
08/09/2025
What is the ruling on celebrating the Maulud?
The birth day of the Prophet Muhammadﷺ
and is't a bid'a(innovation)? And what is a bid'a(innovation)? A bid'a or(innovation)is something created, invented in Islam to get closer to Allah wich the need to do it at the time of the Prophet was there, and he did not do it.
Is it permissible to celebrate the birthday of the Prophetﷺ?
Point number one, all Muslims agree that the Prophetﷺ died on the 12th of Rabi'ul-Auwal no doubt about that among any of the Muslims.However, they differ wether the prophet was born in the 12th or 9th of Rabi'ul-Auwal as Rahek al-Makhtoum's author clearly stated that this the most authentic opinion that he was born the 9th.
So by, celebrating his Maulid every single year on the 12th of Rabi'ee; you actually are celebrating his death and not his birth.
Secondly, the prophet never celebrated his own birthday, nor the birthday of Ibrahim(a.s) peace be upon him, or any other prophet, neither did the companions may Allah be pleased with them, who loved him the most, and were the most knowledgeable people at his time and after his time, nor did the Tabi'een, nor did any one of the Tabi'i Tabi'een, and the prohetﷺsaid,"the best of generations is my generation that is of the companions, and that wich follows them the Tabi'een, and that wich follows them that is a Tabi'i Tabi'een. So, if these favourite geneartions wich are the best of the best never celebrated his birthday do you have, the love they had for him? Do you have the knowledge, do you have any basis to do something they do not to do other than being an innovation from shaitan?