Celebrating Birth Day

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Celebrating Birth Day

ofProphet Muhammad[saw]

On

12th Rabiul Awal

TheReali

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"Say: If you do love

Allah, follow me: Allahwill love you and

forgive you your sins,for Allah is Oft-Forgiving, Most

Merciful." [Al-Imran:31]


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Love towards RahmatalilAlameen

Muslims all over the world

dearly love the ProphetMuhammad [saw]. He ishighly respected amongst

the Muslims as well as non-Muslims. Love for RasoolAllah [saw] is a sign of truefaith as mentioned in the

hadith:


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[Bukhari:2:13]

Narrated Abu Hurairah [ra],Allah's

messenger [saw] said, "By Himin Whose Hands my life is,none of you will have faith tillhe loves me more than hisfather and his children."


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(Tirmidhi)

Prophet Muhammad [saw] said:Love

Allah because He nourishes andsustains you. Love me because

Allah loves me


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[Quran 3:31]

Say: If you do love Allah follow me,Allah will love you and forgive yoursins for Allah is Oft-Forgiving Most

Merciful.


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Allah says in the Quran:

"Say: If your fathers, your sons, yourbrothers, your wives, your kindred, the

wealth that you have gained, the

commerce in which you fear a decline,and the dwellings in which you delightare dearer to you than Allah and His

Messenger, and striving hard and

Fighting in His Cause; then wait untilAllah brings about His Decision

(torment). And Allah guides not therebellious folk." [Quran 9:24]


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But is this love only limited todecorating mosques with green flags

and lights, having Milads, recitingDurood on 12th Rabi ul Awwal andsaying poems in honor of RasoolAllah [saw]? Is this all there is to

complete ones faith? One day in thewhole year, to proclaim your love for

the Rasool?

One day in the whole year!


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[Bukhari 56:757]

Narrated Abu Hurairah [ra]:

Allah's messenger [saw] said, "Ihave been sent [as a messenger]in the best of all the generationsof Adam's offspring since their

creation."


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[Bukhari 48: 819]

Narrated Zahdam bin Mudharrib :I heard Imran bin Hussain

saying, "The Prophet(saw) said,

'The best people are those livingin my generation, then those

coming after them, and then those

coming after [the secondgeneration]." Imran said "I do notknow whether the Prophet

mentioned two or threeenerations after our present


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Since the Sahaba of Rasool Allah [saw].were the best generation and the best

Muslims of all times, we need toanalyze how they displayed their love

for Rasool Allah [saw]. Did they evercelebrate the birth day of Rasool Allah,hold Milads and decorate the mosque,loudly recite the durood and poems in

praise of their Nabi [saw]? How didthey prove their love for Rasool Allah

[saw] and complete their faith?


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"Today I have perfectedyour religion for you, andcompleted My grace uponyou, and approved Islam

as your religion." [AlMa'idah: 3]


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The Day of Eid, 10th of DhulHijjah. On this day, about 1430

years ago, Allah revealed His lastword to humankind.

He said the deenul Islam iscompleted on that day. Even thesahabas of Rasool Allah (SAW)

did not try to make any thingnew in Islam. They never carried

this feast.


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Date of Birth of ProphetMuhammad [saw]!

Most historians are silent about theexact date of birth of the Prophet

[saw], whereas those who domention it, there are many

contradictions and disagreementsamongst them.


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Muhammad Hussain Haykal in the

biography of Muhammad [saw] writes :

Historians have disagreed about the year ofMuhammad's birth. Most of them hold that ittook place in "the Year of the Elephant," i.e.

570 C.E. Ibn 'Abbas claims that Muhammad(saw) was born on "the Day of the Elephant."Others claim that he was born fifteen yearsearlier. Still others claim that he was born a

few days, months, or years, after "the Yearof the Elephant."


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Some even assert that Muhammad was bornthirty years and others seventy years later

than "the Year of the Elephant."

Historians have also differed concerning themonth of Muhammad's birth although themajority of them agree that it was Rabi` alAwwal, the third month of the lunar year. It

has also been claimed that he was born inMuharram, in Safar, in Rajab, or in Ramadan.


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Furthermore, historians have differed as tothe day of the month on which Muhammadwas born. Some claim that the birth took

place on the third, of Rabi` al Awwal; others,on the ninth; and others on the tenth. Themajority, however, agree that Muhammad(saw) was born on the twelfth of Rabi` al

Awwal, the claim of ibn Ishaq and otherbiographers.


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The presence of such disagreements on theexact day of his birth, proves that birthdays

were not important to the Arabs. Arabs werevery well known for their great memorizationskills. They used know the lineage of their

families and other Arabs by heart; they used

to know hundreds of verses of poetry byheart, a great feat of memorization.


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'Amr b. Sharid reported his father assaying: One day when I rode behindAllah's Messenger [may peace be upon

him], he said [saw] [to me]: Do you

remember any poetry of Umayya b. AbuSalt? I said: Yes. He [saw] said: Thengo on. I recited a couplet, and he [saw]

said: Go on. Then I again recited a

couplet and he [saw] said: Go on. Irecited one hundred couplets [of his

poetry]. [Muslim 28:5602]


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If the birthday of Rasool Allah [saw] was suchan important celebration, surely they would

have remembered it and noted it down.Furthermore, there is also no proof fromhistory that Prophet Muhammad [saw]mentioned his exact date of birth nor

encouraged his followers to hold milads orrecite durood loudly on this day.

Neither is it recorded from any Sahaba thatthey celebrated his date of birth. However, he

[saw] used to fast on Mondays and so did thesahabas, irrespective of the month and

according to authentic ahadith he was born ona Monday and the deeds are also presented toAllah on Monday. He took up this day, not as a


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The only authentic narration regardingthe birth day of the Prophet (saw) has

been narrated in Muslim, concerningthe fasting on Mondays.

Abu Qatada Ansari [Allah be pleasedwith him] reported that Allah'sMessenger [saw] was asked about

fasting on Monday, whereupon he [saw]

said: It is [the day] when I was born andrevelation was sent down to me. [Maliks

Muwatta 6:2606]


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The point to be noted here is thatRasool Allah (saw) did not say 12thRabiul Awal, but rather mentioned

Monday. Another Hadith mentions that

all Mondays are special, irrespective ofthe month, as doors of Jannah are

opened on Mondays and Thursdays.


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Narrated one of the wives of theProphet [saw]: Hunaydah ibn Khalid

narrated from his wife on the authorityof one of the wives of the Prophet

[pbuh] who said: The Messenger ofAllah [pbuh] used to fast the first nine

days of Dhul-Hijjah, Ashura' and threedays of every month, that is, the firstMonday [of the month] and Thursday.

[Abu Dawood 7:2431]

Abu Hurayrah [ra] says: "Rasool Allah[saw] said: 'Deeds are presented

before Allah on Mondays andThursdays. I desire that my deeds be

presented whilst I am fasting'".


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Narated Usamah ibn Zayd : The client

of Usamah ibn Zayd said that he wentalong with Usamah to Wadi al-Qura inpursuit of his camels. He would fast onMonday and Thursday. His client said

to him: Why do you fast on Mondayand Thursday, while you are an oldman? He said: The Prophet of Allah[pbuh] used to fast on Monday and

Thursday. When he was asked about it,he said: The works of the servants (of

Allah) are presented (to Allah) onMonday and Thursday. [Abu Dawood

7:2430]


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History proves that Prophet Muhammad[saw] never celebrated his own birthday.

He used to fast on Mondays irrespectiveof the month. All that we know for sure isthat he was born on a Monday and that

deeds are presented to Allah on

Mondays, which is the reason he used tofast on Mondays. His exact date of birth

and even the month is a subject ofdebate, which further proves the

insignificance of birthday celebration of

Conclusion


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Further more none of theSahabas, his closest

companions ever celebrated hisbirthday, decorate mosques,

read aloud poetry in his praiseor hold milads or take outprocessions on 12th Rabiul

Awal. This tradition of Miladsseeped into Muslims culturelater on and was not part of

original Islam. It is clearly an


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Rasool Allah [saw] him selfsaid:"Whoever has performed a deed

which is not in the religion from itsinception is rejected [not acceptable to

Allah]". [Bukhari and Muslim]

Prophet (sallallahu alaihi wa-sallam)said: "Whoever innovates in this matterof ours, that which is not from it, shall

have it rejected." [Saheeh Muslim (1718)]


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The Prophet (sallallahu alaihi wa-sallam) used to say on Friday

Khutbah,"The best of speech is theBook of Allah, and the bestguidance is the guidance of

Muhammad, and newly inventedmatters are misguidance."[Saheeh

Muslim (867)] and an-Nas'aaee

(1579) included in hisnarration: "and every misguidanceis in the Fire."


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ALLAH does notchange the

condition of anypeople unless

they themselvesmake the decision

to change. 13:11


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Dear Brothers and sisters,Dear Brothers and sisters,

Let us changeLet us change

If we change ourselvesIf we change ourselves

now, then we have done it.now, then we have done it.

Or else we will be inOr else we will be introuble.trouble.


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Remember me in your duaRemember me in your dua

and also those Muslimsand also those Muslimswho are named muslimswho are named muslims

but they are in darknessbut they are in darkness

and think they are in theand think they are in thelight of Quran and Sunnah.light of Quran and Sunnah.


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May Allah guide usMay Allah guide usall in his rightall in his right

waywayAs per Quran andAs per Quran and

SunnahSunnahAameenAameen


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Assalaamu Alikum

Wa rahmathillahi

Wa Barakaathuhu

AshrafAshraf

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