The Shaykh’s explanation of the reality of the prescribed celebration that we should perform.

The Shaykh : I am telling you something that some of you may find strange: the celebration of the birth of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) was prescribed by the Messenger. Some may say now that this contradicts what was said before, but do not rush to judgment. I am saying that in general, the celebration of the birth of the Messenger was prescribed by the Messenger, but the means prescribed by the Messenger from Allah (Blessed and Exalted is He) is not the same means that people practice today. What is the means prescribed by the Messenger (peace be upon him)? This is established in the most authentic book after the Book of Allah and after Sahih al-Bukhari, which is Sahih al-Imam Muslim. He narrated with his authentic chain from Abu Qatadah al-Ansari (may Allah be pleased with him) "That a man came to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and said, 'O Messenger of Allah, what do you say about fasting on Monday?'" meaning, is it prescribed or not? He answered him (may the prayers and peace of Allah be upon him) in the manner of the wise man, saying: In the other narration: Some people may not understand this due to their distance from standard Arabic. The answer to this noble Prophetic statement is that he is asking, "What do you say about fasting on Monday?" He does not tell him it is prescribed or not prescribed, but he tells him more than he hoped for in his question. He says, "It is the day I was born and the day it was revealed to me." So what should I say about fasting on Monday? You should fast on Monday because Allah (Mighty and Majestic) created me in it and sent me as a Prophet and Messenger to all people. So it is obligatory upon you, O Muslims, to fast on Monday as thanks to Allah and as a celebration, in modern terms, we say legally, as thanks to Allah and as a celebration of the birth of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) on Monday. Look now at how the Muslims reversed the Sunnah and the prescribed celebration, and how they established and gave the status of the prescribed celebration to the non-prescribed celebration. If not thousands, then millions of Muslims who celebrate the birth of the Messenger (peace be upon him), and it may happen that their celebration is actually on Monday, how many of them do you think are fasting? Very, very few. And without a doubt, the Muslims are still following the guidance of their Lord in many matters. We still find among them those who fast on Monday. They fast on Monday, but they do not know the wisdom or the purpose of this fasting. They all know that fasting on Monday has virtue and a special reward, but they do not know that the wisdom of fasting on Monday is for a person to remember this great blessing by which Allah (Blessed and Exalted is He) favored the Ummah of Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him). It is reported in the two Sahihs that when the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) came to Madinah, he found the Jews fasting on the day of 'Ashura. He asked them about the reason for their fasting, and they said to him, "It is the day in which Allah saved Musa and his people from Pharaoh and his army. Musa fasted it, and we, the Jews, fast it, saying thanks to Allah." So he (may the prayers and peace of Allah be upon him) said: So he fasted it and ordered its fasting. Therefore, fasting on the day of the birth of the Messenger (peace be upon him) as thanks to Allah (Blessed and Exalted is He) is what is prescribed by the explicit words of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). Where are those who celebrate the birth of the Messenger with a non-prescribed celebration from this celebration that the Messenger (peace be upon him) prescribed by his text in the authentic hadith? So innovation cannot be obedience and worship, because the religion has been completed, and praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds.