Celebrating Mawlid/ Meelad un Nabee & Imaam Allaamah Ibne Jauzi the Famous Scholar of Baghdad

 Celebrating Mawlid/ Meelad un Nabee & Imaam Allaamah Ibne Jauzi  the Famous Scholar of Baghdad Shareef

Let’s read what the famous authority
on hadees, Hazrat Allamah Abdur Rahman Ibne Jauzi, [Rahmatul Laah Alaieh] has to say on this subject of celebrating Meelad un Nabee.

His father died when he was only
three years old, so he was brought up as an orphan. But he was so painstaking
and studious that he would not leave his home except for Jum’ah prayers. Once
while lecturing from the pulpit, he said that he had calligraphic 2000 books by
his own hands, that he had authored over 250 books, that he did not let any of
his time go waste and writing four chapters a day was a routine for him. 

The
quality of his teaching was such that the number of his pupils at any one time
is said to be more than 100,000 and rich people and ministers and even kings
used to attend his lectures. According to Ibne Jauzi [Rahmatul Laah Alaieh] himself,
100,000 persons owed spiritual allegiance to him, and he converted more than
20,000 to Islaam.

Ibne Jauzi has devoted a whole book
to Meelaad, which is called “Meelaad-ul-Uroos”. On page 9 of
“Meelaad-ul-Uroos”, Allamah Ibne Jauzi says:

“Waja’ala Liman
Fariha Bi Maulidihi Hijaabam Minan Naari Wasitra, Waman Anfaaqa Fi Maulidihi
Dirhaman Kaanal Mustafaa Sallal Laahu Alaiehi Wa Sallama Laahu Shaafi’an
Wa-Mustafaa”

And whosoever rejoices at the birth
of our beloved Holy Prophet [Sallal Laahu ‘Alaiehi Wa Sallam], this rejoicing by him will turn the fire away, and
whosoever spends even a dirham on the occasion of the Meelaad of the Prophet of
ALLAAH he [Sallal
Laahu Alaiehi wa Sallam] will intercede on
his behalf and his intercession will be accepted.

And on page 28,in his Famous Book
Meelaad ul Uroos

dedicated just to this subject says

Ya Maulidal Mukhtaari kam Laka Min
Sana.

Wa Madaa’ihin Ta’lu Wa Zikrin
Yuhmadu.

Ya Laita Toolad Dahri Indi Zikruhu.

Ya Laita Toolad Dahri Indi Mauladu.

“O Meelaad of the Prophet [Sallal Laahu Alaiehi wa Sallam]! You are mightily praised, and the praise is such that it is
the loftiest and the remembrance is such that it is the most excellent; How I
wish the remembrance of the Holy Prophet [Sallal Laahu Alaiehi wa Sallam] shall be with me for a long time! 

How I wish his Meelaad
shall be with me for a long time!” At the end of his booklet, Ibne Jauzi
says:

“Fala Zaala Ahlul
Haramainish Shareefain Wal Misr, Wal Yemen, Wash Shaam Wa Saa’iri Bilaadil
Arabi Minal Mashriqi Wal Maghribi Yahtafiloona Bimajlisi Maulidin Nabiyyi
Alaihis Salaatu Was Salaam Wa Yafrahoona Biqudoomi Hilaali Rabi’il Awwali
Biharkati Maulidin Nabiyyi”

[Sallal Laahu Alaiehi wa Sallam]

Excerpt Islaam’s First Eid