QOFD: Celebrating the birthday of the messenger the biographer differed concerning the date of birth the prophet (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him).
But they are agreed that he died on the 12th of the Rabbi ' al-Awwal . 11 AH
This is the day that is celebrated by the common folk. Who call it Mawlid or the birthday day of the prophet
(blessings and peace of Allah be upon him).
Muslim (1162) narrated from Abu Qataadah al-Ansaari (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) was asked about fasting on Mondays and he said: “On (that day) I was born and on it Revelation came down to me.”
Al-Tirmidhi (747) narrated, in a hadeeth that he classed as hasan, from Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him)
that the Messenger of Allah (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) said: “Deeds are presented (to Allah) on Monday and Thursday and I like my deeds to be presented when I am fasting.”
Classed as saheeh by al-Albaani in Saheeh al-Tirmidhi.
From the saheeh hadeeths quoted above, it is clear that just as the Prophet (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) fasted on Mondays out of gratitude for the blessing of his birth on this day, he also fasted it because of its virtue, because the Revelation came down to him on that day, and on that day deeds are presented to Allah. So he (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) liked his deeds to be taken
up when he was fasting.
The fact that he was born on that
day was one of several reasons for fasting that day.
If a person fasts on Mondays, as the Prophet (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) did, hoping for forgiveness on
that day, out of gratitude for the blessings that Allah bestowed upon His slaves on the day – the greatest of which blessings is the birth of His Prophet and His sending
him – and hoping to be among the people who are forgiven on that day, then this is something good and is in accordance with what is proven of the Sunnah of the Prophet (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him).
But he should not single out one week for that to the exclusion of others, or one month to the exclusion of others. Rather he
should do that as much as he can on a permanent basis. With regard to singling out one day of the year for fasting it,
in celebration of the birth of the Prophet (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him), this is an innovation (bid‘ah) that is contrary to the Sunnah of the Prophet (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him). The Prophet (blessings and
peace of Allah be upon him) fasted on Mondays, and no other day, but from year to the next, his birthday may come
on that day or any other day of the week.
chapter 16 : Work On Yourself !
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A/N: Sorry for the short chapter I just wanted to inform you guys about the ruling on celebrating the prophet (peace be upon him)'s birthday.