- Hadis Tetkikleri Dergisi
- Vol: 19 Issue: 1
- The Ruling Concerning the Celebration of Mawlid an-Nabiyy According to Ahādīth
The Ruling Concerning the Celebration of Mawlid an-Nabiyy According to Ahādīth
Authors : Kamal-deen Sulaiman
Pages : 49-65
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Publication Date : 2021-06-30
Article Type : Research
Abstract :The celebration of Mawlid an-Nabiyy has generated a lot of argument among the Muslim Scholars as regard to the ruling concerning it according to ahādīth. Also, the exact birth-date of the Prophet has always been the subject of dispute amongst Islamic scholars. This paper therefore, intends to examine the ahādīth ruling concerning the celebration. It will look at the origin and development of Mawlid an-Nabiyy and the various opinions regarding the birth-date of the Prophet. The study is theoretical in nature, the existing available literatures like books, journals, ahādīth, Qur’an, and research work related to the topic will be reviewed. The study reveals that, there are basically two different opinions regarding this celebration. Some scholars ruled it to be bid‘ah by arguing that, since it was not celebration by the Prophet himself or by his companions. Others ruled it to be permissible and recommended act because it’s an event where people would listen to sermon about his mission etc. They claim that, there are well-documented facts of ahādīth that companions was innovated many acts after the demise of the Prophet that constitute the act of ‘Ibādāt today. A very good example is tarāwīh. In fact, the 2nd Khalīfa who institutionalized it tagged it good Innovation (Bid‘at hassana). Nothing authentic has been reported in the standard source books of ahādīth, and this fact in itself shows that it was not held in the significance that later authorities did.Keywords : Celebration, Mawlid an-Nabiyy, Birthday, Prophet Muhammad, Sharī‘ah.