1. Ask A Question About Islam And Muslims
  2. Ask A Question About Islam And Muslims

Ask A Question About Islam And Muslims

15 Questions

How can we best celebrate the birthday of Prophet Muhammad (pbuh)?
Zoheir Ali Esmail

Bismillah

Thank you for your question. A day of celebration is that in which you are able to worship and serve Allah. On the birthday of the Prophet (saw) send copious blessings on him (saw) and his family (as). Serve your Muslim brothers and sisters and thank Allah for the blessing of the Prophet (saw) by working towards the goals he was sent to guide towards.

May you always be successful 
If there is no evidence that our beloved Prophet (PBUH) celebrated the birthday of his grandsons, does it imply that we should also avoid celebrating birthdays of our twelve Imams?
Sayyed Mohammad Al-Musawi

It is authentic in both Sunni and Shia books that the Prophet Muhammad (SAWA) celebrated the birth of his grand children, Hasan, Husain and Zainab.

Celebrating the birth anniversary of the twelve Imams is highly recommended as it reminds us with the great teachings of Islam for which the whole life of the twelve Imams was dedicated and sacrificed.

Wassalam.
Did Imam Ali or any later Imam celebrate Prophet Muhammad's (s) birth anniversary? Did our Prophet (s) celebrate any of his grandsons' birthdays?
Sayyed Mohammad Al-Musawi

1. The Prophet Muhammad (SAWA) himself use to celebrate his birth by fasting every Monday being the day of his birth.

The Infallible Imams used to celebrate and encourage the believers to celebrate through performing recommended deeds and acts on the day of the birth anniversary like fasting, performing Ghusl, Ziyarat etc. 

2. We do not have any evidence on celebrating the birthday of children or adults except of the Infallible and great personalities with them.

Wassalam.