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Origin of Eid Milad
Eid Milad or Meelad Shareef or Mawlid An-Nabi is not legislated in Islam. It is not prescribed in the Quran. It was not celebrated by the Prophet ﷺ . It was not Celebrated by the Sahaabah (The righteous Companions of the Prophet ﷺ – Radhiallahu Anhum – May Allah be pleased with them ). It was not celebrated by the Taabi’een (The Companions who came after the Sahaabah). It was not celebrated even by the successors of Taabi’een. In fact, Milad U Nabi (Prophet’s Birthday) was non-existent in the first 3 righteous generations.
The origin of Meelad An Nabi dates back to the 4th century when the Shia Fatimid Sect in Egypt invented it[1. Imām Adh-Dhahabi stated in As-Siyar (15/141)]. They not only invented Prophets’ Birthday, but They also innovated alongside it, the celebration of the mawlid of Fātimah, Ali, Hasan, and Hussain – Radhiyallahu ‘Anhum. In its practice, is a resemblance of the people of the book in celebrating the birth of Jesus (May peace be upon him), a practice that was not carried out by the disciples of Jesus(May peace be upon him).
Eid Milad in Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia is a Muslim state with the Quran and Sunnah as its constitution. The basic Governance law of Saudi Arabia (Article 2) lists the only two eids of the state to be Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha. And there is no mention of Eid Milad in it because of the obvious fact that it is not part of the Quran and Sunnah. Therefore, it is for this reason that there are no official holidays on Rabi al Awwal 12 of the Hijri Calendar for Eid Milad in Saudi Arabia.
Eid Milad is an Innovation ( Bidah)
Eid Milad or Mawlid An-Nabi is not part of the Quran and Sunnah but is a Bidah (Innovation). Linguistically bidah (innovation) means ‘a newly invented matter‘.
The Shariah definition of bidah is: “A newly invented way [beliefs or action] in the religion, in imitation of the Shariah (prescribed Law), by which nearness to Allaah is sought, [but] not being supported by any authentic proof – neither in its foundations nor in the manner in which it is performed.” [2. Al-I’tisaam of ash-Shaatibee (1/37)]
The Messenger of Allaah ﷺ said: “Every innovation is misguidance and going astray” [3. Reported by Abu Daawood (no. 4607), at-Tirmidhee (no. 2676) and it is Saheeh.]
And he (ﷺ ) also said: “… and every innovation is misguidance and all misguidance is in the Hellfire.” [4. Reported by an-Nasaa’ee (1/224) from Jaabir bin Abdullaah and it is Saheeh as declared by Shaikh ul-Islaam Ibn Taymiyyah in Majmoo’ ul-Fataawaa (3/58).]
Read: Bid’ah & Innovations in Islam
Fasting on Prophet’s Birthday | Shaykh Salih al-Fawzan حفظه الله
A question was posed to Shaykh Salih al-Fawzan حفظه الله who is one of the senior-most Scholar in Saudi Arabia
Question: O Noble Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. Is it permissible to fast on the day of the Prophet’s birthday?
Answer: No. Fasting is what has been prescribed by Allah and His messenger and it has not been prescribed for us to fast this day. Yes, you can fast Mondays, but not because it is the 12th of the month of Rabee. You can fast each Monday of every week; this is the Sunnah. As for when the 12th of the month of Rabee falls on a Monday and you become happy because it is the Mawlid; then no. This is not permissible[5. Alfawzan.af.org.sa | Translated by Rasheed ibn Estes Barbee حفظه الله]
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Greeting on Eid Milad | Fatwa Committee of Saudi Arabia
A question was posed to the Fatwa Committee of Saudi Arabia if it is permissible to greet on the occasion of the birthday of the Prophet to which they answered
“It is not permissible to greet each other on any of those occasions because it is not permissible in the Shari’ah (Islamic Legislation) to celebrate any of those days” Fatwa 20795
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