Qiyam at the Mawlid (in Detail)

Question

What is the ruling of the Sacred Law on qiyam (standing) at the mawlid? And if the customary mawlid is recited and its recitation arranged with such care that nothing contrary to the Sacred Law takes place, only sound narrations are read, and qiyam is performed — is this haram, or impermissible, or a bid‘a dalala (misguided innovation)? What kind of sinner is the one who holds the mawlid, especially the one who holds it with special ceremony on 12 Rabi‘ al-Awwal?

Answer

The blessed mention of the Prophet ﷺ — whether it be mention of his noble birth; of his acts of worship: prayer, fasting, hajj, jihad and the like; of his dealings: buying and selling, loans, pledges and the like; of his daily life: sleeping, waking, walking, sitting and the like; of his ﷺ clothing: shirt, lower garment, sheet, turban, cloak and the like; of his animals:…

Source: Fatawa Mahmudiyya

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