Shaykh, Shaykh (Mufti) Rasheed Ahmed Ludhyanwi (RA) in Ahsanul-Fatawa calls it Bid'ah. Shaykh (Mufti) Taqi Usmani (HA) doesn't call it Bid'ah. We respect both and we can chose to follow either opinion and that has been the position of Ulama of this ummah i.e. they have differed in the matter.