Celebrating Eid-e-Milad-un-Nabi (Salallaho Alaihi Wasallam)
Celebrating Eid-e-Milad-un-Nabi (Salallaho Alaihi Wasallam) by Imam Jalaluddin al-Suyuti (radi Allahu anhu) Allah in the Name of, Most Beneficent, Most Merciful PREFACE 'Abd al-Rahman ibn Abu Bakr ibn Muhammad ibn Sabiq al-Din, Jalaluddin al-Suyuti (radi Allahu anhu) was born in 849 A.H./1445. He was a Shafi'i mujtahid Imam, Mufassir, Sufi, Muhammadith - hadith master (Hafiz), and historian, a prolific writer who authored books in virtually every Islamic science. He was raised as an orphan in Cairo and memorized the Holy Quran at 8. Amongst his teachers were Siraj al-Din Bulqini, Sharaf al-Din al-Munawi, Taqi al-Din al-Shamani. He travelled to gain Sacred Knowledge to Damascus, the Hijaz, Yemen, India, Morocco, and the lands south of Morocco, as well as centres of learning in Egypt such as malalla, Dumyat and fayyum. In this book, the great scholar he has shed light on the historical and legal status of the Meelad Shareef in his own characteristic scholarly style.
