Shaykh Gibril Haddad refutes Mufti Taqi Usmani on Mawlid

[ahmed12]

This was addressed immediately after quoting the passage in the post above ("although some may object that this conflicts with the dhikr-in-unison from the asghal of the Sufiyah, such dhikr is only allowed as a means to acquire the state of ihsan, and when it is only treated as a means and does not become widely regarded as a formal religious practice, it will not fall under the category of bid'ah.")

Sorry, I don't know how I missed it.

[SeekerOfGuidance]

The amount and nature of distortions and deceptions perpetrated by Shaykh Gibril Haddad is truly shocking. Many traditionalists have been fooled for a long while now by such scholars. These scholars serve to give further ammunition to the Salafis in their attacks against the true Mashaikh of tasawwuf and ulama who represent the Madhabs.

An Alim should highlight these errors to Shaykh Haddad and advise him to retract and repent.

[SeekerOfGuidance]

Hadhrat Ali (radhiyallahu anhu) also used this 'wahhabi' usul, nearly 1300 years before the advent Shaykh Ibn Abdul Wahhab:

“A man intended to perform some (nafl) Salaat on the day of Eid, prior to the Eid Salaat (at the Eid Gah). Hadhrat Ali (radhiyallahu anhu) prevented him.The man said, ‘O Ameerul Mumineen, I am indeed aware that Allaah Ta`ala does not punish for (performing) Salaat!

Hadhrat Ali (radhiyallahu anhu) retorted by saying, ‘And indeed I am aware that Allaah Ta`ala does not reward for any action unless it was executed by Rasulullaah (Allah bless him and grant him peace) or which He has ordained or encouraged. (Therefore) Your Salaat is futile and futility is Haraam. It is very possible that Allaah Ta`ala will punish you for it, because you have acted contrary to (the Sunnat of) Rasulullaah (Allah bless him and grant him peace).’” [Sharah Majma’ Bahrain, Junna, Nazmul Bayaan]

The fuqaha use the same reasoning as Hadhrat 'Ali (radhiyallahu anhu) to prohibit the Nafl Salat at this time. For example, the author of Hidaaya stated:

“There is no Nafl Salaat prior to the Eid Salaat, because Nabi (Allah bless him and grant him peace) did not do so, notwithstanding his love for Salaat. Then it is said (by some) that this prohibition only applies to the Eid-Gah. It is also said that this (prohibition) applies to both the Eid-Gah and out of the Eid-Gah, because Nabi (Allah bless him and grant him peace) neither performed (Nafl) Salaat at the Eid- Gah or out of the Eid-Gah.” [Page 153, vol.1]

Maulana Safraz Khan Safdar elaborated on the the above incident:

"Hadhrat Ali (radhiyallahu anhu) has demonstrated that since the performance of (Nafl) Salaat prior to the Eid Salaat was not reported from Nabi (Allah bless him and grant him peace), neither has he encouraged this by word or action, hence its execution is an act of ‘abath (futility), which is Haraam. It is also very possible that Allaah Ta`ala punishes for the act of even Salaat, which is the most dear act of Ibaadat to Him, if it is done contrary to the way and action of Nabi r, and which he has also never advocated or encouraged. We shudder to imagine what sort of fatwas and epithets the muftis of today would hurl upon Hadhrat Ali t for having prevented an act of Salaat! May Allaah Ta`ala save us all."

[ALIASGAR_SHAH]

Salaamunalaykum My brethren in Islam.

I am a Muslim from Ahle Sunnah wal Jamaah and i follow school of Imam Abu Hanifa r.a and yes i am not a fanatic taqlidi as some are like i wont pray behind him because he is a maliki and so no and so forth. I am deeply inspired by the teachings of Shaykh Abdul Haqq Muhaddith Dehlwi, Shah Waliyullah Dehlwi, Shah Abdul Aziz Dehlwi, Ibn Hajar Asqalani, Jalaluddin suyuti, Tajuddin ibn Subki, Imam Nawawi R. AnuhmaAjmaeen.

As we all know that when Allah blesses us with a bounty then we rejoice for it. If soemone will give us a present for doing a certain task then it is a celeberation for us and we are given a present, in the form of some material gains or a promotion at work. Every year i will remember that on this day so and so on this occasion gave me this and i would get happy for this.

Allah also says in the Quran that we should celebrate the bounties of Allah.

Allah says in the Quran that Prophet Muhammad saws is sent as Mercy to All Mankind. The day when Allah's mercy descends to mankind is a day of biggest bounty. Had it not been for Prophet saws, the Quran would not be revelaed, the Kaaba would still be surrounded by idols, we all would be in darkness. We believed in message of Islam due to the trustworhtiness and honesty and great maqam of Nabi Muhammad saws. The miracles the Prophet saws was blessed with the news of the old and of what was to come and what is to come in the Quran al kerim.

It is reported in Sahih Bukhari that on every Monday Abu Lahab is granted respite ot the gist of the hadith is that on a day in rabbil awwal every year Abu Lahab is granted respite in the form of a small gush of water from his forefinger. The reason for this was because when the Prophet saws was born Abu Lahab rejoiced on this occasion and had freed a slave women due to the happy occasion of the Birth of Prophet saws.

Here a kafir is being given respite on this day for his rejoicing on Mawlid un Nabi saws now imagine what bounties , mercy and barakaat is awaiting a muslim if he rejoices on the birth of Prophet saws.

So one should rejoice on thsi day, recite durood sharif, read the seerah of Prophet saws and the events of the birth of Prophet saws and recite qasidas and naat sharif and feast should be given to people. This is what our elders have been doing until we saw a slight difference in indian subcontinent when the ulemas were divided into the school of deoband and those who were not from deoband. You will not find this differecne which is not that major but one some minor issues anywhere outside india and Pakistan.

Go to Syria, Yemen, Iraq, Indonesia, Arabia, Lebenon, Turkey, Malaysia , Egypt you will find all of them as people from Ahle Sunnah wal jamaah. No barelwi and deobandi factor. Perhaps this wasteh reason for the establishment of Nadawtul Ulema by Abu Hasan ali Nadwi r.a.

Shah Waliyullah Muhaddith dehlwi r.a used to celeberate Mawlid un Nabi saws. You can see him attending the gathering as mentioned in hsi book Tafhimatul Ilahiya, Shah Abdur Rahim r.a also celeberated Mawlid he was the father of Shha Waliyullah. Shaykh Abdul Haqq Muhaddith dehlwi r.a Muallim Awwl of hadith sciences in Hind also celeberated Mawlid and he even wrote a detailed risalah on it in this book the months and year of a muslim. It is availble in Urdu. I have myself read it and he included the point of abulahab.

Imam Jalaluddin suyuti r.a wrote a complete book on the permissible of Mawlid and he quoted Imam ibn Haja asqalani r.a as basing the proof of Mawlid from Sunah.

Even Haji Imdadullah Muhajir Makki r.a celebrated Mawlid and you can read hsi book on 7 controversial issues for this. He was the shaykh of Mawlana Ashraf Ali thanwi r.a.

My point is that yes it is very good that many of us are connected to ulema of Deoband and i have great regard for them. But i believe if we go back to the time before the deoband-barelwi rift then much benefit will be achieved.

I think the matter of Mawlid un Nabi saws is not for barelwi if you say so then you have to label all these ulemas as barelwi too.

Waslaamu Alykum

Ali Asghar Shah Delete ReplyReply ForwardMovePrint Actions NextPrevious

[Ibrahimhanifa]

Where's your comments on this? not very user friendly, perhaps you can add your comments in red?.

Also, I think GF haddad in his website has changed the title to "comments" and removed the word "refutation". Perhaps this is deception too?

Also, regarding wahabi usool, this is self explantory (unless you er here to take GF Haddad down). Wahabis disagree with both good & bad bidahs and the rest of the sunnis agree with both. However, Deobandis differ with others on what is good bidah, same with other sunnis.

When you quoted the salaf about prohibiting bidah are they reffering to good bidah too?

Is reciting Zikr 100 times good bidah?

[sunnah786]

Salaamunalaykum My brethren in Islam.

I am a Muslim from Ahle Sunnah wal Jamaah and i follow school of Imam Abu Hanifa r.a and yes i am not a fanatic taqlidi as some are like i wont pray behind him because he is a maliki and so no and so forth. I am deeply inspired by the teachings of Shaykh Abdul Haqq Muhaddith Dehlwi, Shah Waliyullah Dehlwi, Shah Abdul Aziz Dehlwi, Ibn Hajar Asqalani, Jalaluddin suyuti, Tajuddin ibn Subki, Imam Nawawi R. AnuhmaAjmaeen.

As we all know that when Allah blesses us with a bounty then we rejoice for it. If soemone will give us a present for doing a certain task then it is a celeberation for us and we are given a present, in the form of some material gains or a promotion at work. Every year i will remember that on this day so and so on this occasion gave me this and i would get happy for this.

Allah also says in the Quran that we should celebrate the bounties of Allah.

Allah says in the Quran that Prophet Muhammad saws is sent as Mercy to All Mankind. The day when Allah's mercy descends to mankind is a day of biggest bounty. Had it not been for Prophet saws, the Quran would not be revelaed, the Kaaba would still be surrounded by idols, we all would be in darkness. We believed in message of Islam due to the trustworhtiness and honesty and great maqam of Nabi Muhammad saws. The miracles the Prophet saws was blessed with the news of the old and of what was to come and what is to come in the Quran al kerim.

It is reported in Sahih Bukhari that on every Monday Abu Lahab is granted respite ot the gist of the hadith is that on a day in rabbil awwal every year Abu Lahab is granted respite in the form of a small gush of water from his forefinger. The reason for this was because when the Prophet saws was born Abu Lahab rejoiced on this occasion and had freed a slave women due to the happy occasion of the Birth of Prophet saws.

Here a kafir is being given respite on this day for his rejoicing on Mawlid un Nabi saws now imagine what bounties , mercy and barakaat is awaiting a muslim if he rejoices on the birth of Prophet saws.

So one should rejoice on thsi day, recite durood sharif, read the seerah of Prophet saws and the events of the birth of Prophet saws and recite qasidas and naat sharif and feast should be given to people. This is what our elders have been doing until we saw a slight difference in indian subcontinent when the ulemas were divided into the school of deoband and those who were not from deoband. You will not find this differecne which is not that major but one some minor issues anywhere outside india and Pakistan.

Go to Syria, Yemen, Iraq, Indonesia, Arabia, Lebenon, Turkey, Malaysia , Egypt you will find all of them as people from Ahle Sunnah wal jamaah. No barelwi and deobandi factor. Perhaps this wasteh reason for the establishment of Nadawtul Ulema by Abu Hasan ali Nadwi r.a.

Shah Waliyullah Muhaddith dehlwi r.a used to celeberate Mawlid un Nabi saws. You can see him attending the gathering as mentioned in hsi book Tafhimatul Ilahiya, Shah Abdur Rahim r.a also celeberated Mawlid he was the father of Shha Waliyullah. Shaykh Abdul Haqq Muhaddith dehlwi r.a Muallim Awwl of hadith sciences in Hind also celeberated Mawlid and he even wrote a detailed risalah on it in this book the months and year of a muslim. It is availble in Urdu. I have myself read it and he included the point of abulahab.

Imam Jalaluddin suyuti r.a wrote a complete book on the permissible of Mawlid and he quoted Imam ibn Haja asqalani r.a as basing the proof of Mawlid from Sunah.

Even Haji Imdadullah Muhajir Makki r.a celebrated Mawlid and you can read hsi book on 7 controversial issues for this. He was the shaykh of Mawlana Ashraf Ali thanwi r.a.

My point is that yes it is very good that many of us are connected to ulema of Deoband and i have great regard for them. But i believe if we go back to the time before the deoband-barelwi rift then much benefit will be achieved.

I think the matter of Mawlid un Nabi saws is not for barelwi if you say so then you have to label all these ulemas as barelwi too.

Waslaamu Alykum

Ali Asghar Shah Delete ReplyReply ForwardMovePrint Actions NextPrevious

Good answer