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Eid-e-Milad 2024: Eid-e-Milad-un-Nabi is being celebrated with great pomp across the world today. The Islamic festival Eid-e-Milad-un-Nabi, commonly known as Eid-e-Milad or Nabid and Maulid, is celebrated as the birth anniversary of Prophet Muhammad in the Sufi or Barelvi school of thought.
The birth anniversary of Prophet Muhammad is celebrated on the 12th day of the third month of the Islamic lunar calendar. According to the Gregorian calendar, this year Eid-e-Milad is being celebrated on September 16.
On this occasion, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has posted a message on social media site X congratulating the countrymen. While wishing the festival, Prime Minister Modi has given the message of maintaining unity. PM Modi wrote, “Eid Mubarak! Many best wishes on the occasion of Milad-un-Nabi. May harmony and unity always remain. May there be happiness and prosperity everywhere.”
Eid Milad-un-Nabi or Eid-e-Milad, also colloquially called Nabid and Mawlid, is a festival celebrated by Sufi and Barelvi sects in the month of Rabi al-Awwal. It is the third month of the Islamic lunar calendar, the 12th day of which is celebrated by Muslims of the Sufi or Barelvi school of thought as the birth anniversary of the last prophet of Islam – Prophet Muhammad. For the beginning of the month of Rabi al-Awwal 1446 Hijri, the moon was sighted at the beginning of this month i.e. September 2024 in Saudi Arabia, India, Pakistan, UAE, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and other parts of the world.
Muslims in India sighted the moon for Rabi al-Awwal 1446 Hijri on September 4 this year and according to the Gregorian calendar, September 5, 2024 was the first date of Rabi al-Awwal 1446. Prophet Mohammed's birthday is celebrated on 12 Rabi al-Awwal, so this year Eid-e-Milad is being celebrated on September 16.
The Islamic calendar or lunar calendar is different from the Gregorian calendar. It depends on the appearance of the moon. Therefore, Muslims of the Sunni community, who celebrate Eid-e-Milad, celebrate it on the 12th day of Rabi al-Awwal while the Shia community celebrate it on the 17th day of Rabi al-Awwal.
History and Significance of Eid-e-Milad The celebration of Prophet Muhammad's birthday is believed to have begun during the time of the first four Rashidun Caliphs of Islam. The idea of celebrating this day was first started by the Fatimids. Some Muslims believe that Prophet Muhammad was born in Mecca on the twelfth day of Rabi al-Awwal in 570 AD.
Although the word “mawlid” in common Arabic means giving birth or giving birth to a child, some consider Eid-e-Milad a day of mourning as it is also considered the anniversary of the Prophet’s death. First celebrated as an official festival in Egypt, Eid-e-Milad celebrations became more popular during the 11th century.
At that time, only the ruling tribe of Shia Muslims in that region could celebrate the festival, not the common people. In the 12th century, Syria, Morocco, Turkey and Spain started celebrating Eid-e-Milad and soon some Sunni Muslim sects also started celebrating the day.
Tight security arrangements have been made across the country for Eid-e-Milad-ul-Nabi. Tight security arrangements have been made in Karnataka too for the Eid-e-Milad-ul-Nabi festival. Dakshina Kannada SP Yatish N said, “On the occasion of Eid-e-Milad today, we have made adequate arrangements across the district. A protest was called in Bantwal town on BC Road, for which we have made adequate arrangements. We ensure that there will be no untoward incident in Bantwal or anywhere in the district.”