You have quoted the correct hadith, That The Prophet (PBUH) was send as a mercy for Mankind, And we should love Him more than Ourselves, But no where U have quoted the authentic Hadith that the Prophet(PBUH) used to celebrated his Birthday, Or No where it is said that the sahaba did the same. What love are you talking about, The sahaba were the people who loved the Prophet More than Anyone, If milad waa permissible then They would have been the first people to do it, When they never did it, Who are you to do it, Now u will tell me it is was of expressing gratitude and respect, If u can do something then Pratise his sunnah, never did the Prophet say, celebrate my birthday ,never,First of all celebrating birthdays itself is wrong, then ow is this possible, u are absolutly right when u say, WE should send salaam, but u r absolutely wrong about the birth celebration, The Prophet himself said, send salaam, Why didnt he say, celebrate my birthday, He never said that, U r just trying to take the help of some irrevelant hadith, by giving him respect and then saying-Hence we should celebrate his Birthday, Who are u decide this, And tehn u are misguiding others also. And why is this practise seen only in the Indians and paks, Are they the most religious people, Did islam Start from them, No, it was from Arab, When the people of Arab do not practise this(Saudi Arabia) , then Who are you to celebrate it, It is obviouse The Prophet told, The person who sends durood, will recieve my intercission, He didnt say do this by celebrating Milad, What is wrong is wrong,Its a fact, Now by arguing with me the fact will never change, If u want to really understand then Understand this, The Prophet(PBUH) said- The practices that the Prophet(PBUH) did not do, they are all innovation in Islam, and Innovation in Islam is Haraam, Hence I say, the Prophet(PBUH) did not do milad,neither did the sahabah, because if they had done it, then it would be certainly there in Bukhari, and there would have been no debate, When all minute things are there tell me Why is this not written in any Authentic Hadith book, It is obvious because this in innovation, nad hence milad is Haraam...The onlly reason u have written this book is so that u can prove it that it is allowed, Why do we need your help, I fit would have been allowed the Prophet would have told it Himself, , Ask these questions to yourself and I ask Allah to guide u and all others that think alike, Ameen