A Brief History of theFormal Celebration of Eid Milad un NabiThe following description consolidates eyewitness accounts by three 10th-century authorities: the historian Ibn Huhayra from his al-Jami` al- latif fi fasl Makkah wa ahliha, p. 326; the hafiz Ibn Hajar al-Haytami from his Kitab al-Mawlid ash-Sharif al-Mu`azzam, and the historian al- Nahrawali from al-I`lam bi-a`lam Bayt Allah al-haram, p. 205.“Each year on the 12th of Rabi` al-Awwal, after the salat al-Maghrib, the four qadis of Makkah (representing the Four Schools) and large groups of people including the fuqaha (scholars) and fudala (notables) of Makkah, shaykhs, zawiya teachers and their students, ruasa (magistrates), and muta`ammamin (scholars) leave the mosque and set out collectively for a visit to the birthplace of the Prophet, shouting out dhikr and tahlil (LA ILAHA ILLALLAH). The houses on the route are illuminated with numerous lanterns and large candles, and a great many people are out. They all wear special clothes and they take their children with them.”
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