Apart from the two Eids celebrated by Muslims, Eid ul Fitr, which marks the end of the Holy Month of Ramzan, and Eid ul Zoha ( also called Eid al Adha or Bakrid ), which is to celebrate the sacrifice by Prophet Abraham of a ram instead of his son, some Muslims ( though not all ) also celebrate a third Eid called Eid-e- Milad un Nabi, which is the birthday of Prophet Mohammed
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This year Eid-e-Milad un Nabi started yesterday, 4th September, and will conclude today, 5th September
According to IslamicFinder.org, Muslims in the Middle East and other surrounding nations do not commemorate this occasion on 12 Rabi ul Awal or any other day of the month because the Prophet or his Companions have never celebrated the Prophet’s or any other prophet’s birthdays. Some Muslims also believe that celebrating the Prophet’s birthday tantamounts to treating Prophet Muhammad as a God, when Islam believes there is only one God Allah.
When I was a Judge of Allahabad High Court, a petition was filed by some such Wahabi type, ultra orthodox, Muslims, praying that I should forbid Muslims in UP from taking out religious processions on the streets next day, which was Eid-e-Milad un Nabi.
When I asked the petitioners why I should pass such an order, they said such processions amounted to ‘shirk’ ( i.e. giving companionship to God ) which was unislamic and offended their sentiments.
I said this was a free, democratic, and secular country. If the petitioners believed that celebrating the Prophet’s birthday was unislamic, they were free to do so. But other Muslims were entitled to hold a different opinion, and had the right to celebrate the Prophet’s birthday, a right guaranteed by Article 25 of the Constitution of India. No one was compelling the petitioners to join the procession celebrating the Prophet’s birthday, and if they did not like such a procession, they need not look at it.
Having said this, I dismissed the petition
