and the Ansar, and those who have followed them with excellence. (1) End of the quotation, with some abridgement.

Many books and epistles, old and new, have been written to refute this innovation. In addition to being an innovation and an act of imitation, it further leads to the celebration of other mawlids, such as the mawlids of so-called saints, shaykhs, and political leaders, thereby opening many doors to evil.

2 – Seeking blessing from places, relics, and persons, whether living or dead.

Among the newly invented practices is seeking blessing from created beings. This is a form of idolatry and a ruse by which profiteers extract money from the simple-minded. Tabarruk means to ask for barakah—that is, for good to be established in something and to increase. Such lasting and increasing good can only be requested from the One who owns it and is able to grant it, namely Allah, exalted is He. He alone sends down and stabilises blessing. As for a created being, he has no power to bestow, bring about, maintain, or establish barakah. Accordingly, seeking blessing from places