1.The Sahaba are the best generation of Muslims. their decisions have merit. If you are trying to say what they did not do automatically qualifies as Bidah dalalah [bad innovation] then this is not true. This is an extremism and a fallacy
The Sahaba RadiAllahu Anh themselves were at risk, like we are, of committing bidah [dalalah] and Bidah [hasanah]
2. Mawlid was celebrated, Honoured, Remembered during the time of RasoolAllah SallAllahu Alaihi wa Ahlihi wa Sallam, they did not have an occasion called Mawlid
3. To be Happy at the Arrival [Mawlid] of RasoolAllah SallAllahu Alaihi wa Ahlihi wa Sallam is Fard
There is some more mileage in it if you want to benefit. Both of you were carrying obvious signs of falsehood yet you came to agree on Mawlid. So even if you think Mawlid is bidah you need to remember you are involved in bidah and falsehood yourselves. Lets not have any pretension to being Mumins here
If you take on board what i am saying you can discuss Mawlid from a purely inquisitive point of view, respectful of those who Honour it.
In terms of Bidah Hasanah the completed and perfected Deen allows for it. For example the Mushaf [of the Quran] was not how we have it today at the time of this revelation
In terms of Bidah Dalalah the complete and perfected Deen has prohibited it with Shariah. And your Lord does not Forget! to include any rules
Everything is permissible unless prohibited by the Deen, not everything is impermissible unless commanded by the Deen. the latter is an incorrect understanding, and this what you are inferring to
Does not effect what we are talking about. The other more stronger version of this Hadith mentions the AhulBayt.
Shaykh Ninowy in his explanation of Aqeedah At-tahawwiyya makes the claim this hadith is fabricated, although the teaching from the Hadith text of clinging to the Quran and Sunnah is of course taught in the Quran
Yes
The definition of Bidah Dalalah that the Muslims have used in jurisprudence is every Bidah which is not in accordance with Islam[Shariah] is a misguidance and thus leads to hellfire
Every Bidah which is in accordance with The Shariah is Bidah Hasana [good innovation]
Your beliefs are the direct result of propagation by new sects, not just new sects but bidah dalala sects
For example its not beyond imagination that a few hundred years ago some layman claiming like yourself to follow Quran and Hadith would be put to death for heresy. let the incident about your signature be a reminder that you are not qualified nor knowledgeable to follow Quran and Sunnah as a Mujtahid, nor do you follow any possible valid interpretations of Quran and Sunnah at present.
The simple fact is your viewpoint did not exist before it was propelled by the newer sects, and as such it is the direct result of their propagation
This is another Subject - Qabar and Shirk related - a subject that i have written about much. We can talk about it, it needs its own time.
No, your contentions were not clear. For example a person can ask a question knowing the answer [which you were probably doing] and this infers you have a position which you would like to push. Otherwise the same questions can be asked by someone who is influenced by another thought but would like to know the Mainstream view. So if you are admitting you were asking questions for the purpose of refutation then I would consider that an act of cowardice, in how you have failed to actually state your views.
I am just stating facts which are at play. be tickled or be angry, or I quit doing that or i dont. Nothing of this bothers me
I have explained in detail that your contentions were not clear, not clear enough for my purpose which was to understand you and your point of view in detail before putting a hammer to it
Lets see how far we go here, and if there is things you want to say to me in private then we can possibly look at arranging that