flags in your hand and recite Salat and Salam and welcome the resplendent dawn with tears in the eyes.

After Fajr Salah, greet each other warmly with Salam and Eid Mubarak, give congratulations of Mawlid throughout the day, express joy, make arrangements to feed the devotees of the Prophet at the Mawlid Ijtima and procession, raise the Madani flags in the Mawlid procession, recite Salat and Salam and Na’ts while in a state of Wudu, lower the head out of respect for the Blessed Prophet صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم, chant slogans of ‘Marhaba Ya Mustafa’, and give plenty of charity; all of this is a means of attaining reward.

Sayyiduna Imam Abdul Rahman Ibn al-Jawzi رَحْمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ عَلَيْه states: The happiness which a person shows on the celebration of the blessed birth will act as an obstacle from (going to) hell. O Ummah of the beloved! Glad tidings to you that you have been declared as worthy of immense goodness in the world and the hereafter. The one celebrating the birth of the Noble Prophet (Arabic) will attain blessing, honour, goodness and pride. He will wear a crown of pearls and green heavenly attire and enter Paradise.  He will be granted countless palaces and in every palace there will be a Hoor. Recite Salat upon the Prophet abundantly and whilst celebrating the blessed birth, spread it profusely. (Majmu’ Lateef al-Nabi, Mawlood-ul-‘Uroos, p. 281)

How did the Honourable Sahaba celebrate the Mawlid?

Just as how Allah Almighty has mentioned the blessed arrival of the Holy Prophet صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم, He mentioned the excellences of the Beloved Prophet صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم and the Noble Prophet صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم himself also mentioned his blessed birth, likewise, the Honourable Sahaba رَضِىَ الـلّٰـهُ عَـنْهُم also mentioned the remembrance of the Holy Prophet صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم abundantly in their gatherings.