What do these people want by distinguishing between the apparent Shari'ah and the hidden reality?
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Question:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner says: What do these people want by distinguishing between the apparent Shari'ah and the hidden reality?
Answer:
They want to show that they are not bound by the apparent; rather, they have the hidden, and they act according to the hidden. Do you know the Batiniyyah? Do you know the Batiniyyah who say that the Shari'ah has an apparent and a hidden aspect? The common people take the apparent, but as for us, we take the hidden. They interpret the prayer in a way other than its interpretation, they interpret zakah in a way other than its interpretation, and they interpret the commands of the religion in a way other than their interpretation. They say these are their hidden meanings, and this is something that only we know. Therefore, they are called the Batiniyyah.
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner says: What do these people want by distinguishing between the apparent Shari'ah and the hidden reality?
Answer:
They want to show that they are not bound by the apparent; rather, they have the hidden, and they act according to the hidden. Do you know the Batiniyyah? Do you know the Batiniyyah who say that the Shari'ah has an apparent and a hidden aspect? The common people take the apparent, but as for us, we take the hidden. They interpret the prayer in a way other than its interpretation, they interpret zakah in a way other than its interpretation, and they interpret the commands of the religion in a way other than their interpretation. They say these are their hidden meanings, and this is something that only we know. Therefore, they are called the Batiniyyah.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [195 -858] ما الذي يريده هؤلاء من التفريق بين الشرع الظاهر وبين الحقيقة الباطنة؟ -الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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