Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 In our previous two articles, we had discussed the date of the birth of the Prophet, salla Allahu alayhi wa sallam , and demonstrated that there are over half a dozen opinions, the strongest being that he was born on the 8 th of Rabīʻ al-Awwal, in the Year of the Elephant. We also mentioned that the first recorded instance of a public celebration of the mawlid occurred in Shi’ite Fatimid Egypt, around the turn of the sixth century of the hijra

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Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 It is unanimously agreed upon, by historians, legal specialists and theologians of all groups, that the Prophet salla Allahu alayhi wa sallam himself never commanded his followers to celebrate his birthday, nor was this practice known for the first few centuries of Islam. Therefore, the question arises as to how this practice was instituted and who were the first group to think of the idea of celebrating the birthday of the Prophet salla Allahu alayhi wa sallam

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