Compiled, Translated & Annotated Abu Hibbaan & Abu Khuzaimah Ansari   Some people attribute the following to Imam Ibn Taymiyyah “This is Imam Ibn Taymiyya’s opinion about Mawlid from: “the Collected Fatwas,” (“Majma’ Fatawa Ibn Taymiyya,”) Vol. 23, p. 163:  “fa-t’adheem al-Mawlid wat-tikhaadhuhu mawsiman qad yaf’alahu ba’ad an-naasi wa yakunu …

Compiled, Translated & Annotated Abu Hibbaan & Abu Khuzaimah Ansaari   The people of innovation and the ardent proponents of Mawlid al-Nabi often mention in support of their view a statement of Shaikh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah which they firstly take out of context and secondly misquote by only citing the …

Compiled, Translated & Annotated Abu Hibbaan & Abu Khuzaimah Ansaari   Shaikh Muhammad Abdullah Ghazipuri was born in 1260/1844 in Mau in Northern India. He studied with numerous Scholars. He was under the tutelage of the Indian Hadith Master, Shaikh Sayyid Muhammad Nazir Hussain Muhaddith Delhi (1320H) who he also …

Compiled, Translated & Annotated Abu Hibbaan & Abu Khuzaimah Ansaari Question: What do you say about the Mawlid gatherings that are organised in our times? Are they permissible or impermissible? Answer: The Mawlid gatherings that are organised in our times are an innovation and it is not but except a …