LOUD ZIKR in the Masjid & Elsewhere & Reply to MUFTI ELIAS

English Book: LOUD ZIKR in the Masjid Elsewhere Reply to MUFTI ELIAS
The Deobandi Ulama regard Meelad, Urs, etc. as Haraam practices, so it is their responsibility to furnish categorical
Shar'i proofs which prohibit Meelaad and Urs. They ask us: "What is your proof regarding Meelad, Urs etc?" Our reply
to them is that our main proof for Meelad, Urs, etc. is that no proof exists against these practices in the Shari'ah.
(N.B. Everything is Ja'iz or permissible unless proven otherwise with categorical Shar'i proofs).
"Can one find a single verse of the Quran or Hadith, which says that Meelad or Urs, etc. is prohibited?" On the same
token, one has the right to question the Deobandi Ulama, "What is your proof for Ijtima, Gusht, Shabguzaari and the
present form of 'Tableegh' etc.?" We suggest that whatever answers that you will give to defend yourself, you should
take the same answer from our side and apply it for the basis Meelad, Urs, etc. being permissible.
When all else fails, use the word "Bid'ate Sai'yya" (an evil innovation)! This is an old trick used by the Deobandis. If
something does not comply with their innovations (i.e. Ijtima, Gusht, Shabguzaari, etc.) then it is a Bid'ah to them
and they attempt to make that which is Ja'iz or Mubah, Haraam. They use the excuse that it was not practiced in the
time of Rasoolullah (sallal laahu alaihi wasallam), the Sahabah and the Tabi'een (radi Allahu anhum), etc. even
though they themselves do many things which were not practiced in the time of Rasoolullah (sallal laahu alaihi
wasallam), the Sahabah and the Tabi'een (radi Allahu anhum). They themselves not only engage themselves in such
activities, but they also regard such activities as being part of the Deen.
For the benefit of the readers we would like to present a detailed explanation of what "Bid'ate Sa'iyya" really is.
THE TRUE MEANING OF "BID'AT-E-SAI'YYA"
"Bid'at-e-Sai'yya" is that action which was not in practice in the blessed age of the Holy Prophet (sallal laahu alaihi
wasallam) and which contradicts the Holy Quran and the Sunnah. Bid'at-e-Sai'yya can be Makruh Tanzihi or Makruh
Tahrimi or even Haraam.
The first volume of "Ashi'atul Lam'aat" (Babul I'tisaam) speaks about Bid'at Hasana and Bid'at Sai'yya
under the Hadith: "Every Bid'ah is misleading". It says that any Bid'ah which is in accordance with the Quranic Law
and the Sunnah and has been deduced by analogy (through Qiyas) from the Quran or Sunnah is Bid'at-e-Hasana and
that which is in contrast to the above definition is Bid'at-e-Sai'yya.
A Hadith in "Miskhat" under Babul-I'lm says: "He who sets a good precedent in Islam, there is reward for him
for this (act of goodness). There is also reward for him who acts according to it subsequently without any deduction
from their rewards. He who sets in Islam an evil precedent there is upon him the burden of that, and there is also
burden upon him who acts upon it subsequently without any deduction from their burdens."
From this Hadith we learn that to introduce a foundation for a good act in Islam which is in accordance with the Holy
Quran and Sunnah will generate rewards and to do vice versa will incur punishment.
It is mentioned in the preface of "Fatawa Shaami" under Faza'il Imam Abu Hanifa (radi Allahu anhu):
"The scholars say that these Ahadith are amongst the rules of Islam. That is, whoever introduces a bad way in Islam,
he will be burdened for the sins of all those who act upon it and, whoever introduces a nice way, he will be rewarded
for all those who act upon it till the Day of Judgement".
An offensive Bid'at is that which contradicts the Sunnah. "Mishkaat" (Babul I'tisaam) says: "Whoever
introduces something in our religion, which is not of it (i.e. not in accordance with it) is rejected".
The book "Ashi'atul Lam'aat" (by Sheikh Abdul Haq Dehlawi) under the commentary of the same Hadith
says, "It means, that thing which is not in accordance with Islam or which will change the religion".
A Hadith in "Miskhat" (Babul I'tisaam) in the third section says, "People do not introduce a Bid'ah unless a
Sunnat of its kind is erased from amongst them, so to hold on to a Sunnat is better than introducing a Bid'at".
Under the commentary of this Hadith, the book "Ashi'atul Lam'aat" says, "So, if by introducing a Bid'ath, a
Sunnat is removed from among the people, then surely holding fast to the Sunnat will lead to the annihilation of every
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