Aqaaid

Seasonal greetings

Q:

  1. Is it permissible to send seasonal greeting cards to non-Muslims at the time of Christmas so long as there are no religious symbols on them and without the intention of celebrating or supporting Christmas?
  2. Can the following from al-ashbaah be used as a justification for sending seasonal greeting cards at Christmas time?

In al-ashbaah it states that if a person says regarding a non Muslim: "May Allah let his kingdom last for a long time" and his intention is that he may be given hidayat in future, or that the Muslims could benefit through his contributions of jizyah etc, then this is permitted. 

Asking a buzurg to make dua for one

Q: Is it allowed to go to  a buzurg or a highly religious person who does a lot of ibadah and ask him to pray to Allah about my problem. And can we supplicate through an intermediary i.e through tawasul of a righteous one, living or dead e.g through Sheikh Abdul Qadir Jeelani. And I also want to know is it permissible for men and women to visit the shrines of say Sheikh Abdul Qadir Jeelani and other without committing any shirk and praying to Allah directly there?

Ulema of Deoband

Q: I have heard that the ulema of makkah and medina once issued a fatwa of kufr against ulema of deoband when ahmad raza khan showed them the views of deobandi ulema in a distorted way and then on finding the truth the arab ulema revoked it, could you explain the details?