\n\tMeeladun Nabi\n<\/p>\n
\n\tIn the name of Allah, the most Beneficent, the most Merciful. <\/strong>\n<\/p>\n \n\tAccording to the Deobandi Ulamaas it is permissible to hold a Meelad gathering as long as it is free from unlawful acts such as the free mixing of men and women, fixing of a particular date and it is not held to be something necessary (thus those who are unable to\/do not participate in the gathering are not treated with disdain).\n<\/p>\n \n\tMufti Taqi Usmani (DB) states:\n<\/p>\n \n\t“…Holding a meeting to discuss different aspects of the life of the Prophet of Allah Sallallahu Alahi Wasalam is a very meritious act for which the Muslims should strive to the best of their ability. But confining this discussion to the events of the birth of the Prophet of Allah Sallallahu Alahi Wasalam and restricting it to a particular date and holding attendance at such meetings as necessary or obligatory for every Muslim renders this practice as bidah or innovation. Mostly the meetings of Meelad are of this type. Therefore contemporary Ulama of Deoband have declared it as bidah. If the life of the Prophet of Allah Sallallahu Alahi Wasalam is made subject of a meeting and the meeting is free of the above-mentioned defects, nobody can call it bidah. It is in this context that some scholars of the past have allowed this practice.”\n<\/p>\n \n\t(Al-Balagh website)\n<\/p>\n \n\tIn another fatwa Mufti Taqi Usmani (DB) has said that it is important to stay away from the evils found in the prevalent Meelad gatherings. For example:\n<\/p>\n\n\tAnswer <\/strong>
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