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What is the answer to the Sufis who argue for the superiority of the wali (close friend of Allah) over the Prophet using the story of Musa and al-Khidr?

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Question:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner asks: How do we respond to the Sufis who cite the story of Musa (peace be upon him) with al-Khidr to argue that the wali is superior to the Prophet, because Musa learned from the wali, who was al-Khidr?

Answer:
He did not learn from him absolutely. Rather, when he was asked who is the most knowledgeable of people, he said, "I am." Allah wanted to show him that he had erred in this and that
but over every possessor of knowledge is one [more] knowing.وَفَوْقَ كُلِّ ذِي عِلْمٍ عَلِيمٌ
[Yusuf 12:76]
. Even if he were a deeply learned scholar, there might be someone more knowledgeable than him in certain matters. There might be someone more knowledgeable than him in certain matters. So Allah wanted to teach Musa that he should not say, for example, "I am the most knowledgeable," because there are people more knowledgeable than him in certain matters. Musa did not learn the message from al-Khidr; he only learned certain matters. Yes.
Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [329 -858] ما الجواب على الصوفية في استدلال بفضل الولي على النبي بقصة بقصة موسى والخضر؟ — youtube.com

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