguided, then surely one will be misguided, either the one who was the accuser or the accused.

May Allah bless u brother. You’re very correct

WE MUST EXPOSE WAHHABIS FOR DESTROYING OUR ISLAM AND DEFEND THE AHLU SUNNAHN

Well said,but as Muslims knowledge is compulsory upon every Muslim,male or female.. We are to seek knowledge so that we don't follow blindly my brother..

xX90sWereTheDaysxX we must destroy this fallacious ideology by showing them the truth by learning and enlightening them with truth through knowledge and setting an example of love and peace. Violence is not the answer...

I think it's best that you disable comments brother - it'll just cause confusion and many people are speaking out of the capacity in which they should.

+Usama Malik I agree, its an old debate. itll never end. celebrate if you want n if you dont want, ur problem. I do n Im proud to say it Alhamdulillah :)

+Usama Malik Most people don't follow sunnah anyway

Brother. Can you please disable the comments? Jazakallah.

+inkofknowledge Brother the way you commented its really amazing, may ALLAH (Subhanahu wa ta'ala) grant us hikmah like you

well said

Ok.. More than half of the umma don't pray. More than half shave their beards, (beards are wajb, required) , etc. what what exactly do you have to say about that. Celebrated mawlid is clearly haram, if the prophet nor companians didn't celebrate such thing. What makes you think we (imams, speakers, people) know better? Common man. Be sincere with me habibi

+Abe Naser For every good deed one shall be rewarded and for every sin, punished. so lets stop counting the sins of people and start looking at how they may be better than us. of course not praying is a major sin, but there are ahadith do prove that Allah SWT a Forgave the worst of people (outwardly) because of one action they did that pleased Him SWT. I believe that this Mawlid (celebration) we are definitely thanking Allah SWT by showing gratitude for sending the Beloved SAW to us, he SAW will be the only one, whose waseela will get us to Jannah on Yawm ul Qiyamah.

+Abe Naser uhhh.... that is a stupid response. Those things are clearly either obligatory and sunnah. The Mawlid is a derived action. Derived from evidences of the Quran and Hadith. There is a difference. Common mannn

+Ammara Nisar arent we always suppose to show our "gratitude" towards the messenger?? Or only on mawlid Eid? We show it each and every day.. Look across the world and see what this mawlid has become, people are now worshipping the graves, asking "Mohammed" for forgiviness. It's becoming a shirk celebration.. That's why Prophet Mohammed (SAW) said "I didn't leave you ( as in companians& the umma) with anything that'll get you closer to Allah which I already showed you". Then why have we to come up with all times of newly invented things

So true but one has to show wisdom to bring their brothers and sisters more closer to the greater truth, Like Hamza Yusuf even says it's a later practice /biddah , Because people on both sides don't understand the nuances, all people should fear Allah SWT and seek guidance and knowledge, Including us, May Allah SWT forgive and guide us all ameen

Mawlid is not about the day itself but Rasullah the best of creation, is it an Eid no, but is it permissible, yes, you must show love to the Prophet SAW (who is alive from beyond the grave, as all Prophets, Maytrs, and Saints) as you love Allah SWT by loving his messanger.

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@@karimmoop9560 just come to India and ull see how evil it became

@@shahinrahman3223 Morroco; Turkey; Syria; Afghanistan all have theirs without the wildness of Indian practies

what part of mawlid brings people to Islam?

@@affansyed1842 the nature of feeding the poor

not everything that looks good, is good... keep that in your mind my dear.

@@ZeeshanAli-nm7eq but everything that seems good and it is good in the light of quran and sunnah is definitely good for you

@@haidermomin7077 My dear, this is nowhere good in the light of Quran and Sunnah. As the Prophet (SAW) said that every bidah is evil. SO who are we to say that an innovation can be good?

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Include (ﷺ) it is mandatory.

@hbk711x Yes In the Qur'an Eesa (AS)'s birthday was celebrated. Yes the Sahaba did celebrate it is Sahih Muslim where the sahaba were holding a gathering, the Prophet asked why and they said "for blessing us with you" since I'm sure ur ignorance will not let you find an evidence I will give you an example of just how much Swaab it gives. Before the birth of the Holy Prophet (saw), his father, Hadrat Abdullah (rad) had already died, so a lady slave called Thwaiba was sent to Hadrat Aminah’s house for her help and service. Upon the birth of the Holy Prophet (saw) Thwaiba came running to Abu Lahab, the Prophet’s (saw) uncle, to give the good news of the birth of his nephew. Abu Lahab became extremely happy and raising two fingers pointed to Thwaiba saying “ I free you in thankfulness of the birth of my nephew”. That day was a Monday. When he died he came in the dream of Hadrat Abass (rad) who asked him how he was fairing in the life after death. Abu Lahab replied: “I am in the fire of hell day and night and have no escape except Monday. The punishment is reduced for me and from these two fingers of mine I receive water from which I drink (like a fountain) for I freed Thwaiba on the birth of the Holy Prophet (SAWAS). This Hadith is in the Sahih of Imam Bukhari, Kitab-ul-Nikah who quotes this from his own Shaykh, Imam Abdul Razzaq who was the student of Imam e Azaam, Abu Hanifah (ra). It is also quoted by Imam Ibn Asqalani in “Fath al bari”, Hafiz Ibn Kateer, Imam Bahaiqui, Imam Sohaili, Imam Baghawi, Imam Qurtubi, Imam Jawzi, Imam Mullah Ali Qari, and Imam Abdul Haq Muhaddith Delhvi (ra). We fast on Mondays as a way of sunnat and appreciation of the Mawlid not just on the day of 12th, that day we specially celebrate it.

@@sirploom We do not fast on mondays because of the birth of the Prophet. We fast on a Monday AND Thursday as the sunnah of the Prophet(saw) because these are the days in which deeds are carried up. The fact that we fast on the Thursdsy as well is enough proof to show that his birthday had nothing to do with it. He also stated that the fast of Dawood was the most beloved of fasting and this is three days on the middle of the month. According to ibn Hajar Asqualani and al Suyuti the mawlid was first celebrated in the 13th century. The fatwa of Ibn Hajr on Mawlid is following. «أصل عمل المولد بدعة لم تُنقَل عن أحد من السلف الصالح من القرون الثلاثة، ولكنها مع ذلك قد اشتملت على محاسن وضدها، فمَن تَحرَّى في عملها المحاسن، وتَجنَّب ضدها؛ كان بدعة حسنة، وإلا فلا. As for the origin of the practice of commemorating the Prophet’s birth, it is an innovation that has not been conveyed to us from any of the pious early Muslims of the first three centuries, despite which it has included both features that are praiseworthy and features that are not. If one takes care to include in such a commemoration only things that are praiseworthy and avoids those that are otherwise, it is a praiseworthy innovation, while if one does not, it is not. (end quote from al-Hawi lil fatawi of Jalal ud din suyuti)

@@youngomniverse35 i am not sure where your info comes from, but are you unaware that both the Thursday and the Monday are for different reasons, you using that we fast on Thursdays too as an evidence against does not work, especially since i specifically said, and i quote my message, 'We fast on Mondays as a way of sunnat and appreciation of the Mawlid...' showing i knew already that we fasted on Mondays as a Sunnah, i did not expect a response like this, but as you have delivered, i must carry on to say that the reason of the Monday fast, if you have looked at the Hadith that it comes from, specifically mentions that the Prophet (Peace be upon him and his family) says that he fasts on Mondays with this being one of the reasons, that he was born on this day, if it was not a reason to be mentioned, if it was not something that had affected the reason that this is a Sunnah in the first place, then he would not have mentioned it. There was a reason behind every word that the Prophet (Peace be upon him and his family) said, and you cannot just push this away when it is so important of a reason. Secondly, you just ignore the hadiths i give from the Sihah Sitta? The ones which clearly prove the Mawlid's importance, it was not mentioned in the Hadiths more because it is a silly thing to even think, almost incomprehensible, that people would try to make commemorating the great Prophet (Peace be upon him and his family)'s birthday something that was 'wrong'. Astaghfirullah. Furthermore, you ignore also the fact that Eesa (may peace be upon him)'s birthday too was celebrated, in the Qur'an. Do you not realise how silly it sounds to think that it is nice to celebrate Eesa (AS)'s birthday, but when it comes to the king of the Prophets (peace be upon them), the great, wonderful Prophet Muhammad (MAY PEACE BE UPON HIS WONDERFUL SELF AND HIS FAMILY)? I won't even start to take down the rest of it when you already have this many mistakes in your argument

@@sirploom It is clear that once again we see that the knowledge of the Sufi has apparently exceeded that of the Prophets and the Sahabah is strangely is usually the case. I beg of you to cite a single Sahabah or a single prominent Tafsir which said we celebrate the birthday of Isa(as). The books of history will show that the early Christians regarded the celebration of the birthday to be a PAGAN RITUAL. Surah Maryam is a clarification of what the Christians believe and it is a correction of the birth of Isa(as). No one ever mentioned it was the celebration of a birthday. The Prophet sallAllahu 'alaihi wa sallam never regularly fasted on the twelfth of Rabee' Al-Awwal, which is the date that some claim is his birthday, rather, he fasted every Monday, and there are four Mondays in every month. Therefore, celebrating the twelfth of Rabee' Al-Awwal and designating certain acts of worship for it must be considered as an attempt to correct what is thought to be wrong or less than perfect on the part of the Prophet sallAllahu 'alaihi wa sallam. The Prophet sallAllahu 'alaihi wa sallam did not only fast on Mondays, but in addition, he would also fast on Thursdays, as he said: "The records of deeds are raised (to Allah) every Monday and Thursday, therefore, I like to be fasting at this time." (Tirmidhi). Moreover, the Prophet sallAllahu 'alaihi wa sallam did not say that the reason for fasting on a Monday were due to his birth only, but also because of the fact that the records of everybody's deeds are raised to Allah on these days. Therefore, celebrating Al-Mawlid with the excuse that the Prophet sallAllahu 'alaihi wa sallam used to fast on a Monday is a misunderstanding and a gross exaggeration of the facts. The Prophet sallAllahu 'alaihi wa sallam did not add any form of celebration to his fasting, as those who celebrate Al-Mawlid do. If people intend to express their gratitude to Allah by observing Al-Mawlid and they justify it with the excuse that he used to fast on Mondays, then common sense dictates that they must completely imitate the Prophet sallAllahu 'alaihi wa sallam in the way that he expressed gratitude to Allah. Many people who celebrate Al-Mawlid do not fast regularly on Mondays and Thursdays as they deem it to be exhausting. On the contrary, they actually prepare and eat more food than usual as part of their celebration. Ibn Khalikan said in Wafiyat al-A’yan (3/274): “When it is the first of Safar they decorate those domes with various kinds of fancy adornments, and in every dome there sits a group of singers and a group of puppeteers and players of musical instruments, and they do not leave any one of those domes without setting up a group (of performers) there. The people give up work during this period, and they do no work except going around and watching the entertainment. When there are two days to go until the Mawlid, they bring out a large number of camels, cows and sheep, more than can be described, and they accompany them with all the drums, songs and musical instruments that they have, until they bring them to the square… On the night of the Mawlid there are performances of nashids after Maghrib in the citadel.” This is the origin of this celebration on the occasion of the Prophet’s birthday. More recently idle entertainment, extravagance, and wasting of money and time have become associated with an innovation for which Allah has not sent down any authority. It is interesting to note that the celebration of the Mawlids of Ali and Fatima began before Milad un Nabi and the first instance of its celebration was by the Fatamid caliphs.

​@@youngomniverse35 It seems plain evident that you do not know how to debate on issues, nor how to properly counter points, nor are you careful to heed the wording that I use, when attempting to counter my points, so I shall give you the proofs this time, and show you certain errors you have made. The Prophet (Peace Be Upon him and his family) was asked about the voluntary fasting on Mondays, and he replied saying, “On that day I was born, and on it the Revelation came to me.” ~Sahih Muslim (1162). Now, you tell me, and I quote your wording here "Moreover, the Prophet sallAllahu 'alaihi wa sallam did not say that the reason for fasting on a Monday were due to his birth only, but also because of the fact that the records of everybody's deeds are raised to Allah on these days. Therefore, celebrating Al-Mawlid with the excuse that the Prophet sallAllahu 'alaihi wa sallam used to fast on a Monday is a misunderstanding and a gross exaggeration of the facts." This is a clear misinterpretation / disinformation with the attempt to undermine the point I have made, which I quote: "...specifically mentions that the Prophet (Peace be upon him and his family) says that he fasts on Mondays with this being one of the reasons, that he was born on this day, if it was not a reason to be mentioned, if it was not something that had affected the reason that this is a Sunnah in the first place, then he would not have mentioned it." Now, if you paid proper attention, you'd notice I said very specifically "with this being *one* of the reasons", do you see the understanding that is to be made here, my entire point bases itself on the idea that 'if it was not a reason to be mentioned, if it was not something that had affected the reason that this is a Sunnah in the first place,' the Prophet (Peace Be upon him and his family) mentions everything that is important. If this reason was not an important contribution (now take good notice that I use 'an' and 'a', not 'the', I am taking into account this is *one of the reasons* something which you wish to exploit when attempting to counter the point) to his reason as to why he fasts on the Monday, then he would not say it, showing the importance of his birth on it. Furthermore, will you take into account the chronology of his words, he mentions first 'On the day I was born' before something as gracious as the Revelation of the Quran, do you see how important his existence, his birth is to it, that he uses these words first. There is a clear indication of an order of prominence, something which clearly emphasises the importance his birth has on the fasting on Monday, and the importance of Mawlid overall. You carried on to state 'Therefore, celebrating Al-Mawlid with the excuse that the Prophet sallAllahu 'alaihi wa sallam used to fast on a Monday is a misunderstanding and a gross exaggeration of the facts,' however, once more, if you look at my response, there is no mention of this being a sole reason to celebrate Mawlid, my response specifically says that this is something which aids understanding in the importance of the Mawlid (direct quote of my original response 'There was a reason behind every word that the Prophet (Peace be upon him and his family) said, and you cannot just push this away when it is so important of a reason,' the main semantic theme being importance, not as you wish to say, a reason to celebrate Mawlid entirely. No 'gross exaggeration' has been made, and as we've seen before this is not 'a misunderstanding' but a part of a whole argument to evidence the permissibility. You also mention 'Many people who celebrate Al-Mawlid do not fast regularly on Mondays and Thursdays as they deem it to be exhausting. On the contrary, they actually prepare and eat more food than usual as part of their celebration.' Please tell me why you are taking 'many people' into account, this is not the topic of the conversation, nor liable evidence at all. 'Many people' is based on your interpretation, and 'deem it to be exhausting' is again an interpretation / assumption that you have made for 'Many' people when in actuality you cannot prove this, nor will any of these people who do use this reason claim that doing these regular fasts is a bad thing, a rather silly thing to attempt to use in your response. You mention 'This is the origin of this celebration on the occasion of the Prophet’s birthday,' yet in your evidence, there is not one mention of it being the 'origin' as you say, but rather a description of what happens 'On the night of the Mawlid'. There is no mention of origin here, just how it is prepared on any night of the mawlid. However, this is not as important, so we will move on. 'Imam Alusi in “Ruhul Ma’ ani”, (vol.2 pg 141) interprets Surah Yunus, (10:58) by quoting a statement of Hadrat Abdullah ibn Abass (r.a.d) an expert on tafsir. He states that the word fadl in surah Yunus means ilm, knowledge, and is a reference to the Holy Qu’ran. Since this ilm came about as a result of the means of the Holy Prophet (saw) who received this Divine revelation, Hadrat Ibn Abass (r.a.d) states that the rahama Allah Almighty refers to in the ayah is the Holy Prophet (saw) himself. In conclusion he says the coming and raising of this rahma in the form of the Holy Prophet (saw) is an occasion to be celebrated. The Holy Qur’an also singles out the birthday as an important event and worthy of mention. In Surah Maryam Allah tala commands us to send salaam on the day Sayyidina Yahya was born ie his birthday. “And send salaam on him the day he was born, and the day he dies and the day he wil be raised up to life (again)” (19:15) If the celebration of bithdays is an innovation and prohibited then why would Allah Ta’ala single out the birthday of Hadhrat Yahyah (a.s)? It is to be remembered that these are the words of Allah (swt) and He is the one who is sending salaam on to His messenger and clearly signifying his birthday as a peculiar and significant day.. If Allah Almighty is ordering mankind to convey these salaams on to Sayyidina Yahya (as) how can one say it is prohibited to do the same for the Holy Prophet (saw) on his birthday who is the last and greatest of all Prophets? A birthday is significant in that a day is singled out for collective worship. One type of salaam is salaam ul-aam, a general one and the other type salaam ul qass which is sent together collectively. Although we are encouraged to send salaat and salaam on the Holy Prophet (saw) every day, having one day in particular means a collective act of worship takes place which is always superior. Indeed salaam can also be viewed as a gift from Allah to His Prophets just as we give gifts to each other on our birthdays. The same commandment has also been given in respect of Sayyinia Isa (a.s) in Surah Maryam “And send salaam on me the day I was born and the day I died and the day I shall be rasied alive” (19:33) joiced by all. Imam Alusi then gives many other authorities who quote this same tafsir of Hadrat ibn Abass, including Imam Katir Baghdadi and Ibn Sakir, all whom say rahma is the Holy Prophet (saw) Imam Jalaludin Suyuti in “Adurul Mansur fil Tafseer” (vol. 4 pg. 330) also quotes Hadrat ibn Abass and says fadl is ilm, referring to the Holy Qur’an and rahma is the Holy Prophet (saw). Imam Abi Hayan Andulusi in “Tafseer ul Bahrul Muheet” (vol. 5 pg. 171), a great scholar of the 7th and 8th century states the same tafseer of Hadrat ibn Abass (r.a.d) through his famous student Tabil as does Imam Bahaiqui. Imam ibn Jawzi in “Zadul Maseer” (vol.4 pg. 40) gives various meanings for these two words and implications. He states that although they have different meanings we need to see what it refers to in the context of this verse when Allah has asked us to rejoice. He again gives the same reference of the tafsir of ibn Abass. Imam Tabrasi, a great Imam of tafseer from the 6th Century in “Majamual Bayan” (vol. 5 pg. 177-178) gives an explanation of this ayah. He comments that in reality Allah is stating to His Prophet (saw) that tell those who rejoice of things of the dunya, if they want to rejoice something then they should rejoice in Allah’s fadl and rahma, that has been bestowed and sent upon them. He says there are two things to be celebrated, the revelation of the Holy Qur’an which is Allah’s fadl and the raising of the Holy Prophet (saw) who is the raama. He also quotes Qutada and Mujahid students of Hadrat ibn Abass (r.a.d) as well Imam Bakr who all state the same.' I will stop replying if you continue with this level of ignorance

fatima parak music is great for the soul according to most people... It is Haram...

@@ousmanediop9113 bad example u have given. She was telling abt love of prophet (peace be upon him)

It was never celebrated during the life of Prophet p.b.u.h or by the grandchildren Hassan r.a & Hussein r.a

@usa wicked you have spoken brother.

Follow sunnah not bida to cherish Islam, mawlid was made by shiuhs to copy christmas

The fact that you dare to equate your believing brothers of being like ibless says a lot about your understanding of your deen…!!!

​@@easy-peasy8092why is mowlid celebrated for?

My scholar will say this, if you don't want to celebrate it then let it be. Let other people that want to celebrate be happy to celebrate Mawlid. How can you don't celebrate Rasulullah? He's the greatest man on earth, the only human on earth when he's just a baby sujud to Allah. Like Prophet Isa he praised himself for his birth but Prophet Muhammad praised by Allah for his birthday. You can search for Mawlid celebrated in Tareem Hadramaut, Yemen. The only place in the earth right now that didn't have covid issues. They celebrate Mawlid everyday in the month of Rabiul Awwal. The blessed place, everyone there celebrating it. There like the only normal place right now while we all dealing with covid situations. Allah blessed them because of their love towards Prophet Muhammad.

@@denganituingatlahdia8867 Don't introduce stupidity in the name of Islam?? For people who wants to show their affection for prophet PBUH for single day celebrate Mawlid.

@@criticalthinker8503 don’t introduce terrorism to Islam you wobbler :)

Dear, they don't see this, because what the wahabi Najdi horn show thawheed, that's they're religion, leave it

An excellent book on why it is right to celebrate the mawlid of the last and final Messenger of Allah Sayyiduna Muhammad (ﷺ).

where is the evidence that good bidah gives rewards

Abdulhalim Mohamed I may have difference of opinion with you regarding the rest of the paragraphs but the last one I 100% agree with. Arguing to the point of building up anger and swearing was never part of Islam so let's not bring that in. Muslims in general need to unite regardless of belief, And we need to understand common ground and to talk about it calmly, and source everything as you have done

Oz zY . shukran akhi, what I represented was the point of view of the majority of followers of the Shafi school and their approach to fiqh!

@@YourName-rt2cu Yes In the Qur'an Eesa (AS)'s birthday was celebrated. Yes the Sahaba did celebrate it is Sahih Muslim where the sahaba were holding a gathering, the Prophet asked why and they said "for blessing us with you" since I'm sure ur ignorance will not let you find an evidence I will give you an example of just how much Swaab it gives. Before the birth of the Holy Prophet (saw), his father, Hadrat Abdullah (rad) had already died, so a lady slave called Thwaiba was sent to Hadrat Aminah’s house for her help and service. Upon the birth of the Holy Prophet (saw) Thwaiba came running to Abu Lahab, the Prophet’s (saw) uncle, to give the good news of the birth of his nephew. Abu Lahab became extremely happy and raising two fingers pointed to Thwaiba saying “ I free you in thankfulness of the birth of my nephew”. That day was a Monday. When he died he came in the dream of Hadrat Abass (rad) who asked him how he was fairing in the life after death. Abu Lahab replied: “I am in the fire of hell day and night and have no escape except Monday. The punishment is reduced for me and from these two fingers of mine I receive water from which I drink (like a fountain) for I freed Thwaiba on the birth of the Holy Prophet (SAWAS). This Hadith is in the Sahih of Imam Bukhari, Kitab-ul-Nikah who quotes this from his own Shaykh, Imam Abdul Razzaq who was the student of Imam e Azaam, Abu Hanifah (ra). It is also quoted by Imam Ibn Asqalani in “Fath al bari”, Hafiz Ibn Kateer, Imam Bahaiqui, Imam Sohaili, Imam Baghawi, Imam Qurtubi, Imam Jawzi, Imam Mullah Ali Qari, and Imam Abdul Haq Muhaddith Delhvi (ra). We fast on Mondays as a way of sunnat and appreciation of the Mawlid not just on the day of 12th, that day we specially celebrate it. Ur ignorance has allowed the Shaytaan to shield ur mind from evidence that's why.

JAZAKALLAH Khair bro, can you kindly share the original source, for further understanding, reading & studyin.

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And how does one express happiness? Is it not by celebrating?

@@kalelrehmani1733 real celebration is knowing ane learning from the character of the prophet and following his teachings. end of story. and jazaka Allah khair for uploading this video.

@@nabelodal7112 lol thats how milad is celebrated, you think we just put lights up and end of..ofcourdr not man

@@kalelrehmani1733 I don't have time for you. You want to invent ways of celebrating the prophet's birth? Go on.

@Orient Express Hehe. Everything I said was clear. Now you are talking about my wishes without evidence. How can you learn?

Woe to him who deceive himselfs thinking he's up to something while he's actually up to nothing... And the Prophet will surely distance himself from FABRICATORS.

@@Saad-ul6py “Is there any indication from the Sahaba that celebrating the birth of the Messenger of God (Allah bless him and grant him peace) is a bad thing ? Narrated Abdullah ibn Abbas (Allah be pleased with him): A group of the Sahaba of the Holy Prophet (sallallahu alaihi wasallam) was sitting together and the Holy Prophet (sallallahu alaihi wasallam) came and approached them and he heard them talking to each other. Some of them said that Allah subhanahu wa ta’la took Ibrahim (Alayhissalam) as His friend, and others said that Allah subhanahu wa ta’la took Musa (Alayhissalam) as His kaleem [the one who spoke directly with Allah], and others said Allah subhanahu wa ta’la took ‘Isa (Alayhissalam) as a word of Allah, and others said that Allah subhanahu wa ta’la chose Adam (Alayhissalam). The Holy Prophet (sallallahu alaihi wasallam) said to them, ‘I heard your conversation and you are wondering at Ibrahim (Alayhissalam) being the friend of Allah, and it is true, and Musa (Alayhissalam) being Najeeullah [the saved one of Allah], and ‘Isa (Alayhissalam) being Rawhullah, and it is true, and Adam (Alayhissalam) being chosen by Allah and it is true, but, I am the Beloved of Allah and I say it without pride [Habeebullah wa laa fakhr], and I am the bearer of the flag of praise on the judgment day, and Adam (Alayhissalam) and everyone descended from him are under my flag on judgment day and I say it without pride. I am the first intercessor and the first to intercede on the judgment day and I say it without pride. And I am the first to move the handles of the door of paradise and Allah will open paradise for me and I am the first to enter it and with me will be the poor and humble of the believers, and I say it without pride, and I am the first to be honoured among the first and last of creation and I say it without pride.” [Tirmidhi Sharif: Kitabul-Munaqib, (Book of Merits) Chapter Babun Fi Fazaldh-un-Nabi, (The Merit of the Prophet - Peace & Blessings be upon him). Also transmitted by Imam Darimi, Hafiz ibn Kathir, Imam Suyuti and others] The ones that doubt should understand, the true gathering of Mawlid-un-Nabi is precisely to sit in the Masjid and do dhikr (speeches) of the beloved Sayyidina Prophet Muhammad (sallallahu alaihi wasallam), in the same way that the Sahaba were also doing the dhikr of the Prophets (Allah be pleased with them all). n a Hadith narrated by Abu Qatada Ansari (rad), Allah’s Messenger ﷺ was asked about fasting on Monday, whereupon he said: ‘It is (the day) when I was born and revelation was sent down to me.’ (Muslim, Book 6, No. 2606). It is clear from this Hadith that the Prophet ﷺ fasted on the day of his birth out of gratitude. Fasting is a form of worship, so one can fast or hold gatherings or provide food to the poor, all being acts of worship. The Prophet ﷺ himself celebrated his birth. In a Hadith narrated by Hadrat Anas (RA), in the Sunan of Imam Bayhaqi, (v.9 p.300 no. 43), states that the Prophet ﷺ sacrificed some animals and performed an aqiqa for himself after the announcement of his Prophethood. Imam Suyuti states that this was not an aqiqa done in the traditional sense since his grandfather had already performed it. It is not possible to repeat an act of Shari’ah once it is already done. Imam Suyuti states that the reason for the sacrifice of the animals was an act of thankfulness and a celebration done by the Prophet ﷺ for his birth. Imam Suyuti concludes that it is mustahab (advisable) for us to celebrate the mawlid in ijtima (collectively) since the Prophet ﷺ sacrificed animals and distributed the food and thus we too should have a gathering and distribute food and rejoice in a good man-ner (‘Husn Maqsid fî `Amal-il mawlid by Imâm Jalâl ad-Dîn Suyûtî, pp. 64-6). Imam Al Suyuti, from Alhawi lil fatawi, wrote a chapter entitled ‘The Good Intention in Commemorating the Mawlid’ in which he said, ‘To commemorate the Mawlid, which is basically gathering people together, reciting parts of the Qu’ran, narrating stories about the Prophet’s birth and the signs that accompanied it, then serving food, and afterwards, departing, is one of the good innovations; and the one who practices it gets rewarded, because it involves venerating the status of the Prophet and expressing joy for his honorable birth.’ Further to this Allama Ibn Qayyim al Jawziyyah, a renowned student of Imam Ibn Taymiyya, writes, in Madarij as-Salikin.‘Listening to a good voice celebrating the birthday of the Prophetﷺ or celebrating any of the holy days in our history gives peace to the heart, and gives the listener light from the Prophetﷺ to his heart, and he will drink more from the Muhammadan spring’ "People of Haramain Shareefain (Makkah and Madinah) and Egypt and Yemen and Syria and of the eastern and western cities of Arabia hold functions in celebration of the birth of the Prophet (Sallal Laahu Alaihi wa Sallam), rejoice at the sighting of the Rabi-ul-Awwal moon, bathe and put on their best dresses adorn themselves in various ways, put on scent, and give alms with great joy, and exert themselves in listening to the Meelaad of the Prophet (Sallal Laahu Alaihi wa Sallam). By doing so, they themselves attain to success, as it has been proved that by celebrating the Meelaad of the Prophet (Sallal Laahu Alaihi wa Sallam) much good accrues the whole year round: security and comfort, greater means of livelihood, increase in children and in wealth, peace in cities and contentment and peace in homes")(Addurrul Munazzam, page. 100, 101.) "Mawanhibul Ladunniyah" and the translation is also called the "Seerat Muhammadiyah (Life of Muhammad, Sallal Laahu 'Alaihi Wa Sallam)". This book by Imaam Ahmad Bin Muhammad Bin Aby Bakr Khateeb Qastalaani (may AlLaah have mercy on him) is 500 years old On page 75 of his book, Imaam Qastalaani says: "May Al-Laah bless a person who celebrates Eid on the nights of the blessed month of the holy birth of the Prophet (Sallal Laahu Alaihi wa Sallam) LOOK ITS CLEAR THAT CELEBERATINF MAWLID IS NOT ONLY PERMESSIABLE BUT RECOMMENDED. But unfortunately my dear you have been affected by disease names SALAFISM which took birth in 1924 and have an adacity to challenge 1400 years old deen of prophet. Dont you have sense how could an ideology develop not more than 100 years ago is true islam ?

He didn't explain it well but cut and paste. In Islam we have aqiqahs, not mawlid which is from shiuh pagans copying christmas. Plus fasting shows it wasn't a holiday. Watch Najeeb al Angelisi debunking a sufi doubt.

if so fast every monday and not once in a year .If mawlid had khary in it the companions ,tabieen and atba at tabieen would have peceded us to it.

Include (ﷺ)

Masya ALLAH

Sister...the honour our beloved prophet Muhammad (saw) is to follow his way.....and if you don’t believe celebrating his birthday is bida then im afraid your love for the prophet Muhammad is not as strong as you think....because he and his family and his shaabas the ones who loved him more then you and I....his wife ayeesha r.a they didn’t celebrate his birthday....then why do you.... You wanna remember and honour Muhammad (saw) then revive a forgotten sunnah of his...instead of picking one that he didn’t do.

@@salmanmussa6866 You can look over Tarem Hadramaut, Yaman. How they celebrate Mawlid. They celebrate them for the whole month of Rabiul Awwal and their place is the only place that didn't have covid issues, why? Because of their biggest love to Allah and His Beloved.

@@denganituingatlahdia8867celebrating the prophet ﷺ birthday is bidah.

The sahabaa didnt celebrate the prophets birthday so are we saying we are more knowledgable than them? You cant just do things because it feels “ right”

barakALLAHU fikum. I listened, sheykh Albani (rahimahuLlah) gave very argumented answer to this innovation.

hbk711x Watch your tongues when cursing others who might be more virtuous than you.

They r with iblis loll

Do you fast on a day of celebration?

@@Anonymous-411Salam Brother, Juma is an Eid a/t authentic ahadith & everyone fasts in Juma of Ramadan.

@@syedasimahmad in Ramadhan every single day is a fast that's why. What about Eid Adha and, Eid Fitr are you allowed to fast on those days of celebration?

thats sufi wisdom

Hear it again

Imam Suyuti and Ibn Khateer have books written on it with proofs from Quran,hadith and scholary saying.

@@TheLastElderDragon go back to the Quran and the sunnah of the prophet sallahu alayhi wassalam, we Respect the ijtihad of these Alim Iman suyuti, etc. They are muhadhisun, and the ulama of ahlu sunnah wal jamaah. but we did not consider this ijtihad not supported with the sunnah of the Prophet, celebrating the mawlidun nabbi is clear innovation to Islam.

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False translation

@@Salafiyahisthehaqq Of course it is :-)

@@irf4nshah وَسَلَٰمٌ عَلَيْهِ يَوْمَ وُلِدَ وَيَوْمَ يَمُوتُ وَيَوْمَ يُبْعَثُ حَيًّا Where does it say “…and send salaam…” The word is سلم it’s not a فعل أمر it’s an اسم so how can it be a command to SEND salaam upon him. Tell me where you got this false translation from

The companions RadiyAllahu’anhum never celebrated his birthday and they loved RasulAllah sullAllahu alayhi wassalam than you and were better guided than you.

says a wahabi. the biggest enemy of islam

Adam Peace ibn taymiiyah was executed for his erroneous beliefs fact. anyone quoting ibn taymiyyah is most likely a wahabi

Wow! Time has twisted.

kurram hussain Prophets were executed for their believes. All the four imams went to person and some even died there. And more over Sheikh Hamza also quotes Ibn tahmiyah Ra.

U can't open a person's heart to know the love he has for the the prophet S.A.W.. Things that has to do with the heart let Allah Subhaanahu be the judge.. wherether a salafi or we the new generation.. let Allah be the judge.. سلام عليكم..

kurram hussain You do know that Ibn Taymiyyah is Sufi?

@yushaaazzzi no, the prophet fasted monday cause deeds are teken to allah on that day

@@jamworthy14 You’re speaking without knowledge. He fasted on mondays because he was born on a monday and also that’s the day he received the revelation

@@Visible-jb2ew me without knowledge or you ? Then why did the prophet fast on Thursday? 😪

@@jamworthy14 for Monday and Thursday yes. But in this context (mowlid)… the prophet says he fasted on mondays because it was the day he was born and the day he received revelation

@@Visible-jb2ew there is no mawlid. The prophet never celebrated his birthday. Malwid is just a big biddah . And in the hadith. The prophet said i fast on Mondays. Not because he was born but he said i fast on Mondays. I was born in Monday and wahi came.

18 nations agree with Mawlid but the horn of najd will never agree

@@Blackfracolin1 horn of syaitan you mean?

@@Blackfracolin1 so ur saying Islam is about quantity instead of quality. U ppl will follow any1 if everyone does it lmaoooo no wonder u ppl are lost

@@Blackfracolin1 makes sense, the ummah will split to 74 types, only one can enter jannah.

⁠@@amir123786 you probably listen to scholars who say masturbating isn’t haram and that our Nabi ( peace be upon him) is dead

Allah told u it’s wrong lol

@@amir123786 lol no?

@@afrozzz5634 where in the Quran and sunnah does it say do mawlid? Allah only gave us Quran and sunnah

Being happy he was born =/= celebrating his birthday. They are two entirely different things.

@@banandababa and Mawlid are 3 entirely different things too.

@@ZeroDawnn Idgi?

@@banandababa brother or sister celebrathing mawlid is haram. Its an innovation that started later. If the prophet or the companiuons did not do an action we shouldnt do it even if people want to convince you it is for the good. We cannot pretend that we know better than them and they are who we follow not our heart. Listen to (Sh Al-Albani debate a mawlid celebrator) by writing the parenteses in youtube and see how he explains it in sha Allah.

@@muslimsakemuslim7956 I don’t know why I just saw this but Jazakallah kheyr I just watched the video it was very informative may Allah bless the Sheikh and also you Ameen

In Friday there are many sunnah, one may not perform all sunnah. if any one denied these sunnah that is not permissible, if he said that I would not read now, I would read salawath, other dhikir, so one shouldn’t doubt on his actions. You know Tahajjut is sunnah, One of the man of Prophet (sallallahu alaihi wa sallam) age got glad tidings of jannah for his simple act that he used to keep no grudge towards people, He even did not offer tahajjut salah, just five time salah and other dhikir he used to do.

Celebrating Mawlid is not compulsory, not mandatory, not fard. If one wants to celebrate, no problem. He who does not want to celebrate, fine. ALLAH SWT loves him because his intention is to defend Allah's Deen.

@Learning Islamically and you are a saint. You an ASSH0LE

Sheikh Al Qaradāwī is not Salafī.

youtube was also developed by non muslim

Mohammad Bahathir Hashim it is sunnah since the majority of the people of Prophet Muhammad celebrate it. So your answer is Yes

Mohamed Abdi Thank you for the answer. If you say 'Yes', that eid maulid is the sunnah of Prophet,.. then show the proofs.. We cannot take other people's sunnah/doing, and claimed it as Prophet's sunnahs. "وَإِنْ تُطِعْ أَكْثَرَ مَنْ فِي الْأَرْضِ يُضِلُّوكَ عَنْ سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ إِنْ يَتَّبِعُونَ إِلَّا الظَّنَّ وَإِنْ هُمْ إِلَّا يَخْرُصُونَ" Al-An'aam (6:116) "And if you obey most of those upon the earth, they will mislead you from the way of Allah. They follow not except assumption, and they are not but falsifying." Al-An'aam (6:116)

Mohammad Bahathir Hashim your proof is that the prophet use to do many different things on his birthday such as freeing the prisoners and fasting. He celebrated it by doing those acts. And if the prophet did it, that means it is sunnah but Allah knows the best and Sunnis celebrate the birth of the prophet which technically mean that is. But again allah knows the best

Mohamed Abdi Thank you for your input. Alhamdulillah. Yes, Our pRophet did all the good deeds everyday. He did not spesificly does certain ibadah on spesific/special days, except what had been orderd by Allah. So, compared to these days, are we celvrating maulid, as our Prophet did? May Allah gives us guidance, and blesses us Assalamualaikum Warahmatullah.

Mohammad Bahathir Hashim this is the very of islam. Having two different oppinion on something. But it’s not good to say something if forbidden. Our prophet pbuh said there’s a lot of people that will be saying something is haram or bidah when it’s not.

The definition of celebrate is acknowledge an event such as coming of the prophet, doesn't confine it to a single day.

Did you actually listen to this lecture at all??!! The only bid'ah that is haram are those that are explicitly against the deen. Eg if I add 2 rakat to my fajr fardh and state I'm doing it for more ibadah. THAT is a bad bid'ah despite intentions. Commemorating the life events of the Prophet peace be upon him isn't a bad bid'ah as every event of the Prophet peace be upon him is to be celebrated and there is benefit in it. Reducing everything to an explicit affirmation in the Qur'an and Sunnah is the way of the Khawarij. Ibn Hajar Al Asqalani and ibn Kathir both also celebrated it and stated it's blessing. If the most detested kafir mentioned by name in the Qur'an (Abu Lahab) gets respite on the BIRTHDAY of the Prophet peace be upon him EVERY WEEK on Monday! Simply from being happy at the birth of the Prophet peace be upon him. As a kafir, with no intention to honour the Prophet peace be upon him and please Allah then what of the believers who love the Prophet peace be upon him? If ones birth is insignificant why did the Prophet peace be upon him commemorate his aqiqah again after nabuwat? And all events of the prophet's prefer be upon him's life are to be commemorated. His birth, the battle of Badr, Isra Wal Mi'raj, even his death.

He didn't say we designate a day, he said many people celebrate it all year round so what is the issue?

@@ZeroDawnn just because people do it doesnt mean it ´s right. Why are you defending this so much, it is bidah.

@@muslimsakemuslim7956 just because people do it doesn't mean it's bidah.

@@ZeroDawnn its bidah because the right people didnt do it. If it isnt from the nabi or sahaba its bidah. Even the scholars that defend this says its bidah but they say its "good bidah". Listen to albani debate mawlid celebrator and insha Allah you will come to know.

You know better than the Nabi how to celebrate. Smh

Not followers of Isa (as) ?? We believe in all prophets and they carried the same message.

but he never told us to stop celebrating it

That is a false notion given by some ignorant. Hamza indeed follows Quran and Sunnah

Actually he explains the issue according to understaning of salaf as saliheen in the way how they define bidah which There are two types of bidah. So What Hamza Yusuf says here is totally accurate. There is nothing wrong with mawlid based on the definition of bidah according to 4 madhabs.

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+Da Menace Way to put it. Perfect.

***** I have searched, i have listened to lectures and alhumdulilah it is permisable. Many many proofs available if you dont get brainwashed by wahabis

Stop using that argument its flawed. Wahabi after abdul wahab lanti NOT god. Ok il use the term the prophet said NAJDIS. Happy now Najdi

+abrar qazi haha jahils are you Najdis.

+abrar qazi salam aleikom Abrar. I also disagree with mawlid . People folllow christians and others and call it Islam. I used to be sad about Muslims who are being attacked in the world , but I reallized most Muslims follow nationalism(another religion) and Muhammad said whoever follows nationalism is not among my ummah. Iqra was the first surah to be revealed to Muhammad(puh) but look around and find one serious person who has the desire to learn physics in any university in the UAE instead of going to Europe or the USA . If you can teach Muslims then do so if they come across like cattle then leave them alone and instead take care of the animals because we will be rewarded equally . I once visited Morocco and found a bird who was wooned by a shot . people don't follow the way of Muhammad (puh) if they did they would have know that using animals as practice is an evil thing to do. My intention was to save the bird so I googled veterinarian in Morocco and guess what? Very few and very far from the city Nador (northern Morocco) . They don't even have proper hospitals let alone act as responsible vicegerents on earth . So talking about mawlid or visiting dead people for blessings wil not change anything . We only share because it is an oblogation but to be honest do I expect things to to change soon? Maybe the pigs will fly sooner than expecting anything from these people .

The Shafi'is and Hanafis disagree ya sheikh

@@mrty5213 disagree with what?