With all due respect Sister, I think you're over exaggerating the issue - which in reality is a non-issue. The fact is, and remains that observance of this night is a difference of opinion among the Fuqaha and there is no censoring when there is a difference of opinion. If you noticed, in the fatwa you posted, the scholar (correctly) labels many of the
actions done on the night by the people as innovations and to take it as a
celebration like the people do making feasts and what not. Notice it said it is 'makrooh' to gather in congregation, not an innovation. This is different from what is being said by the other opinion among the scholars - which is simply that praying on that night is commendable. It is important that we are clear on what each is saying.
if something is wrong then I will open my mouth and tell and that after making sure that what I am posting is completely right
The likes of Imam ash-Shafi'ee had the humility to say, "I believe I am correct with the possibility of being incorrect" and yet you are saying that what you're posting is completely right? Please forgive me if I don't buy that.
You have to come to an understanding that this religion is vast enough to accept two rights - there is never only one except in aqeedah. Even in something as fundamental as the recitation of the Qur'an, there are many different equally correct ways to recite it. We need to expand our mindset to learn to accept and appreciate the differences amongst the Fuqaha without censorship and without resorting to labels of bid'ah when there is no need for it. Just because one website (one scholar or one group of scholars) declare something is an innovation, by no means is their declaration binding upon others, much less other scholars who hold an opposing view. There is no censorship.
So, humbly please bring me that correct proven Asal at least to believe.
I don't need to bring you anything. The source is already mentioned - Imam Suyuti. If you are in need of the asl, then feel free to contact Imam Suhaib at
www.suhaibwebb.com or you can do further research on your own. As for myself, I am more than comfortable to take the opinion of a scholar who has studied the deen for over 20 years and who is certified to the highest degree in fatawa by the Dar al-Iftaa' of Cairo. What we need is to humble ourselves in front of the people of knowledge so that we can learn, not merely parrot something we read on fatwa websites.
Yes, you are right but that doesn`t apply to everything for example
We are not talking about everything here, we are talking in particular about the issue of the 15th of Sha'ban. There is no need to bring other issues into the discussion.
It should be noted that every bid’ah is misguidance, even if people think it is good.
This I agree with. However, it should also equally be noted that not everything that is labelled as a bid'ah is a bid'ah in reality. Just because a group of scholars declare something bid'ah, it does not automatically become as such.
As Imam Suhaib explained, the major schools of ahl as Sunnah held this night to be good to worship in and this is the position of the majority of the fuqaha. When the established schools approve something, it is clear to anyone who studies Usool that they they would only do so if there was a foundation. It is unfathomable to say that over the length of time the schools have existed, the scholars would go and approve something that has no foundation!
Just to give you an example, Ibn Taymiyyah also said about this night:
If a person prays that night alone, or in a select congregation, as many groups (tawaif) of the Early Muslims used to do, it is very good.
As for gathering in the mosque for a particular fixed prayer, such as gather for 100 rakats in which 1,000 QulhuwaAllahuAhad are read every time, this is a reprehensible innovation, which none of the imams have allowed.
al-Fatawa al-Kubra, 2; 222-138
Note the scholarship of this amazing scholar. He differentiates between the night itself and the actions that are done among the people on the night. That is a very important distinction. We don't censure the merits of the night for the actions of people therein.
It doesn`t matter what I believe
It does, very much. Because you believe
an opinion to be correct, others believe another, equally valid opinion to be correct. Point is, both are valid and both as established with scholars in the past presenting those views.
When I find an innovation has no adellah in Qur`aan and Sunnah to prove it
That is your personal conclusion. Others have reached a different conclusion. Both are valid because this is a difference amongst the fuqaha. That's all I'm trying to get you to understand. By all means, I have no problem if you believe the night to be an innovation, that is your prerogative. I respect your opinion. However, I want you to know and acknowledge that at a scholarly level, this is an issue of ikhtilaaf and the issue is not black and white. And that once we understand that, we can move on and focus on more pressing issues that are of much greater priority - like people that don't even pray!
May Allah love you, make you from the best of His slaves and servants and May He The Most Merciful reward ya with Al Firdaws without being reckoning and all the Ummah Ameeeen
Ameen, and the same for you as well.
