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Al-Muhannad: Deoband on Mawlid

By Mawlana Khalil Ahmad Saharanpuri
February 5, 2011
Al-Muhannad: Deoband on Mawlid

Far be it that any of the Muslims say, let alone we, ourselves, say, that commemorating his noble birth (upon him blessing and peace), rather even commemorating the dust on his shoes and the urine of his (Allah bless him and grant him peace) camel, are deemed blameworthy in the Shari‘ah, from the evil and prohibited innovations; for, commemorating the states which have the least connection with the Messenger of Allah (Allah bless him and grant him peace) is from the most desirable of...
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Mawlid, Deoband and Hanafi fiqh

By Hakim al-Ummah Mawlana Ashraf 'Ali Thanawi
February 26, 2010
Mawlid, Deoband and Hanafi fiqh

There are three types of mawlid gatherings and the ruling for each is different. The first type of gathering is that which does not contain any of the prevalent and customary restrictions (quyud). Neither mubah (permissible) restrictions nor makruh (prohibitively disliked) ones, i.e., it is free from all restrictions. For instance, a few people gathered by coincidence, no one had invited them with any extraordinary effort; rather they were gathered for some other permissible event. In this gathering, either by...
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