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 …
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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 …
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The Mawlid Papers – Part 29 – The History and Origins of the Mawlid and Milād Celebrations – Analysing Neşet Çaǧatay’s Paper ‘The Tradition of Mavlid Recitations in Islam Particularly in Turkey’
Compiled, Translated & Annotated Abu Hibbaan & Abu Khuzaimah Ansaari Neşet Çaǧatay goes on to mention how the Mawlid was part of intricate Turkish life and how they would label the month of Rabi al-Awwal as the Month of Mawlid. She also mentions such Mawlid recitations were rich with …
Read More »The Mawlid Papers – Part 28 – The History and Origins of the Mawlid and Milād Celebrations – Analysing Neşet Çaǧatay’s Paper ‘The Tradition of Mavlid Recitations in Islam Particularly in Turkey’
Compiled, Translated & Annotated Abu Hibbaan & Abu Khuzaimah Ansaari Muzaffar al-Dīn would get up such acts ranging from engaging and promoting music and musical instruments, gathering Qawalī gatherings, dancing, oppressing his people etc. The Milād gatherings were organised under such pretences and under such anti-Islamic atmosphere. These gatherings also …
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