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WHY PEOPLE DO NOT GRIEVE ON THE WISAAL MUBARAK (DEPARTURE FROM THIS WORLD) OF RASOOLULLAH (SALLAL LAAHU ALAIHI WASALLAM)?
Some foolish people pose this question: On the occasion of Eid Meelad-un-Nabi Rasoolullah (sallal laahu alaihi wasallam) was born and made Wisaal on the same day in the same month. Why do the people only rejoice and not grieve?
There are two answers to this objection:
1. To grieve is not the manner of the Muslim Ummah. To thank Almighty Allah for his favours and rejoicing in thanking Allah is the order of Almighty Allah. Allah Ta'ala did not command in any occasion that you should grieve. In fact, grieving is an insult to the Bounties of Allah. To disrespect the favours of Allah is indeed thanklessness. Let us see what Almighty Allah says about those who are thankless: "If you will be grateful, then I shall give you more, and if you are thankless then my torment is severe". (Surah Ebrahim: 7) Therefore, it is not the manner of the Muslim Ummah to grieve.
2. One can only grieve if the favour is snatched away from oneself. One can only grieve if something is finished or gone completely and all its benefits are ended. For example, if someone has lost his son, that person will feel extreme grief and remorse because a favour (in the form of a son) is taken away from him. But, this is not the correct manner of being thankful servants of Allah, because the loss of a son is but a test from Almighty Allah.
The greatest Favour of Allah which was bestowed upon us in the form of Rasoolullah (sallal laahu alaihi wasallam) and he is not taken away from us. How then does one have situation of grief? The Wisaal of Rasoolullah (sallal laahu alaihi wasallam) is a Mercy upon the Ummah just as his physical existence in this world.
Before bringing forth their objections, people should at least bear in mind the Mas'ala of Hayaat-un-Nabi, that is, that the Holy Prophet (sallal laahu alaihi wasallam) is alive. In reality, Rasoolullah (sallal laahu alaihi wasallam) exists. We should only grieve if the shadow of his mercy was removed from our heads and if the link and relation was disconnected with him. Rasoolullah (sallal laahu alaihi wasallam) is aware of the conditions of Ummah and helps them in every step. It will be prolonging to give proofs of the Mas'ala of Hayaat-un-Nabi (sallal laahu alaihi wasallam). This is in itself another topic. Scholars from different Schools of Thought have written books on this topic and all agree to the fact that Rasoolullah (sallal laahu alaihi wasallam) is alive in his blessed grave with the bodily life.
There is no shortage in his mercy, in his kindness upon the Ummah, in his guiding the Ummah, no shortage in his power, attributes, excellence and beauty. His status is still the same. He was the final Prophet and he is the final Prophet. When all these qualities and attributes are there, why should one express grief?
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| sunni786soldier |
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For years I have asked for guidance, We seek guidance from our creator, brother it would be very difficult for me not to go to a mawlid because quite frankly I have been to alot and have learnt much from it. Maybe the reason I am practising today is because of that first mawlid I went to, This is not an exxaggeration and I think people underestimate the impact of this kind of event and the da`wa purposes it has. The reason there is such a massive objection is because the minority of muslims believe that it is a celebration of the prophets birthday, like a PROPER birthday celebration, Letme tell you brother that I celebrate mawlid to remember the events that happened around the birth of the prophet and to remember the life of the prophet, tellme brother would you attend a sermon talking about the life of the prophet, his characteristics, what happened in his life and the miracles surrounding his birth? would you go solely to gain knowledge and maybe help in da`wa purposes (which is an obligation for every muslim).....would you not go? I think regardless of sect many people would go because its called a SERMON not a mawlid and thats the irrationality of it. Ive never been to a mawlid where Ive had to leave because something has happened which goes against my beliefs as a muslim sister.
We should gratify the prophet because in the qur`an itself our creator has said "truly you are of magnificent character" subhanallah...our creator has said this about our beloved prophet and we as his mere slaves cannot??
One of the most authentic writers Ibn Kathir (radiaalhu anhu) wrote as follows:
Ibn Kathir (radi Allahu anhu) writes about Sultan Muzaffar as follows: “Sultan Muzaffar used to arrange the celebration of the Meelad Shareef with due honour, glory, dignity and grandeur. In this connection, he used to organise a magnificent festival. He was a pure-hearted, brave and wise Alim and a just ruler. May Allah shower His Mercy on him and grant him an exalted status. Sheikh Abu al-Khattab Ibn Dhiyah also wrote a book for him on the Meelad Shareef entitled ‘al-Tanwir fi Mawlid al-Bashir al-Nadhir’ (Enlightenment on the Birthday of the Bearer of Good News, the Warner). For this book Sultan Muzaffar awarded him a gift of one thousand dinars. Sultan Muzaffar remained the ruler until his death, which occurred in 630 A.H. in the city of ‘Akka when he had the Europeans under siege. In short he was a man of piety and noble disposition”.
Sibt Ibn al-Jauzi (radi Allahu anhu) wrote in “Mir’at al-Zaman” that one participant in the Meelad Shareef organised by Sultan Muzaffar states that on the royal table-spread were laid out five hundred prepared goats, ten thousand chickens, one hundred thousand earthen tumblers and thirty thousand baskets of sweet fruits. He further writes that eminent pious Ulama and illustrious Sufis used to attend the Meelad Shareef ceremony held by the Sultan, who used to honour them with robes of distinction and royal favour. For the Sufis there used to be a Mahfil-e-Sama from Zuhr until Fajr, in which the Sultan himself used to participate and derive ecstasy there-from together with the Sufis. Every year his expenditure on the Meelad Shareef amounted to three hundred thousand dinars. For those coming from outside (the city) he had a special guest house commissioned, where people from all walks of life used to come from different places and without any discrimination of status. The expenditure of that guest house used to be one hundred thousand dinars annually.
Similarly, he used to spend two hundred thousand dinars annually to ransom Muslim prisoners-of-war from the Europeans. Also for the maintenance of the two Harams and for providing water along the routes in Hijaz (for pilgrims), he used to spend three thousand dinars annually. These are in addition to the Sadaqat and charity that used to be given secretly. His wife, Rabi’ah Khatoon Bint Ayyub, the sister of Sultan Nasir Salahuddin narrates that her husband used to wear a garment (Qamis) of coarse cotton costing no more than five dirhams. She says that she once rebuked him for this, upon which he replied that his wearing a five-dirham garment and spending the rest of the money in charity is far better than wearing a costly garment and giving a poor or indigent person mere good wishes.
The first book on Milad Sharif was written by Ibn Khallikan. He wrote in the biographical sketch of Hafiz Abu al-Khattab Ibn Dihyah: “He was one of the pious Ulema and famous scholars. He travelled from Morocco to Syria and Iraq. In the year 654 A.H. he passed through the area of Irbil, where he saw that its ruler, the eminent Sultan Muzaffar al-Din Ibn Zainal-Din arranged for celebrating the Birthday of the Prophet. So he wrote the book ‘Kitab al-Tanwir fi Mawlid al-Bashir al-Nadhir’ for the Sultan and himself read it out to him. I myself heard the book read out in six sittings at the Sultan’s place in 625 A.H.”
^^Brother just take a look at the dates.
The prophet (pbuh) did honour his own birth by fasting and most people tend to follow this tradition as the birth of the prophet was seen as the birth of Islam.
Sa`d Ibn Abi Waqqaas (One of the 10 sahabas promised jannah) said that they were keen on telling their children the stories of the Prophet’s (SAW) battles just as they were keen on teaching them the Qur’an. Therefore, they used to remind their children of what happened during the Prophet’s (SAW) lifetime so they did not need to hold such celebrations. However, the following generations began to forget such a glorious history and its significance.
So such celebrations were held as a means of reviving great events and the values that we can learn from them.
Some see it as an innovation.....but if they resemble goodnesss and lead to only good are they still wrong? Allah knows best.
If Abu Lahab (a non Muslim) is rewarded for marking the birth of the Beloved Nabi (SAW), then what would be the reward of a Muslim who celebrates the birth of the Beloved Nabi (SAW) with the right intention?
It is narrated on the authority of Amirul Mu’minin, Abu Hafs ‘Umar bin al-Khattab, radiyallahu ‘anhu, who said: I heard the Messenger of Allah, sallallahu ‘alayhi wasallam, say:
“Actions are (judged) by motives (niyyah), so each man will have what he intended. Thus, he whose migration (hijrah) was to Allah and His Messenger, his migration is to Allah and His Messenger; but he whose migration was for some worldly thing he might gain, or for a wife he might marry, his migration is to that for which he migrated.”
[Al-Bukhari & Muslim]
Ikhlas is part of intention brother
Ways to obtain ikhlas:
* Do righteous deeds – the more good deeds we do and hence get closer to Allah, the more sincere we will be.
* Before we do any deed we should firstly seek knowledge (ilm) – our actions/deeds should be guided by knowledge so that we do them in accordance to the Shariah.
* Do not give false impressions – do not make others believe that an action we did was good when it was not.
* Al-Imam Ahmad said: Before you do anything, check your intention (niyyah) – ask yourself before performing an action: “Is it for the sake of Allah?”
My thinking is simple do whatever you do for the sake of alllah sweet. Me practising the mawlids is for the sake of Allah subhanatalah purely to thank him for sending us the prophet, someone who could teach us about our beautiful religion and to bring people to the light of Islam. Whenever I do something I ask would Allah subhanatalah be pleased with this?? Am I doing this for the sake of Allah??
We are not restricted to celebrating only to one day, I could have one every week for rememberance, to teach others about the prophet but brother I am not learned. Do you know brother that in places like India and Pakistan the poor are fed and zakah is given at these events?? Brother the mawlids here again zakah is given, in our mawlid we raised money for our local mosque which is being built subhanallah. Mawlids can be used to raise money for anything, any charity whether that be building of a mosque or for the orphans of gaza:
"You who believe, do not cancel your acts of charity by [making] any reproach or scolding like someone who spends his money simply for people to see it while he does not believe in God and the Last Day. He may be compared to a boulder covered with some soil, which a rainstorm strikes and leaves bare. They cannot do anything with whatever they have earned. God does not guide such disbelieving folk. Those who spend their wealth seeking God's approval and to strengthen their souls may be compared to a garden on a hilltop; should a rainstorm strike it, its produce is doubled, while if a rainstorm does not strike it, then drizzle does. God is Observant of anything you do." [Al-Baqarah 2:264-265
And as for those who say if you love the prophet the best way to show that love is to follow him....We follow our sunnah and we show gratification to our prophet and thank Allah for sending us the prophet when man was praying to idols. No follower of mawlids will ever say such about the sahabas or the prophet, that they were "wrong" and that we know "better" than them. Again, a distorted view. Mawlids are their to revive the ummah, tellme brothers and sisters in this day and age when there is so much fitnah around us, instead of being unified as one muslim ummah, we are segregated and those who are segregating us are meant to be our own "muslim brothers and sisters".
Another commen taunt thrown by those who dont follow mawlids state "you follow imams and scholars, we follow the qur`an and sunnah".....this is simply ridiculous, we DO follow qur`an and sunnah but we also have great respect for those who are more learned than us, we have great respect for Imams and great scholars....and ISLAMICALLY this is not wrong....in fact in Islam there is great respect for these people....great respect for teachers. Do you think if it wasnt for these scholars and Imams that we would even have the capacity to understand some of the qur`an and its glorius message? You do not become a great Imam or scholar overnight.
I think some people need to think before discouraging such a great act because mawlids are great events, If you do not partake in them then fair enough but to discourage other muslim/brothers and sisters and ask for continuous justification for why we partake in them is wrong and you maybe committing a grave sin. we only have to justify ourselves to our creator, not to any man for we are all made out of the same clay and we need to humble ourselves.
Allah knows best.
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Joined: 22/01/2010
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This newspaper belongs to Deobandi sect (Jama'at-e-Islami) and they admitted/accepted that Eid-e-Milad (SAWW) is being celeberated from thousands years back. Now go to the link & find "Eid-e-Milad-un-Nabi (SAWW)----Tehqiqi Jawab" clicking on the article to zoom for easy reading.
http://www.ummatpublication.com/2010/...
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Allah sends down his blessings on the Prophet, and His Angles constantly invoke His blessings on him; do you, O believers, also invoke Allah’s blessings on him and offer him the salutation of peace.’ (33:57)
A large number of Muslims do commemorate the birth anniversary of the Holy Prophet on 12 Rabi-ul-Awwal of the Islamic lunar calendar year. For Muslims, this date marks the most important event in the history of the mankind because the Holy Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) is regarded as the Chief of the Prophet, to whom the Holy Quran was revealed.
On this occasion public meetings are held in the mosques where religious leaders and scholars make speeches on different aspects of the life of the Holy Prophet (peace be upon him). The stories of the Prophet’s birth, childhood, youth and adult life, his character, teachings, sufferings, and forgiveness of even his most bitter enemies, his fortitude in the face of general opposition, leadership in battles, bravery, wisdom, preaching and his final triumph through Allah’s mercy over the hearts of people are narrated in detail. Salutations and songs in his praise are recited. In some countries, streets, mosques and buildings are decorated with colorful buntings and pennants and well illuminated at night. Affluent Muslims generously donate to charity. Feasts are arranged and food is served to guests and the poor.
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Joined: 22/01/2010
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It always seems as though all the people who disapprove Eid Milad have the right to ask questions. Here are some questions you should ask them to address before you address Eid Milad in more detail.
Ps: I am very sorry to bombard this forum with posts after posts - which were not written by me; but I thought they may help broaden peoples knowledge and help them cement their beliefs and put in position to prevent anyone from creating doubts in their hearts and minds. I would recommend you avoid discussing with these people, as they usually are like parrotts; their hearts are closed and have seals, therefore will refuse to accept your points no matter how true they are; last thing you want to do is create a doubt in your own mind or someone else.
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