Celebrating Mawlid un Nabi is not Haram

Celebrating Mawlid un Nabi is not Haram

Why is celebrating Mawlid un Nabi (birthday of Prophet Muhammad) not unlawful or haram? It would only be so if the Quran or Hadith had declared it to be. The simplest answer to this question is that the basic principle of Islamic jurisprudence is that everything is halal unless it is declared haram by the Quran or Sunnah of the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon them). Example: Quran says alcohol, gambling, adultery or murder etc are haram but it did not list everything which is halal - only haram things.

In light of this basic principle of Islamic jurisprudence, the burden of proof is always on the person who is arguing that something is haram and it is never on the person who is arguing that something is halal. All laws are based on this principle including (English and other western law). So the question should be "Where is the light of the Quran and the Hadith is celebrating Mawlid un Nabi (or Milad un Nabi) declared unlawful or haram?"

There is NO Qur'anic verse or hadith which has declared it as unlawful/haram. In fact Shaykh-ul-Islam Dr Muhammad Tahir-ul-Qadri as delivered numarous lectures giving ample evidence proving the legality of celebrating Mawlid in the light of Qur'an and Hadith. Please refer to his books or DVD, CD lectures. You may buy some of the related literature from www.minhaj.co.uk


Shahid Mursaleen
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