The Sufis' claim that the traveler needs a guide
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The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. The Sufis say that because a person is a traveler, he needs a guide, and by that they mean the Shaykh and the Sayyid.
The Shaykh:
The guide is the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him). Yes, he needs a guide. Who is the guide? It is the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him). He follows the Messenger if he wants to reach Paradise. He follows the Messenger, not one of their Shaykhs or one of their misguiders. Yes.
The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success.
The Shaykh:
So tell him that if he wants the evidence, the evidence is the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him). Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. The Sufis say that because a person is a traveler, he needs a guide, and by that they mean the Shaykh and the Sayyid.
The Shaykh:
The guide is the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him). Yes, he needs a guide. Who is the guide? It is the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him). He follows the Messenger if he wants to reach Paradise. He follows the Messenger, not one of their Shaykhs or one of their misguiders. Yes.
The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success.
The Shaykh:
So tell him that if he wants the evidence, the evidence is the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him). Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 17 من 86 /شرح كتاب إغاثة اللهفان في مصائد الشيطان/أدران القلب/صالح الفوزان/العقيدة/كبار العلماء — youtube.com (36:16)
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