Celebrating the Prophet’s birthday and the anniversary of the dead

02/09/2024| IslamWeb

Question:

Assalamu alaikum.Is there a report that Prophet(peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) used to distribute camel meat on the death anniversary of Khadeejah(Allah be pleased with her)?Is this a Hadees or written in History?Some Muslims are using this report to justify that we can do such acts and is Sunnah when someone dies and since Prophet(peace and blesings of Allah be upon him) was born and died on monday they say they can organize feast and make Mawlid as well and celebrate Prophet's (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) birthday as death also occured on same day. Is the above report whether Hadees or written in history authentic? Can this report be used to justify above mentioned acts?

 

Fatwa:

 

All perfect praise be to Allah, The Lord of the Worlds. I testify that there is none worthy of worship except Allah, and that Muhammad is His Slave and Messenger.

 

What you mentioned in the question is neither confirmed in a Prophetic narration nor in the Prophet’s biography.  What is confirmed is that the Prophet used to slaughter a sheep and would order to send it to the friends of his wife Khadeejah, may Allah be pleased with her, but it was not mentioned that this was on her anniversary.

 

Also, it is not correct to conclude from what you mentioned in the question the permissibility of celebrating the birthday of the Prophet . The mentioned acts are evidence that the Prophet was used to fast on Mondays of each month of the year as a sign of being grateful and thankful to Allah, and he was not used to do so just in the month he was born. 

 

Allah Knows best.

 

Fatwa answered by: The Fatwa Center at Islamweb