Allah Ta'ala says in The Holy Quran : 'Remind them of the days of Allah(Swt)' (S.Ibrahim,V5) 'Rehearse and proclaim the bounty of your Lord' (S.Dhuha,V11) 'Say in the bounty of Allah(Swt) and His Mercy:therein let them rejoice.It is better than what they h*ard' (S.Younus,V58) 'And remember Allah(Swt)'s Grace upon u' (S.Baqarah,V231) ...

'Verily,Allah(Swt) has conferred a great favour on the believers by sending unto them a Messenger of their own who recites 2 them the revelations and purifies them,and teaches them the scripture and wisdom;although before that they were in manifest error' (S.Al Imran,V164) etc etc

Jazakallahu khairan

There is sufficient proof in these verses of The Holy Quran that Allah Ta'ala demands from us that when we are bestowed with a Grace,Mercy and Bounty from Him,then we should be grateful and joyous towards it.Now,it is the belief of every muslim that Muhammad(saw) is a great Mercy and Grace from Allah Ta'ala (in fact,the greatest!) upon all His(Swt) creation,hence He(saw) is exclusively given the..

..title 'Rehmatullil alameen'! Thus,the muslims have a complete right 2 celebrate the maulood of Muhammad(saw) and by carrying out this action,we are actually obeying the command of Allah Ta'ala given 2 us throughout The Holy Quran! ('Khazain Ul-Irfan' Mufti Ahmad Yar Khan, Tafseer Naeemi)

Those who oppose Milad cite the following sayings of the Prophet(saw) : 'He who innovates something in our religion that is not in it,will be rejected' and 'beware of innovations,for every innovation is misguidance'.Those who appose Mawlid interpret these hadiths in terms of generalisation-include all types of innovation,thus say celebrating Mawlid is misguidance.By saying this,they accuse the...

..the great imams of innovation(bidah) includin the companions(Sahabah) of the Prophet(saw),for there are many actions/practises that were instituted by the Sahabah(ra) and close followers after His(saw) time that are not deemed bidah against Islam. For example, the compilation of The Holy Quran during Abu Bakr Siddique's caliphate (Sahih Bukhari),adding the 1st call 2 prayer on friday(Juma'ah)...

..during Hazrat Uthman's caliphate (Sahih Bukhari),the addition 2 the tashahhud by Ibn Umar (Sahih Bukhari,Muslim) etc.Mawlid in it's self is not an innovation,what is considered a good innovation is the form mawlid is conducted overall ie. Programmes in Mosques,giving of food etc. Proof that Mawlid (or Milad) is not an innovation include : The Prophet(saw) was asked why He(saw) fasted every...

..Monday and Thursday.He(saw) replied 'this is the day i was born and the day revelation began' (Sahih Bukhari) in Sahih Muslim,He(saw) is asked abt fasting on Monday.He(saw) replied 'it is the day i was born.

Hazrat Abdullah Ibn Abbas(ra) reported that 1 day at his home he was discussing with others the events of the birth of the Holy Prophet(saw) and the listeners were enhanced by what they heard,they thanked Allah Ta'ala and sent durood upon the Prophet(saw).At this time the Holy Prophet(saw) came 2 them suddenly,and said 2 them 'My intercession for u is made accepted'. ....