Is this true?

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Re: Is this true?

@ZeeshanParvez

First, it quite disturbing that you are using an example of the Prophet (sallallaahu 'alayhi wa sallam), the like of whom never existed nor will, to justify asking your dead “saints” who one does not even know if they were saints!

Second the book you mentioned of Ibn Hajar is a book on Asmaa ur rijaal in which Jarh and Tadeel of narrators is given. It is not a book like Fath Al-Baari which is a book of explanation of Hadith in which Ibn Hajar puts forth his views.

Rather Tahdheeb is a book in which the Jarh and Tadeel of narrators is mentioned and what they did.

Ibn Hajars position is that it is a bidah! The position you quoted is of Imam Abu Ali al-Naysaburi !!!

Both of us have quoted Imam Asqalani quoting peoples positions, You quoted Imam Ibn Arabi [irony]

The Ahle Hadith [Sunni Ahle Hadith of the Past] are well known for their likeness of Graves, and seeking help at graves of Awliya like Yaya bin Yaya Rehmatullah Alaih

The Imam was Ours, and I can see the quote of Imam Ibn Arabi is also Ours [in the sense i am interpreting it, there is a few ways it is in accordance with the Grave practices of Ahlus Sunnah for example we do not go to graves of our brothers for help, rather we go to graves of Awliya e kiram, those who believe in Awliya know who the Awliya are]

Imam Asqalani’s was a Sunni, and his view of Bidah was Sunni, look:
Sheikh ul Islam and hadith Master of his age, Ibn Hajr Asqalani

The Sheikh ul Islam and hadith Master of his age, Ibn Hajr Asqalani was asked about the practice of commemorating the birth of the Prophet, and gave the following written reply: As for the origin of the practice of commemorating the Prophet’s birth, it is an innovation that has not been conveyed to us from any of the pious early muslims of the first three centuries, despite which it has included both features that are praisweorthy and features that are not. If one takes care to include in such a commemoration only things that are praiseworthy and avoids those that are otherwise, it is a praise worthy innovation, while if ones does not, it is not. An authentic primary textual basis from which its legal validity is inferable has occured to me, namely the rigorously authenticated (sahih) hadith in the collections of Bukhari and Muslim that the Prophet came to Medina and found the Jews fasting on the tenth of Muharram `Ashura ’ [Husn al-Maqsad fi Amal al-Mawlid Page No. 63] [Continued in Next Page No 64]
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So he asked them about it and they replied: “It is the day on which Allah drowned Pharaoh and rescued Moses, so we fast in it to thanks to Allah Most high,” which indicates the validity of giving thanks to Allah for the blessings He has bestowed on a particular day in providing a benefit, or averting an affliction, repeating one’s thanks on the anniversary of that day every year, giving thanks to Allah taking * any various forms of worship such as prostration, fasting, giving charity or reciting the Koran. Then what blessing is greather than the Birth of the Prophet, the Prophet of Mercy, on this day? in light of which, one should take care to commemorate it on the day itself in order to confrom to the above story of moses and the tenth of Muharram, [but] those who do not view the matter thus do not mind commemorating it on any day of the month, while some have expanded its time to any of day the year, whatever exception bay e taken at such a view. [Husn al-Maqsad fi Amal al-Mawlid Page No. 64]
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I have derived the permissibility of Mawlid from another source of the Sunna [besides Ibn Hajar’s deduction from the hadith of Ashura'], namely :The hadith found in Bayhaqi, narrated by Anas, that "The Prophet slaughtered a aqiqa [sacrifice for newborns] for himself after he received the prophecy," although it has been mentioned that his grandfather Abd al-Muttalib did that on the seventh day after he was born, and the aqiqa cannot be repeated.Thus the reason for the Prophet’s action is to give thanks to Allah for sending him as a mercy to the worlds, and to give honor to his Umma, in the same way that he used to pray on himself. It is recommended for us, therefore, that we also show thanks for his birth by meeting with our brothers, by feeding people, and other such good works and rejoicing." This hadith confirms the aforementioned hadith of the Prophet’s emphasis of Monday as the day of his birthday and that of his prophethood. [Husn al-Maqsad fi Amal al-Mawlid Page No. 64-65]

Totally Sunni