Narrated ‘Abdullah [رحمه الله] : Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) said, “The best people are those of my generation, and then those who will come after them (the next generation), and then those who will come after them (i.e. the next generation), and then after them, there will come people whose witness will precede their oaths, and whose oaths will precede their witness.” (Sahih Bukhari, Muslim and al-Tirmidhi)
Did the Caliphs (Abu Bakr, Umar, Uthman & Ali) or Sahabahs (companions) celebrate the Mawlid – NO, by Allaah! Is it because they were not aware of its importance, or did they not truly love the Prophet (ﷺ)? No one would say such a thing except one who has gone astray and is leading others astray.
Did any of the Imaams (Abu Haneefah, Maalik, al-Shaafi’i, Ahmad, al-Hasan al-Basri) celebrate the Mawlid or command others to do it or say that it was good? By Allaah, NO! It was not even mentioned during the first and best three centuries.
The celebration of the Prophet’s birthday appeared many centuries later, when many of the features of true religion had vanished and bid’ah had become widespread.
Commentary:
This does not mean that God has created some people for the specific purpose of fuelling Hell. What it does mean is that even though God has bestowed upon men faculties of observation, hearing and reasoning, some people do not use them properly. They do not benefit from these senses that Allah made for them as a means of gaining guidance. Thus, because of their own failings, they end up in Hell.
[“…They are like cattle, rather even more astray – than cattle…”], this is because cattle still respond to the call of their shepherd, even though they do not understand what he is saying. As for the people described here, they are unlike cattle, which fulfill the purpose and service they were created for. The disbeliever was created to worship Allah alone in Tawhid, but he disbelieved in Allah and associated others in His worship. Therefore, those people who obey Allah are more honorable than some angels, while cattle are better than those who disbelieve in Him.
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