You mentioned, O honorable Shaykh, in your exegesis of the saying of Allah the Exalted: "They do not bear false witness," the discussion regarding false witness.
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The questioner : You mentioned, O honorable Shaykh. He says:The questioner : You mentioned, O honorable Shaykh, in your exegesis of the saying of Allah the Exalted: [Al-Furqan 25:72] the discussion regarding false witness. Is attending the celebration called the Mawlid celebration part of this false witness or not? And if a person is invited to attend a lecture or to deliver a lecture in such celebrations, does he attend or not? Please issue a ruling for us, may Allah reward you with good. The Mawlid, O Shaykh.
The Shaykh : Yes?
The questioner : It is understood from the questioner's words that he means the Prophet's Mawlid.
The Shaykh : The Prophet's Mawlid? Yes. I say: Celebrating the Prophet's Mawlid is not known from the righteous Salaf; the Rightly Guided Caliphs did not do it, nor did the Companions, nor those who followed them in excellence, nor the Imams of the Muslims after them. Here we ask: Are we more reverent toward the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) than these people? Answer, O people. No. Are we more loving of the Messenger than these people? No. If that is the case, then it is obligatory for us to follow their example and not to establish the festival of the Prophet's Mawlid, because it is a religious innovation. Where was the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) from it? Why did he not establish a festival for his birth? Where were the Rightly Guided Caliphs? Where were the Companions? Were they ignorant of this, or were they concealing the truth regarding it, or were they arrogant about it? None of this was the case. And there is no doubt that many of those who establish these Mawlid celebrations do so with good intention, either out of love for the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him and his family), or to rival the Christians who establish a festival for the birth of 'Isa ibn Maryam (peace be upon him). They say: We are more deserving. But this is a mistaken conception, because the more a person loves the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him and his family), the further he is from innovations. Because if he innovates this, and says: I draw near to Allah the Exalted through it, we say: You have introduced into the religion of Allah what is not part of it, and you have preceded Allah and His Messenger. And if he says: It is a custom among us, we say: Are festivals established based on customs or based on the Shari'ah? Based on the Shari'ah. Even when the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) arrived in Madinah, he found them celebrating two festivals commemorating a victory that had occurred for them. So he forbade them from that and said:. So how do you establish a festival?
If they say: We establish this festival to keep alive the memory of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him and his family).
The answer is: First: It is not authentic that his birth was on the twelfth day.
Second: Even if it were authentic, the memory of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) is repeated every day. Do not the Muslims say every day: "I bear witness that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah" on the minbars? Yes. Indeed, a person in every prayer recites the tashahhud and says:Sunan an-Nasa'i 1171Sahih (Darussalam). The remembrance is always in the heart of the believer; it is not specific to a certain night. But considering that many people are ignorant of such a matter and ignorant of the danger of religious innovation, they continued in it. But I, praise be to Allah, take a good omen that many people today, especially the young among them, have realized that this religious innovation has no basis and no reality. Yes.
do not testify to falsehood
لا يَشْهَدُونَ الزُّورَThe Shaykh : Yes?
The questioner : It is understood from the questioner's words that he means the Prophet's Mawlid.
The Shaykh : The Prophet's Mawlid? Yes. I say: Celebrating the Prophet's Mawlid is not known from the righteous Salaf; the Rightly Guided Caliphs did not do it, nor did the Companions, nor those who followed them in excellence, nor the Imams of the Muslims after them. Here we ask: Are we more reverent toward the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) than these people? Answer, O people. No. Are we more loving of the Messenger than these people? No. If that is the case, then it is obligatory for us to follow their example and not to establish the festival of the Prophet's Mawlid, because it is a religious innovation. Where was the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) from it? Why did he not establish a festival for his birth? Where were the Rightly Guided Caliphs? Where were the Companions? Were they ignorant of this, or were they concealing the truth regarding it, or were they arrogant about it? None of this was the case. And there is no doubt that many of those who establish these Mawlid celebrations do so with good intention, either out of love for the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him and his family), or to rival the Christians who establish a festival for the birth of 'Isa ibn Maryam (peace be upon him). They say: We are more deserving. But this is a mistaken conception, because the more a person loves the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him and his family), the further he is from innovations. Because if he innovates this, and says: I draw near to Allah the Exalted through it, we say: You have introduced into the religion of Allah what is not part of it, and you have preceded Allah and His Messenger. And if he says: It is a custom among us, we say: Are festivals established based on customs or based on the Shari'ah? Based on the Shari'ah. Even when the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) arrived in Madinah, he found them celebrating two festivals commemorating a victory that had occurred for them. So he forbade them from that and said:
Indeed, Allah has replaced them with something better than them: the Festival of Sacrifice and the Festival of Breaking the Fast
إن الله أبدلكم بخيرٍ منهما : عيد الأضحى وعيد الفطرIf they say: We establish this festival to keep alive the memory of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him and his family).
The answer is: First: It is not authentic that his birth was on the twelfth day.
Second: Even if it were authentic, the memory of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) is repeated every day. Do not the Muslims say every day: "I bear witness that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah" on the minbars? Yes. Indeed, a person in every prayer recites the tashahhud and says: