Question Barelvis claim that the places where prophets are born are among Sha’ir (signs to be venerated) of Allah basedon the following hadith. How to answer them? Volume 1, Page No. 241, Hadith No. 448 (Sunnan an Nasai’i) Hadrat Anas bin Malik (ra)

Question
Barelvis claim that the places where prophets are born are among
Sha'ir (signs to be venerated) of Allah basedon the following hadith.
How to answer them? Volume 1, Page No. 241, Hadith No. 448 (Sunnan an
Nasai'i) Hadrat Anas bin Malik (ra) narrates that Prophet (saw) while
mentioning his journey of Miraaj said: Jibril (a.s) asked me to get
off from Buraak at Bethlehem andtold me to say the prayer there, after
which he said: Do you know whereyou have prayed (O Messenger of
Allah)? You prayed at Bethlehem where Isa (a.s) "was born".
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Answer
All perfect praise be to Allaah, The Lord of the Worlds. I testify
that there is none worthy of worship except Allaah, and that Muhammad
, is His slave and Messenger.
The Hadeeth which you mentioned in the question is graded as Dha'eef
[weak] by the scholars, like Ibn Katheer in his Tafseer
[interpretation of the Quran] and also in his book entitled "
Al-Fusool Fi Ikhtisaar Seerat Ar-Rasool ". Shaykh Al-Albaani also
gradedit as Dha'eef when he classified the Ahaadeeth reported by
An-Nassaa'i in his Sunan.
Besides, Shaykh Ibn Taymiyyah said in his interpretation of Chapter
112 of the Quran: " The Prophet did not pray that night except in
Al-Aqsa Mosque as confirmed in the Saheeh (sound) narrations and he
absolutely did not stop except at it. "
Shaykh Ibn Taymiyyah graded this narration [which is mentioned in the
question] as fabricated. He wrote in his book entitled Iqtidhaa'
As-Siraat Al-Mustaqeem : " …and it includes what is fabricated such as
what was reported by some narrators that the Prophet was told by
Jibreel (Gabriel) : " Thisis the grave of your father Ibraaheem
(Abraham), so get off (form the Buraaq) and pray at it, and this is
Bethlehem, the birthplace of your brother 'Eesa (Jesus), so get off
and pray in it. "
Moreover, Ibn Al-Qayyim said in his book entitled Zaad Al-Ma'aad : "
It was said that he – i.e. the Prophet - stopped at Bethlehem and
prayedin it but this is not authentic from him at all. "
Therefore, this Hadeeth isnot authentic at all. For more benefit on
the beliefs of the Brelwi sect, please refer to Fatwa 87790 .
Allaah Knows best.