Mawlid

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Mawlid, Mawlid an-Nabi or Milad al-Nabi (Arabic: مولد، مولد النبي، ميلاد النبي‎) is the celebration of the birthday of Muhammad, the final prophet of Islam; also known as "The Seal of the Prophets".

Shi'a Muslims and traditionalist Sunni Muslims (also referred to as Ahl ul-Sunna wa-l-Jama'ah) who represent the majority of muslims in the world, celebrate the Mawlid with great dedication; processions are held; homes are decorated; delicious food is prepared and distributed; stories about the life of Prophet Muhammad are narrated by learned people of Islam and poems are recited by children.

1 Traditionalist Sunni View
2 Shia View
3 Wahhabi/Salafi View
4 Mawlid in the Western Calendar
5 Related articles
6 External links

[edit] Traditionalist Sunni View

Traditionalist Sunnis (i.e. non-Wahhabi/Salafi) celebrate this day on the 12th of Rabi'-ul-Awwal.

[edit] Shia View

Shi'a Muslims celebrate this day on the 17th of Rabi'-ul-Awwal, coinciding with the birth date of the sixth Imam, Ja'far al-Sadiq.

[edit] Wahhabi/Salafi View

Wahhabi/Salafi do not celebrate at all as they consider it to be an innovation and against Islam.

[edit] Mawlid in the Western Calendar

While Mawlid is on 17th of Rabi'-ul-Awwal in the Islamic calendar, the date on the Western calendar (the Gregorian calendar) varies from year to year due to differences between the two calendars, since the Islamic calendar is a lunar calendar and the Gregorian calendar is a solar calendar. Furthermore, the method used to determine when each Islamic month begins varies from country to country. (For details, please see Islamic calendar.) All future dates listed below are only estimates:

2003: May 19
2004: May 7
2005: April 26
2006: April 17
2007: April 5
2008: March 25
2009: March 14
2010: March 3
2011: February 20
2012: February 9
2013: January 29
2014: January 18
2015: January 7
2016: December 27
2017: December 16
2018: December 5
2019: November 24
2020: November 13
2021: November 2

Source: Islamic Holy Days

[edit] Related articles

[edit] External links

Al-Azhar Fatwa on validity of Mawlid
A Site Dedicated to the Holy Prophet Muhammad (pbuh)
Dates of Mawlid until 2010
Questions on Mawlid
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The Prophet Muhammad (PBUH): A mercy to mankind, writen by Martin Forward, a Cristian Islamic studies scholar at Aurora University.

Muslim holidays and observances
Muslim New Year \| Festival of Muharram \| Day of Ashura \| Imamat Day \| Arba'een \| Mawlid
Imam Musa al Kazim day \| Lailat al Miraj \| Shab-e-baraat \| Ramadan \| Laylat al-Qadr \| Eid ul-Fitr \| Eid ul-Adha