Wa As-Salamu 'Alaykum sister
well, allhamdulillah, I’m well aware of Shaykh Haddad’s views and beliefs. He maybe a traditionalist Muslim in your book but he is not among Ahlus Sunnah even if he is following a Sunni madhab in fiqh. btw, i’m not making takfeer of him as I’m in no position to do so. He supports praying to dead directly, he is a Jahmiyyah and pseudo Ash’ari. I can go on but this should suffice.
ok, can you please explain how does this meaning of the ayah is different than what I posted, mind you we’re talking about the overall meaning and context? Or is it because Dr. Mohsin is a “heretical salafi, who tempers the books” as Shaykh Haddad would say? Anyway, Allah Ta’ala is narrating an event in the ayah and telling what other people said. When did the ayah say, Allah Ta’ala told them to do so? Maybe you or Shaykh can post the understanding of the Salaf or muhadeetheen regarding this ayah?
please sister, do not quote me out of context, I said:
“how does these narrations, given that they’re saheeh, prove that it is permissible to build domes over graves? How does leaving a rock as purpose of recognizing the grave equals to building a dome?”
note the emphasized part, I would only buy it if they’re saheeh. That’s why I said even so how would these narrations prove your case. And anyone can understand from the daahir (apparent) of these narrations that they don’t say that you can build toms over graves. Unless you can show it to me!
Can you please explain why do the evidences posted by Shaykh Haddad go against his view i.e. Imaam 'Ali (radiallahu anho) ordering to destroy the buildings over graves?
Imaam Nawawi (rahimahullah) stated the position of his madhab and that’s the view of Imaam Shafee’ee (rahimahullah) and let’s read it again:
“To build a structure over the the grave if its owned, then its makrooh and if its common maqbara [shrine] then it’s haram. It has been clearly mentioned by Imam Shafee’ee [rahimahullah] and others and Imam Shafee’ee [rahimahullah] said in his Kitaab al-Umm that I saw the Imams in Makkah ordering the removal of the buildings over the graves and this is supported by the hadeeth.” [Sharh Saheeh Muslim vol 1 page 312]
and here’s an explicit statment from the Imaam Shafee’ee (rahimahullah):
“I prefer that the soil used for a grave be no more than that dug for that grave. I like to see a grave raised above the ground the length of a hand or so. I prefer not to erect a structure over a grave or to whitewash it, for indeed this resembles decoration and vanity, and death is not the time for either of these things. I have never seen the graves of the Muhajirin or Ansar plastered. I have seen the Muslim authorities destroying structures in graveyards, and I have not seen any jurists object to this.”[Kitabul Umm]
and even Haafidh ibn Hajr Haytami (rahimahullah), who would be called “Shaykh ul-Islaam” by Shaykh Haddad, says:
“We should not hesitate to destroy mosques and domes built over graves. These are worse than the mosque of adDirar, because these things are erected in disobedience to the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him. The Prophet, peace be upon him, has forbidden this and has ordered the destruction of raised graves. Every lamp or lantern placed over a grave must be removed. It is not correct to stop at a grave or make a vow at it”. [Fiqh-us-Sunnah]
Are my links useless because they debunk the incorrect 'aqeedah of Shaykh Haddad? allhamdulillah, indeed the traditional Islaam didn’t start few hundred years ago and neither the Ahuls Sunnah or the Ahl al-hadeeth. However, it is true that deviant beliefs started to emerge and people adopted them. Sister, rest of your questions are completely irrelevant to the topic in our hand. If you want to discuss this topic, open a new thread or pm me, Jazak Allah khayr.
Wallahu A’lam