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Some extreme sufis quote this statement of Imam Abu Hanifa to prove their shirk.
Mujtahid, Imam ibn al-Humam (d. 861 AH), mentioned from Imam Abu Hanifa in his Fath al-Qadir (Sharh al-Hidaya) the following narration 2/336
امام اعظم ابوحنیفه
یا أكرم الثقلین یا كنز الوری
جدلی بجودك و أرضنی برضاكا
أنا طامع فی الجود منك و لم یكن
لأبی حنیفة فی الأنام سواكا
Response
Even though i did not find these statements but even if this quote is their; We need chain from Ibn Hammam to Imam Abu Haneefa because Ibne Hummam died in 861 h and Abu Haneefa ra died in 150 h, who will provide us the chain between these centuries? If Ibn Humam is yardstick to chose the truth and false; let me quote him where he is against these Sufis.
Ibn Hammam said
ويشكل عليهم ما في مسلم { إن الميت ليسمع قرع نعالهم إذا انصرفوا } اللهم إلا أن يخصوا ذلك بأول الوضع في القبر مقدمة للسؤال جمعا بينه وبين الآيتين فإنهما يفيدان تحقيق عدم سماعهم ، فإنه تعالى شبه الكفار بالموتى لإفادة تعذر سماعهم وهو فرع عدم سماع الموتى
According to most of our teachers the dead can not hear as it is explained in “Kitab al Eeman Chapter Al Yameen bil Darab” that if one swears he will not speak to someone and he speaks to someone when [he is] dead, he has not broken his oath Because the meaning of speaking is to make other person understand, because the aim of speech is to make understand , and dead can not understand, because the dead can not hear. Some (people) objected that the Prophet (peace be upon him) said regarding the dead of the ditch of Badr “what I am saying to them, even you cannot hear more distinctly than they” They (our teachers) replied that Aisha ra rejected this and said How can Prophet peace be upon him say this? When Allah says, but you cannot make hear those who are in graves."[Fatir:22]. Second answer is that it was a miracle so that it can reprimand kafirs and third answer is that this was only a lesson for the living... [Fath ul Qadeer Book of Prayers Chapter of Funereal]
Source: http://www.islamweb.net/newlibrary/display_book.php?flag=1&;bk_no=23&ID=755
Ibn Abdin also accepted this as he said
This is the conclusion of what he (ibn Humam) mentioned in “Fath (ul Qadir)” here and in the chapter of funerals” [“Darul Muhtar » vol 3 p 180 ]
Mufti Taqi Uthmani affirms this in his fatwa, he said
It was narrated from ‘A’ishah (Allah be pleased with her) that she took [the position] of the negation of hearing of the dead and interpreted the hadith of the people of Badr [in this way], and a group of ‘ulamaagreed with her on this. Al-Qadi Abu Ya’la from the great Hanbalis preferred this view. Ibn al-Humam (Allah have mercy on him) mentioned that most Hanafi scholars take the view that the dead do not hear, using as proof His statement (Most High) “Truly thou canst not cause the dead to listen” (27:80) and “Thou canst not make those to hear who are (buried) in graves” (35:22) and for this [reason, the Hanafis] say: if one swears he will not speak to someone and he speaks to him when [he is] dead, he has not broken his oath.
Source: http://www.ilmgate.org/can-the-dead-hear-commentary-of-a-hadith-from-sahih-muslim/
Ibn Hammam said
ﻭﺫﻜﺭ ﺍﻟﺤﻨﻔﻴﺔ ﺘﺼﺭﻴﺤﺎ ﺒﺎﻟﺘﻜﻔﻴﺭ ﺒﺎﻋﺘﻘﺎﺩ ﺃﻥ ﺍﻟﻨﺒﻲ ﻴﻌﻠﻡ ﺍﻟﻐﻴﺏ ﻟﻤﻌﺎﺭﻀﺔ ﻗﻭﻟﻪ ﺘﻌﺎﻟﻰ ﻗﻝ ﻻ ﻴﻌﻠﻡ ﻤﻥ ﻓﻲ ﺍﻟﺴﻤﺎﻭﺍﺕ ﻭﺍﻷﺭﺽ ﺍﻟﻐﻴﺏ ﺇﻻ ﺍﷲ
Ahnaaf clearly states; it is Kufr(disbelief) if someone has a creed that Prophets know knowledge of Unseen, because it is against the verse of Quran Surat An-Naml [verse 65] - Say, "None in the heavens and earth knows the unseen except Allah" [المسايرة مع المسامرة page 235, Mullah Ali Qari Affirmed this in Sharah fiqh al-Akbar, Azeemabadi quoted this in Awn al-Mabood under the hadeeth no: 4240]
"Sleeping close to grave and relieving his needs, and all that is not justified by Sunnah is Hated, and what is justified by the Sunnah is only to visit graves, to read invocations while standing as would the Prophet (saw) do when he was going to Baqi"
Note: Ibn Humam did believe that at the grave of Prophet peace be upon him one can ask Allah for his need, using Allah's Prophet as his means to Allah. This is not shirk but a disputed issue among the scholars, some say it is an innovation while others recommend it,
Now let me quote from the hanafi Imam who rejected this idea from Imam Abu Haneefa
Muhiydeen Muhammad ibn Ali al-Birqivial-Hanafi (b 929 h) said in "Ziyaratul quboor page 58', explaining how muslem should visitgrave of prophet (sallalahu alayhi wa salam):
قال سلمة بن وردان : رأيت أنس بن مالك يسلم على النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم ثم يسند ظهره إلى جدار القبر ثم يدعو ، وهذا مما لا نزاع فيه بين العلماء وإنما نزاعهم في وقت السلام عليه قال أبو حنيفة رحمه الله : يستقبل القبلة عند السلام أيضاً ولا يستقبل القبر وقال غيره : يستقبل القبر عند السلام خاصة ولم يقل أحد من الأئمة الأربعة أنه يستقبل القبر عند الدعاء ، إلا حكاية مكذوبة عن مالك ؛ ومذهبه بخلافها ، وكذلك الحكاية المنقولة عن الشافعي رحمه الله كان يقصد الدعاء عند قبر أبي حنيفة رحمه الله ـ فإنها من الكذب الظاهر بل قالوا : إنه يستقبل القبلة وقت الدعاء ولا يستقبل القبر حتى يكون الدعاء عند القبر ، فإن الدعاء عبادة كما ثبت في الترمذي مرفوعاً " الدعاء هو العبادة " فالسلف من الصحابة والتابعين جردوا العبادة لله تعالى ، ولم يفعلوا عند القبر منها شيئاً إلا ما أذن فيه النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم من السلام على أصحابها والاستغفار لهم والترحم عليهم .
"Salamah ibn Waradan said : I saw Anas ibn Malik doing salam on the Prophet saw then he put his back towards wall of grave and did du'a, and this is from which there is no dispute between scholars, and the dispute is only in time of salam. Abu Hanifah says one should also face qiblah during salam and he should not face the grave, and other than him said one should face grave during salam only, and none of the 4 Imams said to face the grave during du'a, except a lied story from Malik, and his madhab is opposed to that, and the same for the story reported from Shafi'I that he made purpose of du'a at Abu Hanifa's grave, this is from clear (blatant,Obvious) Lie.rather they said to face Qiblah during du'a and not to face grave so that du'a is done on graves, because du'a is worship as it is established from Tirmidhi in marfu' form ( words of Prophets) : " Du'a is worship" and salaf from Sahabah and Tabi'I made singled ibadah for Allah, and they did not do anything on the grave except what the Prophet peace be upon him permitted from salam to his companions and istighfar for them and mercy for them.(end)
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Now see some quotes from the books of hanafi fatawa
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""And one becomes akafir with the statement that the souls of the mashaykh are present, andknowing"." and same book says
"If someone married by making Allah and his Prophet witness he is kafir because he thought that Prophet has a knowledge of Unseen. And vows are prohibited if they are for others then Allah.And the vows which has been made is also Prohibited like it is mentioned in Durre Mukhtar and Bahr Al Raiq and Allah knows best[Majmoo Fatawa Abu Hasanaat Abdul Hai Lakhnawi Hanafi Vol Kitab al Aqaid Page 46 and 47 urdu translation]
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He also said
Answer: This belief is not just against the aqaid of Islam but shirk. To hear the call of everyone from anywhere at all the time is only specific to Allah Most High and none of the creation has this attribute.Allah knows best. [Majmu al-Fatawa of Imam Abdul Hay Farangi Mahalli, V.I p.73]
He also said
Question: What is the ruling on the person whose creed is that spirits of the Scholars are present and they know everything?
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Answer: He is not a Muslim It is mentioned in Fatawah Bazaziyaah ""And one becomes a kafir with the statement that the souls of the mashaykh are present, and knowing" Allah knows best [fatawa Abdul Hai Lakhnawi Kitab al Aqaid page no: 85]
رأى الامام ابو حنيفة من ياتى القبور لاهل الصلاح فيسلم ويخاطب ويتكلم ويقول يا أهل القبور هل لكم من خبر وهل عندكم من اثر انى اتيتكم من شهور وليس سؤلى الاالدعافهل دريتم ام غفلتم فسمع ابوحنيفة بقول يخاطبه بهم فقال هل اجابولك قال لافقال له سحقا لك وتربت يداك كيف تكلم اجسادا لايستطيعون جوابا ولايملكون شياء ولا يسمعون صوتا وقراوما انت بمسمع من فى القبور
واعلم أن النذر الذي يقع للاموات من أكثر العوام وما يؤخذ من الدراهم والشمع والزيت ونحوها إلى ضرائح الاولياء الكرام تقربا إليهم فهو بالاجماع باطل وحرام
قوله ( باطل وحرام ) لوجوه منها أنه نذر لمخلوق والنذر للمخلوق لا يجوز لأنه عبادة والعبادة لا تكون لمخلوق ومنها أن المنذور له ميت والميت لا يملك
ومنها أنه إن ظن أن الميت يتصرف في الأمور
لأمور دون الله تعالى واعتقاده ذلك كفر اللهم إلا إن قال يا الله
إني نذرت لك إن شفيت مريضي أو رددت غائبي أو قضيت حاجتي أن أطعم الفقراء الذين بباب السيدة نفيسة أو الإمام الشافعي أو الإمام الليث أو أشتري حصرا لمساجدهم أو زيتا لوقودها أو دراهم لمن يقوم بشعائرها إلى غير ذلك مما يكون فيه نفع للفقراء والنذر لله عز وجل
Source: http://www.islamweb.net/newlibrary/display_book.php?bk_no=27&;ID=94&idfrom=1558&idto=1685&bookid=27&startno=63
وَالنَّذْرُ الَّذِي يَقَعُ مِنْ أَكْثَرِ الْعَوَامّ بِأَنْ يَأْتِيَ إلَى قَبْرِ بَعْضِ الصُّلَحَاءِ وَيَرْفَعَ سِتْرَهُ قَائِلًا يَا سَيِّدِي فُلَانٌ إنْ قَضَيْت حَاجَتِي فَلَكَ مِنِّي مِنْ الذَّهَبِ مَثَلًا كَذَا بَاطِلٌ إجْمَاعًا
There is a tradition in many of the folks that they go and take vow from the grave of any Pious Person, that O Such and Such Pious Person, If my wish will be completed so i will sacrifice such Gold on your grave. This Nazar is with Consensus Prohibited.(end quote)
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“And this is done with alive people, and not dead, and this is Tawassul with their du’a and their Shafa’ah (intercession), because the alive is sought for that, and as for the dead, nothing is sought from him, neither Du’a nor anything else.” (“Ghayatul Amani” v 2 p 335)
وأما إذا كان المطلوب منه ميتاً أو غائباً فلا يستريب عالم أنه غير جائز وأنه من البدع التي لم يفعلها أحد من السلف
As for when the sought person is dead or absent, it is not hidden for scholars that it is not permissible and it is from innovations that none of the Salaf did [Imam Mahmud Al-Alusi in his Tafsir of Qur`an with the name of “Ruh ul-Ma’ani” in Tafsir of the verse “Seek Wasilah to Him” [tafsir of al-Maidah verse 35]
He also said
واستدل بعض الناس بهذه الآية على مشروعية الاستغاثة بالصالحين وجعلهم وسيلة بين الله تعالى وبين العباد والقسم على الله تعالى / بهم بأن يقال: اللهم إنا نقسم عليك بفلان أن تعطينا كذا، ومنهم من يقول للغائب أو الميت من عباد الله تعالى الصالحين: يا فلان ادع الله تعالى ليرزقني كذا وكذا، ويزعمون أن ذلك من باب ابتغاء الوسيلة،
..Indeed people have increased supplicating to others apart from Allah from among the saints, those that are alive or dead and others. For example (they say): "Ya Sayyidi Fullaan Agithni (Oh my such and such master, aid me)". This is not from the permissible type of tawassul (intercession) at all!"
Source: http://www.altafsir.com/Tafasir.asp?tMadhNo=0&;tTafsirNo=52&tSoraNo=5&tAyahNo=35&tDisplay=yes&UserProfile=0&LanguageId=1
He also said in volume 13 page 155 of Ruh al Mani, Surah al Hajj Verse 78
{ إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ تَدْعُونَ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ لَن يَخْلُقُواْ ذُبَاباً }
[الحج: 73] الخ إشارة إلى ذم الغالين في أولياء الله تعالى حيث يستغيثون بهم في الشدة غافلين عن الله تعالى وينذرون لهم النذور والعقلاء منهم يقولون: إنهم وسائلنا إلى الله تعالى وإنما ننذر لله عز وجل ونجعل ثوابه للولي، ولا يخفى أنهم في دعواهم الأولى أشبه الناس بعبدة الأصنام القائلين
{Surely, those you call apart from Allah cannot create even a fly}, writes: "This is an indication rebuking those who have exceeded the limit in regards to thesaints when seeking their aid at times of distress while being neglectful of Allah Most High and making vows (nadhr) to them. And the intelligent from among them say: "They are our means to Allah Most High; we are only vowing to Allah Most High and dedicating its reward to the wali". And it is clear that in their first claim they are similar to those who worship idols .(end quote)
Source: http://altafsir.com/Tafasir.asp?tMadhNo=0&;tTafsirNo=52&tSoraNo=22&tAyahNo=78&tDisplay=yes&Page=6&Size=1&LanguageId=1
(ويكره للرجل أن يقول في دعائه أسألك بحق أنبيائك ورسلك وبحق فلان لأنه لا حق لأحد على الله سبحانه وتعالى جل شأنه
It is disliked if a person say in Dua and ask Allah with the Haq of messengers and Prophets with the haq of so and so because there is no haq on anyone other than Allah subhanawa Tala Jalla Shanahu
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:قال علماؤنا: من قال أرواح المشايخ حاضرة تعلم يكفر
Our Scholars Say, Whoever say that souls of our Mashaaeikhs are Present and knowing have committed Kufr.[Ibn Nujaym Hanafi Quoted this in al-Bhr Book of Seyar, Chapter of Murtadeen] Source: http://www.islamweb.net/newlibrary/display_book.php?flag=1&;bk_no=29&ID=2856
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» ما نصه
ولا يقول : يا صاحب القبر ، يا فلان ، إقض حاجتي ، أو سلها من الله ، أو كن لي شفيعا عند الله ، بل يقول : يا من لا يشرك في حكمه أحدا ؛ اقض لي حاجتي هذه
And do not say: YA Sahib al Qabar (O the companion of grave)! O such person, help me in my affair, or be a friend of mine to Allah,' but say: ' O you who no one associates with, help me in this affair'[Tawal'e al-Anwar Sharah Tanweer al-Ansaar ma ad-Durre Mukhtaar]
وَيَكْفُرُ بِقَوْلِهِ أَرْوَاحُ الْمَشَايِخِ حَاضِرَةٌ , تَعْلَمُ
"And one becomes a kafir with the statement that the souls of the mashaykh are present, and knowing".[Majma' al-Anhur, Kitab Jihad wal seyar Chapter of Murtad]
Source: http://sh.rewayat2.com/fkh_hanafy/Web/4752/006.htm
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وما يفعله الجهال على رأس كل حول وشهر ربيع الأول ليس بشىء ويقومون عند ذكر مولده صلى الله عليه وسلم ويزعمون ان روحه يجيء و حاضر فزعمهم باطل وهذا الاعتقاد شرك
On the start of year and in the month of Rabi ul Awwal in the name of Mawlid of peace be upon him Ignorants do something which is nothing(i.e these things have nothing to do with Islam). They claim that his (peace be upon him) soul comes and (he peace be upon him is) present. This is False and this creed is shirk.
[Majmoo Fatawa Qazi Shahab ud din 1/27]
Note: He (أحمد بن أبي القاسم عمر الزاولي شهاب الدين الدولة آبادي الهندي الحنفي ) was one of the great muftis of ahnaf, and he was Judge as it can be seen in the books سبحة المرجان فى آثار هندوستان page no: 39 and نزهة الخواطر)
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Online source of his Biography: http://www.m-mahdi.com/book/092/012.htm
يزعمون ان روحه يحي و حاضر فزعمهم باطل بل هذا العتقاد شرك قد منع الائمة الاربعة مثل هذا
Taken from Tasheeh ul Aqaid page 190, Tohfa tul Qadha
لانه يعتقد ان الرسول يعلم الغيب وهو كفر
He also said
وهو ما كان يعلم الغيب حين كان فى الاحياء فكيف بعد الموت
He (peace be upon him) did not know knowledge of unseen when he was alive, how can he know knowledge of unseen after his death?[Fatawa Qazi Khaan, Kitab as-seyar 4/468, Fatawa Al-Hindiyah 2/226, Bazzaziyah 6/325, Al Bhr Raqaiq 3/88, 5/120]
"It is not fitting at all that anyone should supplicate to Allah except by Him (Allah), and using such supplications have been permitted and ordered in the like of the Saying of Allah, the Most High, "And (all) the Most Beautiful Names belong to Allah, so call upon Him by them." (al ARAF 180)(end quote)
"Bishr Ibn al-Waleed said: 'Abu Yusuf (one of the main students of Imam Abu Haneefah) narrated to us that Abu Haneefah said: 'It is not right that anyone should supplicate to Allah except by Him, and I hate that anyone should say: 'By the right of so and so' or 'By the right of your Prophets and Messengers' or 'By the right of your sacred house and the sacred area (of Muzdalifah)." Also See, Sharah Aqeedah at-Tahawiyah, p.237.
"Abu Haneefah and his two companions hated that a person should say, 'I ask You by the right of so and so' or 'By the right of Your Prophets and Messengers' or 'By the right of the sacred house and sacred area (of Muzdalifah)' and the like, since no one has any right upon Allah. Likewise, Abu Haneefah and Mohammed Ibn Hasan ash-Shaybanee hated that a person who made supplication should say: 'O Allah I ask you by the glory of Your Throne.'"
"Asking Him by His creation is not allowed since the creation had no right over the Creator, therefore it cannot be allowed."[ Shaikh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah reports this in al-Qaa'idatul-Jalijjah.](end quote)
فزيارة القبور لأجل الصلاة عندها والطواف بها وتقبيلها واستلامها وتعفير الخدود عليها وأخذ ترابها ودعاء أصحابها والاستعانة بهم، وسؤالهم النصر والرزق والعافية والولد وقضاء الديون وتفريج الكربات وإغاثةاللهفات وغير ذلك من الحاجات، التي كان عباد الأوثان يسألونها من أوثانهم، فليس شيء من ذلك مشروعًا باتفاق أئمة المسلمين إذ لم يفعله رسول الله r ولا أحد من الصحابة والتابعين وسائر أئمة الدين، بل أصل هذهالزيارة البدعية الشركية مأخوذة من عباد الأصنام
Source: http://islamport.com/w/aqd/Web/4782/21.htm
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يجب كفار الروافض فى قولهم برجعة الاموات الى الدنيا
It is obligatory to say Kafir to Rawafidh(Shias) because they say dead people visits this world.
[Fatawa Alamgeeri 2/92]
"Whoever thinks that any dead person has any control over the affairs besides Allaah, and he believes that, then he is an Unbeliever."
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و از كلمات كفراست ندا كردن اموات غائبان رابگماں آں كه حاضرا ند مثل يارسول الله و ياعبدالقادر و مانندآں
Invoking the dead and absent people with the creed that they are present is a disbelief for example saying Ya Rasool Allah or Ya Abdul Qadir Jeelani and alike.[Miftah al-Quloob, Shaykh Raees Nadwi quoted in Tasheeh al Aqaid page 191]
Note: Mulla Hussain Khubaz was Faqeeh and Righteous shaykh [Nuzhatul Khawatir by Abdul Hai Lakhnawi Vol 5 under the biography of Hussain Khubaaz page 523 Dar Ibn Hazam]
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Comment: We have quoted 22 Fatwas from the scholars of Ahnaaf and from the classical fatwa books of Ahnaf against the creed of extreme hanafi sufis, Insha`Allah we will quote more if it is needed. There is another fabricated qasida attributed to Imam Abu Haneefa BY SOME IGNORANTS with the name of "Qasida-i Maymuna-i Mubaraka also known as Durru Maknun" This Qasida is fabricated as their own muftis agreed like Mufti Ak. Husein
