Rejecters of Sufism (Tasawwuf)

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Rejecters of Sufism (Tasawwuf)


Hadith Qudsi 25


On the authority of Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him), who said that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said:

"Allah (mighty and sublime be He) said:

Whosoever shows enmity to someone devoted to Me, I shall be at war with him. My servant draws not near to Me with anything more loved by Me than the religious duties I have enjoined upon him, and My servant continues to draw near to Me with supererogatory works so that I shall love him. When I love him I am his hearing with which he hears, his seeing with which he sees, his hand with which he strikes and his foot with which he walks. Were he to ask [something] of Me, I would surely give it to him, and were he to ask Me for refuge, I would surely grant him it. I do not hesitate about anything as much as I hesitate about [seizing] the soul of My faithful servant: he hates death and I hate hurting him."

[Bukhari]


Sufism (Tasawwuf) is rejected under various pretexts. The favorite ground is that it is a heresy or an innovation.

In principle, those who reject Sufism (Tasawwuf) are neither the Mujtahid having exalted genius, deep learning and remarkable sharpness of intellect (that their rejection is taken as an authority) nor have they any supremacy over true theologians and erudite Sufis (that their opinion is accorded any weightage). According to Maulana Ahmed Ali Lahori (d. 1964 CE.) the rejecters of Sufism (Tasawwuf) are the thieves and bandits who wish to divorce from Faith one of its vital parts. It is indeed sane to brand them as heretics rather than stigmatize millions of pious soul’s right from Imam Hasan Basri down the ages. Such rejecters grope in mere ignorance. The Holy Quran declares about such prejudice-ridden folk:—


"Nay, they have belied the knowledge whereof they could not comprehend and what has not yet been fulfilled. Thus those before them did belie. Then see what was the end of the wrongdoers!" 10:39


They would have never dared reject this reality, had they heeded the following Divine Commandment :—


“"And follow not that of which you have no knowledge. Verily, the hearing, and the sight, and the heart of each of those ones will be questioned (by Allah).) 17:36


On the nature of Tasawwuf and true nature of Ahl at Tasawwuf Hadhrat Ali Hujwiri Rahmatullah alaih writes:


Murta'ish (Abu Muhammad Murta'ish Rahmatullah alaihi says: " At Tasawwuf Husn al Khulq,"' Tasawwuf (the path of the suluk) is good nature." This is of three sorts: firstly, towards Allah, by fulfilling His Commandments without hypocrisy; secondly towards men, by paying respect to one’s superiors and behaving with kindness to one's inferiors and with justice to one’s equals, and by not seeking recompense (revenge) and justice from men in general; (for personal attacks or slanders of others) and thirdly towards one’s self by not following the flesh and the Shaytaan. Whoever makes himself right in these three matters is a good-natured man.


This, which I have mentioned agrees with a story, told of Hadhrat A'isha Siddiqah Rathi Allahu ta ala anha. She was asked concerning the nature of the Rasul Sall Allahu alaihi wa Aalihi wa Sallim.-


"Read from the Qur'an,” she replied. - For Allah has given information in the place where He says: " And if you call them to guidance, they hear not and you will see them looking at you, yet they see not.'' (Holy Qur'an 7:198)."[9]


Allama Abdul Wahhaab Sha'raani Rahmatullah Alaihi commenting on the path of the Sufis says:

“The path of the Sufis is built upon the Qur'an and Sunnah, and is based upon living according to the Morals of the Prophets Sallallahu 'Alaihi Wasallam and purified ones. It may not be blamed unless it violates an explicit statement from Qur’an, Sunnah or scholarly consensus (Ijma’) exclusively. If it does not contravene one of these, the very most one may say of it is that it is an understanding a Muslim man has been given, so let whoever wishes, act upon it and whoever does not refrain. This being as true of works as of understanding, so no pretext remains for condemning it except one's own low opinion of others, or interpreting what they do as ostentation (for worldly fame and glory), which is unlawful...To summarize, no one denies the states of the Sufis except one ignorant of the way they are.”

(Kashful Mahjub)

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Assalamu Alaikum wa Rahmatullahi wa Barakatuh
Thank you for posting this. I myself didn't know about Sufism. However, it is important to explain to people such as myself this:


Name of Questioner
Plasma - United States

Title
What Does Islam Say About Sufism

Question
Dear Sheikh! As-Salam `Alaykum!What do you think of Sufism?

Date
02/Jul/2002

Name of Counsellor
Taha Jabir Al-`Alawani

Topic
Ideologies, Movements & Religions



Answer



Wa `Alaykum As-Salam Wa Rahmatullah Wa Barakatuh.



In the Name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful.



All thanks and praise are due to Allah and peace and blessings be upon His Messenger.

Dear questioner, thanks for your good question that reflects deep interest in understanding the teachings of Islam.

As regards your question, Dr. Taha Jabir Al-`Alwani, president of the Graduate School of Islamic and Social Sciences and president of the Fiqh Council of North America, states the following:

“The origin of Sufism is traced back to the first century of Hijrah when some of the Companions and the Successors tried to stay away from everything they got after they conquered Iraq, Egypt, Syria and the other countries. Some of them decided to continue as Mujahidin or fighters for the Sake of Allah or to be busy themselves with acts of worship and serving the Muslim Ummah in teaching or some other service in different parts of the life. At that time they were given the title Az-Zuhhad (sing. Zahid). Zahid means the person who dislikes to have excessive approach to that which is lawful because he is afraid that this would lead him to some kind of negligence in observing acts of worship.

After that, Sufism, like any other part of knowledge and activities, grew up and a lot of the Sufis like Abul Qasim Al-Junaid al-Baghdadi practiced it. People like Al-Junaid and many others became examples for any person who wants to purify himself and prepare himself for the Hereafter.

After the fourth century of Hijrah, Sufism was divided into two kinds;the Sunni Sufism and the Bid`i (Innovative) Sufism. The first one means to practice Zuhd (Asceticism) and the worship Allah according to the Sunnah of the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, and the way of life of his Companions.

The other kind of Sufism, however, means that kind of Sufism based on the teaching and way of life of the people who came from India and Persia and some other places to join the Muslim nation and Islam. They practiced their way of Sufism in the Muslim environment.

With this, Muslim scholars took different positions regarding Sufism. Some of them supported it and the majority of them accepted Sufism because they knew it is a part of the Sunnah and the way of life of the Rightly Guided Caliphs.

On the other hand, some other people objected some kinds of Sufism and some orders who were practicing that Innovative Sufism. We should be careful when we deal with this issue and we should judge the people and the orders according to the light of the Qur’an and the Sunnah of the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him. We need to adopt the Sufism which was practiced by the Companions and the Rightly Guided Caliphs.”



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This, which I have mentioned agrees with a story, told of Hadhrat A'isha Siddiqah Rathi Allahu ta ala anha. She was asked concerning the nature of the Rasul Sall Allahu alaihi wa Aalihi wa Sallim.-


"Read from the Qur'an,” she replied. - For Allah has given information in the place where He says: " And if you call them to guidance, they hear not and you will see them looking at you, yet they see not.'' (Holy Qur'an 7:198)."[9]

can u be more clear and explain me why this verse was used here, especially the one in bold ?