The mawlid is just a poem about the prophet being recited. The first person to do this was the uncle of the prophet peace be upon him:
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The uncle of the Prophet al-`Abbas ibn `Abd al-Muttalib (RA) said:
And then, WHEN YOU WERE BORN, a light rose over the earth until it illuminated the horizon with its radiance. We are in that illumination and that original light and those paths of guidance and thanks to them we pierce through.
Ibn Sayyid al-Nas narrated it with his isnad through al-Tabarani and al-Bazzar in Minah al-Madh (p. 192-193), also Ibn Kathir in al-Sira al-Nabawiyya (ed. Mustafa `Abd al-Wahid 4: 51), and `Ali al-Qari in his Sharh al-Shifa` (1:364) says it is narrated by Abu Bakr al-Shafi`i and al-Tabarani, and cited by Ibn `Abd al-Barr in al-Isti`ab and Ibn al-Qayyim in Zad al-Ma`ad.
The light mentioned by al-`Abbas is confirmed by the Prophet himself in the famous narration describing his own birth. `Irbad ibn Sariya and Abu Umama - Allah be well-pleased with both of them - said that the Prophet said: "I am the supplication of my father Ibrahim, and the good tidings of my brother `Isa. The NIGHT I WAS DELIVERED my mother saw a light that lit the castles of Damascus so that she could see them."
It is narrated by al-Hakim (2:616-617), Ahmad in his Musnad, and al-Bayhaqi in Dala`il al-Nubuwwa (1:110, 2:8). Ibn al-Jawzi cites it in al-Wafa` (p. 91, ch. 21 of Bidayat Nabiyyina ), and Ibn Kathir in his Mawlid Rasul Allah and his Tafsir (4:360). Al-Haythami (8:221) said al-Tabarani and Ahmad narrated it, the latter with a fair (hasan) chain. Also narrated by Ibn Hisham in Sirat Rasul Allah (Dar al-wifaq ed. 1/2:166) and al-Tabari in his History.
The poet of the Prophet Hassan ibn Thabit (RA) said:
By Allah, no woman has conceived and GIVEN BIRTH To one like the Messenger, the Prophet and guide of his people. Nor has Allah created among his creatures One more faithful to his sojourner or his promise Than he who was the source of our light.
Narrated by Ibn Hisham in the last lines of his Sirat Rasul Allah .
The Shimmering Light was composed by Habib Umar bin Hafidh. It is a poetic biography of the best of Creation, our beloved Prophet Muhammad saws. It is widely and regularly recited all over the world. This mawlid was held at Daar Ibn Abbas in Sydney, Australia in the company of Sheikh Habib Umar Bin Hafiz and sheikh AbdulKareem Yahya.
نظم قصة الميلاد المحمدية - الحبيب عمر بن محمد بن حفيظ
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