Milad al-Nabi was a scholar who wrote a fatwa on the Mawlid, which became one of the most important texts on this issue.
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10 Facts About Milad al-Nabi
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Milad al-Nabi said that Abu Lahab, who he called an unbeliever, had been condemned by what was revealed in the Qu'ran but was rewarded in the fire “for the joy he showed on the night of the birth of the Prophet” by releasing from slavery Thuwayba when she had informed him of the birth of the Prophet.
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Milad al-Nabi ruled that it was a reprehensible devotional innovation and criticised those who celebrated the Mawlid out of a desire to imitate the Christian celebration of Jesus's birthday.
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Milad al-Nabi said that it was a “bida that was introduced by idlers, and a delight to which gluttons abandon themselves.
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Milad al-Nabi said it was not compulsory, meritorious, or permitted, and therefore it was reprehensible or forbidden.
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Milad al-Nabi said that it was reprehensible when a person observed at their own expense without doing more at the gathering than to eat and abstain from doing anything sinful.
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Milad al-Nabi objected to certain things, such as singers performing to the accompaniment of percussion instruments, pointing to their blameworthiness.
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Milad al-Nabi asked about what connections there might have been between percussion instruments and the month of Prophet's birthday.
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Milad al-Nabi said that the coming of the Prophet was a good benefaction, and said that only the day ought to be observed.
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Milad al-Nabi said that “it is necessary that one restricts oneself to that which expresses gratitude to God… namely by reciting the Quran, the giving of a banquet, almsgiving, declamations of some songs of praise for the Prophet and some ascetic songs of praise, which stimulate the hearts to do good and to make efforts to strive for the Hereafter.
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