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Re: The Birth-Date Of The Prophet And The History Of The Mawlid

It comes as no surprise the standard anti-Mawlid discourse continues
with its distraction and miseducation. What is sad is no one flails the
factual gaps and legal incoherence. Datewise, 12 Rabi` al-Awwal is the
mashhur in the Umma, end of discussion, at least as far as the general
public is concerned. Any honest discourse on Mawlid needs to reflect
that fact. Two, the legal *asl* is the Holy Prophet's (upon him
blessings and peace) own emphasis, in that he *marked* his birthday both
verbally ("That is the day I was born") and with an act (fasting) - no
other birthday was marked in the authentic Sunna - and he encouraged the
Companions to extol his person in their panegyrics. Hence we mark his
birthday and extol his person. "The asl is Sunna even if the modality is
bid`a" (Shaykh al-Islam Zakariyya). Three, the people of Makka singled
out the Mawlid Mosque for du`a and nafl centuries before the Fatimis
singled out the Mawlid month for sadaqa. But the latter universalizes a
good deed otherwise restricted to the Meccans - and made impracticable
after the Wahhabis' destruction of the Mawlid Mosque. For good reason
did Abu Shama, al-Dhahabi and Ibn Kathir consider the Fatimi celebration
a praiseworthy innovation. If it was good enough for those three, it is
good enough for us.


GF Haddad
2009-03-15

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