For I am just His slave, so say, the slave of Allah and His Messenger,'В , i.e., do not exaggerate in praising me as the Christians exaggerated in praising the Messiah and venerated him until they worshipped him instead of Allah. The Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, forbade going to extremes in praising him, as he said, 'Do not extol as the Christians extolled the son of Maryam.

Besides being bid'ahВ and an imitation of the Christians, both of which are haram, celebrating the birthday of the Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, is also a means that leads to exaggeration and excess in venerating him, which even goes as far as calling upon him (making du'a'В to him) and seeking his help, instead of calling upon Allah, as happens now among many of those who observe the bid'ahВ of the mawlid, when they call upon the Messenger instead of Allah, and ask him for support, and sing qasidah(odes) of shirkВ praising him, like Qasidat al-Burdahetc.

The Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, said, 'Whoever imitates a people is one of them.'В And he said, 'Be different from the mushrikin.'В This is especially with regard to things that are the symbols or rituals of their religion. The hadithВ tells us that it is forbidden to imitate the kuffar, and we are commanded to differ from them.

Celebrating the birthday of the Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, is an imitation of the Christians, because they celebrate the birth of the Messiah, peace be upon him.

If a person does anything in order to draw closer to Allah which was not done by the Messenger, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, or enjoined by him, and was not done by the Caliphs who succeeded him, this action implies that he is accusing the Messenger of not explaining the religion to the people, and that he disbelieves in the words of Allah (interpretation of the meaning), 'This day, I have perfected your religion for you.'В Because he is adding something extra and claiming that it is a part of the religion, but the Messenger, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, did not bring this. Tell me the truth, from whom did you hear about it? The dervish replied, 'I take an oath by Allah that I heard it from you last night when in a dream you had recited it to Sayyidina Rasulullah Sallallahu Alayhi Wasallam, whereupon Sayyidina Rasulullah Sallallahu Alayhi Wasallam became attentive towards you and because of its blessings Allah Ta'aala granted you complete cure from your ailment'.Celebrating the mawlidВ is an innovation introduced after the three best centuries in order to corrupt the religion of the Muslims. Qasidah Burdah).? Upon this request the poet became wonder struck and said, 'I take an oath that no one knows about this poem.

The poet said that I have composed many poems in praise of Rasulullah Sallallahu Alayhi Wasallam, which one do you wish to hear? The dervish replied: 'The one which begins with, ?A-mm Tazak-kurin.? (i.e.

In the morning when due to some necessity, he went to the bazaar, a pious dervish greeted him with salaam and requested him to recite the Qasidah which he had composed in praise of Sayyidina Rasulullah Sallallahu Alayhi Wasallam. This resulted in the poem being named 'Qasidah Burdah' (The Poem of the Scarf). When he awoke he found a scarf or shawl on his body which he had seen Sayyidina Rasulullah Sallallahu Alayhl Wasallam place on his paralyzed limbs. Through the barakat and blessing of Sayyidina Rasulullah Sallallahu Alayhi Wasallam, Allah Ta'aala granted him complete cure from his paralysis.

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