Are al-Darani, Abu 'Uthman al-Nisaburi, and Abu 'Amr ibn al-Junayd among the shaykhs of the Sufis?
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Question:
He says: In the previous lesson, we passed over reports (athar) from Abu Sulayman al-Darani, Abu 'Uthman al-Nisaburi, and Abu 'Amr ibn al-Junayd. What is the intent of Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah in stating that these are the shaykhs of the Sufis?
Answer:
These are among the people of asceticism (zuhd), and they are moderate Sufis; their Sufism is moderate. They say, "Our knowledge is tied to the Book and the Sunnah." These later people claim that they are connected to these early ones. The Shaykh intends to refute them, because the ones you claim are your imams urge following the Book and the Sunnah. So why do you contradict them? That is his intent: to compel them with this argument. Yes.
He says: In the previous lesson, we passed over reports (athar) from Abu Sulayman al-Darani, Abu 'Uthman al-Nisaburi, and Abu 'Amr ibn al-Junayd. What is the intent of Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah in stating that these are the shaykhs of the Sufis?
Answer:
These are among the people of asceticism (zuhd), and they are moderate Sufis; their Sufism is moderate. They say, "Our knowledge is tied to the Book and the Sunnah." These later people claim that they are connected to these early ones. The Shaykh intends to refute them, because the ones you claim are your imams urge following the Book and the Sunnah. So why do you contradict them? That is his intent: to compel them with this argument. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [280 -858] هل الإمام الداراني وأبي عثمان النيسابوري وأبي عمرو بن الجنيد من مشايخ الصوفية؟ — youtube.com
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