Mawlid
Also called | Mawlid an-Nabawī (المولد النبوي),Milad un-Nabi, Havliye, Donba, Gani
Observed by | Adherents of mainstream Sunni Islam, Shia Islam and various other Islamic denominations. As a public holiday in Afghanistan, Algeria, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Benin, Brunei, Burkina Faso, Chad, Egypt, Gambia, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Niger, Nigeria, Oman, Pakistan, Senegal, Somalia, Sudan, Tunisia, and Yemen
Type | Islamic
Significance | Traditional commemoration of the birth of Muhammad
Observances | Hamd, Tasbih, fasting, public processions, Na`at (religious poetry), family and other social gatherings, decoration of streets and homes
Date | 12 Rabi' al-awwal
2019 date | 10 November (Sunni, Ibadi) 15 November (Shia)
Frequency | once every Islamic year