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Mawlid, Mawlid an-Nabi or Milad un-Nabi (Template:Lang-ar Hindi: मिलड, Urdu: مِیلاد) 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 most Sunni Muslims celebrate the Mawlid; processions are held, homes or mosques are decorated, charity and food is distributed, stories about the life of Prophet Muhammad are narrated, dhikr and poems are recited by children. On Java, it is celebrated with majestic performances by a Gamelan Sekaten.
Sunni Muslims celebrate it on the 12th of Rabi'-ul-Awwal. 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. Wahhabis/Salafis, do not celebrate at all as they consider it to be a Bidah against Islam.
Terms used for The Birth of Muhammad :
Mawlid an-Nabi - (The Birth of the Prophet - Arabic), Milaad-un-Nabi - (The Birth of the Prophet - Arabic/Urdu), Mevlid Serif - (The Blessed Birth - Turkish), Maulood Shareef -(The Blessed Birth - Urdu/Persian), Eid al-Mawlid an-Nabawi - (Festival of the birth of the Prophet - Arabic), Eid-e-Milaad-un-Nabi - (Festival of the birth of the Prophet - Urdu), Mawlid En-Nabaoui -(Algerian, North Africa ), Yaum an-Nabi - (The Day of the Prophet- Arabic), Mawalid Plural for mawlid - Arabic). All the above derived from the arabic root w-l-d (waw,laam,daal) meaning to give birth, make, create (walid, maulûd).
Mawlid in the Gregorian Calendar
Because the day that Mawlid is celebrated on is based on 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:
| Gregorian Year | 12th of Rabi'-ul-Awwal (Sunni) |
17th of Rabi'-ul-Awwal (Shi'a) |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | March 31 | April 5 |
| 2008 | March 20 | March 25 |
| 2009 | March 9 | March 14 |
| 2010 | February 26 | March 3 |
| 2011 | February 15 | February 20 |
| 2012 | February 4 | February 9 |
| 2013 | January 24 | January 29 |
- Source: Islamic Holy Days
See also
Against Mawlid
For Mawlid
- Al-Azhar Fatwa on validity of Mawlid
- Shaikh Abdullah bin Bayyah's Fatwa on the Mawlid
- Should we celebrate Mawlid (The Prophet's (S) birthday)? Answered by Dr. `Isa al-Mani` al-Humayri
- The Blessed Mawlid by Imam Zaid Shakir
- The Celebration of Eid-e-Milaad-un-Nabi PROF. SHAH FARIDUL HAQUE Translator of al-Quran (Kanzul Iman) - Vice-president of World Islamic Mission
- Islamic-Western Calendar Converter (Based on the Arithmetical or Tabular Calendar)
- Ten Proofs from Qur'an and Sunnah that Celebrating Mawlid is accepted in Shariah
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