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(a.) or Mawlūd (pl. mawālid), time, place and celebration of the birth of any one, particularly of the Prophet Muḥammad ( Mawlid al-Nabī). From the moment when Islām in its attitude to Muḥammad abandoned the lines laid down in the Ḳurʾānic view of him and began to bring his personality within the sphere of the supernatural, the scenes among which his earthly life had been passed naturally began to assume a higher sanctity in the eyes of his followers. Among these, the house in which he was born, the Mawlid al-Nabī, in the modern Sūḳ al-Lail in Mekka, the history of which is preserved…

(pl. mawālid ), is the term for (1) the time, place or celebration of the birth of a person, especially that of the Prophet Muḥammad or of a saint [see walī ], and (2) a panegyric poem in honour of the Prophet. 1. Typology of the mawlid and its diffusion through the Islamic world. From the moment when Islam began to bring the personality of Muḥammad within the sphere of the supernatural, the scenes among which his earthly life had been passed naturally began to assume a higher sanctity in the eyes of his followers. Among these, the house in which he was born, the Mawlid al-Nabī …

(pl. mawālid), est le terme désignant: — 1. la date, le lieu ou la célébration de la naissance d’une personne, surtout du Prophète Muḥammad ou d’un saint [voir Walī]; — 2. un panégyrique du Prophète. — 1. Typologie et diffusion du mawlid dans le monde islamique. A partir du moment où l’Islam se mit à placer la personnalité de Muḥammad dans la sphère du surnaturel, les lieux où il avait passé sa vie terrestre commencèrent naturellement à revêtir un haut degré de sainteté aux yeux de ses adeptes. Dans le nombre, la maison dans laquelle il a vu le jour à La Mekke, le ¶ Mawlid al-Nabī, dans le Sūḳ al-La…