Chapter Twelve: Salafi objections upon visiting the shrines of Imams of Ahlulbait (as)

The biggest propaganda that Nasibies are doing against Shia’an-e-Ali is by circulating the following image on the net.

And they claim that this is Shirk

It is worst type of accusation by Salafies/Nasibies and indeed it is

This is worst type of accusation by Salafies/Nasibies and indeed it is nothing else than paying Respect (T’azeem) to Awliya of Allah. Remember, Allah has never prohibited these actions of Respect, but Salafies have their own Sharia where they have made a lot of things Haram at their own. We challange Salafies to bring a single Quranic verse or Saying of Rasool Allah (saw) that kneeling down as sign of respect is equal to associating partners to Allah (swt) (i.e. Shirk). And if they don’t have any proof, then they better not to play with their conjectures, otherwise a lot of Sahaba will come under attack by their self-made Sharia.

Kneeling down at shrines of Imams (as) vs. Kissing the feet of Rasool Allah (saw) by Sahaba

As we mentioned above, none of action of Respect is prohibited in Islamic Sharia except Prostration. Now in comparison to kneeling down, we show Salafies/Nasibies actions of Sahaba Karam where they are kissing the feet of Rasool Allah (saw) as sign of Respect and love.

Umar Ibn Khattab kneeling down in front of Rasool Allah (saw)

Tabari narrates it mursal [missing the Companion-link] through al-Suddi in his Tafsir in commenting on verse 5:101:

“Do not ask of things which once shown to you would hurt you” with the wording: “`Umar ibn al-Khattab got up and kissed the foot of Allah’s Messenger and said: O Messenger of Allah, we are pleased with Allah as our Lord, with Islam as our religion, and with Muhammad as our Prophet, and with the Qur’an as our Book. Forgive, and Allah will forgive you (fa`fu `afallahu `anka). And he did not cease until the Prophet softened.”

The hadith is established as authentic by the following narrations in Bukhari’s Sahih:

al-Zuhri said: Anas bin Malik told me: The Prophet came out after the sun passed the mid-point of the sky and offered the Zuhr prayer (in congregation). After finishing it with Taslim, he stood on the pulpit and mentioned the Hour and mentioned there would happen great events before it. Then he said, “Whoever wants to ask me any question, may do so, for by Allah, you will not ask me about anything but I will inform you of it as long as I am at this place of mine.” The people were weeping profusely (because of the Prophet’s anger). Allah’s Apostle kept saying, “Ask Me! ” Then a man got and asked, ”Where will my entrance be, O Allah’s Apostle?” The Prophet said, “The Fire.” Then `Abd Allah ibn Hudhafa got up and asked, “Who is my father, O Allah’s Apostle?” The Prophet replied, “Your father is Hudhafa.” The Prophet then kept on saying (angrily), “Ask me! Ask me!” `Umar then fell to his knees and said, “We have accepted Allah as our Lord and Islam as our religion and Muhammad as our Apostle.” Allah’s Apostle became quiet when `Umar said that. Then Allah’s Apostle said, “Woe! By Him in Whose Hand my life is, Paradise and Hell were displayed before me just now, across this wall while I was praying, and I never saw such good and evil as I have seen today.”

Bukhari narrates it in the third chapter of Kitab al-i`tisam bi al-kitab wa al-sunna, entitled:

“What is disliked in asking too many questions, and those who take on what does not concern them, and Allah’s saying: “Do not ask about things which once shown to you would hurt you” (5:101)”
Sahih Bukhari, Volume 9, Book 92, Number 397

The Sahih contains other versions of this hadith such as in Kitab al-`ilm, chapter 28:

“On anger during exhortation” and chapter 29: “On kneeling before the Imam or muhaddith.”
Sahih Bukhari, Volume 1, Book 3, Number 90-93

And in Kitab mawaqit al-salat, chapter 11:

“The time of Zuhr is after the sun passes the zenith.”
Sahih Bukhari, Volume 1, Book 10, Number 515

Ibn Hajar in his commentary on the collated accounts of this hadith says (Fath al-Bari 1989 ed. 13:335):

“There is in this hadith [evidence for]:

• the Companions’ acute observation of the states of the Prophet and the intensity of their fear when he became angry, lest it result in a matter that would become generalized and extend to all of them;
• `Umar’s confidence in the Prophet’s love (idlal);
• the permissibility of kissing the foot of a man;
• the permissibility of anger in exhortation;
• the student’s kneeling in front of the one who benefits him;
• the follower’s kneeling before the one followed if he asks him for a certain need;
• the lawfulness of seeking refuge from dissension when something occurs which might result in its foreshadowings;
• the use of pairing [subjects] in du`a in his words: Forgive, and Allah will forgive you (fa`fu `afallahu `anka).”

Source:
 www.themodernreligion.com – (Cached)

So we learn from above:

1. Umar kissed the foot of Rasool Allah (saw) (Tabari)
2. Umar kneeled down in front of Rasool Allah (saw) (Sahih Bukhari)
3. Imam Bukhari dedicated a chapter with Heading of: “On kneeling before the Imam or muhaddith”
4. Hafidh Ibn Hajar Asqallani (a beloved scholar of Salafies) deduces the result: “the permissibility of kissing the foot of a man”

Now once again Salafies/Nasibies are invited to issue fatwas of Shirk agains all above mentioned personalities before turning the face of their Fatwa Machine towards us.

Umm Aban, daughter of al-Wazi` ibn Zari` narrated that her grandfather Zari` al-`Abdi, who was a member of the deputation of `Abd al-Qays, said: “When we came to Medina, we raced to be first to dismount and kiss the hand and foot of Allah’s Apostle…”
References:

1. Abu Dawud narrates it in his Sunan, book of Adab.
2. Bukhari relates from her a similar hadith in his Adab al-mufrad: We were walking and someone said, “There is the Messenger of Allah,” so we took his hands and feet and kissed them.
3. Ibn al-Muqri’ narrates it in his Kitab al-rukhsa (p. 80 #20), al-Tayalisi in his Musnad, al-Bazzar in his Musnad (3:278),
4. Bayhaqi in the Sunan (7:102),
5. and Ibn Hajar in Fath al-Bari (1989 ed. 11:67 Isti’dhan ch. 28 #6265) said: “Among the good narrations in Ibn al-Muqri’s book is the hadith of al-Zari` al-`Abdi.” It was declared a fair (hasan) hadith by Ibn `Abd al-Barr, and al-Mundhiri confirmed it in Mukhtasar al-sunan (8:86)

Source:
 www.themodernreligion.com – (Cached)

Albani tried to declare this narration weak. But his lame excuse has also been refuted in the above mentioned source in following words:

Albani’s lone claim in his Da`if al-adab al-mufrad (p. 89 #154) that Umm Aban is an unknown (majhula) is put to rest by the hadith master Haythami’s remark in Majma` al-zawa’id (9:390): “Its narrators are trustworthy, as for Umm Aban, Abu Dawud narrated from her and he kept silent concerning her narration,” as the silence of the Imams of hadith concerning a narrator is considered acceptance, not tajhil, by their vast majority. Of note also is the fact that Ibn al-A`rabi and al-Baghawi narrated the hadith in Mu`jam al-sahaba and they, like the totality of the hadith masters who cited this hadith, raised no doubt concerning Umm Aban. Moreover the declaration of a narration as weak on the basis of a narrator can only be done through the mention of that narrator in one of the books of the Du`afa’ and not through any other way. These rules show why they all considered, either explicitly or tacitly, that the hadith was authentic.

Next hadith from the above mentioned source is:

From Safwan ibn `Asal al-Muradi: “One of two Jews said to his companion: Take us to this Prophet so we can ask him about Musa’s ten signs… [the Prophet replied in full and then] they kissed his hands and feet and said: we witness that you are a Prophet…”
Reference:
1. Narrated by Ibn Abi Shayba (Book of Adab, Chapter entitled A Man Kissing Another Man’s Hand When He greets Him),
2. Tirmidhi (Book of Adab) who declared it hasan sahih, al-Nasa’i, Ibn Maja (Book of Adab),
3. and al-Hakim who declared it sahih

Next narration from above mentioned source is:

Burayda said: When we were with Allah’s Messenger on an expedition, a Bedouin came and asked for a miracle. The Prophet pointed at a tree and said to the Bedouin: “Tell that tree: Allah’s Messenger summons you.” The Beduin did, whereupon the tree swayed and brought itself out, and came to the presence of the Prophet saying: “Peace be upon you, O Messenger of Allah!” The Bedouin said: “Now let it return to its place!” When Allah’s Messenger ordered it, the tree went back. The Bedouin said: “let me prostrate to you!” The Messenger answered: “If I commanded anyone to do that, I would command the wife to prostrate to her husband.” The Bedouin said: “Then give me permission to kiss your hands and feet.” The Prophet gave him permission.

Qadi `Iyad narrated it in al-Shifa’ (1:299) and al-Bazzar in his Musnad (3:49). The editor of Suyuti’s Manahil al-safa (p. 124 #575) said: See Kashf al-astar (3:132). Ghazali cites the account of the kiss in the Ihya’ and al-Hakim in the Mustadrak as well as Ibn Muqri’. Both al-Hakim and al-`Iraqi declared its chain authentic (sahih), as stated by al-Zabidi in his Ithaf (6:280)

Please go to above mentioned source and read many more Ahadith on this issue.

And we end this chapter by again CHALLANGING Salafies/Nasibies to bring even a Single Verse or Tradition of Rasool Allah (saw) where he has made it Haram to kneel down as mark of Respect (T’azeem).