Even Disbelievers Benefitted from the Mawlid of the Prophet (s.a.w.)
بِسۡمِ ٱللهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ Expressing happiness and celebrating the Prophet ( s.a.w. ) on his birthday causes even unbelievers, by Allah’s ( s.w.t. ) Favour and Mercy, to gain some benefit. For example, every Monday, Abu Lahab ‘Abd al-‘Uzza ibn ‘Abd al-Muththalib, in his grave, is released from Punishment because he freed his handmaiden, Tsuwaybah ( r.a. ), when she brought him the news of the Prophet’s ( s.a.w. ) birth. This hadits is mentioned in Imam Abu ‘Abdullah Muhammad ibn Isma’il al-Bukhari’s ( r.a. ) Swahih , in Kitab an-Nikah ; in Imam ʽAbd ar-Razzaq ibn Hammam asw-Swan’ani ( r.a. ) Muswannaf ; Imam Abu Muhammad al-Husayn ibn Mas’ud al-Baghawi’s ( r.a. ) Sharh as-Sunnah ; and Hafizh ‘Imad ad-Din Abu al-Fida’ Isma’il ibn ‘Umar ibn Katsir ( r.a. ) mentioned it in his books, Swirath an-Nabi , Mawlid al-Nabi , and al-Bidayah wa an-Nihayah . The hafizh , Imam Shams ad-Din Abu ‘Abdullah Muhammad ibn Abu Bakr ad-Dimashqi ( r.a. ) wro...