Milad un-Nabi/Id-e-Milad 2019

Milad un-Nabi/Id-e-Milad 2019

Many Muslims in India observe Milad un-Nabi, which commemorates the Prophet Muhammad's (or Mohammad's) birthday. Milad un-Nabi is a gazetted holiday in India and is also known as Nabi Day, Mawlid, Mohammad's Birthday or the Prophet's Birthday.

Milad un-Nabi/Id-e-Milad is a public holiday. It is a day off for the general population, and schools and most businesses are closed.

In 2019, it falls on a Sunday, and some businesses may choose to follow Sunday opening hours.

Mawlid celebrations are beautiful as the Islam communities come together to venerate their prophet by reading some of his principles of life and sharing the values noted by him. 

They begin with individuals offering religious prayers to their prophet and reading up on some of the teachings of the Prophet. 

Love and peace was the primary teaching that Prophet Muhammad was believed to propagate. 

The festivities include wearing new clothes, offering prayers and hosting grand feasts for friends and family.

The grand festival of Eid-e-Milad or Mawlid will be observed in the Indian subcontinent post the sunset on November 9 until the evening of November 10. 

Mawlid al-Nabi al-Sharif, the Arabic term used to describe the birth of the Prophet, is a day observed to celebrate the birth of the Prophet Muhammad. 

Noted in the third month of the Islamic calendar, Eid-e-Milad is observed on the 12th Rabi' al-awwal (on the twelfth of the third month in the Islamic calendar). 

As the two days observe the birth of the prophet, many parts of the world with a high Muslim population have public or even national holidays. 

The exceptions being Saudi Arabia and Qatar who have allegedly banned the festival and do not offer an official holiday for the same. 

He is the pasture of haste, I am the dust of his footsteps, I am a witness to life, I am Ghulam-e-Rasool, Eid-e-Milad-Un-Nabi Mubarak.

May Allah bless you and may you have a joyous Eid celebration. May the auspicious occasion of Eid bless you with peace and bring joy to your heart and home. Eid Mubarak!