An interesting topic...................... My heart and mind just simply say that it is because of Eid Milaad Un Nabi that we celebrate the other Eids!!
mufti yaar muhammad said yesterday on noor tv that one should fast on the 12th rabi' al-awwal and cited the hadith of fasting on monday. on the other hand, i see the logic behind not fasting as it is indeed a day of 'eid.
Mawlid is the `Id of `Ids Imam al-Hattab said in his commentary on the ‘Mukhtasar Khalil’: Shaykh Zarruq said: Fasting on the (day of) the Mawlid was disliked by some…He said: It is from from the Eids of the Muslims and fasting should not take place on it. Our Shaykh Abu Abdullah al-Quri would mention this often and regarded it as good. I say: Perhaps he means Ibn Abbad, as he said in his ‘Rasail al-Kubra’: As for the Mawlid, what is apparent to me is that it is an Eid from the Eids of the Muslims, and a season from its seasons. All that is done in it which results from the presence of joy and happiness regarding the blessed Mawlid such as the lighting of lamps, the gratification of the sight and hearing, adorning by wearing of beautiful clothing and mounting on fine riding animals is a permissible matter which no one can be condemned for, being analogous/similar to other than it of times of happiness. The ruling that these things are an innovation (bidah) at this time in which the secret of existence manifested, the banner of witnessing was raised, the darkness of disbelief and rejection was driven away in it. And the claim that this time is not from the legislated seasons for the people of belief, and its comparison to the Nayruz/Mahrajan is a disturbing matter which sounds hearts and intellects find repulsive. In the past I had gone out on the day of the Mawlid to the sea coast, I happened to meet there Sayyidi al-Hajj [`Abd al-Wahid] Ibn Ashir (Allah have mercy on him) along with a group of his companions. Some of them had brought different types of food to eat there, as they had brought it for this they wished for me to join them in eating. I was at that time fasting, so I said to them: I am fasting. Sayyidi al-Hajj [`Sidi Abd al-Wahib ibn `Ashir rahimahullah] looked and gazed towards me with a reprimanding look, and said to me, the meaning of which was: This day is one of joy and happiness in which fasting is disliked, and is at the level of the Eid. I reflected on his words and found them to be true, it was as if I had been asleep and he had awoken me. [Thank you to Sidi Kakzai of the Dar al-Hadith blog for the translation]
the day of jumu'ah has been called an 'eid in the hadith. other hadiths tell us that jumu'ah is a special day because sayyidina adam 'alaihis salam was created on this day. hence, the day that a prophet 'alaihis salam comes into this world is a day of 'eid. therefore, it is perfectly logical to refer to 12th rabi' al-awwal as an 'eid. the day on which adam 'alaihis salam was created is, according to the hadith, an 'eid. so, more so should the day of the prophet's sallAllahu 'alaihi wasallam birth be called an 'eid.
