I have been following the three part “The Birth-Date of the Prophet and the History of the Mawlid” by Yasir Qadhi and was interested to see what his conclusions were. One particular passage in the last part (Part III) had me scratching my head, leaving aside the other issues of accuracy and the veracity of what he has written for people more expert in these matters than me.
Rejoice one and all, the season of the Mawlid is upon us . . . “Love of the Prophet is like the blood in the veins of the Muslims” – Muhammad Iqbal poet and philospher. Considering that we are in the Blessed Month of Rabi al-Awwal, the month in which our Beloved Prophet Muhammad was born in, I would like to share with you an essay I wrote for the CD sleeve notes on Inayet Petker’s nasheed CD called “Salutations”…
Deobandi Controversy on Celebrating the Mawlid: A Study & Critique to Controversial Deobandi Stances on Celebrating the Mawlid in light of classical Mawlid works The blog Scholars’ Pen has an excellently?researched piece on the celebration of Mawlid and the objections that the Ulama of Deoband have towards it. It dispels many of the objections with good grace and in the spirit of scholarship that is so often lacking in Barelwi and Deobandi debates. Here is the article in full: http://scholarspen.blogspot.com/2006/02/deobandi-controversy-on-celebrating_05.html