Oh no! What do you say, do I see shirk? Is this not what we hate about the rafidha???
O' Al-Dhahabi, what kind of fatwa is this??? O' Ibn Hanbal, you are a great scholar, how could you???
https://youtu.be/q-7b8qQaXDs
P.S I love the term "rafidhi", it's a badge of honor to me.
Same childish and desperate logic here which goes like this:
Two wrongs make a right, O Nasibi!
Or:
Your Sunni scholars allowed the kissing of graves, so let us Rafida beat them in that and lick the graves, make Sujud to them, Tawaf and every other possible Bid'ah in the name of loving
Jesus Ahlul Bayt!
CASE IMAM AHMAD:
The desperate Rafida who are obsessed with graves and shrines and the licking of them bring an alleged narration by the IMAM of Ahl Al-Sunnah (the brave Imam Ahmad who was lashed almost to death for speaking the truth, not resorting to Taqiyyah unlike the "Imams" of the Rafida, the Taqiyyah mongers, who are in reality of course innocent of Shi'ism):
وفي كتاب العلل ومعرفة الرجال ما نصه(2): سألته عن الرجل يمس منبر النبي (صلّى الله عليه و سلّم) و يتبرك بمسّه ويقبله ويفعل بالقبر مثل ذلك أو نحو هذا يريد التقرب إلى الله جل وعز فقال: لا بأس بذلك
Imam Ahmed bin Hanbal was asked about seeking blessings by touching and kissing of the grave of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), he said "I do not see any harm in it"
This is narrated by his son Abdullah bin Ahmed [Al-Dhahabi, Mu'jam al-Shuyukh (1:73 #58).]
RESPONSE:
1. First of all this narration is disputed by some scholars, most importantly, the Hanbali Madhab is united in the condemnation of kissing graves of ANYONE besides the Messenger of Allah such as saints/Imams (Sunnah of Jews and Christians):
Imam Mur`ee bin Yusaf Hanbali (d 1033) said:
ولا يتمسح بالقبر ولا يقبله بل يسلم عليه بأدب وسكون
"Do not touch the grave, do not kiss it, rather say salam with adab." [Shifa as-Sudur fe ziyarah Mashahid wal qaboor page 160]
Ibn Qudamah the Hanbali giant says:
قال ابن قدامة في المغني: « ولا يستحب التمسح بحائط قبر النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم ولا تقبيله قال أحمد: ما أعرف هذا. قال ابن الأثرم: رأيت أهل العلم من أهل المدينة لا يمسون قبر النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم يقومون من ناحية فيسلّمون » [المغني 3/559 الفروع 2/573 وفاء الوفا 4/1403].
"It is NOT recommended to touch or kiss the walls of the grave of the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, and Imam Ahmad said: "I am not aware of it (i.e. its permissibility)." Ibn Al-Athram said: "I have seen the scholars of Madinah, none of them used to touch the grave of the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him. They used to stand next to the grave and say their salam." [Al-Mughni 3/559 by Imam ibn Qudamah Al-Hanbali]
وفي الإنصاف للمرداوي الحنبلي قال: « قال أحمد: أهل العلم كانوا لا يمسونه » قال المرداوي: ولا يستحب التمسح بالقبر على الصحيح من المذهب » [الإنصاف في معرفة الراجح من الخلاف 4/53 ط: ابن تيمية – القاهرة
Al-Mardawi: Ahmad [ibn Hanbal] said: "The scholars are in agreement that it (graves) shouldn't be touched." Al-Mardawi said: "It is not recommended to touch the graves, this is the correct opinion of the Madhhab (i.e. Hanbali Madhhab)."
2. Ibn Hajar said regarding this narration (of Imam Ahmad allowing the kissing of the Prophet's grave):
واستبعد بعض اتباعه صحة ذلك
Some of those who follow him ruled out the authenticity of this narration. [Fathul Bari 3/475 ]
Al-Zarqani said:
واستبعد بعض أتباعه صحة ذلك عنه .
Some of those who follow him ruled out the authenticity of this narration from him [Sharh Al-Zarqani of Al-Mawatta Kitab al Hajj باب تقبيل الركن الأسود في الاستلام]
Al-Haithami also questions the attribution (of Ahmad allowing the kissing of the grave of the Prophet) to Imam Ahmad.
3. Hanbali giants like Ibn Taymiyyah mention opposing opinions by Imam Ahmad:
قال شيخ الإسلام ابن تيمية رحمه الله في اقتضاء الصراط المستقيم لمخالفة أصحاب الجحيم (2/ 244)
قال أبو بكر الأثرم: قلت لأبي عبد الله - يعني أحمد بن حنبل -: قبر النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم يمس
ويتمسح به؟ فقال: ما أعرف هذا.
قلت له: فالمنبر؟ فقال: أما المنبر فنعم قد جاء فيه. قال أبو عبد الله: شيء يروونه عن ابن أبي
فديك عن ابن أبي ذئب عن ابن عمر: أنه مسح على المنبر. قال: ويروونه عن سعيد بن المسيب في
Abu Bakr Al-Athram says: "I asked Abu 'Abdullah i.e. Ahmad ibn Hanbal:"Is it permissible to touch and wipe over the grave of the Prophet (saws)? He (Imam Ahmad) answered: "I do not of it (permission)." I said: "What about the pulpit?" He said: "As for the pulpit, yes, reports have reached us." [Iqtida Al-Sirat Al-Mustaqeem li mukhalifah Ashab Al-Jaheem, 244/2 by Ibn Taymiyyah]
Note: Tabarruk with the relics of the Prophet such as hair, clothes, pulpit etc. i.e. things SPECIFIC to him is what the Jumhour of the Salaf were upon. Heretics misuse these statements to extent the tabarruk to endless saints and Imams!
Finally, tabarruk has has nothing to do with praying to saints and other extreme shirk of the Rafida, kissing a grave is not shirk, it's a bid'ah and against Islamic Law, against the practice of the Sahabah and Ahl Al-Bayt:
'Abdullah, son of 'Umar ibn Al-Khattab:
Ibn 'Umar used to dislike touching the grave of Prophet (Peace be upon him). I (Al-Dahabee) say: He disliked it "BECAUSE HE FOUND IT AGAINST ADAB
Zayn Al-'Abidin, son of Al-Hussein ibn 'Ali ibn Abi Talib:
'Ali ibn Al-Hussein even disliked when people frequented the grave of his grandfather, let alone touching and kissing it!
Ali b. al-Hussein b. Ali b. Abi Talib, Zayn al-‘Abidin (whom the Shia claim as their fourth infallible Imam, free is he of them and their lies), the highly trustworthy, the Faqih, saw one day a man coming to a corner of the grave of the Prophet (صل الله علیه وآله و سلم) thus entering it and making Du’a. So he called him and said: “Has not the hadith reached you which I heard from my father from my grandfather the Messenger of Allaah (صل الله عليه و آله و سلم) that he said: ‘Do not take my grave as a place of festivity, nor make your houses graves, send blessings upon me, for indeed your blessings and your salutations are conveyed to me from wherever you are’” (Narrated by Ibn Abi Shaybah (2/375))
The Messenger of Allah may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said:
“O Allah! Do not make my grave an idol that is worshipped. The anger on those who took the graves of their Prophets as places of prostration was terrible.”
(Related by Ahmad (no. 7352,) and the Muwatta of Malik, Book 9, Number 9.24.88)
and finally a beautiful quote by Imam Al-Ghazali, a person heavily influenced by Kalam and Sufism (which most of it he abondened by the end of his life), yet he professed the orthodox belief with regards to the kissing and touching of graves: