By Khandaker Nazneen Sultana
Birth of Prophet Mohammed:
Prophet Mohammed was born in 571 A.D, in the family of Banu Hashim. Muhammad’s birthday is considered by Sunni Muslims to have been the 12th day of the month of Rabi-ul-Awwal, the third month of the Muslim calendar. Shi`a Muslims believe it to have been the dawn of 17th of the month of Rabi`-ul-Awwal is the third month in the Islamic calendar.
Barah Wafat does not call for any kind of grand celebrations as the birth day and death anniversary of Prophet Mohammed coincidently falls on the same day. Hence, Muslims spend this period in spiritual activities. A special prayer meets and discourses on Quran are also organised in mosques to mark the day of Milad.
Learned men and scholars focus their sermons on the life and teachings of Prophet Mohammed and inspire people to follow the path of good life as shown in Quran. Hence, the festival gives a chance to people to introspect their deeds and think of ways of being a better person.
Besides, in some places hymns are sung and elegies or marsiyas are recited in memory of the last days of the Prophet. Acts of charity are also done by devote Muslims and alms are distributed to the poor and the needy. Later, people invite friends and relatives for a feast.
In some mosques, however, a ‘sandal rite’ ceremony is performed over the symbolic footprints of the Prophet engraved in a stone. A stone imitation of buraq the horse on which Prophet Mohammed is said to have ascended to his heavenly abode is placed near the footprints and anointed with sandal paste or scented powder. Besides, the house and casket containing this are elaborately decorated.
This day is a national holiday, inBangladesh and as elsewhere around the Muslim world with due religious fervour.
Improved diets will be served in hospitals, prisons, orphanages and child homes.
He was subsequently brought up for two years under the guardianship of his paternal grandfather Abd al-Muttalib, of the Banu Hashim clan of the Quraysh tribe. When he was eight years of age, his grandfather also died. Muhammad now came under the care of his uncle Abu Talib, the new leader of the Hashim clan of Hashim tribe. According to Watt, because of the general disregard of the guardians in taking care of the weak members of the tribes in Mecca in sixth century, “Muhammad’s guardians saw that he did not starve to death, but it was hard for them to do more for him, especially as the fortunes of the clan of Hashim seems to have been declining at that time”
Mecca was a thriving commercial center. There was an important shrine in Mecca(now called the Kabba that housed statues of many Arabian Allahs. Merchants from various tribes would visitMecca during the pilgrimage season, when all inter-tribal warfare was forbidden and they could trade in safety. While still in his teens, Muhammad began accompanying his uncle on trading journeys to Syria gaining some experience in commercial career; the only career open to Muhammad as an orphan. The Kaaba, also known as, The Primordial House, or The Sacred House, is a large cubical building located inside the mosque known as al-Masjid al-Haram in Mecca.
The holy Eid-e-Miladunnabi, marking the birth and death anniversary of Prophet Hazrat Mohammed (PBUH), will be observed across the country as elsewhere around the Muslim world today. He was born and died the same day on 12th Rabiul Awal (Lunar Month).
The festival of Eid-e-Miladulnabi is also popularly known as Barah Wafat. It falls on the twelfth day of the third month Rabi-ul-Awwal . Here, Barah or twelve stands for the twelve days of the Prophets sickness
Birth of Prophet Mohammed:
Ofat of Muhammad:
In 632 Muhammad fell ill and suffered for several days with head pain and weakness. He succumbed on Monday, in the city of Medina. He is buried in his tomb (which previously was in his wife Aisha’s house), which is housed within Mosque of the Prophet in Medina, is the second holiest mosque in Islam.
Celebrations of Eid-E-Miladunnabi :
Celebrations of Eid-E-Miladunnabi :
Learned men and scholars focus their sermons on the life and teachings of Prophet Mohammed and inspire people to follow the path of good life as shown in Quran. Hence, the festival gives a chance to people to introspect their deeds and think of ways of being a better person.
In some mosques, however, a ‘sandal rite’ ceremony is performed over the symbolic footprints of the Prophet engraved in a stone. A stone imitation of buraq the horse on which Prophet Mohammed is said to have ascended to his heavenly abode is placed near the footprints and anointed with sandal paste or scented powder. Besides, the house and casket containing this are elaborately decorated.
Celebrations of Eid-E-Miladunnabi in Bangladesh:
The government and various religious and socio-cultural organisations have chalked out elaborate programmes to observe the day. National flag is flown atop all government and non-government buildings, public and private houses, important places, roads and special food is served in orphanages, hospitals and jails. Some decorated with banners. At night important public buildings are illuminated and milad mahfils are held.
The programmes also include publishing supplements and special articles on the day in newspapers, displaying banners inscribed with ‘Kalema Taiyeba’ at important government buildings, establishments and roads, illumination of government and military establishments, arranging milad mahfil and special prayers at Secretariat and Bangabhaban mosques.
Also the Ministry of Women and Children Affairs arranged cultural programmes in cultural and educational institutions while the Islamic Foundation held meetings, seminars and competitions under its fortnight-long programme
Besides, Various religious and socio-cultural organisations have drawn up programmes to observe the day. The programmes include a prayer session, recitation from the Quran and hamd-naat after the Asr or Maghrib prayers as part of their celebration of religious processions, giving alms to the poor, milad and doa mahfils and discussions.
The Ministry of Women and Children Affairs will arrange cultural programme in cultural and educational institutions. The Islamic Foundation will hold discussion meetings, seminars and essay competition seminars, qirat and Islamic cultural competitions for children, and book exhibition under its fortnight-long programme.
Bangladesh Television (BTV), Bangladesh Betar and private TV channels will air special programmes highlighting the significance of the day.
President and Prime Minister in separate messages greeted the countrymen on the occasion of Miladunnabi. The president wished peace, progress and welfare for the people of Bangladeshand the Muslim world.
Muslims prey to Allah to eliminated disparity between man and woman by breaking the chain of all sorts of exploitation, deprivation and repression.
Childhood of Prophet Mohammed:
Muhammad’s father Abdullah, died almost six months before he was born. In accordance with tribal custom, Muhammad was sent to live with a Bedouin family in the desert for four or five years where he was wet nursed by Thuwaybah and Halimah bint Abdullah Shortly after he returned to his mother at the age of six, Muhammad lost his mother Amina to illness and he became fully orphaned.
(This article have published in the ‘Editorial page’ of ‘The News Today’ on
April 23, 2007)
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