and ‘رَحْمَۃٌ لِّلْعَالَمِیْن’ (the mercy for the entire universe), i.e. the Beloved Rasool
صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم was born in Rabi’-ul-Awwal. To celebrate this grace and mercy is better than worldly accumulated possessions, money, home, property, livestock, agriculture and even children etc.; because the benefit of this joy is not personal but national, not temporary but forever, not only limited to this world but also in the Hereafter, not only physical but also spiritual. It has no destruction but Sawab (reward). (Tafseer Na’eemi, vol. 11, pp. 369)

Belief of the Ahl-us-Sunnah

Dear Islamic sisters! According to the belief of Ahl-us-Sunnah, the blessed gathering of Milad is one of the most excellent acts of Mustahabbat [commendable actions] and one of the most superior virtuous acts.

(Al-Haq-ul-Mubeen, pp. 100)

Sadr-ush-Shari’ah, Badr-ut-Tareeqah, ‘Allamah, Maulana, Mufti Muhammad Amjad ‘Ali A’zami رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه has stated: ‘The blessed Milad, that is to say, talking about of the blessed birth of the Beloved Rasool صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم, is permissible. In the same relation, his صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم excellence, miracles, Seerah, attributes, blessed matters of his life, childhood and apparent arrival in this world are also mentioned in the same gatherings. These facts are also mentioned in Ahadees as well as the Holy Quran. If Muslims mention these narrations in their congregations or particularly hold a congregation to deliver such narrations, then there is no reason to declare these congregations impermissible. Inviting people to attend such congregations is inviting them towards goodness. The way announcements are made for speeches and congregations, advertisements and leaflets are published and distributed, articles are published in the newspapers, and the speeches and congregations are not declared to be impermissible due to these means of advertisements, in the same way, this Majlis of blessed Zikr [Milad] cannot be declared impermissible and an innovation if invitations are sent out for it too.’ (Bahar-e-Shari’at, vo. 3, pp. 644)

صَلُّوۡا عَلَى الۡحَبِيۡب              صَلَّى اللّٰهُ تَعَالٰى عَلٰى مُحَمَّد