Post by rafiq on Mar 7, 2009 4:08:32 GMT
As-salâmu `alaykum
Mawlid un Nabi
Birth of the Beloved Prophet
(sallallahu `alayhi wa sallam)
"Say: In the bounty of Allah and in His Mercy,- in that let them rejoice!"
(al-Qur'an, 10:58)
Sunday, 8th March 09
7:30pm onwards
Second session will last till Fajr Salah inshâ'Allah.
Speakers:
Shaykh Muhammad Sadiq Qureshi (Amir Minhaj-ul-Quran International UK)
Abdul Basit Qadri
Rakin & Ismael (Mecca 2 Madina & as seen on the Brothers in Deen program on the Islam channel)
Minhaj-ul-Madina nashid group and others.
Ziyarah of the blessed hair of the Noble Prophet (Salla Allahu ta'ala 'alayhi wa Sallam) (sallallahu `alayhi wa sallam)!
Minhaj-ul-Qur' an International London
292-296 Romford Road
Forest Gate
London
E7 9HD
Daily gatherings from the 1st to the 12th of Rabi al Awwal (25th Feb to 7th Mar) at 7:30pm.
For further info contact 020 8257 1786 - www.minhaj.org - Email: London@muslimyouth. org.uk
Brief glimpse of historic Mawlids as compiled by the great scholar, Mullâ `Alî al-Qârî [d. 1014AH]:
‘Imâm Shamsuddîn Sakhâwî states:
"The commemoration started after the third century of the Hijra on the basis of piety and with the purest intention. Since then, THE PEOPLE OF ISLÂM (Ahlul-Islâm) IN EVERY STATE, IN EVERY MAJOR CITY HAVE BEEN REGULARLY organising gatherings during the month of his advent peace and blessings of Allâh be upon him. They maintained the tempo and esteem of these gatherings of commemoration, by catering splendid feasts and distributing alms and charity. Even in our time, during the nights of this blessed month, various types of charity is distributed, expressions of joy are displayed and pious deeds are performed. People start doing this as soon as this month nears [i.e. before its actual arrival] and the virtues of this holy month still appears to the people in the form of great blessings (fadli `azîm). This is something that is practically witnessed, as has been mentioned by al-Imâm Shamsud-dîn ibn al-Jazarî al-Muqrî who stated:
‘There is complete security, peace and harmony during the month of the noble birth. The aspirations of the needy are responded to immediately [by Allâh as a result of their celebrating].'"
(Mulla `Alî Qârî, al-Mawrid ar-Rawî fî Mawlid an-Nabî, 12-13)
He states regarding the gatherings to commemorate the Noble birth by the inhabitants of Egypt and Syria:
[Sakhâwî states:] "The inhabitants of Egypt and Syria are very fond of holding these gatherings. The Sultan of Egypt holds a high station in organising such congregations every year."
He [Sakhâwî] stated:
"In 785 H., I attended the gathering organised by Sultan Zâhir Barqûq Allâh's Mercy be upon him, at the Fort on al-Jabal (Mount) al-`Uliyah and saw things which touched me. I expressed immense joy and happiness and did not see anything unpleasant. I had written down whatever the Sultan had distributed to the reciters of the Qur'ân (Qurâ'), speakers, poets and organisers. This amounted to gold worth approximately ten thousand `mathqâl' in weight, and included food, sweet drinks, a khal`a (robes of honour), perfumes, candles and other gifts which aid people to become economically established. I counted twenty-five poets who recited odes praising the Prophet most excellently, each one of whom could not leave the stage without taking approximately twenty robes of honour from the Sultan and other notables."
Imâm Sakhâwî further stated:
"It is my stand point that the Sultan's of Egypt, who are also the custodians of the Haramayn ash-Sharîfayn (The two noble sanctuaries of Makka and Madina) are those people whom Allâh has given tawfîq (favour) as they removed all sorts of evil. They have preserved the concerns of the people just like their own off springs. They attained fame due to their justice. May Allâh help them with His unseen powers."
(Mulla `Alî Qârî, al-Mawrid ar-Rawî fî Mawlid an-Nabî, 13)
These are the leaders of the past not the ones we have at present.
When the Muslims were ruling the world, there was no objection to the Mawlid. The following is Mulla `Alî Qârî's description of the commemoration of the Nobel birth by the Sultan's of Muslim Spain (Andalus):
‘The Leaders of al-Andalus (Muslim Spain) and those who live in the Maghrib [Northern and Western Africa] used to appear in the form of a procession at night inclusive of great scholars and Imâms during the night of the noble birth. Along the route, people from far and wide would join in and proclaim the declaration of faith before the non-believers. I feel that the inhabitants of ar-Rûm [Constantinople] were not far behind them in this regard and that they too held similar congregations for the noble birth as did other states. Scholars and writers have even informed me that the people of al-Hind (the Indian sub-continent) also excel in holding such sacred congregations. Keeping in line with the other states, they too organise gatherings to gain the blessings of this occasion.'
(Mulla `Alî Qârî, al-Mawrid ar-Rawî fî Mawlid an-Nabî, 14)
Were we to return to those days of glory and stop bickering over whether the Mawlid is permitted or not. Also, the quote shows that the Mawlid/Milad did NOT originate in India/Pakistan.
---
Some of the authorities of Islam used the following as one of many sources in Hadîth literature for commemorating the Mawlid.
It is related in a Hadîth of Sahîh al-Bukhârî:
"After Abû Lahb died, someone from his household saw him in a dream in a bad condition. They asked him, `What condition are you in?' Abû Lahb replied, `I am in severe punishment which I can never escape from. I get a lessening [in the punishment] for freeing my slave girl Thuwayba."[1]
The great Hadîth scholar, Hâfiz Ibn Hajar al-`Asqalânî (rahmatullâhi `alay) states with reference to Imâm Suhaylî (rahmatullâhi `alay):
"`Abbâs said: When Abû Lahb died, I saw him one year later in a dream in a very bad state. I heard him say, ‘After separating from you, I have had no rest what so ever and am gripped in a severe punishment. But the punishment is lessened every Monday.’
[The reason for this is that] the Noble Prophet (Salla Allahu ta'ala 'alayhi wa Sallam) (sallallâhu `alayhi wa sallam) was born on a Monday. His punishment is lessened because of [Abû Lahb's slave girl] Thuwayba giving him [Abû Lahb] the glad tidings and him setting her free out of happiness for his birth (mawlid)."[2]
An interesting quote is the following statement of Shaykh Muhammad ibn `Abdul-Wahhâb Najdî, who wrote:
"Abû Lahb was seen in a dream after his death and he was asked, ‘What condition are you in?’ He replied, ‘I am in fire except on every Monday when there is a lessening of the punishment.’ He then began gesturing with his fingers and said, ‘Water comes from between these two fingers of mine which I drink and as a result of this, there is a lessening in the punishment . I freed Thuwayba when she gave me the good news of the birth of the Noble Prophet (Salla Allahu ta'ala 'alayhi wa Sallam) (saw)."[3]
Muhammad ibn `Abdul-Wahhâb Najdî then quotes Imâm Ibn Jawzî (rahmatullâhi `alay) stating:
"If this is the state of such an unbeliever as Abû Lahb whose accursed nature has been revealed in the Holy Qur'an. That he receives a reward (of a lessening in the punishment). Then what would be the state of a Muslim from his Umma who believes in the Oneness of Allah and who shows happiness at his Mawlid?"[4]
So would Imâm Ibn Jawzî (rahmatullâhi `alay) be approving of something reprehensible or something "insulting Islam". Would Muhammad ibn `Abdul-Wahhâb Najdî quote something that would be "insulting Islam"?
Shaykhul-Islam Imâm Jalâluddîn Suyûtî (rahmatullâhi `alay) mentions a similar statement but from Hâfiz Shamsud-dîn al-Jazrî:
"...then I (Suyûtî) saw what the Imâm of Qurâ' (reciters/scholars of Qur'ân), Hâfiz Shamsud-dîn al-Jazrî said in his book, `Urf at-ta`rîf bil-Mawlid ash-sharîf:
‘Abû Lahab was seen in a dream after his death and he had been asked, `how are you doing?' He said, `In fire, but I get a respite every Monday night. (He then gestured with the tips of his fingers and said) I suck from my two fingers this much water [which gives some relief] and this is because of my kindness to Thuwayba when she brought me the good news of the birth of the Prophet peace and blessings of Allâh be upon him, and that she had suckled him.' So if Abû Lahab, a kâfir (disbeliever) who has been cursed in the Qur'ân, is being rewarded for celebrating the night of the birth of the Prophet peace and blessings of Allâh be upon him, how about the Muslim, a muwahhid (one who believes in the Oneness of Allâh), from the nation of the Prophet, who celebrates his birth and spends what he can afford for his love peace and blessings of Allâh be upon him? And I swear (by my life) that his reward from al-Karîm (the Most Generous), Allâh, would be to admit him to the Paradises of happiness (jannâtun-na`îm).'"
(Husn Maqsid fî `Amal-il Mawlid by Imâm Jalâl ad-Dîn Suyûtî, p. 66)
The Shaykh al-Islâm and master of the Shâfi`î madhhab during his time, al-Imâm Suyûtî mentions the statement of Hâfiz Shamsud-dîn ibn Nâsirud-dîn ad-Dimashqî from his book Mawrid as-Sâdî fî Mawlid al-hâdî:
"It has been authenticated that the torment of Abû Lahab is reduced on Monday for freeing (his slave) Thuwayba in celebration of the Prophet's birth peace and blessings of Allâh be upon him."
(Husn Maqsid fî `Amal-il Mawlid by Imâm Jalâl ad-Dîn Suyûtî, p. 66)
He then writes the following piece of poetry:
"If this is a kâfir who has been cursed,
and his hands are in hell where he is abiding forever,
it has been said that on every Monday,
his torment is being eased because he was pleased with [the birth of] Ahmad,
what then about the servant, who all his life,
is pleased with Ahmad and dies a muwahhid?"
Mawlânâ `Abdul-Hayy Laknawî (rahmatullâhi `alay) similarly comments:
"Since an unbeleiver like Abû Lahb who showed happiness at the birth of the Noble Prophet (Salla Allahu ta'ala 'alayhi wa Sallam) (sallallâhu `alayhi wa sallam) has a lessening in his punishment, then what about someone from the Umma who shows happiness. He then spends as much as is feasible to express his love, why then wouldn't he reach a higher status [in the presence of Allah]?"[5]
[1] Bukhârî, as-Sahîh, 5:1961, Kitâbun-nikâh, #4813; `Abdur-Razzâq, al-Musannaf, 7:478, #13955; Bayhaqî, as-Sunanul-Kubra, 7:162; Bayhaqî, Shu`abul-îmân, 1:261; Bayhaqî, Dalâ'ilun-Nubuwwa, 1:150; Suhaylî, ar-Rawdul-unf, 5:192; Ibn Kathîr, as-Sîratun-Nabawiyya, 1:224; Ibn Dayba` Shaybânî, Hadâ'iqul-Anwâr, 1:134; Baghawî, Sharhus-Sunna, 9:76, #2282; Zayla`î, Nasbur-râya, 3:168; `Asqalânî, Fathul-bârî, 9:945; `Aynî, `Umdatul-qârî, 20:95; `Âmirî, Bahjatul-mahâfil, 1:41; Muhaddith Dehelwî, Madârijun-Nubuwwa, 2:19
[2] `Asqalânî, Fathul-bârî, 9:145
[3] Muhammad ibn `Abdul-Wahhâb an-Najdî, Mukhtasar Sîratur-Rasûl (Lahore: Matbû'a Maktaba `Ilmiyya, 1979/Lahore: al-Maktabatus-Salafiyya, 1979), 13
[4] Muhammad ibn `Abdul-Wahhâb an-Najdî, Mukhtasar Sîratur-Rasûl (Lahore: Matbû'a Maktaba `Ilmiyya, 1979/Lahore: al-Maktabatus-Salafiyya, 1979), 13
[5] `Abdul-Hayy Laknawî, Fatâwâ `Abdul-Hayy, 2:282
Cf. Shaykh-ul-Islam Dr Tahir-ul-Qadri, Jashan-e-Mîlâd-un-Nabî (saw) ki Shar`î Haysiyyat.
Ma`as-salâma
Rafiq
Mawlid un Nabi
Birth of the Beloved Prophet
(sallallahu `alayhi wa sallam)
"Say: In the bounty of Allah and in His Mercy,- in that let them rejoice!"
(al-Qur'an, 10:58)
Sunday, 8th March 09
7:30pm onwards
Second session will last till Fajr Salah inshâ'Allah.
Speakers:
Shaykh Muhammad Sadiq Qureshi (Amir Minhaj-ul-Quran International UK)
Abdul Basit Qadri
Rakin & Ismael (Mecca 2 Madina & as seen on the Brothers in Deen program on the Islam channel)
Minhaj-ul-Madina nashid group and others.
Ziyarah of the blessed hair of the Noble Prophet (Salla Allahu ta'ala 'alayhi wa Sallam) (sallallahu `alayhi wa sallam)!
Minhaj-ul-Qur' an International London
292-296 Romford Road
Forest Gate
London
E7 9HD
Daily gatherings from the 1st to the 12th of Rabi al Awwal (25th Feb to 7th Mar) at 7:30pm.
For further info contact 020 8257 1786 - www.minhaj.org - Email: London@muslimyouth. org.uk
Brief glimpse of historic Mawlids as compiled by the great scholar, Mullâ `Alî al-Qârî [d. 1014AH]:
‘Imâm Shamsuddîn Sakhâwî states:
"The commemoration started after the third century of the Hijra on the basis of piety and with the purest intention. Since then, THE PEOPLE OF ISLÂM (Ahlul-Islâm) IN EVERY STATE, IN EVERY MAJOR CITY HAVE BEEN REGULARLY organising gatherings during the month of his advent peace and blessings of Allâh be upon him. They maintained the tempo and esteem of these gatherings of commemoration, by catering splendid feasts and distributing alms and charity. Even in our time, during the nights of this blessed month, various types of charity is distributed, expressions of joy are displayed and pious deeds are performed. People start doing this as soon as this month nears [i.e. before its actual arrival] and the virtues of this holy month still appears to the people in the form of great blessings (fadli `azîm). This is something that is practically witnessed, as has been mentioned by al-Imâm Shamsud-dîn ibn al-Jazarî al-Muqrî who stated:
‘There is complete security, peace and harmony during the month of the noble birth. The aspirations of the needy are responded to immediately [by Allâh as a result of their celebrating].'"
(Mulla `Alî Qârî, al-Mawrid ar-Rawî fî Mawlid an-Nabî, 12-13)
He states regarding the gatherings to commemorate the Noble birth by the inhabitants of Egypt and Syria:
[Sakhâwî states:] "The inhabitants of Egypt and Syria are very fond of holding these gatherings. The Sultan of Egypt holds a high station in organising such congregations every year."
He [Sakhâwî] stated:
"In 785 H., I attended the gathering organised by Sultan Zâhir Barqûq Allâh's Mercy be upon him, at the Fort on al-Jabal (Mount) al-`Uliyah and saw things which touched me. I expressed immense joy and happiness and did not see anything unpleasant. I had written down whatever the Sultan had distributed to the reciters of the Qur'ân (Qurâ'), speakers, poets and organisers. This amounted to gold worth approximately ten thousand `mathqâl' in weight, and included food, sweet drinks, a khal`a (robes of honour), perfumes, candles and other gifts which aid people to become economically established. I counted twenty-five poets who recited odes praising the Prophet most excellently, each one of whom could not leave the stage without taking approximately twenty robes of honour from the Sultan and other notables."
Imâm Sakhâwî further stated:
"It is my stand point that the Sultan's of Egypt, who are also the custodians of the Haramayn ash-Sharîfayn (The two noble sanctuaries of Makka and Madina) are those people whom Allâh has given tawfîq (favour) as they removed all sorts of evil. They have preserved the concerns of the people just like their own off springs. They attained fame due to their justice. May Allâh help them with His unseen powers."
(Mulla `Alî Qârî, al-Mawrid ar-Rawî fî Mawlid an-Nabî, 13)
These are the leaders of the past not the ones we have at present.
When the Muslims were ruling the world, there was no objection to the Mawlid. The following is Mulla `Alî Qârî's description of the commemoration of the Nobel birth by the Sultan's of Muslim Spain (Andalus):
‘The Leaders of al-Andalus (Muslim Spain) and those who live in the Maghrib [Northern and Western Africa] used to appear in the form of a procession at night inclusive of great scholars and Imâms during the night of the noble birth. Along the route, people from far and wide would join in and proclaim the declaration of faith before the non-believers. I feel that the inhabitants of ar-Rûm [Constantinople] were not far behind them in this regard and that they too held similar congregations for the noble birth as did other states. Scholars and writers have even informed me that the people of al-Hind (the Indian sub-continent) also excel in holding such sacred congregations. Keeping in line with the other states, they too organise gatherings to gain the blessings of this occasion.'
(Mulla `Alî Qârî, al-Mawrid ar-Rawî fî Mawlid an-Nabî, 14)
Were we to return to those days of glory and stop bickering over whether the Mawlid is permitted or not. Also, the quote shows that the Mawlid/Milad did NOT originate in India/Pakistan.
---
Some of the authorities of Islam used the following as one of many sources in Hadîth literature for commemorating the Mawlid.
It is related in a Hadîth of Sahîh al-Bukhârî:
"After Abû Lahb died, someone from his household saw him in a dream in a bad condition. They asked him, `What condition are you in?' Abû Lahb replied, `I am in severe punishment which I can never escape from. I get a lessening [in the punishment] for freeing my slave girl Thuwayba."[1]
The great Hadîth scholar, Hâfiz Ibn Hajar al-`Asqalânî (rahmatullâhi `alay) states with reference to Imâm Suhaylî (rahmatullâhi `alay):
"`Abbâs said: When Abû Lahb died, I saw him one year later in a dream in a very bad state. I heard him say, ‘After separating from you, I have had no rest what so ever and am gripped in a severe punishment. But the punishment is lessened every Monday.’
[The reason for this is that] the Noble Prophet (Salla Allahu ta'ala 'alayhi wa Sallam) (sallallâhu `alayhi wa sallam) was born on a Monday. His punishment is lessened because of [Abû Lahb's slave girl] Thuwayba giving him [Abû Lahb] the glad tidings and him setting her free out of happiness for his birth (mawlid)."[2]
An interesting quote is the following statement of Shaykh Muhammad ibn `Abdul-Wahhâb Najdî, who wrote:
"Abû Lahb was seen in a dream after his death and he was asked, ‘What condition are you in?’ He replied, ‘I am in fire except on every Monday when there is a lessening of the punishment.’ He then began gesturing with his fingers and said, ‘Water comes from between these two fingers of mine which I drink and as a result of this, there is a lessening in the punishment . I freed Thuwayba when she gave me the good news of the birth of the Noble Prophet (Salla Allahu ta'ala 'alayhi wa Sallam) (saw)."[3]
Muhammad ibn `Abdul-Wahhâb Najdî then quotes Imâm Ibn Jawzî (rahmatullâhi `alay) stating:
"If this is the state of such an unbeliever as Abû Lahb whose accursed nature has been revealed in the Holy Qur'an. That he receives a reward (of a lessening in the punishment). Then what would be the state of a Muslim from his Umma who believes in the Oneness of Allah and who shows happiness at his Mawlid?"[4]
So would Imâm Ibn Jawzî (rahmatullâhi `alay) be approving of something reprehensible or something "insulting Islam". Would Muhammad ibn `Abdul-Wahhâb Najdî quote something that would be "insulting Islam"?
Shaykhul-Islam Imâm Jalâluddîn Suyûtî (rahmatullâhi `alay) mentions a similar statement but from Hâfiz Shamsud-dîn al-Jazrî:
"...then I (Suyûtî) saw what the Imâm of Qurâ' (reciters/scholars of Qur'ân), Hâfiz Shamsud-dîn al-Jazrî said in his book, `Urf at-ta`rîf bil-Mawlid ash-sharîf:
‘Abû Lahab was seen in a dream after his death and he had been asked, `how are you doing?' He said, `In fire, but I get a respite every Monday night. (He then gestured with the tips of his fingers and said) I suck from my two fingers this much water [which gives some relief] and this is because of my kindness to Thuwayba when she brought me the good news of the birth of the Prophet peace and blessings of Allâh be upon him, and that she had suckled him.' So if Abû Lahab, a kâfir (disbeliever) who has been cursed in the Qur'ân, is being rewarded for celebrating the night of the birth of the Prophet peace and blessings of Allâh be upon him, how about the Muslim, a muwahhid (one who believes in the Oneness of Allâh), from the nation of the Prophet, who celebrates his birth and spends what he can afford for his love peace and blessings of Allâh be upon him? And I swear (by my life) that his reward from al-Karîm (the Most Generous), Allâh, would be to admit him to the Paradises of happiness (jannâtun-na`îm).'"
(Husn Maqsid fî `Amal-il Mawlid by Imâm Jalâl ad-Dîn Suyûtî, p. 66)
The Shaykh al-Islâm and master of the Shâfi`î madhhab during his time, al-Imâm Suyûtî mentions the statement of Hâfiz Shamsud-dîn ibn Nâsirud-dîn ad-Dimashqî from his book Mawrid as-Sâdî fî Mawlid al-hâdî:
"It has been authenticated that the torment of Abû Lahab is reduced on Monday for freeing (his slave) Thuwayba in celebration of the Prophet's birth peace and blessings of Allâh be upon him."
(Husn Maqsid fî `Amal-il Mawlid by Imâm Jalâl ad-Dîn Suyûtî, p. 66)
He then writes the following piece of poetry:
"If this is a kâfir who has been cursed,
and his hands are in hell where he is abiding forever,
it has been said that on every Monday,
his torment is being eased because he was pleased with [the birth of] Ahmad,
what then about the servant, who all his life,
is pleased with Ahmad and dies a muwahhid?"
Mawlânâ `Abdul-Hayy Laknawî (rahmatullâhi `alay) similarly comments:
"Since an unbeleiver like Abû Lahb who showed happiness at the birth of the Noble Prophet (Salla Allahu ta'ala 'alayhi wa Sallam) (sallallâhu `alayhi wa sallam) has a lessening in his punishment, then what about someone from the Umma who shows happiness. He then spends as much as is feasible to express his love, why then wouldn't he reach a higher status [in the presence of Allah]?"[5]
[1] Bukhârî, as-Sahîh, 5:1961, Kitâbun-nikâh, #4813; `Abdur-Razzâq, al-Musannaf, 7:478, #13955; Bayhaqî, as-Sunanul-Kubra, 7:162; Bayhaqî, Shu`abul-îmân, 1:261; Bayhaqî, Dalâ'ilun-Nubuwwa, 1:150; Suhaylî, ar-Rawdul-unf, 5:192; Ibn Kathîr, as-Sîratun-Nabawiyya, 1:224; Ibn Dayba` Shaybânî, Hadâ'iqul-Anwâr, 1:134; Baghawî, Sharhus-Sunna, 9:76, #2282; Zayla`î, Nasbur-râya, 3:168; `Asqalânî, Fathul-bârî, 9:945; `Aynî, `Umdatul-qârî, 20:95; `Âmirî, Bahjatul-mahâfil, 1:41; Muhaddith Dehelwî, Madârijun-Nubuwwa, 2:19
[2] `Asqalânî, Fathul-bârî, 9:145
[3] Muhammad ibn `Abdul-Wahhâb an-Najdî, Mukhtasar Sîratur-Rasûl (Lahore: Matbû'a Maktaba `Ilmiyya, 1979/Lahore: al-Maktabatus-Salafiyya, 1979), 13
[4] Muhammad ibn `Abdul-Wahhâb an-Najdî, Mukhtasar Sîratur-Rasûl (Lahore: Matbû'a Maktaba `Ilmiyya, 1979/Lahore: al-Maktabatus-Salafiyya, 1979), 13
[5] `Abdul-Hayy Laknawî, Fatâwâ `Abdul-Hayy, 2:282
Cf. Shaykh-ul-Islam Dr Tahir-ul-Qadri, Jashan-e-Mîlâd-un-Nabî (saw) ki Shar`î Haysiyyat.
Ma`as-salâma
Rafiq
