Are the Sufis polytheists?
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The questioner:
This questioner says: Are the Sufis polytheists?
The Shaykh:
The Sufis are not one single group; there are the extreme Sufis and the Sufis who are less extreme than them, and Allah knows them best. Yes, whoever calls upon other than Allah or worships other than Allah, whether he is a Sufi or anyone else, is a mushrik (one who associates partners with Allah). Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh.
The Shaykh:
Bid'ah (religious innovation) predominates among the Sufis; bid'ah predominates over them. They act upon bid'ah and abandon the Sunnah. Yes.
This questioner says: Are the Sufis polytheists?
The Shaykh:
The Sufis are not one single group; there are the extreme Sufis and the Sufis who are less extreme than them, and Allah knows them best. Yes, whoever calls upon other than Allah or worships other than Allah, whether he is a Sufi or anyone else, is a mushrik (one who associates partners with Allah). Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh.
The Shaykh:
Bid'ah (religious innovation) predominates among the Sufis; bid'ah predominates over them. They act upon bid'ah and abandon the Sunnah. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، هل الصوفية مشركون؟ لمعالي الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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