12 Rab ul Awal ( The Day of MOHAMMAD )

Love for Rasool Allah - The Right Perspective Muslims all over the world dearly love the Prophet Muhammad (saw).He is highly respected amongst the Muslims as well as non-muslims. Love for Rasool Allah is a sign of true faith as mentioned in the Hadith Narated By Abu Huraira Allah’s Apostle said, “By Him in Whose Hands my life is, none of you will have faith till he loves me more than his father and his children.” [Bukhari213] Allah’s Apostle said, “By Him in Whose Hands my life is, none of you will have faith till he loves me more than his father and his children.” [Bukhari213] Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) said “Love Allah because he nourishes and sustains you. Love me because Allah loves me” (Tirmidhi) Allah says in the Quran Say ‘If you do love Allah follow me, Allah will love you and forgive your sins for Allah is Oft-Forgiving Most Merciful. Quran 331 Allah says in the Quran “Say If your fathers, your sons, your brothers, your wives, your kindred, the wealth that you have gained, the commerce in which you fear a decline, and the dwellings in which you delight are dearer to you than Allah and His Messenger, and striving hard and Fighting in His Cause; then wait until Allah brings about His Decision (torment). And Allah guides not the rebellious folk.” [Quran 924] But is this love only limited to decorating mosques with green flags and lights,having Milads, reciting Durood on 12th Rabiul Awal and saying poems in honor of Rasool Allah Is this all there is to complete one’s faith One day in the whole year, to proclaim your love for the Rasool Narrated By Abu Huraira Allah’s Apostle said, “I have been sent (as an Apostle) in the best of all the generations of Adam’s offspring since their Creation.” [Bukhari 56757] Narated By Zahdam bin Mudrab I heard Imran bin Husain saying, “The Prophet said, ‘The best people are those living in my generation, then those coming after them, and then those coming after (the second generation).” Imran said “I do not know whether the Prophet mentioned two or three generations after your present generation…” [Bukhari 48 819] Since the Sahaba of Rasool Allah were the best generation and the best Muslims of all times, we need to analyze how did they display their love for Rasool Allah. Did they ever celebrate the birth day of Rasool Allah, hold Milads and decorate the mosque, loudly recite the durood and poems in praise of the Nabi How did they prove their love for Rasool Allah and complete their faith In the following section we will be analyzing the best generation and their love for Rasool Allah. Date of Birth of Prophet Muhammad (saw) Most historians are silent about the exact date of birth of the Prophet, where as those who do mention it, there are many contradictions and disagreements amongst them. Muhammad Husain Haykal in the biography of Muhammad (saw) writes “Historians have disagreed about the year of Muhammad’s birth. Most of them hold that it took place in “the Year of the Elephant,” i.e. 570 C.E. Ibn ‘Abbas claims that Muhammad was born on “the Day of the Elephant.” Others claim that he was born fifteen years earlier. Still others claim that he was born a few days, months, or years, after “the Year of the Elephant.” Some even assert that Muhammad was born thirty years and others seventy years later than “the Year of the Elephant.” Historians have also differed concerning the month of Muhammad’s birth although the majority of them agree that it was Rabi` al Awwal, the third month of the lunar year. It has also been claimed that he was born in Muharram, in Safar, in Rajab, or in Ramadan. Furthermore, historians have differed as to the day of the month on which Muhammad was born. Some claim that the birth took place on the third, of Rabi` al Awwal; others, on the ninth; and others on the tenth. The majority, however, agree that Muhammad was born on the twelfth of Rabi` al Awwal, the claim of ibn Ishaq and other biographers.” The presence of such disagreements on the exact day of his birth, proves that birthdays were not important to the Arabs. Arabs were very well known for their great memorization skills. They used know the lineage of their families and other Arabs by heart; they used to know hundreds of verses of poetry by heart, a great feat of memorization. ‘Amr b. Sharid reported his father as saying One day when I rode behind Allah’s Messenger (may peace be upon him), he said (to me) Do you remember any Poetry of Umayya b. Abu Salt. I said Yes. He said Then go on. I recited a couplet, and he said Go on. Then I again recited a couplet and he said Go on. I recited one hundred couplets (of his poetry). [Muslim 285602] If the birthday of Rasool Allah was such an important cele