FIRST REMINDER. Yaumul Ithnayn, 10th day of Jumaadal Aakhir (Monday, 26th February). TODAY IS OUR PROPHET BIRTHDAY. WHAT'S HIS BIRTH DATE? Bismillaahir Rahmaanir Raheem. As we fast today to emulate and remember our beloved messenger of Allah, lets study about the history behind his birth. Firstly: The biographers and historians differed concerning the date of the birth of the Prophet (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him). This is something for which there is good reason, as it was not known what status this newborn would achieve; his situation was like that of any other newborn. Hence no one can state with certainty the date of his birth (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him).  Perhaps the reason for this difference of opinion is that when he was born, no one expected that he would attend such a status. For that reason, he did not live in the spotlight from the beginning of his life. When Allah decreed that the Messenger (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) should begin to convey His message forty years after he was born, people began to seek out whatever memories they had about this Prophet, and they asked one another about every detail of his life. They were helped in that by what the Messenger (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) himself narrated about incidents that he had experienced from his birth, as well as the reports narrated by his Companions and those who had also gone through those events with him.  At that time the Muslims began to collect everything that they had heard about the life story of their Prophet (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) in order to transmit it to the people down throughout the ages. Among the matters on which there is consensus with regard to his birth (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) is the definition of the year and the day which will be discussed in the afternoon REMINDER in shaa Allah. May ALLAH keep guiding us all. Aameen