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3.2 CONCLUSION

Those people who say that every Bid'at is Haraam should understand the meaning of this universally accepted principle that the origin of everything is Mubah (permissable), i.e. everything is permissable unless a Hukm (command) has come in it's prohibition which will make it Haraam. Every novelty is not prohibited on the grounds that it is something new but the prohibition comes if the novelty is in contradiction with the Holy Quran or the Sunnat.

The Ayats of the Holy Quran along with hadith and the statements of the Fuqaha (Jurisprudents) have approved of this principle. The Holy Quran says:

"O you who believe, ask not of the things which if disclosed to you may annoy you, and if you ask them while the Quran is being revealed, they will be disclosed to you, Allah has pardoned that, and Allah is Oft-Forgiving, Most Forbearing."

From this blessed Ayat we see that all those things about which no command or prohibition has come have been pardoned. That is why the Holy Quran says regarding those women with whom Nikah is prohibited:

"Lawful unto thee are all beyond those mentioned."

and it says,

"While he has surely mentioned to you in detail what he has forbidden you."

We see that all things in general are permissable except those which have been forbidden in the Holy Quran and hadith.

A Hadith in Mishkat, Babul Adabu-Ta'aam, says, "Permitted is that which Allah Ta'ala has made permissable in His Book, and prohibited is that which Allah Ta'ala has prohibited in His Book and that about which nothing has been mentioned is pardoned." From this Hadith we see that things are of three categories. Firstly, that which is permissable and it's permissibility has been established from the Holy Quran. Secondly, that which is impermissible and it's impermissibility is established in the Holy Quran. Thirdly, that about which the Holy Quran is silent and these are pardoned.

The book Shami (Vol. 1, Kitabut-Taharat under the definition of Sunnat) says: "According to the Hanafis and the Shafi'is this is the accepted principle that the origin of every action is permissable." Even in the books of Tafseer such as Khazin, Ruhool Bayan and Khaza'inul Irfaan it is written the same that the origin of everything is permissable unless it has been made impermissible by the Holy Quran.

Some people ask this question - "Show us where it is written that Maulid Shareef is permissable or that the Holy Prophet (sallal laahu alaihi wasallam) ever performed the Maulid or the respected Sahaba or the Tabe'een performed it?" This question is deceiving and misguiding. It is upon those who say that maulid is Haraam to show us which Ayat or Hadith has prohibited Maulid and to bring us the evidence which supports their words.

How can they say something to be Haraam and that too, Maulid Shareef wherein the praises of the Beloved Prophet (sallal laahu alaihi wasallam) are sung and his blessed biography and actions are mentioned to freshen the minds and give calmness to the soul when Allah Ta'ala has not made it Haraam nor has any hadith come in it's prohibition?

The Holy Quran's silence on this subject and the Hadith not having anything against it indicate that Maulid Shareef is permissable.

Allah Ta'ala says in the Holy Quran:

"Say: I find not which is revealed unto me aught prohibited to an eater that he eat thereof, except it be carrion or blood poured forth or swineflesh - for that verily is foul."

and He says:

"Say: Who has forbidden the adornment of Allah which he has brought forth for his bondmen and the things clean and pure (which he has provided) for sustenance?"

This proves that not to get any indication towards a thing's impermissibility is enough as evidence for it to be permissible.

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