Prophet Birthday Lebanon

Mawlid al-Nabi, the Prophet Muhammad's birthday, is a Lebanese public holiday observed by Sunni communities on the 12th and Shia communities on the 17th of Rabi al-Awwal. Mosques mark the day with devotional qasidah poetry, sermons on the Prophet's life, light decorations, and charitable food distribution, in a quieter, more devotional register than Lebanon's two Eid holidays.

Mosques across Lebanon's Sunni neighborhoods string lights and prepare for religious lectures in the days around Mawlid al-Nabi, the observance of Prophet Muhammad's birthday, which falls on the 12th of Rabi al-Awwal in the Islamic lunar calendar for Sunni communities, while Lebanon's Shia communities separately mark the date on the 17th of the same month, a split that reflects the broader theological difference between the two traditions over the exact birth date.