Celebration of Prophet Muhammad S.A.W Birthday (Maulidur Rasul) 1434H

Thursday, 24 January 2013

Celebration of Prophet Muhammad S.A.W Birthday (Maulidur Rasul) 1434H

Assalamualaykum to all readers muslims ...

Today Malaysians Muslim celebrate Maulidur Rasul 1434H. The national-level 1434H celebration was held in Masjid Putra, Putrajaya this morning with the theme: “Wasatiyyah Tonggak Kesatuan Ummah”.

Allah SWT said:

إِنَّ اللَّهَ وَمَلَائِكَتَهُ يُصَلُّونَ عَلَى النَّبِيِّ يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا صَلُّوا عَلَيْهِ وَسَلِّمُوا تَسْلِيما

Undoubtedly Allah and His Angels send blessings on the Prophet. O' you who believe! Send upon Him Blessings and salute Him with all respect. (QS Al-Ahzab 33: 56)

Shalawat from Allah means rahmat (blessings). If the shalawat is from His angels it means doa (prayer). While salam is the protection from dangers and weaknesses.

Undoubtedly that reciting shalawat and salam is part of salutations (tahiyyah) so that when Allah commands us to recite shalawat upon Prophet Muhammad that means it is also the 'obligation' (KEWAJIPAN) for Prophet Muhammad to pray for those reciting shalawat upon him. It is such a stipulation from the verse:

فَحَيُّواْ بِأَحْسَنَ مِنْهَا أَوْ رُدُّوهَا

(When you are greeted with a greeting) return the greeting or improve upon it. (QS. An Nisa’: 86)

The prayer from the Prophet is called as syafaat. All ulema have agreed that the Prophet's prayer would not be rejected by Allah. At this point, Allah will receive his syafaat to anybody reciting shalawat upon him.