Imam as-Suyuti writes in Al-Hawi fil- Fatawa that Tajuddin Umar ibn Ali al- Fakihani, one of the scholars of Maliki Madhab, said Mawlid was a hateful innovation. He wrote a book on this topic and stated: “These are meetings of men, women and teenagers together in a one room or two, but so that they see each other. And they dance bending from side to side and circle around. They speak of nothing forgetting the Judgment Day. Or sometimes it is a separate meeting of women, who raise their voices in congratulations and sing nasheeds that break the calmness of the hearts, make dhikr and read Qur’an in an irrelevant to the Shariah way. And they forget the words of Allah: “Indeed, your Lord is in observation” (Surah al-Fajr, ayah 14). And there is no doubt that this is forbidden. No one having good disposition will ever consider this beneficial, but the ones whose hearts are dead because of great sins. Besides, they believe this was a divine service and not a hateful or forbidden action. Truly, Allah is our Creator and we all will return to Him!” Imam as-Suyuti commented on this: “Actually he is right. But these meetings are not forbidden because of Mawlid itself. They are forbidden because of these unlawful actions. If similar deeds happened during the Friday prayer, this would also become forbidden. But this would not turn forbidden performing the Friday prayer in its must-be form. Truly I have seen people performing this kind of actions on the believers’ gatherings for Taraweeh-prayer at the nights of Ramadan. Do we have a right to forbid a meeting for collective Taraweeh- prayer just because someone performs unlawful actions there? Of course, not! Quite in the contrary we say that these meetings are based on Sunnah and they lead to Allah’s grace, but the unacceptable deeds performed herewith are foul and prohibited. The same way Mawlid is based on the good and if one performs there anything hateful, then the action itself is forbidden”(See vol. 1, p. 185).
Posted on: Fri, 19 Dec 2014 01:09:13 +0000
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