History The person who first celebrated the birthday of the Prophet Muhammad Saw
photo of the birthday of the Prophet Muhammad SAW Reportedly from the Fatimid dynasty and clearly not Sunni? Different. For those from the Fatimid dynasty, all birthdays are celebrated, there are Sayidah Fatimah's birthdays, Sayidina Hasan and Sayidina Husein's birthdays, Sayidina Ali's birthdays and others. Meanwhile, we only have the Prophet's Birthday. Therefore, hadith scholars say that the initiator was: ﻭﺃﻭﻝ ﻣﻦ ﺃ ﺣﺪ ﺙ ﻓﻌﻞ ﺫ ﻟﻚ ﺻﺎﺣﺐ ﺇﺭ ﺑﻞ اﻟﻤﻠﻚ اﻟﻤﻈﻔﺮ "The person who first celebrated the Prophet's birthday was the ruler of Irbil, Raja Al-Mudzaffar." (Husnul Maqshid fi Amalil Maulid). Is he Sunni? Yes, obviously. The following is Al-Hafidz adz-Dzahabi's explanation: ﻭ ﻛﺎ ﻥ ﻣﺘﻮاﺿﻌﺎ، ﺧﻴﺮا، ﺳﻨﻴﺎ، ﻳﺤﺐ اﻟﻔﻘﻬﺎء ﻭ اﻟﻤﺤﺪﺛﻴﻦ "He is humble, a good person, SUNNI, loves jurisprudence and hadith scholars." He described the birthday celebrations at that time: ﻭﺃ ﻣﺎ اﺣﺘﻔﺎﻟﻪ ﺑﺎﻟﻤﻮﻟﺪ ﻓﻴﻘﺼﺮ اﻟﺘﻌﺒﻴﺮ ﻋﻨﻪ؛ ﻛﺎ ﻥ اﻟﺨﻠﻖ ﻳﻘﺼﺪ ﻭ ﻧﻪ ﻣﻦ اﻟﻌ...