RABI-UL-AWWAL
Submitted by Mohammed Gilani on
This is the month of Rabi-Ul-Awwal and it is famous that Rasulullah SallAllahu alayhi wasallam was born on the 12th of Rabi-Ul-Awwal. There is nothing like celebrating birthdays in Islam. Some people make Meelad-Un-Nabi (i.e. to celebrate the birth of Rasulullah SallAllahu alayhi wasallam). If Islam had given us the opportunity to celebrate the birthdays of great and honourable people, we wouldn’t be able to do anything else as we will be celebrating the birthday of some great person at sometime or the other. There are so many people born every day of the calendar, so how many Meelads are we going to celebrate? Some people term celebrating the birth of Rasulullah SallAllahu alayhi wasallam as Meelad-un-Nabi and they term celebrating the birth of great people as Urs. These Awliya are definitely great personalities but there isn’t any such thing in Islam. We haven’t been ordered in the Quraan and by Rasulullah SallAllahu alayhi wasallam to indulge in such celebrations; rather we have been instructed to oppose the Jews and Christians. They are the ones that celebrate birthdays whereas there isn’t any celebration of birthdays for us. Some pious people even celebrate their own birthdays. What a religion has Allah Ta'ala blessed us with? No matter how much of Shukr we make to Allah Ta'ala for blessing us with such a great pure Deen of great values which are beyond imagination, it is insufficient. Rasulullah SallAllahu alayhi wasallam is a mercy for mankind and we should realise the mercy of Rasulullah SallAllahu alayhi wasallam.