Mawlid Story
Praise be to Allah and may Allah increase the honour and raise the rank of our Master Muhammad .
The night of the birth (Mawlid) of Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) is a great and honored night, its enlightenment is obvious; it is a superb night; its merits, goodness and blessing were revealed in what had dazzled the minds and sights.
On the night Prophet Muhammad, sallallahu ^alayhi wa sallam, was born, the palace of the arrogant dictator Kisra trembled, and 14 of its balconies fell off to the ground. The huge fire of Persia, which had been lit for 1000 years to that day, died out; and the water of Lake Sawah (a city in Persia) dried out.
The falling of 14 balconies was an indication that only 14 of the Persian kings were left, the last one of them was during the Caliphate of our Master ^Uthman Ibn ^Affan may Allah raise his rank.
The fire of Persia, which the fire worshippers used to worship, which used to be lit continuously night and day, was put out.
Lake Sawah in which the ships used to sail dried out.
Among the indications which appeared when the Prophet, sallallahu ^alayhi wa sallam, was born is that Iblis (the head of the devil) was veiled from knowing about the news cast in the heaven, he wrung a loud scream as he screamed when he was damned and when he was kicked out from Paradise. He also screamed when the Prophet, sallallahu ^alayhi wa sallam, was born and when al-Fatihah came down.
Aminah Bintu Wahb said: When I delivered the Messenger of Allah, I saw him raising his head toward the sky and pointing with his finger. Jibril then carried him and the angels flew carrying him. Mika’il then wrapped him with a white dress from Paradise and gave him to Ridwan, who fed him straight from his mouth to his mouth as the bird does to its young.
I was looking at him and I saw that as if he was saying: Give me more. Ridwan said to him: O you, the beloved one to Allah, you had enough, for every knowledge and wise patience that was given to every single prophet was given to you, so hold firmly to the steadfastness to Iman and Islam. The one who says what you say and follows your Law (Shari^ah) will be assembled with you on the Day of Judgment.
A caller then sounded: Take him to the Far East and Far West and present him to the places where the prophets were born.
Give him the eliteness of Adam, the knowledge of Shith, the gentleness of Nuh, the khullah ( special level of acceptability by Allah) of Ibrahim, the satisfaction of Ishaq, the eloquence of Isma^il, the wisdom of Luqman, the patience of Ayyub, the voice annotations of Dawud, the strength of Musa, the detachment from the world of ^Isa, the comprehension of Suleiman, the medicine of Danial, the respectfulness of Ilyas, the impeccability of Yahya, the acceptance of Zakariyya and give him all the traits, manners and conducts of all of the prophets and conceal him from the eyes of the humans, jinn, and angels for he is the beloved one to Allah. What an utmost bliss for the one who embraced him into her lap, and the one who nursed him from her breast, and for the houses which he resided in.
The birds said: We will look after him, and the angels said: We are more deserving of having him, and the beasts said: We will nurse him. Allah ta^ala said (it is important to say here that this is not a verse of the Qur’an): “I am more deserving of the beloved one to me and My Prophet; I have Decreed that he will be nursed only by my slave Halimah.”
