Mawlid

E80069

Islamic holiday Islamic religious observance religious festival

Mawlid is the Islamic holiday commemorating the birth of the Prophet Muhammad, observed with religious gatherings, recitations, and various cultural celebrations across the Muslim world.

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All labels observed (11)

Label	Occurrences
Mawlid canonical	4
Mawlid al-Nabi	2
Milad-un-Nabi	2
Moulid of Ahmad al-Badawi	2
Maulidur Rasul	1
Mawlid al-Nabawi	1
Mawlid al-Nabi al-Sharif	1
Mawlid an-Nabi	1
Mawlid gatherings	1
Mawlid un-Nabi	1
Milad un-Nabi	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T632047 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Mawlid
Context triple: [Islamic world, hasHoliday, Mawlid]

A. Eid al-Adha
Eid al-Adha is an important Islamic festival commemorating Prophet Ibrahim’s willingness to sacrifice his son, marked by special prayers, charity, and the ritual sacrifice of animals.
B. Eid al-Fitr
Eid al-Fitr is a major Islamic festival that marks the end of the fasting month of Ramadan with communal prayers, feasting, charity, and celebration.
C. Ramadan
Ramadan is the Islamic holy month of fasting, prayer, reflection, and community observed annually by Muslims worldwide.
D. Day of Arafah
Day of Arafah is an important Islamic holy day during the Hajj pilgrimage when pilgrims gather on the plain of Arafat for supplication and it is widely observed by Muslims worldwide through fasting and prayer.
E. Ashura
Ashura is a significant Islamic holy day, especially in Shia Islam, marking the martyrdom of Husayn ibn Ali at the Battle of Karbala and symbolizing sacrifice, justice, and resistance against oppression.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Mawlid
Target entity description: Mawlid is the Islamic holiday commemorating the birth of the Prophet Muhammad, observed with religious gatherings, recitations, and various cultural celebrations across the Muslim world.

A. Eid al-Adha
Eid al-Adha is an important Islamic festival commemorating Prophet Ibrahim’s willingness to sacrifice his son, marked by special prayers, charity, and the ritual sacrifice of animals.
B. Eid al-Fitr
Eid al-Fitr is a major Islamic festival that marks the end of the fasting month of Ramadan with communal prayers, feasting, charity, and celebration.
C. Ramadan
Ramadan is the Islamic holy month of fasting, prayer, reflection, and community observed annually by Muslims worldwide.
D. Day of Arafah
Day of Arafah is an important Islamic holy day during the Hajj pilgrimage when pilgrims gather on the plain of Arafat for supplication and it is widely observed by Muslims worldwide through fasting and prayer.
E. Ashura
Ashura is a significant Islamic holy day, especially in Shia Islam, marking the martyrdom of Husayn ibn Ali at the Battle of Karbala and symbolizing sacrifice, justice, and resistance against oppression.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Islamic holiday ⓘ Islamic religious observance ⓘ religious festival ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Mawlid ⓘ surface form: Mawlid al-Nabawi Mawlid ⓘ surface form: Mawlid al-Nabi Mawlid ⓘ surface form: Mawlid al-Nabi al-Sharif Mawlid ⓘ surface form: Mawlid an-Nabi Mawlid ⓘ surface form: Mawlid un-Nabi Mawlid ⓘ surface form: Milad un-Nabi
associatedWith	Islamic devotional literature ⓘ Sufi devotional practices ⓘ
calendar	Islamic lunar calendar ⓘ
commemorates	Muhammad ⓘ surface form: Prophet Muhammad birth of the Prophet Muhammad ⓘ
culturalForms	Sufi dhikr gatherings ⓘ public festivals ⓘ religious songs (nasheeds) ⓘ
frequency	annual ⓘ
hasControversy	considered an innovation (bid'ah) by some Muslims ⓘ
historicalDevelopment	developed as a public celebration centuries after Muhammad's death ⓘ
languageOfTerm	Arabic ⓘ
legalStatus	not officially recognized in some countries ⓘ public holiday in some Muslim-majority countries ⓘ
observedBy	Muslims in Indonesia ⓘ Muslims in North Africa ⓘ Muslims in South Asia ⓘ Muslims in Turkey ⓘ Muslims in West Africa ⓘ Muslims in the Arab world ⓘ Sufism ⓘ surface form: Sufi communities many Shia Muslims ⓘ many Sunni Muslims ⓘ
observedOn	12 Rabi al-awwal (Sunni tradition) ⓘ 17 Rabi al-awwal (some Shia traditions) ⓘ
religion	Islam ⓘ
termMeaning	birth ⓘ birthday ⓘ
theme	character of Muhammad ⓘ life of Muhammad ⓘ prophetic example (Sunnah) ⓘ
typicalActivities	charitable giving ⓘ collective prayers ⓘ decorating homes and mosques ⓘ distribution of food and sweets ⓘ processions ⓘ recitation of Quran ⓘ recitation of poetry in praise of Muhammad ⓘ religious gatherings ⓘ sermons about the life of Muhammad ⓘ
viewedAs	expression of love for the Prophet Muhammad ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (17)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Islamic world → hasHoliday → Mawlid ⓘ

Tanta → knownFor → Mawlid ⓘ

this entity surface form: Moulid of Ahmad al-Badawi

Tanta → festival → Mawlid ⓘ

this entity surface form: Moulid of Ahmad al-Badawi