Rabi ul Awwal -Allaah Almighty has commanded us Muslims to rejoice at the things by which His grace and mercy comes to us.

 

The life of the Holy Prophet,صلّی اللہ علیہ وسلم  can and should be commemorated at any time of the year.

Nonetheless, when he is remembered in Rabi al-Awwal, people’s attachment to him grows even stronger, for the simple reason that it was in this month that he was born. At this special time, when the impulse to gather for this purpose is at its strongest, one feels an overwhelming sense of connection between our time and his, as the present reminds us of the past, and helps us to bring to mind and relate to events which took place many centuries ago.

The love of the Prophet, and the joy which his birth and career have brought to us, bring every imaginable kind of good thing to a true Muslim. Even an unbeliever can benefit from his birth. The idolator Abu Lahab, one of the greatest enemies of Islam, was pleased when one Monday he heard the news that Prophet Muhammadصلّی اللہ علیہ وسلم   had been born: and he freed his slave-girl Suwaiba who had brought him the news. We are told that because of this deed his punishment in the grave is reduced every Monday. This hadith, which is narrated by Imam Bukhari, inspired Imam Shams al-Din al-Dimashqi to write:

If an unbeliever, condemned by the Quran to eternal pain,
Can be relieved every Monday through his joy at Ahmad,
Then what must a true servant of God hope to gain,
When with the truth of Tawhid he felt joy at Ahmad?

The Prophet himself, صلّی اللہ علیہ وسلم , used to commemorate his birthday, thanking his Lord for His great kindness to him. He would express this commemoration by fasting, as we are told in a hadith narrated by Imam Muslim. The methods by which his birthday may be celebrated vary widely, but the objective is the same: whether in fasting, giving food to the poor, gathering for the remembrance (dhikr) of Allaah Kareem or calling down blessings upon His Messenger, and listening to the story of his virtues and mighty achievements.

Allaah Almighty has commanded us Muslims to rejoice at the things by which His grace and mercy comes to us. In the Holy Quran we read: 

‘Say, by Allah’s grace and mercy; and let them be made joyful by this!’

 (Yunus, 58.) 

And we have never received any mercy greater than the Prophet himself: ‘We sent you only as a mercy to the worlds.’ 

(Anbiya, 107.)

The Blessed Prophet was keenly aware of the connection of the flow of time with the great religious events of the past. Whenever the time of year recalled such an event, he would seize the opportunity to commemorate it, and call to mind its significance.

There are many examples of this. For instance, when he first arrived at Madina, he found the Jews fasting on the Day of Ashura. When he enquired about this practice, he was told, ‘They fast on this day because Allaah Almighty rescued their prophet on this day, and drowned their enemy, so that they fast it in gratitude to Allah for this blessing.’ And the Prophet remarked: 

‘We have even more right to Moses than have they!’, and ordered that the Muslims should fast on that day as well.

A Famous Scholar have well said...

 What is wrong in it if we cannot do Zikr of Holy Prophet صلّی اللہ علیہ وسلم ’s Seerah, his Hidaya, his Birth and his death everyday, then we should do it every month and in days of Rabi Ul Awwal and they should not be left empty.

He writes further: A Person who does not get happy upon incidents of Mawlid and does not thank Allaah Almighty for such a great blessing then "SUCH A PERSON IS NOT MUSLIM" 

 

[Ash Shamama tul Anbarah min Mawlid al Khayr ul Barah, Page No. 12]