بِسۡمِ ٱللهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
وعليكم السللام ورحمة الله وبركاته
Assalam alaykum,
Sorry for refering (again) to the topic I posted above, which drew the Moderator's long comment...
My dear brother, our life in this world in only a test and all of us will one day stand before Allah Azza wa Jall and responsible for our deeds. It is duty of every muslim to help each other on straight path shown by Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him).
''Tauheed is one, but the path to Allah equal the number of people since the time of Adam''. These different ways have always been viewed as a Mercy by the Ummah.
Straight path which goes to Allah and His Jannah is only ONE, shown to us by Prophet Muhammad (Peace be upon him) with Quran and His Sunnah.
Tasawwuf is nothing but the INNER, Spiritual dimension of Islam. The Tariqah-as method-is the attempt to both preserve and penetrate that dimension. The Shari'a is the Divinely ordained mould within which that spirituality takes on its distinctive shape. These 3 aspects { Tasawwuf/sufism, Tariqa, Shari'a} of Islam are INSEPARABLE PARTS OF AN ORGANIC WHOLE.
Ibn Taymiyyah رحمه الله said:
"With regard to the word sufiyyah (Sufism), it was not known during the first three generations, rather it became known after that."
(Majmu al-Fatawa, 11/5)
Ibn Taymiyyah رحمه الله divides the sufis into three categories.
The first category of sufis lived their lives and experiences conformed with the shari'ah (mustaqim al-ahwal) [Majmu Fatawa Shaykh al-Islam, vol. 10, pp. 516-7].
The second category consists of those sufis whose experience of fana and intoxication (sukr) weakened their sense of discrimination, and made them utter words that they later realized to be erroneous when they became sober [Majmu Fatawa Shaykh al-Islam, vol. 10, pp. 220-1].
The third category of sufis who have believed in ideas and expounded doctrines which contradict Islamic principles [ wihdatul woojood and Al-hulool {incarnation}, or who have indulged in practices which are condemned by the shari'ah.
The third category of Sufis which includes two sub-categories, regardless of their tareeqah, worship others than Allah, such as Prophets and “awliya’” [“saints”], living or dead. They say, “Yaa Jeelaani”, “Yaa Rifaa’i” [calling on their awliya’], or “O Messenger of Allah, help and save” or “O Messenger of Allah, our dependence is on you”, etc.
Also, they believe in wahdat al-wujood (unity of existence). They do not have the idea of a Creator and His creation, instead they say that everything is creation and everything is God [ Hinduism, pantheism, etc].
They unscrupulously claim that they take knowledge directly from Allah, without the mediation of the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him). They say, “Haddathani qalbi ‘an Rabbi (My heart told me from my Lord).”
Sufism Practised today is third form of Sufism. We sincerely pray that Allah Azza wa Jall keep us on the Straight Path which goes to Allah and His Jannah and is only ONE, shown to us by Prophet Muhammad (Peace be upon him) with Quran and His Sunnah. Ameen
