Why Mawlid is innovation and imitation in Islam

The Perspective on Mawlid Celebrations: A Critical Examination

Apart from being a Bidah (innovation) and Tashbeeh (imitation) of the Christians - and both of them are prohibited - 

Mawlid is also a means of exaggeration in the honor of Allah's Messenger صلى الله عليه وسلم to the extent that those who participate in this celebration call upon the Prophet , seek his help and chant poems of Shirk in his praise, like Qasidah al-Burdah, and its like. Allah's Messenger صلى الله عليه وسلم has prohibited such forms of exaggeration.

 

The Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم said,

 

"Do not exaggerate in me, as the Christians exaggerated about the so of Maryam. I am only a slave, so say 'the slave of Allah and the Messenger of Allah."

[Saheeh al-Bukharee (4/142 -3445)]

 

This Hadeeth means, do not exaggerate in praising and honoring me like the Christians, who exaggerated in honoring and praising Eesa - such that they ended up worshiping him.

 

Allah forbade the Christians from worshiping Eesa saying,

 

"O people of the Scripture (Jews and Christians)! Do not exceed the limits in your religion, nor say of Allah anything but the truth. The Messiah Eesa, son of Maryam, was (no more than) a Messenger of Allah and His Word, ('Be!' - and he was) which He bestowed on Maryam and a spirit (Ruh) created by Him." 

[Soorah an-Nisa (4):171]

[حكم الاحتفال بذكرى المولد النبوي لشيخ صالح بن فوزان]

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