Volume 2, Page No. 147, Hadith
No. 1130 (Sahih Muslim, Dar ul
Kutab al ILmiyyah)
Ibn Abbas "Allah be pleased with
him" reported: The Prophet "Allah's
blessing and peace be upon him"
came to Madina and saw the Jews
fasting on the tenth day of
Muharram. They were asked about
that. They replied: "This is the day,
on which Allah made Moses and
the children of Israel emerge
victorious over Pharoah. So, we fast
on it "OUT OF GLORIFICATION TO
IT". The Prophet "Allah's blessing
and peace be upin him" said: "We
have more claim over Moses than
you." So, he ordered Muslims to
fast on it
If Jews glorify their days to
venerate Musa (a.s) then we
Muslims have more right to
venerate and rejoice on day when
Prophet (Sallallahu Alaihi
Wasallam) was born, this is an
accepted analogy as Ulama have
derived this specific ruling from the
hadith, which shall be mentioned in
the last section with detail.
>>>Proof No.4
Volume 1, Page No. 241, Hadith
No. 448 (Sunnan an Nasai'i)
Hadrat Anas bin Malik (ra) narrates
that Prophet (Sallallahu Alaihi
Wasallam) while mentioning his
journey of Miraaj said: Jibril (a.s)
asked me to get off from Buraak at
Bethlehem and told me to say the
prayer there, after which he said:
Do you know where you have
prayed (O Messenger of Allah)?
YOU PRAYED AT BETHLEHEM
WHERE ISA ALAYHI SALAM "WAS
BORN".
So the MAWLID and the places
where Prophets (A.S) are born are
amongst Sha'ir (sings to be
venerated) of ALLAH.
>>>Proof from righteous Ulama and
Fuqaha
1. Imam Ibn Kathir (Rahimuhullah)
- The scholar revered most highly
by Salafis/Wahabis in Tafsir &
History.
He says regarding Shah Malik al-
Muzzafar (rah) regarding whom
Salafis spread deception by forging
words of Ibn Kathir (rah) i.e. he
was actually a Fasiq, cruel and
Bidati ruler (Naudhobillah) but in
reality Imam Ibn Kathir (rah) saidBR]??? ????
Translation: He was a generous,
mighty master, and glorious ruler,
whose works were very good.He
built Jamiya al Muzaffari near
Qasiyun…During Rabi ul Awwal he
used to celebrate Mawlid)
with great celebration, Moreover, he
was benevolent, brave, wise, a
scholar, and just person –
Rahimuhullah wa Ikraam – Sheikh
Abul Khattab (rah) wrote a book on
Mawlid an Nabwi for him and
named it At-Tanwir fi Mawlid al
Bashir al Nazeer, for which he gave
him 1000 dinars. His rule stayed
till the Rule of Salahiya and he
captured Aka and he remained a
man worthy of respect.
Al-Sabt mentions that a person
attending the gathering of Mawlid
held by Muzzafar said: He used to
fill the table with 5000 well cooked
goats, 10,000 chickens, 100-
thousand bowls (of milk) and
30,000 trays of sweets. [Tarikh Ibn
Kathir, Al Bidayah Wan Nihaya
Volume 13, Page No. 174]
>>2. Imam Shahab-ud-din Abul
Abbas al-Qastallani (Rahimuhullah)
the author of great Seerah book
called Al-Muwahib al-Laduniya, he
said:
When it is said that Prophet
(salallaho alaihi wasalam) was
born at night time then the
question arises which of the two
nights is greater i.e. Night of Decree
or Night of Prophet (salallaho alaihi
wasalam)'s birth?
The Night of Prophet (saw)'s birth
is superior due to 3 reasons
>First: He (salallaho alaihi
wasalam) arrived (in this world) on
the Night of Mawlid whereas Night
of decree was granted to him
(afterwards), therefore the arrival of
Prophet (saw) is greater than what
has been granted to him, hence
night of Mawlid is higher in virtue.
>Second: If Night of decree is
vitreous night because Angels
descend in it, then Night of Mawlid
has the virtue of Prophet (salallaho
alaihi wasalam) being sent to
world. The Prophet (saw) is
superior to Angels, therefore night
of Mawlid becomes superior.
>Third: Due to night of decree, the
Ummah of Muhammad (salallaho
alaihi wasalam) was given
imminence, whereas due to Night of
Mawlid all creations were given
Fazilah, as Prophet (salallaho
alaihi wasalam) is sent as Mercy to
worlds/creations (Quran 21:107),
hence the blessing was made
general for all creations.
Reference: Imam Qastallani –
Rahimuhuillah in Al Muwahib al
Laduniya Volume 1, Page No. 145,
Also Imam Zarqani – Rahimuhullah
in his Sharah of Al-Muwahib,
Volume 1, Page Nos 255-256
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