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Milad, Milad an-Nabi or Mawlid un-Nabi (Template:Lang-ar) is the celebration of the birthday of Muhammad, the final prophet of Islam; also known as "The Seal of the Prophets".

Shi'a and many Sunni Muslims celebrate the Mawlid. Processions are held, homes or mosques are decorated, charity and food is distributed, stories about the life of Prophet Muhammad are narrated, dhikr and poems are recited by children. On Java, it is celebrated with majestic performances by a Gamelan Sekaten.

Sunni Muslims celebrate it on the 12th of Rabi'-ul-Awwal. Shi'a Muslims celebrate this day on the 17th of Rabi'-ul-Awwal, coinciding with the birth date of the sixth Imam, Ja'far al-Sadiq. Wahhabis/Salafis do not celebrate at all as they consider it to be a Bidah against Islam.

Terms used for the birth of Muhammad

  • Mawlid an-Nabī (pl. al-Mawālid) - The Birth of the Prophet (Arabic)
  • Milād an-Nabī - The Birth of the Prophet (Arabic / Urdu)
  • Mevlid Serif - The Blessed Birth (Turkish)
  • Mawlūd Sharīf - The Blessed Birth (Urdu)
  • Zadruz-e Payambar-e 'Azam / Milad-e Nabi-ye Akram - The birth of the great/blessed Prophet (Persian)
  • Eid al-Mawlid an-Nabawī - Festival of the birth of the Prophet (Arabic)
  • Eid-e-Milād-un-Nabī - Festival of the birth of the Prophet (Urdu)
  • Mawlid En-Nabaoui - Algerian (North Africa)
  • Yawm an-Nabī - The Day of the Prophet (Arabic)
  • Mawlid ar-Rasūl - The Birth of the Messenger of Allah (Bahasa Malaysia / Malay)

Most of these terms are derived from the Arabic root WLD, meaning "to give birth, make, or create".

Mawlid in the Gregorian calendar

Because the day that Mawlid is celebrated on is based on the Islamic calendar, the date on the Western calendar (the Gregorian calendar) varies from year to year due to differences between the two calendars, since the Islamic calendar is a lunar calendar and the Gregorian calendar is a solar calendar. Furthermore, the method used to determine when each Islamic month begins varies from country to country. (For details, please see Islamic calendar.) All future dates listed below are only estimates:

Dates for Mawlid, 2007-2013
Gregorian Year 12th of Rabi'-ul-Awwal
(Sunni)		 17th of Rabi'-ul-Awwal
(Shi'a)
2007 March 31 April 5
2008 March 20 March 25
2009 March 9 March 14
2010 February 26 March 3
2011 February 15 February 20
2012 February 4 February 9
2013 January 24 January 29

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