Celebrating the Prophet's Birthday and Citing Abu Lahab as Evidence
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The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. The questioner says: Some have mentioned that it is permissible to celebrate the Prophet's birthday, citing as evidence that Allah rewarded Abu Lahab on the Day of Resurrection because he rejoiced at the birth of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) and freed a slave for that reason.
The Shaykh:
This is the argument of the superstitious; it is a false argument. Their evidence is Abu Jahil. It is not permissible to hold the Mawlid. This is a bid'ah (religious innovation). The Mawlid was not established during the time of the Rightly Guided Caliphs, nor during the blessed centuries. It only occurred when innovations began to appear after the blessed centuries. Yes.
The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success.
The Shaykh:
[Regarding] the joy at the birth of the Messenger. The joy is at his sending (peace and blessings be upon him).[Ali 'Imran 3:164] from among them. It did not say "when a Messenger was born among them." No. It said "when a Messenger was sent among them." So the joy is at the sending. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. The questioner says: Some have mentioned that it is permissible to celebrate the Prophet's birthday, citing as evidence that Allah rewarded Abu Lahab on the Day of Resurrection because he rejoiced at the birth of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) and freed a slave for that reason.
The Shaykh:
This is the argument of the superstitious; it is a false argument. Their evidence is Abu Jahil. It is not permissible to hold the Mawlid. This is a bid'ah (religious innovation). The Mawlid was not established during the time of the Rightly Guided Caliphs, nor during the blessed centuries. It only occurred when innovations began to appear after the blessed centuries. Yes.
The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success.
The Shaykh:
[Regarding] the joy at the birth of the Messenger. The joy is at his sending (peace and blessings be upon him).
Certainly did Allah confer [great] favor upon the believers when He sent among them a Messenger
لَقَدْ مَنَّ اللَّهُ عَلَى الْمُؤْمِنِينَ إِذْ بَعَثَ فِيهِمْ رَسُولًا
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المنتقى من أخبار سيد المرسلين 27-04-1437هـ — alfawzan.live (1:06:05)
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