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Why don't Ahmadi Muslims celebrate Eid Milad un Nabi [the birthday of the Holy Prophet (pbuh)]?

If you are talking about cutting a cake, going out on the streets, going to parades, singing, dancing and all that sort of stuff, then no, we do not celebrate in this way!

But when it comes to celebrating the life, achievements, the teachings, the character of the Holy Prophet (pbuh), then yes we certainly do celebrate that.

If you look at the lifetime of the Holy Prophet (pbuh), 40 years was his age when God Almighty commissioned him to be..

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..the Prophet of the age. after that, 23 years, we have a period where he showed with his example how we are supposed to live our lives. Not even once did he call and gather his companions and said today is my birthday let's celebrate.

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And it is not just that. He has told us that if you follow my companions, follow my Sahaba, then you will be rightly guided because they are like the stars.

If we move on after the demise of the Holy Prophet (pbuh), again not a single example where the khulafa or the...

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companions or the followers who were close to the companions close to the time of the Holy Prophet (pbuh), where they celebrated in a way that we see Muslims all over around the world celebrate today.

Secondly, when it comes to the celebration, we do Jalsa Seerat un Nabis...

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..where we don't celebrate the birthday, but the life, the character, the legacy left behind by the Holy Prophet (pbuh).
What was his character all about, how should we as Muslims behave, what should we give our children in moral training, what Is the importance of prayers,..

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...what is the relationship that he had with God Almighty, what is it that we can learn from that life? So that is certainly something that we do celebrate. And it's not just on one day of the year. Throughout the year, it's a celebration for us by sending durood to the....

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...Holy Prophet (pbuh).

So that's what celebration is all about - what is it that we can learn, what is it that we can impart to the next generation to come.

So yes, we do celebrate the life of the Holy Prophet (pbuh). But not by cutting a cake, by not going out to...

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the streets, but by thinking, reflecting, implementing the things and the teachings that he left behind for us.

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