The Answer to One Who Claims That Abandoning the Prophet's Birthday Celebration Is a Hatred of the Prophet
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, this questioner from outside the country says: When we rebuke some people for celebrating the Prophet's birthday, they say that you hate the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), and that is why you do not celebrate his birthday. He asks: How do you answer that?
Answer:
It is the opposite. The one who practices religious innovations (bid'ah) hates the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). The Mawlid is one of these innovations, and the Messenger hates innovations and forbade them and warned against them. So the one who loves the Messenger leaves off innovations, including the Mawlid. And the one who holds the Mawlid hates the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him). Turn the matter around on them.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, this questioner from outside the country says: When we rebuke some people for celebrating the Prophet's birthday, they say that you hate the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), and that is why you do not celebrate his birthday. He asks: How do you answer that?
Answer:
It is the opposite. The one who practices religious innovations (bid'ah) hates the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). The Mawlid is one of these innovations, and the Messenger hates innovations and forbade them and warned against them. So the one who loves the Messenger leaves off innovations, including the Mawlid. And the one who holds the Mawlid hates the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him). Turn the matter around on them.
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شرح إغاثة اللهفان من مصائد الشيطان لابن القيم، بداية من : الوجه الثامن : أن النبي - صلى الله عليه وسلم - قال : إنما الأعمال بالنيات وإنما لكل امرىء ما نوى — islamhouse.com (1:11:51)
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