Some Sufis make the obligatory prayer and all voluntary prayers into a prayer upon the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him)?
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The questioner:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, some Sufis make the obligatory prayer and all voluntary prayers into a prayer upon the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him).
The Shaykh:
This is an error, this is an error, and this is not understood from the hadith. What is understood from the hadith is that one increases the prayer upon the Messenger in place of supplication, making the place of supplication for his needs a prayer upon the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him). Other than that, we do not introduce anything for which there is no evidence from these matters. Yes.
The questioner:
He says: Honorable. The question. He says: Some Sufis make the obligatory prayer and all voluntary prayers into a prayer upon the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him).
The Shaykh:
He leaves the obligatory prayer and the voluntary prayers and makes their place a prayer. This is a change of the religion of Allah the Exalted.
The prayer, whether obligatory or voluntary, is as it is. Pray the obligatory or voluntary prayer, and he will pray upon the Messenger in the prayer, because among the pillars of the prayer without which it is not valid is the prayer upon the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) in the final tashahhud. And it is among the obligations in the first tashahhud; it is among the obligations in the prayer in the first tashahhud. As for making do with the prayer upon the Messenger instead of the ruku', sujud, and standing, this is a change of the Shari'ah, a change of the religion of Allah the Exalted.
Yes, and I told you that the Sufi method of praying upon the Messenger is an innovative method, an innovative method. It is not relied upon, it is not prescribed, and there is no reward or merit in it because it is a bid'ah (religious innovation). Yes.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, some Sufis make the obligatory prayer and all voluntary prayers into a prayer upon the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him).
The Shaykh:
This is an error, this is an error, and this is not understood from the hadith. What is understood from the hadith is that one increases the prayer upon the Messenger in place of supplication, making the place of supplication for his needs a prayer upon the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him). Other than that, we do not introduce anything for which there is no evidence from these matters. Yes.
The questioner:
He says: Honorable. The question. He says: Some Sufis make the obligatory prayer and all voluntary prayers into a prayer upon the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him).
The Shaykh:
He leaves the obligatory prayer and the voluntary prayers and makes their place a prayer. This is a change of the religion of Allah the Exalted.
The prayer, whether obligatory or voluntary, is as it is. Pray the obligatory or voluntary prayer, and he will pray upon the Messenger in the prayer, because among the pillars of the prayer without which it is not valid is the prayer upon the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) in the final tashahhud. And it is among the obligations in the first tashahhud; it is among the obligations in the prayer in the first tashahhud. As for making do with the prayer upon the Messenger instead of the ruku', sujud, and standing, this is a change of the Shari'ah, a change of the religion of Allah the Exalted.
Yes, and I told you that the Sufi method of praying upon the Messenger is an innovative method, an innovative method. It is not relied upon, it is not prescribed, and there is no reward or merit in it because it is a bid'ah (religious innovation). Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [340 /1350] بعض الصوفية يجعل الصلاة المفروضة والنوافل كلها صلاة على النبيﷺ؟ الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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