Encyclopedia of Islamic Doctrine V.3

 The Prophet, ﷺ, : Commemorations, Visitation,
& His Knowledge of the Unseen.
(Mawlid, Ziyara and Ilm al-Ghayb):
Encyclopedia of Islamic Doctrine [Volume 3 ]. 
[A5] Paperback -225 pages, 
by Shaykh Muhammad Hisham Kabbani. 
Edited with Notes by Shaykh Gibril F. al-Haddad.




Praise be to Allah, Lord of the Worlds, and Peace and Blessings upon His Prophet and Messenger Muhammad, his family and all his companions. In Islam there are two festivals (Eid - Id ) : Id al-Adha and Id al-Fitr. Other commemorations like that of the Beloved Prophet, Salla Allahu ta'ala 'alayhi wa Sallam's, Birthday (mawlid), are neither obligatory nor forbidden. (Although many reason it should be compulsory). However, we have come to a time in which there is much complaining about the remembrance of the Beloved of Allah, Salla Allahu ta'ala 'alayhi wa Sallam's, Birthday. These objections stem from the ''Salafi'' (Wahhabi/Deobandi/Tablighi Jama'at type) movements whose followers search for anything that their scholars might consider doubtful and use it as an excuse to mock and denigrate the faith of other Muslims.


To commemorate the Beloved Prophet, Salla Allahu ta'ala 'alayhi wa Sallam's, birthday is to celebrate Islam because the Beloved of Allah, Salla Allahu ta'ala 'alayhi wa Sallam, is the symbol of Islam. This book presents the facts and proofs relating to the commemoration of the Beloved Prophet's Birthday (mawlid) according to the Qur'an, the Sunnah (tradition), and the scholars of Islam ... ''


This valuable book also goes into extensive detail about visting (ziyara) the Beloved Prophet, Salla Allahu ta'ala 'alayhi wa Sallam's, grave in Madina t'ul Munnawara, and provides comprehensive proof of the Beloved Prophet, Salla Allahu ta'ala 'alayhi wa Sallam's, Knowledge of the Unseen (ilm al-Ghayb).