Question: “Is it permissible to eat from the meat slaughtered in commemoration of the Mawlid (the Prophet’s birthday) or any other birth anniversary?” Answer: “Sacrificing animals on the occasion of commemorating the birth of a prophet or a Waliy (pious person) to glorify them is judged as sacrificing an animal …
Read More »The Mawlid Papers Part 24 – The Origin of Mawlid – Shaikh Abdul Muhsin al-A’bbad
The Mawlids were introduced in the fourth century after the Hijrah. And the first to introduce them were the ‘Ubaydiyyun (who were Shiites) who ruled Egypt during the fourth century after the Hijrah. And it was as Al-Maqrizi mentions in “Al-Khutat wa al-Athar fee Taareekh Misr”, that: “They introduced six …
Read More »The Mawlid Papers Part 21 – An Abridgment of The Treatise on the Ruling of Celebrating the Prophet’s Birthday by Allamah Shawkani
An Abridgment of The Treatise on the Ruling of Celebrating the Prophet’s Birthday رسالة في حكم المولد By الإمام محمد بن علي الشوكاني Imaam Muhammad bin ‘Alee ash-Shawkaanee (d. 1170H) Edited by Shaykh Muhammad Sahbee bin Hasan Hallaaq With Comments From Shaykh Saaleh bin ‘Abdullah al-‘Usaymee Teacher in the Prophet’s Masjid, al-Madeenah …
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