Mawlid

E80069

Islamic holiday Islamic religious observance religious festival

Mawlid is the Islamic holiday commemorating the birth of the Prophet Muhammad, observed with religious gatherings, recitations, and various cultural celebrations across the Muslim world.

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All labels observed (11)

Label	Occurrences
Mawlid canonical	4
Mawlid al-Nabi	2
Milad-un-Nabi	2
Moulid of Ahmad al-Badawi	2
Maulidur Rasul	1
Mawlid al-Nabawi	1
Mawlid al-Nabi al-Sharif	1
Mawlid an-Nabi	1
Mawlid gatherings	1
Mawlid un-Nabi	1
Milad un-Nabi	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Islamic holiday ⓘ Islamic religious observance ⓘ religious festival ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Mawlid ⓘ surface form: Mawlid al-Nabawi Mawlid ⓘ surface form: Mawlid al-Nabi Mawlid ⓘ surface form: Mawlid al-Nabi al-Sharif Mawlid ⓘ surface form: Mawlid an-Nabi Mawlid ⓘ surface form: Mawlid un-Nabi Mawlid ⓘ surface form: Milad un-Nabi
associatedWith	Islamic devotional literature ⓘ Sufi devotional practices ⓘ
calendar	Islamic lunar calendar ⓘ
commemorates	Muhammad ⓘ surface form: Prophet Muhammad birth of the Prophet Muhammad ⓘ
culturalForms	Sufi dhikr gatherings ⓘ public festivals ⓘ religious songs (nasheeds) ⓘ
frequency	annual ⓘ
hasControversy	considered an innovation (bid'ah) by some Muslims ⓘ
historicalDevelopment	developed as a public celebration centuries after Muhammad's death ⓘ
languageOfTerm	Arabic ⓘ
legalStatus	not officially recognized in some countries ⓘ public holiday in some Muslim-majority countries ⓘ
observedBy	Muslims in Indonesia ⓘ Muslims in North Africa ⓘ Muslims in South Asia ⓘ Muslims in Turkey ⓘ Muslims in West Africa ⓘ Muslims in the Arab world ⓘ Sufism ⓘ surface form: Sufi communities many Shia Muslims ⓘ many Sunni Muslims ⓘ
observedOn	12 Rabi al-awwal (Sunni tradition) ⓘ 17 Rabi al-awwal (some Shia traditions) ⓘ
religion	Islam ⓘ
termMeaning	birth ⓘ birthday ⓘ
theme	character of Muhammad ⓘ life of Muhammad ⓘ prophetic example (Sunnah) ⓘ
typicalActivities	charitable giving ⓘ collective prayers ⓘ decorating homes and mosques ⓘ distribution of food and sweets ⓘ processions ⓘ recitation of Quran ⓘ recitation of poetry in praise of Muhammad ⓘ religious gatherings ⓘ sermons about the life of Muhammad ⓘ
viewedAs	expression of love for the Prophet Muhammad ⓘ

Referenced by (17)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Islamic world → hasHoliday → Mawlid ⓘ

Tanta → knownFor → Mawlid ⓘ

this entity surface form: Moulid of Ahmad al-Badawi

Tanta → festival → Mawlid ⓘ

this entity surface form: Moulid of Ahmad al-Badawi