It is truly only fitting that we constantly remind the people

of the “permissibility” and “reward” of commemorating the

birth of Prophet Muhammad peace & blessings be upon
him.

It is truly only fitting that we constantly remind the people of the

“permissibility” and “reward” of commemorating the birth of
Prophet Muhammad peace & blessings be upon him. If
commemorating the birth of the Prophet was impermissible then
why wouldn’t the Scholars at the time of its occurrence warn
others from it? Imams Al-HafiDh Ibn Hajar Al-AsQalaniyy and
Imam As-Suyutiyy, the first living in the 8th century and the
latter lived in the 9th, both mentioned that doing this act is
permissible. What were there proofs?

Imam As-Suyutiyy mentions in his book,”HuSnul MaQsid,

fil^amalil Mawlid” (The Good Endeavour of celebrating the
birth of the Prophet) that he deduced a proof from the following
Hadith: Imam Muslim Narrated that the Prophet peace be upon
him was asked, as to why is it sunnah to fast Mondays. To
which the Prophet peace be upon him replied which means:”It is
the day I was born.” Meaning, since it is the day the Prophet was
born, the Great Mercy to the one who follows him, we perform
an act of worship in this day to express our thankfulness to
Allah, by doing an act of worship, namely fasting. So the
Prophet peace be upon him accepted the concept of Al-Mawlid,
as we learn through this Hadith.

Also In his book Al-Hawee, he mentioned in his treatise of

Mawlid An-Nabiyy a quote for Imam Ibn Hajar Al-Asqalaniyy,
that was a great Scholar of Hadith, who memorised more than
100,000 ahadeeth of the Prophet ‫ ﷺ‬along with its Sanad, that
means: [ “Justifying the Mawlid, I deduced a proof from the
Hadith, narrated by Ibn ^Abbass that when the Messenger of
Allah arrived in Al-Medina, he saw the Jews fasting. When the
Prophet asked about the reason, they replied this was the day
Allah granted victory to Musa over Fir^aun. The Prophet replied
we are more deserving of Musa. So then the Prophet ordered the
Muslims to fast this day every year, as a sign of our thankfulness
to Allah. Thus, the Muslims every year commemorate the birth
of the Prophet peace be upon him, by performing acts of
worship as a sign of their thankfulness to Allah.” ]

If commemorating the birth of the Prophet was indeed sinful,

were are all the quotes from the Scholars who lived in the 8th
century forbidding it, in the 9th century, in the 10th century, in
the 11th etc… all of sudden within these past 250 years the
Muslim world has had a breakthrough and recently found out
something is Haram, which none of the scholars from the time
of its happening had the knowledge relating thereof? Scholars
who memorised more than 100K Hadith, were mistaken and
people that can put a few Arabic words together that have
Bid^ah in it, are correct? Does this make sense? Really?