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The Mawlid Papers – Part 26 – The History and Origins of the Mawlid and Milād Celebrations – Analysing Neşet Çaǧatay’s Paper ‘The Tradition of Mavlid Recitations in Islam Particularly in Turkey’

Compiled, Translated & Annotated Abu Hibbaan & Abu Khuzaimah Ansaari The Mawlid originally was mere reading and recitation of verses and couplets of poems and eulogies in praise and veneration of the Messenger of Allāh Sallalahu Alayhi Wasallam in a melodious manner. The people of innovation further distorted this by …

The Mawlid Papers Part 25 – Eating the meat of a sacrificial animal slaughtered on the occasion of the Mawlid – Lajnah Daimah.

Question: “Is it permissible to eat from the meat slaughtered in commemoration of the Mawlid (the Prophet’s birthday) or any other birth anniversary?” Answer: “Sacrificing animals on the occasion of commemorating the birth of a prophet or a Waliy (pious person) to glorify them is judged as sacrificing an animal …

The Mawlid Papers Part 24 – The Origin of Mawlid – Shaikh Abdul Muhsin al-A’bbad

The Mawlids were introduced in the fourth century after the Hijrah. And the first to introduce them were the ‘Ubaydiyyun (who were Shiites) who ruled Egypt during the fourth century after the Hijrah. And it was as Al-Maqrizi mentions in “Al-Khutat wa al-Athar fee Taareekh Misr”, that: “They introduced six …

The Mawlid Papers Part 21 – An Abridgment of The Treatise on the Ruling of Celebrating the Prophet’s Birthday by Allamah Shawkani

An Abridgment of The Treatise on the Ruling of Celebrating the Prophet’s Birthday رسالة في حكم المولد By الإمام محمد بن علي الشوكاني Imaam Muhammad bin ‘Alee ash-Shawkaanee (d. 1170H) Edited by Shaykh Muhammad Sahbee bin Hasan Hallaaq With Comments From Shaykh Saaleh bin ‘Abdullah al-‘Usaymee Teacher in the Prophet’s Masjid, al-Madeenah …