Dr Farooq plans to help the less fortunate during Prophet Muhammad’s birthday
SThe celebrations generally consist of lectures, speeches, poems and spiritual songs on the life of Muhammed and the Islamic lifestyle.
haring the spirit of love and generosity shared in the Quran, devotee Dr Nadeem Farooq plans to help distribute food and cash money to the less fortunate families during Prophet Muhammad’s birthday.
Dr Nadeem Farooq is a general practitioner at the Ba Medical Centre.
He said Prophet Muhammad’s birthday teaches the Muslim community to be kind and generous to others.
“The celebrations generally consist of lectures, speeches, poems and spiritual songs on the life of
Muhammad and the Islamic lifestyle. The history of Mawlid goes back to the early days of Islam when people gathered to read poetry and sang verses.
Dr Farooq also plans to spend the morning of
Prophet Mohammad’s birthday to say prayers with his family.
“We will start our day with prayers early in the morning at 5 am the whole day distributing food, cash money and other type of assistance to the needy families. During evening we have organised programs in different mosques or other large gathering places as the communities come together to attend events to celebrate Mawlid throughout Fiji.”
He said Prophet Mohammad’s birthday celebrates almost 600 years death of Prophet Muhammad (SAW).
“They say that 12th Rabi Ul Awwal is the birthday of Prophet Muhammad (SAW) and Muslims should celebrate to honor their prophet. Mawlid, also spelled “Mawlud” or “Milad”, in Islam, the birthday of a holy figure, especially the birthday of the Prophet Muhammad (Mawlid al-Nabi),” said Dr Farooq.
Eid-e-Milad-Un-Nabi is celebrated yearly in Fiji and is marked as public holiday to observe the special occasion in the Muslim calendar.
Each year, families from the Muslim community dedicate this day to reflect on family and read the scared book of islam called the Quran.
He said the day is also dedicated to the Prophet who is believed to be the messenger of God in the Islamic religion.
“Since the day also marks the death anniversary of the Prophet, it was initially celebrated as an official festival. Like every year, the Government already announced a public holiday on Monday.
“It is celebrated in Fiji & other Muslim countries of the world as the birth anniversary of the last Prophet of Islam, Prophet Muhammad (SAW)by the Muslims from the Sufi or the Barelvi school of thought. The festival is celebrated during Rabi al Awwal, the third month in the Islamic Calendar,” said Dr Farooq.
Dr Nadeem Farooq
General practitioner at Ba Medical Centre after the