spelled Milad in some areas.

Along with being referred to as the celebration of the birth of Muhammad, the term Mawlid refers to the 'text especially composed for and recited at Muhammad's nativity celebration' or "a text recited or sung on that day".

Date

According to the majority of Sunni Muslims and most Shias, Muhammad was born on the 12th of Rabi I. Many Twelver Shia Muslims on the other hand

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