Ibn Taymiyyah and the Rafa'iyah cult

[al-Qassam]

This is taken from Saviours Of Islamic Spirit by Shaykh Abul Hasan Ali Nadwi.

On 9th Jamad ul-Ula, 705 A.H., a group of extremist Rafa'iyah mendicants called upon the governor of Syria and demanded that Ibn Taimiyah should be stopped from enforcing the rules of Shari'ah on them. Ibn Taimiyah, on the other hand, insisted that every one would have to govern his conduct accord*ing to the principles laid down in the Scripture and the Tradi*tions, and, whoever tried to transgress these rules, would be opposed by him. The Rafa'iyahs also volunteered to enact certain black arts like walking on fire as a proof of their being on the righteous and divinely approved path. They claimed that their wonder-working was accepted as a mark of piety by the Tartars. Ibn Taimiyah refused their plea and remained firm on his demand with the result that the Rafa`iyahs had to put off the iron rings worn by them. Later on Ibn Taimiyah wrote an exhaustive article delineating the history, beliefs and the practices of the Rafa'iyah order. (Ibn Kathir, Vol. XIV, p. 35)

[OneLife]

From what I hear the Rifai order is still common, and the ones who do the weird stuff number very small.

[al-Qassam]

Im waiting for someone to link the default reply to everything, GF haddad's article on here please.

[lumumba_s]

So you seek out arguments?

[al-Qassam]

No. But ummmm, lets look at the in depth fiqh section and see who "seek out arguments" .

[lumumba_s]

I am going to assume the obvious and consider that an allusion to myself. And that is a good idea, but don't forget to include your repeatedly unprovoked remarks about the people that GF Haddad is associated with. Please show me one post where I said anything even remotely close to your provocations . . .

[OneLife]

Lumumba, I wouldn't take anything seriously from this brother. He's posts from every angle, and seems to contradict himself as well. For example, he was posting about the link under his sig and the Imam being Shaykh ul-Islam, when e-teacher, the Maulana considered the Imam as far from being anything of that nature. And that Imam is of the Naqshbandi tariqa, and yet this brother is kinda snickering at GF Haddad's replies... weird.

[Abu 'Abdillah al-Maliki]

This brother is also on record as calling Ibn Taymiyyah an "idiot", and now after he was reproached for that, he has begun to praise Ibn Taymiyyah whenever he can.

Truly, al-Qassam, you really do confuse me, you confuse the other members, and perhaps [wallahu a'lam] you are even confusing yourself.