What is the answer to those who say it is permissible to celebrate the Mawlid, citing the hadith (That is the day I was born in)?
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Question:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner says: Those who permit the celebration of the Prophet’s Mawlid cite the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) when he was asked about fasting on Mondays, where he said, “That is the day I was born in.” How should one respond to these people?
Answer:
Glory be to Allah. Did they ask him about celebrating it, and he said, “I was born in it”? Was he celebrating it? They asked him about fasting: why fast on Monday? If they are truthful, they fast on Monday. What prevented them from fasting on Monday and Thursday? But the celebration is not mentioned in the hadith; rather, this is in their own hadith.
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner says: Those who permit the celebration of the Prophet’s Mawlid cite the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) when he was asked about fasting on Mondays, where he said, “That is the day I was born in.” How should one respond to these people?
Answer:
Glory be to Allah. Did they ask him about celebrating it, and he said, “I was born in it”? Was he celebrating it? They asked him about fasting: why fast on Monday? If they are truthful, they fast on Monday. What prevented them from fasting on Monday and Thursday? But the celebration is not mentioned in the hadith; rather, this is in their own hadith.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [743 -858] ما الجواب على من يقول بجواز الاحتفال بالمولد مستدلا بحديث (ذاك يوم ولد فيه)؟ — youtube.com
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