صَلُّوۡا عَلَى الۡحَبِيۡب           صَلَّى اللّٰهُ تَعَالٰى عَلٰى مُحَمَّد

Night superior to Shab-e-Qadr

Dear Islamic brothers! Surely, the date of 12^th of Rabi-ul-Awwal has great significance. On this very date [i.e. 12^th of Rabi-ul-Awwal], all the darkness of Kufr [i.e. unbelief] and Shirk [i.e. polytheism] lifted; on the same date, light shone everywhere; on the same date, feelings of joy pervaded everywhere; on the same date, Sayyiduna Jibra’eel Ameen عَـلَـيْهِ الـصَّلٰوةُ وَالـسَّلَام planted a flag on the roof of sacred Ka’bah; and it is this very date [i.e. 12^th of Rabi-ul-Awwal] which is even superior to Shab-e-Qadr.

Sayyiduna Shaykh ‘Abdul Haq Muhaddis Dihlvi عَـلَيْهِ رَحْـمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ الۡـقَـوِی has stated, ‘Indeed, the night of the birth of the Beloved and Blessed Rasool صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم is superior even to Shab-e-Qadr, because the night of his blessed birth is the night when the Beloved Rasool صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم arrived in this world, whereas ‘لَیْلَۃُ الْقَدْر’ is the night which has been bestowed upon him. In fact, the night whose greatness lies in the advent of the Beloved Rasool صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم is more sacred than the night whose greatness lies in the advent of the angels.’ (Masabata bis-Sunnah, pp. 153)

Greatest Eid of all the Eids

اَلْـحَمْـدُ لـِلّٰـه عَزَّوَجَلَّ! For the Muslims, the 12^th of Rabi’-ul-Awwal is the greatest Eid of all the Eids. Indeed, if the Holy Rasool صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم had not arrived in this world, there would have been no Eid and no Layla-tul-Bara’at. In fact, all the