17/08/2026
PEOPLE WHO CELEBRATE MAWLUD, HERE ARE 10 QUESTIONS:
1. Did the Prophet ﷺ celebrate his own Mawlid, or command his Companions to celebrate it?
2. Did any of the four rightly guided caliphs celebrate the Prophet’s ﷺ birthday?
3. Did any of the Companions, Tābiʿūn, or the first generations organize a Mawlid celebration?
4. If Mawlid is an act of worship, what specific evidence from the Qur’an or authentic Sunnah establishes it?
5. What is the earliest reliable historical evidence for an organized Mawlid celebration?
6. Why did the Companions, who loved the Prophet ﷺ more than us, not establish such a celebration?
7. Can an act be introduced into religious worship simply because its intention is to express love for the Prophet ﷺ?
8. What did the Prophet ﷺ mean by: “Whoever introduces into this matter of ours that which is not from it, it is rejected”? (Bukhārī and Muslim)
9. How do you distinguish between loving and praising the Prophet ﷺ—which are clearly commanded—and establishing a new annual religious celebration?
10. If celebrating Mawlid is recommended worship, when did the Prophet ﷺ teach the Ummah its date, method, and manner of celebration?
🖊️Abdulbasit Saeed Enagi