Partaking in the Mawlid, and are those that do so Mushrikūn?

Question:

Is it permissible to partake in the celebrations of the Prophet’s ﷺ birthday?

And is everyone who celebrates it considered a Mushrik?

Answer:

Celebrating the Mawlid (the Prophet’s ﷺ birthday) is an newly introduced innovation, innovated by the ‘Ubaydi Shī’ah.

And every innovation is misguidance, prohibited.

And not every person that celebrates it perpetrates Shirk.

❗️But the extreme Sufis and Shī’ah and their ilk practice revolting types of Shirk in it.

Answered by:
Shaykh Abu Hatim Yusuf Al-‘Inaabi Al-Jazaa’iree – may Allah preserve him.

Source:
t.me/abouhatem/245

Answered on:
14th, Rabee’ Al-Aakhar, 1438H.

Translated by:
Abu ‘Abdirrahman ‘Abdullaah bin Ahmed Ash-Shingaani

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