Is the Mawlid Gathering a Substitute for All the Pillars of Islam?

Question

Bakr pays no regard to fasting, prayer and the other matters of the Sacred Law; his belief is that holding a mawlid with qiyam (standing) and salam once a year is a cause of becoming cleansed and purified of all the sins of the year, and a cause of goodness and blessing in the house for the year. An answer in the light of the Qur’an and Hadith is requested.

Answer

The ruling on this has already been written above. As for supposing that through it all sins are forgiven and the obligations (fara’id) lapse — this is a grave error and manifest misguidance. To fulfil completely and firmly the things upon which the foundations of Islam rest is the duty of everyone; one pillar cannot be a substitute for another: for instance, if a person is…

Source: Fatawa Mahmudiyya

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