Mawlid, at my house. . . your take?
Posted: Mon Feb 22, 2010 5:16 pm
I had a mawlid last night at my house, it was very interesting experience and enjoyable one at that, it had nothing to do with celebrating birthdays or any of that stuff most people accuse of Mawlid practicers.
It was a small gathering of very devout muslim brothers whose intelligence and knowledge is very extensive, also a lot of them were university graduates with bachelors or higher and have traveled overseas to study at prestigious Islamic centers of knowledge, and the Imam of our local Islamic center was present. I can personally vouch for their character.
Contrary to modern belief it had nothing to do with Sheikh Jaylani (aun) or calling to others for help other than Allah. It was not done for a specific date (holiday), and we did not stand and go into a chant.
We simply sang some nasheeda's(poems) some of the burdah (personally i cant sing lol), praising the noble qualities of the prophet, we tried to make as much salawats on the nabi as possible to be rewarded by Allah, and we read some Quran. It was more about celebrating and remember what our prophet did for us and increase our love for him. Alhamudlilah the Imam gave us some wonderful stories from the seerah, and we ended it after an hour and a half.
All and all a good positive experience Alhamudlilah.
So I ask was this Bid'ac?
It was a small gathering of very devout muslim brothers whose intelligence and knowledge is very extensive, also a lot of them were university graduates with bachelors or higher and have traveled overseas to study at prestigious Islamic centers of knowledge, and the Imam of our local Islamic center was present. I can personally vouch for their character.
Contrary to modern belief it had nothing to do with Sheikh Jaylani (aun) or calling to others for help other than Allah. It was not done for a specific date (holiday), and we did not stand and go into a chant.
We simply sang some nasheeda's(poems) some of the burdah (personally i cant sing lol), praising the noble qualities of the prophet, we tried to make as much salawats on the nabi as possible to be rewarded by Allah, and we read some Quran. It was more about celebrating and remember what our prophet did for us and increase our love for him. Alhamudlilah the Imam gave us some wonderful stories from the seerah, and we ended it after an hour and a half.
All and all a good positive experience Alhamudlilah.
So I ask was this Bid'ac?