Birthdays & Celebrations: To What Extent
All praise belongs to Allah, the Lord of all
worlds. We thank Him for blessing us with Islam – the complete way of life –
and for sending us the most noble and perfect of all prophets, Hazrat Muhammad
(pbuh). May peace and blessings be upon the Holy Prophet of Islam, the light of
Allah who guided a world lost in darkness and showed the path back to its
Creator. May Allah bless him, the Mercy to all creation, and bless his
companions and all those who follow his teachings – the divine guidance found
in his Sunnah and Hadith.
My dear brothers and sisters in Islam, and all
sincere seekers in this age of Divine Manifestation, today we reflect on a
sensitive but important subject: the celebration of the birth of the Holy
Prophet Muhammad (pbuh), known as Mawlid.
As sincere Muslims, it is our duty to distinguish between what is truly Islamic and what comes from customs which are foreign to our faith. Islam is a complete and perfect religion, preserved by Allah. It does not need additions or innovations.