They:
As-Suyuti celebrated mawlid.
Sunni:
Yes but he never chanted Ya Rasool Allah Madad, Ya Ali madad, Ya gawth madad on mawlid.
They: you liar, he accepted asking help from the auliyah like us.
Sunni:
as-Suyuti said:
فإن قيل : كيف جاء وإذا سألك عبادي عني فإني قريب [ البقرة : 186 ] . وعادة السؤال يجيء جوابه في القرآن بقل قلنا : حذفت للإشارة إلى أن العبد في حال الدعاء في أشرف المقامات لا واسطة بينه وبين مولاه .
“If it is said: ‘How can this be, when Allah says: ‘And when My servants ask you about Me, indeed I am near’ (Surah Al-Baqarah, 2:186)?’
The usual response would be:
The phrase ‘ قلنا ‘ (We said) has been omitted to indicate that when a servant is in the state of supplication, they are in the most honored position, with no intermediary between them and their Lord.”
[al Itteqaan 2/302]They: but our scholars quote Quran and claim that means we can call upon auliyah.
Sunni:
As-Suyuti said:
وأما في كلام الصوفية في القرآن فليس بتفسير
The Kalam of Sufis on Quran is not (even) Tafsir.
[al Itteqaan fe ulum al Quran 2/458]They:
But but, he didn’t say anything about Istigatha in his Tafsir Jalalayn.
Sunni:
Although al Itteqaan is accepted book of al Suyuti by everyone, but here is what mentioned in jalalayn as well:
{ وَمَا بِكُم مّن نّعْمَةٍ فَمِنَ ٱللَّهِ } لا يأتي بها غيره و «ما» شرطية أو موصولة { ثُمَّ إِذَا مَسَّكُمُ } أصابكم { ٱلضُّرُّ } الفقر والمرض { فَإِلَيْهِ تَجْئَرُونَ } ترفعون أصواتكم بالاستغاثة والدعاء ولا تدعون غيره.
Whatever grace you have, it is from God, none but He brings it (mā, ‘whatever’, is either a conditional or relative [particle]). Then when misfortune, poverty or illness, befalls you, to Him you cry for help, [to Him] you raise your voices with [ISTIGATHA] pleas for help and supplications, and you do NOT call upon ANY OTHER than Him. [Tafsir Jalalayn 16 : 53]
They: He didn’t specify Anbiya and auliyah here.
Sunni:
Tafsir Jalalayn says:
{ قُلْ } لهم { ٱدْعُواْ ٱلَّذِينَ زَعَمْتُمْ } أنهم آلهة { مِن دُونِهِ } كالملائكة وعيسى وعزير { فَلاَ يَمْلِكُونَ كَشْفَ ٱلضُّرِّ عَنْكُمْ وَلاَ تَحْوِيلاً } له إلى غيركم.
Say to them ‘Call on those whom you assumed to be gods besides Him such as the angels Jesus and Ezra ‘Uzayr; yet they have NO POWER to rid you of misfortune nor to transfer it to persons other than you. (Tafsir Jalalayn, Surah al Isra verse 56)
They: Suyuti was close to wahabis.
Sunni:
Wait until you see all.
as-Suyuti in his work :الأمر بالاتباع والنهي عن الابتداع -السيوطي Under the Chapter تعظيم الأماكن التي لا تستحق التعظيم (Veneration of those places which are not applicable for veneration).
He replied by saying
وقد كان الكفار يدعون، فيستجاب لهم فيسقون وينصرون يعافون مع دعائهم عند أوثام وتوسلهم ا. وقد قال تعالى: (كَّلاّ نمد هؤلاء وهؤلاء من عطاء ربك وما كان عطاء ربك
محظوراً
“And the disbelievers used to make supplications, and their prayers would be answered, they would be given rain and victory, and they would be healed, despite their supplications at idols and their seeking intercession through them. And Allah said: ‘Nay, We give provisions to these and those from the bounty of your Lord, and the bounty of your Lord is not withheld from anyone’.”
[Page 124 with the research of Shaykh Mashoor bin Hasan aal Salmaan publihed by دار ابن القيم للنشر والتوزيع ، الدمام ، ط 1 ، 1410 هـ / 1990 م]On page 139 he said
فإن قصد القبور للدعاء رجاء الإجابة فمنهي عنه، وهو إلى التحريم أقرب. والصحابة رضي الله
عنهم – وقد أجدبوا مراتٍ – ودهمتهم نوائب بعد موته (، فهلا جاءوا فاستسقوا واستغاثوا عند قبر
النبي ( وهو أكرم الخلق على الله عز وجل، بل خرج فيهم سيدنا عمر بن الخطاب رضي الله عنه
بالعباس عم النبي ( إلى المصلى فاستسقى به، ولم يستسقوا عند قبر النبي (.
فاقتد أيها المسلم إن كنت عبد الله بسلفك الصالح، وتحقق التوحيد الخالص؛ فلا تعبد إلا الله، ولا
تشرك بربك أحداً، كما أمر الله تعالى بقوله: (فإياي فاعبدون)، وقال تعالى: (فمن كان يرجو لقاء ربه
فليعمل عملاً صالحاً ولا يشرك بعبادة ربه أحداً). فلا تعبد إلا إياه ولا تد ع إلا هو، ولا تستعن إلا به،
فإنه لا مانع ولا معطي ولا مضار ولا نافع إلا هو سبحانه وتعالى، لا إله إلا هو عليه توكلت وإليه
أنيب
“If someone visits graves to make supplications, hoping for a response, they should be discouraged from doing so, and it’s closer to being prohibited. The Companions, may Allah be pleased with them, experienced droughts and calamities after the Prophet’s death, but they didn’t come to his grave to make supplications or seek help. Instead, Sayyiduna Umar ibn Al-Khattab, may Allah be pleased with him, went to the mosque with Al-Abbas, the Prophet’s uncle, to make supplications. So, follow the example of your righteous predecessors, O Muslim, and uphold the pure monotheism. Worship only Allah, and don’t associate anyone with your Lord, as Allah commanded: ‘Worship Me alone’ and said: ‘Whoever hopes to meet his Lord, let him perform good deeds and not associate anyone in the worship of his Lord.’ So, worship only Him, call upon only Him, and seek help only from Him, for He is the One who can give or withhold, cause harm or benefit, glorified and exalted. There is no god but Him, in Him I trust, and to Him I repent.”
(end quote)
They: as-Suyuti al wahabi, gustaakh.