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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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Celebrating the Prophet's Birthday and Supplication upon Completing the Qur'an

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Question:
What is the ruling on celebrating the Prophet's birthday? And how should one respond to those who celebrate it? And how should one respond to them, because they respond to us by saying that you have innovated in the completion of the Qur'an, and you break the crying on that night?

Answer:
Yes, indeed, all of it is encompassed, and all of it is other than the Mawlid, and it has become behind, but what did I benefit from this? As for other than the religious innovations (bid'ah) about which you heard the speech, new celebrations and new religious innovations (bid'ah)
for which Allah has sent down no authorityمَّا أَنزَلَ اللَّهُ بِهَا مِن سُلْطَانٍ
[Yusuf 12:40]
, as for the supplication upon opening the Qur'an, the righteous predecessors (Salaf) did it from the time of the Companions to our day; Anas did it, and others did it, and the Tabi'un and those after them did it, supplicating upon finishing the Book of Allah. This is the truth, and in it is much good. Yes.
Source ندوات الجامع الكبير مع الأسئلة - ٧١ — archive.org (38:29)

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