Addressing some common criticisms of the mubaahalah.
There are some common criticisms of this mubaahalah that should be addressed.
A- First, to prove that mubaahalah is from the sunnah.
1- ibn abas called for it over surah al-talaq
2- ibn hajar called for it over a man supporting ibn arabi.
B- Mohammed shams is the one who was using the sheikh's refusal to make the mabaahalah as evidence to his opinions being correct, and he demanded that the wives be included, and claimed he talked to his wife and she accepted.
He had to be dissuaded from including his children from this, he (shams) wanted the children to be included.
C- saying that mubaahalah shouldn't not be made about people, etc.
The mubaahalah between ibn hajar and a supporter of ibn arabi over ibn arabi's heresy disproves that.
I add that, in many sheikhs view the greater issue was that scholars consensus was being attacked. the consensus of abu hanifh and al nawwai being imams, and thus it's an attack on every scholar who lauded the imams abu hanifa and al nawwai. This not an issue of mere people, it's an attack on the judgment of every scholar who respected these imams.
To allow ibn shams to freely slander our imams is unacceptable. And the mubaahalah was a righteous defense of scholars consensus.
And Allah knows best
و الله اعلم