By Umme Maryam |Radianceweekly| 1 Feb 2012

“And We have sent you (O Muhammad) not but as a mercy for the ‘Alamin (mankind, jinn and all that exists.” (Al-Qur’ān – 21:107)

By Dr. Abdullah bin Bayyah | Translated by Suhaib Webb

Background:

The celebration of the birthday of the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) is an issue of controversy amongst the scholars. Thus, there were some who considered it a disliked innovation, a few even saying it reached the level of prohibition, and there were others who considered it a praiseworthy innovation.

Source: by Dr. Ahmad Shafaat/http://www.themodernreligion.com

Love for the Prophet Muhammad is a measure of one's iman (faith and inner conviction) and our iman is completed and perfected only when our love for the Prophet exceeds our love for everything else in this world, including our own lives. The Holy Qur'an says:

"The Prophet is preferable for the believers even to their own selves..." (33:6)

Prophet Ahmad Al-Mahmoud Muhammad Mustafa [Muhammad, (p.b.u.h.)]
- The Seal of the Prophets -

What Quran said about him?

Say: He is Allah, the One! • Allah, the eternally Besought of all! • He begets not nor was begotten. • And there is none comparable unto Him. [Surah Al-Ikhlas (Chapter of Sincerity), Verses 1-4]

Lo! We revealed it on the Night of Predestination. • Ah, what will convey unto you what the Night of Power is! • The Night of Power is better than a thousand months. • The angels and the Spirit descend therein, by the Permission of their Lord, with all decrees. • (The night is) Peace until the rising of the dawn.[Surah Al-Qadr (Chapter of Power), Verses 1-5]

The last sermon of the Prophet-peace be upon him- is known as Khutbatul Wada'.  It is mentioned in almost all books of Hadith. Following Ahadith in Sahih Al-Bukhari refer to the sermon, and quote part of it.  See Al-Bukhari, Hadith 1623, 1626, 6361) Sahih of Imam Muslim also refers to this sermon in Hadith number 98.  Imam al-Tirmidhi has mentioned this sermon in Hadith nos. 1628, 2046, 2085.  Imam Ahmed bin Hanbal has given us the longest, and perhaps the most complete version of this sermon in his Masnud, Hadith no. 19774.

By Muhammadrasul Saaduev : Imam of Central Jum`ah Mosque | Makhachkala  

Love for the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH).

When spring comes, we all smell flowers blooming. Nature wakes up, and every one of us has the feelings that are impossible to describe.

There are three types of bid'ah - obligatory, forbidden and desired.

Al-Hafiz Abu al-Khair as-Sakhawi, may Allah have mercy upon him, stated in his book of Fatwas: “None of the pious predecessors, who lived in the first three centuries of Islam, used to celebrate Mawlid [the way it is celebrated today]. People started commemorating it later.

Source : Sulaiman Osho | Nigerian Tribune
18 Feb 2011