THE BID’AH OF QIYAAM/MAULOOD
Hadhrat Maulana Ashraf Ali Thanvi (rahmatullah alayh) said:
“Ibn Hajar and Allaamah Suyuti said qiyaam (standing which is practised in meelad functions) is Mustahab. In substantiation they cite the Hadith in which Rasulullah (sallallahu alayhi wasallam) said to Hadhrat Sa’d (radhiyallahu anhu): “Stand for your chief.”
This, then is the condition (i.e. defective condition) of the Ajal Faadhileem (very highly qualified authorities) of Hadith. On the basis of a visible (practical) act of certitude they analogized (made qiyaas) of something imaginary and invisible (which is unsubstantiated by any Nass). They did so because of the lack of Tafaqquh (depth of understanding).
The ‘arrival’ of Rasulullah – sallallahu alayhi wasallam – (at meelaad functions according to the belief of the Ahl-e-Bid’ah) is a figment of imagination. (It is pure hallucination.)
Haafiz Ibn Hajar (Rahmatullah alayh) is such a Mountain of Hadith which will demolish anyone on whom it falls. Nevertheless, he lacked depth of understanding in Fiqh (Tafaqquh).” (End of Malfooth)
The Bid’atis believe that Rasulullah (sallallahu alayhi wasallam) appears at their meelad functions, hence they stand in respect. Besides the fact that this belief entails shirk since it ascribes the attribute of Omnipresence to Rasulullah (sallallahu alayhi wasallam), justifying it on the basis of the aforementioned Hadith, is palpably untenable and baseless. The arrival of the chief for whom standing in respect was ordered was a fact of reality. It was not imagination. The chief was visibly present. On the contrary, there is absolutely no daleel in the Shariah to confirm that Rasulullah (sallallahu alayhi wasallam) arrives at the myriad of meelaad functions conducted all over the world at one and the same time. Thus the qiyaas of Haafiz Ibn Hajar (Rahmatullah alayh) and Allaamah Suyuti (Rahmatullah alayh) is faasid. It lacks validity and is baseless.
25 Rabiul-Awwaal 1445 – 11 October 2023