Ruling on Watching the Mawlid Celebration via Media
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O our Shaykh, you mentioned that there is no such celebration among us—praise be to Allah—but many of the common people watch the external satellite dishes, look at them, and are affected by them. However, the question here regarding the preacher is that we observe that preachers may mention the biography of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) in this way without referring to the Mawlid.So when it comes to you, you say: O my brother, you are now as if you are praising the matter.So he says: No, I do not mean that?
Yes,This question actually contains two questions: First: that Muslims who do not hold this celebration watch it through the media, and perhaps the broadcast media transmit such things and they spread among the people.So we say: If you see such a thing on television or via satellite channels, turn off the television; because an innovation is an innovation, and it is feared that it will affect your heart and you will believe in it, and this is dangerous.
As for the second part of the question: It is that some people in Rabi' al-Awwal mention the state of the Arabs before the mission of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) and their state after his mission, and how revelation came to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), and the like of that. This is not part of the Mawlid celebration; because the preacher mentions it in a prescribed sermon. He is not renewing a sermon or initiating a gathering, but the sermon is prescribed. So I see no harm in mentioning what is appropriate to the place or the time. But the harm is that you initiate something that was not there. As for this, the sermon is prescribed every Friday, and mentioning what is appropriate to the time or place is not considered an innovation.
The questioner: Meaning: he mentions it, O Shaykh.
The Shaykh: There is no harm in him mentioning it—for example, as I pointed out—the state of people before the mission of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him), and their state after his mission, and how he was sent (peace and blessings be upon him).
The questioner: And there is no objection to that?The Shaykh: Yes.
Yes,This question actually contains two questions: First: that Muslims who do not hold this celebration watch it through the media, and perhaps the broadcast media transmit such things and they spread among the people.So we say: If you see such a thing on television or via satellite channels, turn off the television; because an innovation is an innovation, and it is feared that it will affect your heart and you will believe in it, and this is dangerous.
As for the second part of the question: It is that some people in Rabi' al-Awwal mention the state of the Arabs before the mission of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) and their state after his mission, and how revelation came to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), and the like of that. This is not part of the Mawlid celebration; because the preacher mentions it in a prescribed sermon. He is not renewing a sermon or initiating a gathering, but the sermon is prescribed. So I see no harm in mentioning what is appropriate to the place or the time. But the harm is that you initiate something that was not there. As for this, the sermon is prescribed every Friday, and mentioning what is appropriate to the time or place is not considered an innovation.
The questioner: Meaning: he mentions it, O Shaykh.
The Shaykh: There is no harm in him mentioning it—for example, as I pointed out—the state of people before the mission of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him), and their state after his mission, and how he was sent (peace and blessings be upon him).
The questioner: And there is no objection to that?The Shaykh: Yes.