<P> According to the hypothesis of Nico Kaptein of Leiden University, the Mawlid was initiated by the Fatimids, with Marion Holmes Katz adding "The idea that the celebration of the mawlid originated with the Fatimid dynasty has today been almost universally accepted among both religious polemicists and secular scholars ." This Shia origin is frequently noted by those Sunnis who oppose Mawlid . Among Sunnis, the Mawlid celebration emerged in the 12th century, and the first detailed description of a Sunni Mawlid celebration was of one sponsored by emir Gökböri . </P> <P> Among Muslim scholars, the legality of Mawlid "has been the subject of intense debate" and has been described as "perhaps one of the most polemical discussions in Islamic law". Traditionally, most Sunni and nearly all of the Shia scholars have approved of the celebration of Mawlid, while Wahhabi and Ahmadiyya scholars oppose the celebration . </P> <P> Examples of historic Sunni scholars who permitted the Mawlid include the Shafi'i scholar Al - Suyuti (d 911 A.H.) who stated that: </P> <P> My answer is that the legal status of the observance of the Mawlid--as long as it just consists of a meeting together by the people, a recitation of apposite parts of the Qur'an, the recounting of transmitted accounts of the beginning of (the biography of) the Prophet--may God bless him and grant him peace--and the wonders that took place during his birth, all of which is then followed by a banquet that is served to them and from which they eat - is a good innovation (bid'a hasana), for which one is rewarded because of the esteem shown for the position of the Prophet--may God bless him and grant him peace--that is implicit in it, and because of the expression of joy and happiness on his--may God bless him and grant him peace--noble birth . </P>

Celebration of milad un nabi started from whom and when