Prophet Muhammad’s birthday 2023: Date, History, Facts about The Prophet Mohammed

Muslims observe Mawlid, or the birthday of the Prophet Muhammad, during Rabi’ al-Awwal, the third month of the Islamic calendar. This year’s event occurs on September 27. As it commemorates the birthday of Islam’s founder and the proclamation of the first verse of the Quran, many countries with significant Muslim populations observe this day as a national holiday. The Shia community observes the event on the seventeenth of the month, while the Sunni community observes it on the twelfth. It is a day to commemorate the progenitor of one of the most influential religions in the world, with millions of adherents.

The background of Prophet Muhammad’s birthday

The Prophet Muhammad (P.B.U.H.) was born in Mecca on the 12th day of Rabi al-Awwal, 570 ADe onwards. It is believed that he is a descendant of Ishmael, one of Abraham’s two sons. His mother perished when he was six years old, so his uncle Abu Talib and grandfather Abdul-Muttalib raised him after his mother’s death.

The birthday of Muhammad is commemorated in mosques with religious sermons and Quranic verse recitations. In the eighth century, al-Khayzuran converted the residence where Prophet Muhammad (P.B.U.H.) was born into a place of worship, marking the beginning of birthday celebrations. Despite the fact that public celebrations of Muhammad’s birth did not commence until four centuries after his death, textual evidence suggests that the earliest Mawlid text dates back to the 12th century and is most likely of Persian origin.

Sunni and Shia Muslims commemorate the day differently. Shiites believe that on the 12th of Rabi’ al-Awwal, the Prophet Muhammad chose Hazrat Ali to succeed him. The Sunni religion does not observe a day of mourning on this particular date, but does pray frequently throughout the month.
In the 1970s and 1980s, it was customary to hear recitations of Islamic poetry from the Mawlid on television, on stage, and from Abu Dhabi’s Bahar Palace. Although the Mawlid was chanted more frequently in the past, it is now only performed on the birthday of the Prophet Muhammad.

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5 UNKNOWN FACTS ABOUT THE PROPHET MOHAMMED

Muhammad earned a solid reputation as a trustworthy businessman as a consequence of what he had learned from his uncle.

The Islamic way of life was established by Muhammad’s public proclamation of revelations from Allah in the Quran over a period of twenty years.

Only after Muhammad turned 40 was he instructed by the messenger angel Jibreel to proclaim God’s message and forsake the idolatry of his people.

Since eating with others is part of the Sunnah, the Prophet Muhammad (P.B.U.H.) never ate alone and always invited others to join him, imploring others to do the same.

Muslims believe that his ancestry can be traced back to the Prophet Ismail (A.S.) and that 2,670 years separate the first and second Prophets of Islam.

PROPHET MUHAMMAD’S BIRTHDAY DATES

Year	Date	Day
2022	October 8	Saturday
2023	September 28	Thursday
2024	September 15	Sunday
2025	September 4	Thursday
2026	August 25	Tuesday