• Book of Al Barzanji

    The seeker reads a poem from the book of Al Barzanji praising the Prophet Muhammad(Peace be upon him)

  • The Mureed(Seeker)

    A Mureed attending the gathering of Moulud un Nabi in the month of Rabbi ul Awwal

  • Rampies Sny

    Young girls gather at Mosques and cut lemon scented leaves, fold them into a special paper or material and gift it to men

  • Lemon and Orange leaves

    Young girls gather at Mosques and cut lemon scented leaves, fold them into a special paper or material and gift it to men

  • Rampies Sny

    Young ladies enjoying a day of gathering during the month Rabbi ul Awwal

  • Rampies Sny

    Young girls gather at Mosques and cut lemon scented leaves, fold them into a special paper or material and gift it to men

  • Rampies Sny

    A lady cutting orange and lemon leaves, making scented rampies during the month of Rabbi ul Awwal

  • Rampies Sny

    A young girl attending rampies sny.

  • The Mureed(Seeker)

    A Mureed attending the gathering of Moulud un Nabi in the month of Rabbi ul Awwal

  • Standing up

    Standing up whilst offering salutations on the Prophet(Peace be upon him)

  • The Mureed(Seeker)

    Mureeds attending the gathering of Moulud un Nabi in the month of Rabbi ul Awwal

  • Rampies Sny

    Ladies cutting orange and lemon leaves, making scented rampies during the month of Rabbi ul Awwal

  • Allah

    The arabic name for God

  • Muhammed

    Muhammed, Peace be Upon him, the final messenger according to Islamic doctrine
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Fazlur Phillips

Moulood un-Nabi, is a celebration of the Prophet Muhammed’s birthday which takes place during the lunar month of Rabi-ul-Awwal.
Muslims across the world celebrate the birth of their Prophet SAW in differently.
Muhammad was born in Makkah, Saudi Arabia on the 12th day of the Islamic month in the year 571, Rabi-ul-Awwal.
‘Rampie sny’, a Malay and Afrikaans word is a tradition where women would gather at mosques and cut lemon and orange scented leaves, fold them into a paper or material and hand them to men on the night of Moulood celebrations. Smelling good is part of the practice of the Prophet Muhammad.
Whilst cutting the leaves, women recite Arabic phrases which are made up of salutations on the Prophet and praising Allah (God). After the leaves are cut, it is placed in a basket where it undergoes the ‘oeker’, where it is prayed over in Arabic and the reciter asks for God’s blessings.