QUESTION Isnt it essential that we must celebrate and be happy on the birthday of our Beloved Prophet (saw)? Allah swt states in the Holy Quran Of the favour and mercy of Allah let them rejoice, that is better than all their wealth 10:58. This verse Allah orders us to rejoice in his favours and mercy. Also in the Quran we are reminded spend not wastefully (your wealth), in the manner of a spendthrift, verily the spendthrift are the brothers of the devils 15:26. Although Allah is normally fond of simplicity, from the above verse stating let them rejoice, that is better than all their wealth 10:58 we can say it is a divine commandment of Allah to rejoice and celebrate the favours and mercy that He has bestowed upon us and spending ones finances in such a way will be considered by Allah more important than all savings. So what are favours and mercy of Allah? The Holy Quran provides answer 2:64 The Prophet SAW is the ONLY blessing of Allah that He describes with the word favour. What exactly is Allah swts mercy? The Holy Quran states: And we have sent you (Muhammad) except as a mercy to mankind 21:107. This shows the Holy Prophets SAW distinctive quality incarnate in both word and deed. The Prophet SAW also described himself so eloquently and concisely when he said, I am a mercy bestowed by Allah. Allah states in the Holy Quran, Of the favour and mercy of Allah let them rejoice, that is better than all their wealth 10:58. Therefore, according to Quranic teachings, isnt it essential that we must celebrate and be happy on the birthday of our Beloved Prophet SAW? ANSWER: It suffices to state that the four famous Imaams and traditional scholars, viz. Imaam Abu Hanifa, Imaam Shaafiee, Imaamm Maaliki and Imaam Ahmad ibn Hanbal, regard the celebration of Meelaad as impermissible.
The abovementioned Imaams were great traditional scholars and masters in every field of Islam. No latter scholars views can be equated to the views of these great Imaams. One may go one step beyond the four Imaams, the era of the Sahaaba (Radhiallaahu Anhum). They loved the prophet (Sallallaahu Alayhi Wasallam) but never did they celebrate Meelaad. In fact, Rasulullah (Sallallaahu Alayhi Wasallam) never celebrated his own birth or instructed anyone to do so. and Allah Ta'ala Knows Best Mufti Ebrahim Desai __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com *************************************************************************** {Invite (mankind, O Muhammad ) to the Way of your Lord (i.e. Islam) with wisdom (i.e. with the Divine Inspiration and the Qur'an) and fair preaching, and argue with them in a way that is better. Truly, your Lord knows best who has gone astray from His Path, and He is the Best Aware of those who are guided.} (Holy Quran-16:125) {And who is better in speech than he who [says: "My Lord is Allah (believes in His Oneness)," and then stands straight (acts upon His Order), and] invites (men) to Allah's (Islamic Monotheism), and does righteous deeds, and says: "I am one of the Muslims."} (Holy Quran-41:33) The prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: "By Allah, if Allah guides one person by you, it is better for you than the best types of camels." [al-Bukhaaree, Muslim] The prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) also said, "Whoever calls to guidance will have a reward similar to the reward of the one who follows him, without the reward of either of them being lessened at all." [Muslim, Ahmad, Aboo Daawood, an-Nasaa'ee, at-Tirmidhee, Ibn Maajah] -------------------------------------------------------------------------- All views expressed herein belong to the individuals concerned and do not in any way reflect the official views of IslamCity unless sanctioned or approved otherwise. If your mailbox clogged with mails from IslamCity, you may wish to get a daily digest of emails by logging-on to http://www.yahoogroups.com to change your mail delivery settings or email the moderators at [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the title "change to daily digest". Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/islamcity/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
