THE ANATOMY OF MEHFIL-E-MILAD

(Sall Allahu alaihi wa Salim)

From the last 1400 years Muslims all over the World have been celebrating Milad-un-
Nabi (Sall Allahu alaihi wa Salim) with great Joy and Respect in one form or the other.
Commemorating Mehfil-e-Milad is according to Islam.

Hazrat Muhammad Mustafa (Sall Allahu alaihi wa Salim) is the Symbol of Islam and it
is not possible to mention Islam without mentioning the name and the Sunnah of the
Prophet Muhammad (Sall Allahu alaihi wa Salim). Allah Ta'ala did a great favor to
mankind by sending His Habib Alaihi salam towards the humanity as He declared in
Quran:

TRANSLATION: Allah did confer a great favor on the believers when He sent among
them a Apostle from among themselves, rehearsing unto them the signs of Allah,
sanctifying them, and instructing them in scripture and wisdom, While before that, they
had been in manifest error. (Al-Quran: Surah Ale-Imran, verse-164)

No where in Quran or in Hadiths it is mentioned that commemorating Milad-un-Nabi
(Sall Allahu alaihi wa Salim) on any day specially on twelve Rabi ul-Awwal is against
Islam? On contrary, in Quran Allah Taala Himself narrated the detail of Adam Alai
Salam creation and the detail story of the birth of Hadhrat Essa (Jesus) Alai Salam.
Almost all the messengers of Allah Ta'ala has been foretelling their ummah the coming
of the last Prophet Muhammad (Sall Allahu alaihi wa Salim)

Muhammad (Sall Allahu alaihi wa Salim) is a vital link between Allah Ta'ala and
Mankind and Love of the Prophet Muhammad (Sall Allahu alaihi wa Salim) is an
essential part of one's Iman. Thus Allah Ta'ala commands Muslims to follow
(Muhammad (Sall Allahu alaihi wa Salim) in Quran and Tell His messenger to announce
the condition to love Allah as TRANSLATION:

"Say: O, people! if you do love Allah, follow me , Allah will love you and forgive your
sins" (Surah Ale-Imran, Verse 31).

The direction is double sided. On the one side, One must follow the Holy Prophet (Sall
Allahu alaihi wa Salim) if one loves Allah Almighty , while on the other, one must
follow the Holy Prophet (Sall Allahu alaihi wa Salim) if one wants to be loved by Allah
Almighty. In other words, as far as love of Allah Almighty is concerned, the follow-up of
Holy Prophet (Sall Allahu alaihi wa Salim) is a pre-requisite. This is what Allah
Almighty declares. Now listen to what the Holy Prophet (Sall Allahu alaihi wa Salim)
declares:

"That is, none of you is Momin (believer) unless I am dearer to him than his parents, his
children and all other persons." (Saheehul Bukhari).

All other persons would naturally include all relatives, friends, authorities etc. It is this
divine love that every Muslim Momin feels in their hearts and pay the highest respect to
our beloved Prophet (Sall Allahu alaihi wa Salim) after Allah Ta'ala and when the
month of Rabi-Awwal comes these Ashiq-e-Rasul start celebrating the birth of their
master (Aaqa) Muhammad (Sall Allahu alaihi wa Salim) with great joy in the form of
Mehfil-e-Milad.

Unfortunately, among us there are those who mislead innocent Muslim brothers and
sisters by calling Mehfil-e-Milad shirk, Bid'at etc, etc and prevent straightforward
Muslims from commemorating the birthday of the holy prophet (Sall Allahu alaihi wa
Salim) and thus denied them from receiving great blessing of Allah Ta'ala. Also it has
seen that those who object on celebrating birthday of our prophet (Sall Allahu alaihi wa
Salim) when it comes to their own children they forget all shirk and bid'at fatwa and
celebrate their children's birthday or Aqeeqa willingly and don't mind to attend friends or
relatives birthdays.

OBJECTIVE

The purpose of this literature is to show our Muslim brothers and sisters that commencing
Mehfil-e-Milad is not against the Sharia but it is in accordance to the spirit of Islam. If
some one does not like Mehfil-e-Milad it does not mean that celebrating Mehfil-e-Milad
itself is wrong. In other words if someone does not practice Islam it does not mean Islam
itself is bad.

A typical Mehfil-e-Milad consist of the following events. The sequence of events may
vary but almost all Milad-un-Nabi (Sall Allahu alaihi wa Salim) gathering consist of all
or majority of the following events.

- Recitation of Quran-ul-Hakeem
- Hamd-e-Allah Ta'ala
- Naat-e-Rasul (Sall Allahu alaihi wa Salim)
- Speeches on the life of the Prophet Muhammad (Sall Allahu alaihi wa Salim)
- Salat (Darood)-o-Salam
- Dua
- Distribution of sweets or Dinner

Now I will Analyze each event and see if it is in accordance to Islam or not. The
objective is to prove, if an individual event is in accordance to the Shariah then the
whole event collectively is also permissible?



RECITATION OF QURAN-UL-HAKEEM

Nobody has any objection in reading or recitation of the Holy Quran.

HAMD-E-ALLAH TA'ALA

Hamd is a way to praise the Almighty Allah Subhana Ta'ala. Every particle in the
universe says Tasbih of Allah Ta'ala. Zikr-e-Allah is peace of heart for the momin.
Nobody has any objection on it.

NAAT-E-RASUL (Sall Allahu alaihi wa Salim)

Naat-e-Rasul (Sall Allahu alaihi wa Salim) is a way to praise our beloved prophet (Sall
Allahu alaihi wa Salim) in the form of poetry or rhymes. Praising Rasulullah (Sall
Allahu alaihi wa Salim) is not shirk or bid'at.

Let see how Quran-ul-Hakeem praises the Sahib-e-Quran (Sall Allahu alaihi wa Salim),
therefore we find the following verses in the honor and praise of Muhammad Mustafa
(Sall Allahu alaihi wa Salim) in the Holy Quran:

- And We have exalted for you your remembrance
(Surah Al-Inshirah, V-4)
- Undoubtedly, Allah and His Angels send blessings on the prophet the communicator
of unseen news, O you who believe! send upon him blessings and salute him fully well in
abundance
(Surah Al-Ahzab, V-56)
- I have sent you as a blessing for the whole Universe
(Quran Surah #21:107)
- "The Prophet is nearer to his lovers (momin) than their own souls"
(Quran Surah #33:6)
- "He who obeys the Messenger, indeed he obeys Allah"
(surah: Nisa, verse: 80)
- Undoubtedly, you have the best in the following of the Messenger,
(Surah Al-Ahzab, V-21)
- "Many a time I (Almighty) have seen, you turn your face towards sky. I will make
you turn towards a qiblah (direction) that will please you"
(Quran Surah #2:144)
- "He stood on the uppermost horizon; then drawing near; and was at a distance of but
two bows' length or even closer"
(Quran Surah #53:7-9)
- "Allah did confer a great favour on the believers when He sent among them an
Apostle from among themselves."
(Quran Surah #33:56)
- "Raise not your voice above the voice of the Prophet. Lest your labors should come
to nothing without your knowledge"
(Quran Surah #49:2)
- Whatever the Apostle gives you accept it; and whatever he forbids you, refrain
from. And fear Allah, for Allah is strict in punishment

My dear Muslims these are the few verses from the Quran where Allah Ta'ala honors
and praises His most beautiful creation Muhammad (Sall Allahu alaihi wa Salim). The
Quran is full of such Praises and honors for Rasulallah (Sall Allahu alaihi wa Salim).
There are several hadiths where Rasulallah (Sall Allahu alaihi wa Salim) himself ordered
Hasan bin Thabit (radi Allah anhu) to read poetry in his praise. I wonder what munkir-e-
Milad would be thinking of Allah Ta'ala and Rasulallah now?, but we the lover of
Rasulallah (Sall Allahu alaihi wa Salim) believe that praising anybody within the
boundary of Shariah is in fact indirectly praising Allah Ta'ala who is the creator of all
universe.

The example is like that if somebody praises a building for its beautiful construction that
means indirectly he is also praising the people who were behind this construction i.e. the
architect, the designer, the builder etc. If praising somebody is sin or bid'at or shirk then
(God forgive) every one of us is committing this sin by praising one's father, mother, son,
daughter, teacher, leader or anybody in any aspect. Finally if Munkir-e-Milad proves
where in Quran Allah has drawn a line for praising His prophet (Sall Allahu alaihi wa
Salim), we will stop there but instead Quran said about Rasulallah (Sall Allahu alaihi wa
Salim)

And We have exalted for you your remembrance (Surah Al-Inshirah, V-4)

When Allah Ta'ala raises the remembrance of prophet Muhammad (Sall Allahu alaihi
wa Salim) then who on Earth has power to lower it.

SPEECHES ON THE LIFE OF PROPHET (Sall Allahu alaihi wa Salim)

Our beloved prophet Muhammad Mustafa (Sall Allahu alaihi wa Salim) is the symbol of
Islam. No one can talk about Islam without mentioning his name Mubarak (Sall Allahu
alaihi wa Salim). He is a vital link between Allah Ta'ala and mankind. No matter how
many times we say LA-ILAHA ILLA-ALLAH we will not be a Muslim until and unless
we say MUHAMMADUR RASUL ALLAH, even our Namaz (which is solely for Allah
Ta'ala) will not be completed until we say "ASSALAMO ALAIKA AYYUHAN NABI"
in tashahud (while reciting Attahiyaat) , when Allah Ta'ala did not separate His Habib's
(Sall Allahu alaihi wa Salim) name from His name then who are we to by pass him (Sall
Allahu alaihi wa Salim). If Muhammad (Sall Allahu alaihi wa Salim) had not come in
this world then we would have no Islam, no Namaz, no Zakat, no Ramadan, no Ka'aba
and no Hajj. That is why Allah Ta'ala declared in Quran that

"Allah did confer a great favour on the believers when He sent among them an Apostle
from among themselves, rehearsing unto them the signs of Allah, sanctifying them, and
instructing them in scripture and wisdom, while, before that, they had been in manifest
error" (Surah: Ale-Imran, verse:164).

and ordered believers to rejoice on His bounty as in this verse

" And the bounty of your Lord, recite and proclaim" (surah: Ad-Doha, verse:11).

Al-Hamdulillah, for us believers, Muhammad (Sall Allahu alaihi wa Salim) is the
greatest bounty (Nemat) (gift) of all and Allah orders believers to rejoice on His bounty
therefore we celebrate Eid-e-Milad-un-Nabi (Sall Allahu alaihi wa Salim) gatherings
and spread the words of Islam by shading light on various aspect of the life of our
beloved prophet (Sall Allahu alaihi wa Salim). Indeed for us believers, Eid-Milad-un-
Nabi (Sall Allahu alaihi wa Salim) is a real Eid (joy) because without Muhammad (Sall
Allahu alaihi wa Salim) there would have been no Eid-ul-fitr or Eid-ul-Adha either!

SALAT (DAROOD) -O-SALAM

In the Quran Allah Ta'ala commands believers to send Salat and Salam to His Habib
Muhammad Mustafa (Sall Allahu alaihi wa Salim) as stated in this verse

"Undoubtedly, Allah and His Angels send blessings on the prophet the communicator of
unseen news, O' you who believe! send upon him blessings and salute him fully well in
abundance (Surah Al-Ahzab, V-56).
In a hadith Mubarak

"Ab Masud al-Ansari who was shown the call (for prayer in a dream)--narrated it on
the authority of Mas'ud al-Ansari who said: We were sitting in the company of Sa'd ibn
Ubadah when the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) came to us. Bashir ibn Sa'd
said: Allah has commanded us to bless you, Messenger of Allah! But how should we
bless you? He (the narrator) said: The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) kept
quiet (and we were so much perturbed over his silence) that we wished we had not asked
him. The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) then said: (For blessing me) say: "O
Allah, bless Muhammad and the members of his household as Thou didst bless the
members of Ibrahim's household. Grant favours to Muhammad and the members of his
household as thou didst grant favours to the members of the household of Ibrahim in the
world. Thou art indeed Praiseworthy and Glorious"; and salutation which you know."
(Sahih Muslim).

In another hadith Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) said,

"Invoke many blessings on me on Friday for it is witnessed. The angels are present on it,
and no one will invoke a blessing on me without his blessing being submitted to me till
he stops." I asked whether that applied also after his death, and he replied, "Allah has
prohibited the Earth from consuming the bodies of the prophets; so Allah's prophet is
alive (in their graves) and given provision. "(Al-Tirmizi)

Well, the above verse of Quran and hadiths leaves no choice for Munkir-e-Milad but to
send Salat wa Salam on our master Muhammad (Sall Allahu alaihi wa Salim). But
because of animosity toward lovers of Rasulallah (Sall Allahu alaihi wa Salim), the
Munkir-e-Milad object on sending Salat wa salam to our beloved prophet (Sall Allahu
alaihi wa Salim) in standing position and loudly. In reply, we say that no where in Quran
or Hadiths, Allah or His Messenger (Sall Allahu alaihi wa Salim) mentioned in what
position we have to send Salat wa Salam and how loud?. It is entirely up to believers in
what position and volume he or she invokes salat-o-salam, whether while sitting or laying
on bed/floor or standing still or walking, it does not matter. Since we respect our beloved
prophet (Sall Allahu alaihi wa Salim) the most after Allah Ta'ala, it is the demand of this
respect that we stand up and send Salat-o-Salam to the Prophet (Sall Allahu alaihi wa
Salim)

DUA
There are categories of Munkir-e-Milad, some believe in Dua, some not and some have
become so advanced in their beliefs that they say since Allah Ta'ala knows every things
there is no need for Dua. (Astaghfirullah). On the contrary, in Quran Allah ta'ala
commands the believers to make Dua as stated in the following verses.

"When my servants ask thee concerning Me, I am indeed close (to them): I listen to the
prayer (dua) of every suppliant when he calleth on Me" (surah: Baqara, verse:186).

In another verse Allah Ta'ala said

"Call on your Lord with humility and in private" (surah Al-Ahraaf, verse 55).

Even our beloved Prophet (Sall Allahu alaihi wa Salim), who is free of all kinds of sins
and faults, used to make dua all the time. Are we more superior than our master
Muhammad (Sall Allahu alaihi wa Salim) that we feel no need of any dua? Let us see
what Allah Ta'ala said about those arrogant and ignorant people who feel they do not
need to invoke any dua, thus Allah said in surah Momin (Ghafir)

"And your Lord says: Call on Me; I will answer your (prayer): But those who are too
arrogant to serve Me will surely find themselves in Hell - in humiliation!". (surah:
Momin, verse 60).

In another place Allah said
"When the suffering reached them from Us, why then did they not learn humility? On the
contrary their hearts became hardened, and Satan made their (sinful) acts seem alluring to
them." (surah: Al-Inaam, verse 43).

DISTRIBUTION OF SWEETS OR DINNER

I don't know what kind of objection Munkir-e-Milad have on distribution of sweets or
eating dinner. Don't they eat in Weddings or Walimas or Aqeeqas or Fund raising
dinners or Birthdays or Aameen or in any other parties? The Mehfil-e-Milad can also be
commemorated without any sweet distribution or having dinner. This is not a must part of
the Mehfil, if one cannot afford or does not want to serve food, he or she can celebrate
Milad-un-Nabi without serving food to their guests. The distribution of sweets or dinner
is carried out as a token of love. The dinner is served just for the convenience of guests so
that they don't have to cook at 11 or 12 midnight when they get back home.

CONCLUSION

My dear Muslim brothers and sisters, the above explanation from Quran and Hadeeth for
each component of the Mehfil-e-Milad clearly proves that holding such kind of gathering
is not against Islam but actually it is accordance to the very spirit of Islam where Muslim
brothers and sisters get to gather and listen words of Allah Ta'ala and His Habib (Sall
Allahu alaihi wa Salim).

In the same token other gatherings like Lailatul Qadr, Shab-e-Barat , Shab-e-Meraj ,
Shab-e-Qadar , Geewarwhee-Shareef etc where speeches on Allah and His messenger
(Sall Allahu alaihi wa Salim) are given, are gathering of khair (virtues) and should be
attended by all Muslims. If some one does not celebrate these gathering then he would
not receive the barakah (blessings) of these Mehfil but he should not stop others from
attending these Mehfil and he should not preach against these Mehfil and should not label
these gathering as shirk, kufr or bid'at because all these gatherings are gatherings of Khair
where Zikr of Allah, Zikr of Rasulallah and Seerat of Aulia-e-Allah are delivered.
This is the job of Satan and his companions to stop people from attending these kinds of
blessed gatherings and called these Mehfil bid'ats.

THREE MAJOR OBJECTIONS REGARDING MEHFIL-E-MILAD

Objection#1
Mehfil-e-Milad was not in the days of the Prophet (Sall Allahu alaihi wa Salim)
therefore it is a Bid'at (i.e. new innovation).

Objection#2
Saudi Arabia does not celebrate Milad-un-Nabi therefore it is wrong to celebrate Mehfil-
e-Milad. This is an Indian thing.

Objection#3
12
th
Rabi ul Awwal is also the day when Muhammad (Sall Allahu alaihi wa Salim)
passed away, therefore it is the day of mourning and not of celebration.

My dear friends, any simple person with lack of religious knowledge can easily be
deceived by the above three objections and fall into Munkir-e-Milad trap. I will refute the
above three objections so that when Munkir-e-Milad try next time to mislead our
innocent Muslim brothers and sisters they won't fall into their web. There are hundreds of
books already written by the scholars of Ahle-Sunnat-wal-Jamaat on topics of Bid'at and
Celebrating Milad-un-Nabi, I am not going to write another book on Bid'at but to give
you just basic definitions and examples and leave up to you to decide whether the claim
of munkir-e-Milad is applied on Mehfil-e-Milad or not?.


REPLY TO OBJECTION #1

Mehfil-e-Milad was not in the days of the Prophet (Sall Allahu alaihi wa Salim)
therefore it is a Bid'at (i.e. new innovation).

Mehfil-e-Milad was always there, today may be the way we celebrate is different but the
message is the same that is to spread the teachings of Quran and Sunnah. In the days of
the Prophet (Sall Allahu alaihi wa Salim) and Sahaba Kiraam (Radi-Allah-anhum) every
day was like celebrating Mehfil-e-Milad (Quran and Sunnah Mehfil).

Rasulallah (Sall Allahu alaihi wa Salim) himself celebrated his own birthday by fasting
on every Monday. When he was asked why he fasts every Monday? Prophet (Sall Allahu
alaihi wa Salim) replied " I was born on Monday and Quran was also revealed on that
day " (Hadith: Sahih-Muslim)

Those who opposed to Mehfil-e-Milad reference a Hadeeth from Miskhat Shareef in
which the Prophet (Sall Allahu alaihi wa Salim) said

"Whosoever introduces a new belief in our religion which contradicts with it is
rejected." He also said "Beware of innovations, for every innovation (Kullu Bid'at) is
misguidance."

But those hypocrite Munkir-e-Milad never cite another Hadeeth from the same book
which is in favour of good innovations, thus a Hadith in Miskhat under Bab ul-'Ilm says:
"He who sets a good precedent in Islam, there is reward for him for this (act of
goodness) and a reward for him also who acts according to it subsequently, without any
deduction from their rewards and he who sets in Islam an evil precedent there is upon
him the burden of that, and the burden of him also who acts upon it subsequently, without
any deduction from their burdens."
From this Hadith we see that to introduce a nice way in Islam which is in accordance
with the Holy Quran and Sunnah will induce rewards and to do vice versa will provoke
punishment.

If we assume that every new innovation is Bid'at then what the munkir-e-Milad has to say
about the following new innovations which were not existed at the time of Prophet (Sall
Allahu alaihi wa Salim).

- Compilation of Quran
- Adding first call to prayer on Friday
- Taraveeh prayer with jamaat
- Compilation of books of hadiths
and so on ...

SOME GOOD BID'ATS IN OUR DAILY RELIGIOUS ACTIVITIES (BID'AT-E-
HASANA)

We will now see that no worship in Islam is void of Bid'at-e-Hasana.
IMAAN:
Every Muslim child is taught Imaan-e-Mujmal and Imaan-e-Mufassal whereas no such
categories or names for Imaan were in practice in the age of the Holy Prophet (sallal
laahu alaihi wasallam) or the three blessed generations after him.(*)
(*) By the three blessed generations we mean the ages of the Sahaba, the Tabieen and
the Tab'i Tabieen.

KALIMAH:
Every Muslim memorises six Kalimahs. These six Kalimahs, their enumeration and their
sequence that, this is the first Kalimah, this the second, etc. are all Bid'ats which were not
there in the commencing period of Islam.

QURAN:
To divide the Holy Quran into thirty Paras (sections) and to divide the Paras into Rukus,
to put the I'raab (expressions such as Zabbar, Zer, Pesh) in the Holy Quran and to have
the Holy Book printed by offset in the press are Bid'ats which could not be traced in the
commencing era of Islam.

HADITH:
To collect the Hadith in book form and state the chain or narrators and to characterize the
Hadiths by saying this is Sahih, this is Hassan or Da'if, Mu'addaal or Mudallas, etc. and
to establish the commands with the help of Hadith such as Makruh, Mustahab, etc. are all
appreciable Bid'ats which were not in practice in the blessed age of Rasulullah (sallal
laahu alaihi wasallam).

PRINCIPLES OF HADITH (USUL-E-HADITH):
This whole branch of knowledge along with its rules is itself Bid'at Hasana.

FIQH:
Now a days all the matters in our daily life depend upon this knowledge because it
contains the rules and commands for everything which may come across our lives, but
this field of knowledge also is Bid'at Hasana.

USUL FIQH AND I'LM-E-KALAAM:
These two branches of knowledge too, along with their principles and injunctions are all
Bid'at Hasana.

SALAAT:
It is Bid'at-e-Hasana to intend for praying Salaat by proclaiming the intention loudly or to
pray the 20 Rakaah Tarawih prayer in congregation during the Holy Month of Ramadaan.

FASTING:
At the time of breaking fast (Iftaar) to say the Du'a: "O Allah, for Thee have I Fasted and
in Thee I believe and upon Thee I trust and with the food given by Thee I open my fast"
and to intend for fasting by saying this Du'a audibly at the time of SEHRI: "O Allah, I
intend to fast for Thy sake tomorrow" are all Bid'at Hasana.
ZAKAAT:
To give Zakaat with the currency which is currently used such as coins and paper notes is
Bid'at because these were not in vogue in the commencing centuries of Islam.

HAJJ:
To perform Hajj by traveling in aeroplanes, ships, cars, lorries, buses and to go to the
field of Arafaat by car or bus are all Bid'ats because such conveyances had not been
invented in that age.

When Bid'at has been introduced in such things as Imaan and Kalimah then how will we
succeed in abstaining from it. So we will have to agree that all Bid'ats are not Haraam
and only those Bid'ats are Haraam which contradict the Kitaab and Sunnah.

BID'AT IN WORLDLY AFFAIRS:
Now a days we see around us such new inventions that could not be found in the first
three centuries of Islam and we got so much accustomed to them that life would be very
difficult without them. Everyone is compelled to use these things such as trains, cars,
aeroplanes, watches, electricity, and hundreds of other things, without which we cannot
imagine how life would be. But all these things are Bid'ats and cannot be traced back to
the blessed age of Rasulullah (sallal laahu alaihi wasallam) or the Sahaba.

What the Munkir-e-Milad has to say about these modern day bid'at which are now
become the part of our religious activities for example:

- Use of Loud Speakers and Microphone for conducting Daily and Friday prayers and
delivering speeches.
- Organizing Fund Raising dinners in Hotels for building Mosques, Madrasah etc. Why
do not they issue fatwa of shirk, Kufr and Bid'at for practicing the above new innovations
in Islam. Please don't tell me you Munkir-e-Milad don't use Loud speaker and don't
organize or attend Fund Raising Dinners.

SOME MODERN DAY BAD BID'ATS (BID'AT-E-SAI'YYA) WHICH ARE
AGAINST ISLAM AND SHOULD BE AVOIDED BUT HAS BEEN PRACTICED
BY MUNKIR-E-MILAD. UNFORTUNATELY SOME OF OUR INNOCENT
MUSLIMS FALLS INTO THEIR TRAP!

- Offering prayers with head's uncovered i.e. not wearing cap while offering prayers.
- Offering only fard part of the Namaz.
- Make no Dua after Namaz.
- Announce the beginning of Ramadan, Eid-ul-Fitr, Eid-ul-Adha in advance without
sighting the Moon.
- Eating Haram burgers etc by invoking Bismillah on it so that it becomes halal.
Each of the above action is a new bad innovation in Islam i.e. Bid'at-e-Sai'yya, because
by adopting these actions one is not only introducing new innovation in Islam but also at
the same time he is abolishing the Sunnah of our Prophet (Sall Allahu alaihi wa
Salim) which in fact is direct violation of the commands of Allah Ta'ala.

REPLY TO OBJECTION #2

Saudi Arabia does not celebrate Milad-un-Nabi therefore it is wrong to celebrate Mehfil-
e-Milad. This is an Indian thing.

This is very unfortunate that in worldly affairs we are mentally impressed by the
Westerners and in religious affairs we are impressed by the Arabs. Quran-ul-Hakeem has
been revealed in Arabic and coincidentally Saudi Arabians speaks Arabic and our Holy
places are in Saudi Arabia, We have natural respect for these but it does not mean that
they are the only champions or authority of Islam. On the contrary, no where in the Quran
and Hadeeth, Allah and His Rasul said that Muslims have to follow Saudi Arabia or
Arabs or non-Arabs. Every where in Quran and Hadeeth it is stressed on Muslims to
follow Allah and the Sunnah of our beloved prophet (Sall Allahu alaihi wa Salim). Also
don't forget the last sermon of our master Muhammad (Sall Allahu alaihi wa Salim)
delivered in the Hajj-ul-wida where he (Sall Allahu alaihi wa Salim) stated that Arabs
has no superiority over non-Arabs and Non-Arabs have no Superiority over Arabs, You
are all equal except by piety and good action. It is the present day Saudi Arabia's
government does not celebrate the birth of our Prophet (Sall Allahu alaihi wa Salim).
Otherwise if you go just beyond 75 years back in history of Saudi Arab when it was
Hijaz-al-Muqaddas (in the period of Ottoman empires) you will find how enthusiastically
Arabs of that time had been celebrated Milad-un-Nabi (Sall Allahu alaihi wa
Salim) Even now a days except Saudi Arabia and its few ally, the whole Arab world
Egypt, Syria, Lebanon, Iraq, Jordan, Morocco, Algeria, Nigeria, Tunisia, Yemen, Sudan,
Libya etc commemorate Milad-un-Nabi (Sall Allahu alaihi wa Salim) one way or the
another. Allah has ordered us to follow His messenger (Sall Allahu alaihi wa Salim) and
not to follow any particular country.

REPLY TO OBJECTION #3

12
th
Rabi ul Awwal is also the day when Muhammad (Sall Allahu alaihi wa Salim)
passed away, therefore it is the day of mourning and not of celebration.

From last fourteen hundred years scholars of Islam from all schools of thought has a
consensus that the birth date of our beloved prophet Muhammad (Sall Allahu alaihi wa
Salim) is 12
th
of Rabi-Awwal. However, there is a disagreement on the date when
Rasulallah (Sall Allahu alaihi wa Salim) passed away. Some says 2
nd
, some says 3rd
Rabi ul Awwal. So the date of birth is not the same as the date of his departure. Therefore
12
th
of Rabi-Awwal is not the day of Mourning but it is the day of celebration. Lets for a
second if we assume that 12
th
Rabi ul Awwal is also the date when prophet Muhammad
(Sall Allahu alaihi wa Salim) died, then every muslim knows that in Islam Mourning on
death is only allowed for three days (see hadith books for reference) and it is now more
than fourteen hundred years since our prophet (Sall Allahu alaihi wa Salim) has gone ,
so we should celebrate his birthday instead of mourning. Also Rasulallah (Sall Allahu
alaihi wa Salim) said in a hadith that his coming is blessing and his leaving is also
blessing. His leaving is also blessing because of the fact that every Friday the report of
his Ummat is being presented to him. Rasulallah smiles when he sees good deeds of his
ummah and make dua of forgiveness to Allah Ta'ala when he sees bad deeds of his
ummah.

And finally, it is the belief of Islam that prophets of Allah are alive in their graves and
receives all the blessings of Allah ta'ala. (don't compare the worldly life to that in the
grave. It is totally different). For me our Kalima LA-ILAHA-ILLA-ALLAH,
MUHAMMADUR-RASUL-ULLAH. (i.e. There is no god but Allah, Muhammad is the
Messenger of Allah). Is enough to believe that our Prophet Muhammad (Sall Allahu
alaihi wa Salim) is alive in his grave because "Muhammad is the Messenger of
Allah" and not "Muhammad was the Messenger of Allah" because you dont use "is" for
dead person. For the sake of our readers here are some references from Quran and
Hadiths which proves that the Hayat-un-Nabi (Sall Allahu alaihi wa Salim).

- I have sent you as a blessing for the whole Universe
(Quran Surah #21:107)

Comment: If a person is dead then how come he will do blessing. He has to be alive in
order to do blessing. Muhammad (Sall Allahu alaihi wa Salim) is "Rehmatullil
Alameen" therefore He is alive otherwise this is contradicting to Quran.

- Aoqo Mcoocvc (tco_c |c utov qi) ooio,

Iv=okc ov |cooivo ov c ov uioo |o it io eitvcooco. Tqc ovco oc
tcocvt ov it, ovo vo ovc ei iv=okc o |cooiv ov c eitqout qio |cooiv |c
iv ou|ittco to c ti qc ototo. I ookco eqctqc tqot ottico ooo o|tc q
io ocotq, ovo qc ctico, Aoq qoo toqi|itco tqc Eotq |o _ovouiv tq
c |ooico o| tqc totqcto; oo Aoqo totqct io oi=c (iv tqci o=co) ovo
i=cv to=ioiov .(ATii,i)
- Hadith: "After my death, visiting my shrine is like visiting me when I am alive"
- Hadith: "A person who performs hajj and then visits my grave will have visited me
when I was alive"

JUST THINK
- IS RECITING QURAN IS ACCORDING TO ISLAM
- IS READING HAMD-E-BARI TA'ALA IS ACCORDING TO ISLAM
- IS READING NAAT-E-RASUL IS ACCORDING TO ISLAM
- IS DELIVERING SPEECHES ON THE LIFE OF THE HOLY PROPHET
MUHAMMAD (Sall Allahu alaihi wa Salim) IS ACCORDING TO ISLAM
- IS SENDING DAROOD-O-SALAAM TO THE HOLY PROPHET MUHAMMAD
(Sall Allahu alaihi wa Salim) IS ACCORDING TO ISLAM
- IS MAKING DUA IS ACCORDING TO ISLAM
- IS SERVING FOOD IS ACCORDING TO ISLAM