Dought & clear - , Ruling on buying special sweets sold on the Prophet’s birthday (Mawlid).

Is it haram to eat the special sweets made for the occasion of the
prophet's Birthday, a day before or after or onthe same day? What is
the ruling on buying these sweets especially that this type of sweets
is related only to this occasion?.
Praise be to Allaah.
Firstly:
Celebrating the Mawlid (Prophet's birthday) is bid'ah (an innovation).
Itis not narrated from the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be
upon him) or any of his companions or the Taabi'een or the Imams.
Rather it was innovated by the 'Ubaydis (Fatimids), who also
introduced other innovations and misguidance.
The fact that this celebration is an innovation has been discussed in
the answer to question no. 10070 and 70317 .
Secondly:
The basic principle is that it is permissible to eat and drink sweets
that are free of harmful ingredients, so long as that is not helping
in evilor propagating or encouraging its survival.
It seems that buying Mawlid sweets at the time of that celebration
comes under the heading of helping and propagating it; rather it is a
kind of establishing that festival or eid, because an eid is something
that people observe regularly. If it is their custom to eat this
specific food or they make it for that festival, unlike their habits
at other times of the year, then buying and selling it, and eating it
or givingit as a gift, on that day, ispart of celebrating that
festival or establishing it.So it is better for you notto do that on
the day of the celebration.
In Fataawa al-Lajnah al-Daa'imah there is a discussion to do with
Valentine's Day and buying sweets that have been coloured red and on
which hearts are drawn, as an expression of celebrating that innovated
festival. It says:
The clear evidence from the Qur'aan and Sunnah - on which there is
consensus among the early generations of the ummah - that there are
only two Eids or festivals in Islam: Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha. Any
festivals other than these, whether they are connected to a person,
agroup, an incident or anything lese, are innovated festivals and it
is not permissible for the Muslims to celebrate them or approve of
them, express joy on them or help with them in any way, because thatis
transgressing the sacred limits of Allaah, and whoever transgresses
the sacred limits of Allaah has wronged himself. ... It is also haraam
for a Muslimto help with this festival or any other haraam festivals
in any way, whether it has to do with food, drink, selling, buying,
manufacturing, giving, corresponding, announcing or anything else,
because all of that is cooperating in sin andtransgression and
disobedience to Allaah and to the Messenger of Allaah, (peace and
blessings of Allaah be upon him), and Allaah says (interpretation of
the meaning):
"Help you one another in Al-Birr and At-Taqwa (virtue, righteousness
and piety); but do not help one another in sin and transgression. And
fear Allaah. Verily, Allaah is Severe in punishment"
[al-Maa'idah 5:2]
End quote.
And Allaah knows best.