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Mawlid

The Mawlid (Arabic: مولد) is an annual festival commemorating the birthday of the Islamic prophet Muhammad on the traditional date of 12 or 17 Rabi I, the third month of the Islamic calendar.

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2026 date
25/30 August
Date
12 or 17 Rabi I
Frequency
once every Hijri year
Observances
Hamd, Tasbih, public processions, Na`at (religious poetry), Sawm (fasting), family and other social gatherings, decoration of streets and homes
Observed by
Mainstream Sunni Muslims and Shia Muslims
Significance
Commemoration of the birth of Muhammad

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related to Further reading · 29
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related to Opposition · 23
Mawlid → Al-Fakihani, And, Day, Din, Doom, Egyptian Maliki, Fakihani, Finally, He, His, It, Lord, Muhammad, Nobody, Qatar, Qur’an, Salafism, Saudi Arabia, Sunnah, Sura
related to Where · 23
Mawlid → Canada, Cocos, Côte, Ethiopia, Hari Maulaud Nabi, In, India, Iran, Iraq, Islamic, Islands, Ivoire, Jordan, Keeling, Libya, Maldives, Morocco, Muslim, Nigeria, Russia
related to Date · 21
Mawlid → According, Amili, Awal, Din, Ibn Babawayh, Ibn Khallikan, Islamic, It, Juba'i, Kulayni, Many Twelver Shia Muslims, Muhammad, Muhammad's, Nonetheless, Rabi, Shia, Shias, Sunni Muslims, The, Ya'qub
related to Mawlid texts · 21
Mawlid → Along, Arabic, Ascension, BedouinsMuhammad's, HalimaLife, Hira, IslamThe HijraMuhammad's, KhadijaAl-Isra'Al-Mi'radj, Kurdish, Marriage, Muhammad, Muhammad's, MuhammadIntroduction, MuhammadThe Birth, MuhammadThe Conception, Such, Talib's, The Ancestors, These, Turkish
related to Mixed · 19
Mawlid → Christian, Fiqi, God's Messenger, Hajj, Hamid, He, How, However, Ibn, Ibn Taymiyya, If, In, Jesus's, Muhammad's, On, Quran, The, The Salafi, Therefore
related to Theological pros and cons · 17
Mawlid → According, Ashura, Asqalini, CE, Early, God, God's, Hanbali, Ibn Hajar, Ibn Rajab, Jews, Jurists, Muhammad's, Prophet Muhammad, Qur’anic, Shari’a, The
related to Start of a public holiday · 16
Mawlid → Erbil, Gokburi, Gökböri, In, It, Mevlid Kandil, Muslim, Qatar, Saladin, Salafi, Saudi Arabia, Since Saladin, Sufi, Sufis, The Ottomans, Turkic
related to Support · 12
Mawlid → Al-Suyuti, Although, Egypt, Examples, For, He, However, Islam, Law, Shafi'i, Sunni, These
related to history · 10
Mawlid → Egypt, In, Islam, Mevlid Kandil, Muhammad, Muhammad's, Sufi, Tabi, The, The Ottomans

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muhammad celebration birth day also muhammad's ibn said one scholars sunni scholar muslim religious people sufi holiday prophet islamic celebrations

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Mawlid2026 date25/30 August1.00infobox
MawlidDate12 or 17 Rabi I1.00infobox
MawlidFrequencyonce every Hijri year1.00infobox
MawlidObservancesHamd, Tasbih, public processions, Na`at (religious poetry), Sawm (fasting), family and other social gatherings, decoration of streets and homes1.00infobox
MawlidObserved byMainstream Sunni Muslims and Shia Muslims1.00infobox
MawlidSignificanceCommemoration of the birth of Muhammad1.00infobox
MawlidTypeIslamic1.00infobox
Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayniinstance ofIt stands as a matter of ikhtilaf or disagreement since prominent Shia scholars0.80text
Ibn Babawayhinstance ofIt stands as a matter of ikhtilaf or disagreement since prominent Shia scholars0.80text
and Zayn al-Din al-Juba'i al-'Amili have affirmed the date of the 12th of Rabi' al-Awalinstance ofIt stands as a matter of ikhtilaf or disagreement since prominent Shia scholars0.80text
Sufi saints.In the early days of Islaminstance ofas a generic term for the birthday celebrations of other historical religious figures0.80text
observation of Muhammad's birth as a holy day was usually arranged privatelyinstance ofas a generic term for the birthday celebrations of other historical religious figures0.80text

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