Is it permissible to praise the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and his Messenger with poems, and to designate Friday night and Monday night for this? If this is permissible, what is the reward?
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The questioner : From Sudan, this message reached us from Ibrahim Muhammad Abdullah Qadas. He says: Is it permissible to praise the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) and his Messenger with poems, and to designate Friday night and Monday night for this? If this is permissible, what is the reward? And if it is not permissible, what is the praise that is permissible for the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), or is it not permissible at all? Guide us, and may Allah guide you to what is good and blessed?
The Shaykh : Praising the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) with the noble qualities, great merits, and perfect character that he possessed is a prescribed and praiseworthy matter, because it involves calling to the religion of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him), and to honoring and loving the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him). All of this is among the matters intended by the Shari'ah.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : As for praising him with exaggeration, which the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade, this is not permissible in any case. For example, if one praises him with the words of the poet: "For from your generosity comes the world and its companion, and from your knowledge comes the knowledge of the Tablet and the Pen". Such exaggeration is not permissible and is forbidden. And in the permissible manner, one does not designate a specific night or a specific day such that whenever this night or this day comes, these poems and praises are recited. Designating a matter for a time that the Shari'ah has not designated for it, or for a place that the Shari'ah has not designated for it, is among the religious innovations from which the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) warned. Yes.
The Shaykh : Praising the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) with the noble qualities, great merits, and perfect character that he possessed is a prescribed and praiseworthy matter, because it involves calling to the religion of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him), and to honoring and loving the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him). All of this is among the matters intended by the Shari'ah.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : As for praising him with exaggeration, which the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade, this is not permissible in any case. For example, if one praises him with the words of the poet: "For from your generosity comes the world and its companion, and from your knowledge comes the knowledge of the Tablet and the Pen". Such exaggeration is not permissible and is forbidden. And in the permissible manner, one does not designate a specific night or a specific day such that whenever this night or this day comes, these poems and praises are recited. Designating a matter for a time that the Shari'ah has not designated for it, or for a place that the Shari'ah has not designated for it, is among the religious innovations from which the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) warned. Yes.