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The question

Do the fatwas you issue on your website, which include the prohibition of celebrating the Prophet's birthday, encourage isolation, alienate Muslims from their reality, and contradict the principle of facilitation in religion?

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The answer

The website thanks the questioner for their communication and disagrees with their description of the website as insular. It affirms that the multitude of questions received from all over the world indicates the website's methodology of moderation, openness, ijtihad (independent reasoning), and the application of dispensations within their stipulated guidelines.

The website clarifies that its prohibition of impermissible celebrations is not an obstruction from the path of Allah, for the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, his Companions, and the Successors did not celebrate the Prophet's birthday (Mawlid). Had it been good, they would have preceded us in it. Furthermore, the disagreement regarding the exact day and month of the Mawlid indicates their lack of concern for it.

Regarding adopting the easier opinion, the website believes that this is acceptable when there is doubt and an inability to prefer one opinion over another, not when it is based on whims. It rejects the description of its fatwas as foolish or difficult, and points out that some of the questioner's questions indicate waswasah (obsessive whispering), advising them to be gentle with themselves and to avoid delving deeply into contentious issues.

Finally, the website affirms that cursing religion is not a weakness of faith but rather invalidates and nullifies it. It is an act of disbelief and an exit from Islam by the consensus of scholars, and the one who commits it must offer sincere repentance.

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