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SUMMARY:The birthday of the Prophet Muhammad (mawlid an-nabī)
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DESCRIPTION:The birthday of the Prophet Muhammad is celebrated by most
  Sunnis and Shiites. According to Sunni belief\, the Prophet&#8217\;s 
 birthday falls on the 12th of Rabīʿ al-Awwal\; however\, many Shiite
 s celebrate the birthday on the 17th of Rabīʿ al-Awwal. Only after t
 he death of the Prophet Muhammad did Muslims begin to celebrate his bi
 rthday. The first beginnings of this tradition can already be found am
 ong the generation shortly after the Prophet&#8217\;s companions (tāb
 iʿūn). They gathered on his birthday to commemorate him through poem
 s and religious songs. A few centuries later\, the Ottomans declared t
 he Prophet&#8217\;s birthday an official holiday. Despite the fixed da
 te\, there are disagreements about the exact date of his birthday. Nev
 ertheless\, the Prophet&#8217\;s birthday achieved such importance\, e
 specially among traditional Sunni Muslims\, that over the centuries nu
 merous Arabic birthday prayers for the Prophet were composed. These in
 clude the extremely popular hymns of praise by Ğaʿfar al-Barzanğī 
 (died 1764) and Yūsuf an-Nabahānī (died 1932)\, as well as the mode
 rn collection of hymns by Ḥabīb ʿUmar ibn al-Ḥafīẓ (born 1963
 )\, which are recited today in many parts of the Islamic world.
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