Dars e Imam-Baiyah Tree

“Bismillahir Rahmannir Raheem””Al-Hamdu Lillaahi Rabbil ‘Aalameen was Salaatu was- Salaamu ‘Alaa Sayidinaa Muhammadin wa Aalihi wa Asabihi Ajma ‘een (tauheed- risalat- ahkirat and islam-iman-ihsan)

Omer (ra) cutting Tree where Prophet ﷺ took biyah fearing people will worship it

It states it is narrated that ‘Umar ibn al-Khattaab (may Allaah be pleased with him) heard that some people were visiting the tree under which the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) had accepted the bay’ah of people, so he commanded that it should be cut down.” [Narrated by Ibn Waddaah in his book al-Bida’ wa’l-Nahiy ‘anhaa, and by Ibn Abi Shaybah in al-Musannaf, 2/375. Its isnaad was classed as saheeh by Ibn Hajar in Fath al-Baari, 7/448]
people quote this narration to prove visiting dargahs are haram as people may worship graves so lets demolish them,Some use this Hadith, wrongly, to prove that praying under the blessed tree was Shirk. Also, to search for Tabarruk and blessings of Nabi Muhammad ﷺ and pious people is Shirk and it is for this reason that Sayyidina Umar chopped the tree down.This is a great lie and some people fabricate this to suit their own ideas and Sayyidina Umar (r) did chop the tree down, because he thought the people praying there were mushriks. (naoozbila)
This incident -“as recorded in Sahih Bukhari (Kitab al-Maghazi) and Muslim (Kitab al-Imamah) -“ took place because there was controversy over

which tree was the one where ba’yah was taken and reliable sources from amongst the Sahabah held that that tree was definitely the wrong tree and the original tree could no longer be located and had vanished .

Sahih Bukhari Book 52 Hadith 205 -Narrated Ibn ‘Umar: When we reached (Hudaibiya) in the next year (of the treaty of Hudaibiya), not even two men amongst us agreed unanimously as to which was the tree under which we had given the pledge of allegiance, and that was out of Allah’s Mercy.The tree that the Tabi’een were visiting at the Hudaybiyyah , in the the time of Sayyidina Umar was not the real one, but it was in the same valley where the real one was.Hence, the real reason Umar had the tree chopped down (because it was wrongly attributed to the Prophet ﷺ.In fact, the mysterious vanishing of the real tree by Allah (subhanu wa taala) shows how important it was .

In the last moments of Jabir Bin Abdullah he had lost his sight he use to say: ‘If I could see today I would show you where the tree was, where the Prophet ﷺ received the Ba’ya of the companions”. [Sahih Bukhari chap,Al-Magazi]

Imam Ibn Hajar Asqalani says in the commentry: “Some people forgot where this place was like Sa’eed Bin Al-Musayib’s Father, and some knew where it was like Jabir Bin Abdullah”. [Fathul bari, chapter Bay’a Ridwan]

Imam Tabari said: During the period of Umar (Radiall hu anhu’s) Khalifet, he went for pilgrimage, when he passed Hudaiba’ he asked:“Where is the tree under which the bay’a took place?” A person replied: ‘This one”. Someone said: ‘This one”. Umar (Radiall hu anhu) said: “Forget the inconvenience”. [Tafsir Tafhemul Qur’an Surah Fata’h under verse 18 by Sayyid Maududi].

Hadith of Sahih muslim on Building over the grave

Regarding Hadith of Sahih muslim And it was narrated that Jaabir (may Allaah be pleased with him) said: The Prophet ﷺ forbade plastering over graves, or sitting on them or building over them. Both reports were narrated by Muslim in his Saheeh.Sitting over not around ,the graves is forbidden and no one sits on as grave (never saw a sane muslim doing it) ,Similarly the Dome is like a room build around not over a grave and this has been proved from above what Prophet ﷺ and first two caliphs(ra) of Islam were themselves buried in a room not in a open grave.,By building over them it means structures made over them (not around ) during time of ignorance, Muslims build tomb or shrine around it

Examples of building over the grave by Christians and Jews, Muslims donot do it

This is what is meant by building over graves, Muslims build shrines around not over the graves , This is how Shrine of our Prophet Muhammad ﷺ is, And this is how all shrines are built.— need to take English and Arabic lessons to understand the difference between Over and Around

Issue of building mosque over a grave

Sunan Dawud Book 20 Hadith 3230 saysNarrated Abdullah ibn Abbas:The Apostle of Allah ﷺ cursed women who visit graves those who built mosques over them and erected lamps

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.This hadith can be explained by a simple logic that even Prophet Muhammad’s grave is inside a mosque. Not in the main hall where Salat is offered but according to the most famous and respected by– historian Ibn kathir

Imam at-Tabari and Hafiz Ibn Kathir write, in 88 AH,
that the room of ‘A’isha (may Allah be pleased with her) – where there are graves of the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ Abu Bakr and ‘Umar (may Allah be pleased with them)- was joined to the mosque of the Prophet  [Tareeh Tabari and Tar’ikh Hafiz Ibn Kathir, Chapter of Government of Walid ibn ‘abd al-Malik]

This does not only answers right from Sunnah point of view but also fully refutes the Misguided group claims , Ahlus sunnah doesn’t believes in building mosques over a grave or graves inside mosques but attaches graves to the mosque and main prayer and salat hall is still sepeared from the mosque which is a sunnah practice.

Loving /friendship with a wali/awliya = Allah’s lovable deed.

Loving awliya Allah(following with obedience/itaat) =khair/well wishing iman.

(Sign of khair/well wishing iman =darood o salaam on prohet ﷺ )

When I want to talk to allah I say prayers and when I want that he talk to me I recite quran- Hazrath Ali(ra)

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