Feb 14 2012, 09:44 AM, updated 14y ago
The earliest known origins of the Maulid celebration
- Originated during the Fatimid Caliphate
- They are the followers the Sevener Branch of Shi'ite Islam, also known as 'Ismailism'.
- It was this dynasty that first initiated the celebration of the mawlid.
- The maulid instituted by Umar al-Mulla, the first in Sunni lands, involved singing poems in praise of the Prophet salla Allahu alayhi wa sallam, and nothing more than this.
- The person who initiated it, Umar al-Mulla, was a venerated Sufi ascetic, and not a scholar of the religion.
Central concluding points of the whole article of the maulid celebration during tha Fatimid era
a) the mawlid was originally a Shiʻite festival
b) the mawlid came into being in the sixth hijri / twelfth Christian century
c) in the Fatimid period the mawlid was not always celebrated on the same date: in 517 the mawlid was celebrated on the 13th Rabīʻ I, while according to Ibn Ṭuwayr this festival always fell on the 12th Rabīʻ I
d) The mawlid was celebrated during the daytime
e) the ruler played a central role
f) sermons were given and recitations from the Quran took place
g) presentations to officials took place
h) by means of these presentations, amongst other things, the Fatimid's close relationship with the ahl al-bayt was emphasized, in order to cultivate loyalty to the Fatimid imam-Caliph
i) after the fall of the Fatimids, the mawlid continued to exist.
Writer's note
My own leanings, which I have never shied away from expressing, are the same as those of Ibn Taymiyya (d. 728) that he mentioned in his work Iqtiá¸Ä SirÄt al-mustaqÄ«m: that the general ruling is that such a celebration is not a part of the religion, but was added by later generations, and hence should be avoided; but it is possible that some groups of people who practice it out of ignorance will be rewarded due to their good intentions. The mawlid of the Prophet salla Allahu alayhi wa sallam should be celebrated every day, by following his Sunnah and doing in our daily lives what he salla Allahu alayhi wa sallam wanted us to do.
I also stress that even if I disapprove of a public celebration of the mawlid, not all mawlids are the same, and if the only matter that is done on a mawlid is to praise the beloved Prophet salla Allahu alayhi wa sallam in an appropriate manner, and mention aspects of his sirah, and thank Allāh for blessing us to be of his Ummah, then this type of celebration is permissible, in fact praiseworthy, on any day of the year, and hence even if some groups choose one specific day to do it, others should not be harsh in their disapproval of it. I believe that the fatwas given by such esteemed authorities as Ibn Hajr (d. 852) and al-Nawawi (d. 676) legitimizing mawlids refer, in fact, to such 'innocent' mawlids. Sadly, it is well-nigh impossible to find such 'pure' mawlids practiced in our times!
Source:
http://muslimmatters.org/2009/03/11/the-bi...-part-i-of-iii/
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