A talk on the celebration of the Prophet's birthday and an explanation of the Islamic position on it.

The Shaykh : ... to Allah, we praise Him, seek His help, and seek His forgiveness, and we seek refuge in Allah from the evil of our own selves and from the badness of our deeds. Whoever Allah guides, no one can mislead, and whoever He misleads, no one can guide. And I bear witness that there is no god but Allah alone, with no partner, and I bear witness that Muhammad is His slave and His messenger, , , . As for what follows:
Indeed, the best of speech is the speech of Allah, and the best of guidance is the guidance of Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him and his family), and the worst of matters are their innovations, and every innovation is a religious innovation, and every religious innovation is misguidance, and every misguidance is in the Fire. And after that:
It has occurred to me to make my talk on this night a substitute for the regular lesson on the subject of the celebration of the Prophet's birthday by many Muslims. This is not from me except to fulfill the duty of reminding and offering advice to the general Muslim public, for it is one of the duties, as is well known to everyone.
It has become the custom of Muslims, after the three centuries attested to as the best, to celebrate the birth of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him and his family). The celebration began in one way and has ended today in another. I am not concerned in this talk with the historical aspect of the Mawlid and its developments; rather, the important thing in this talk is that we know our legal position regarding these celebrations, both old and new. We, the people of the Sunnah, do not celebrate the birth of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) in the way these people do, but we celebrate in a different manner. It is self-evident that I do not want to ramble on about us, the people of the Sunnah, but rather that my talk be about the celebration of the others, so that I may clarify that this celebration, although it captures the hearts of the masses of Muslims because they surrender to their emotions, which do not recognize a legal heart at all, but are rather unbridled emotions, we know that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) came with the religion complete, sufficient, and perfect. The religion is everything by which the Muslim practices his faith and draws near to Allah (Mighty and Majestic). There is no religion except this; the religion is everything by which the Muslim practices his faith and draws near to Allah (Mighty and Majestic). Nothing can be part of the religion in any way unless our Prophet (may Allah's prayers and peace be upon him) brought it. As for what people innovated after his death (peace and blessings be upon him), especially after the three centuries attested to as the best, it is undoubtedly and without doubt among the newly invented matters. You have all learned the ruling on these innovations from the introduction to all our lessons, where we say, as you heard just now: .