What is your opinion regarding following the Sufi path?
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The questioner : I follow a Sufi path, and I do not hold any belief about the Shaykh that contradicts the Shari'ah. The whole matter is that I see the Shaykh as a teacher who guides to the path of the Shari'ah, in accordance with the sweet Shari'ah only. However, he organizes lawful dhikr in which there is good, and he does not say anything other than what the Sunnah or the Book brought. So what is your opinion regarding my following him?
The Shaykh : Our view is that it is obligatory for the believer to make the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) his source of guidance above all else, due to the saying of Allah the Exalted:[Ali 'Imran 3:31] If this is the goal and the foundation for this man, and he is unable to reach the truth on his own due to a deficiency in his knowledge or understanding, and he relies on a person who guides him to the Shari'ah and to good, then there is nothing wrong with that. However, this person should not be affiliated with a specific path among the paths, but rather should be affiliated with the methodology of the Salaf and what the Book of Allah and the Sunnah of His Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) indicate.
As for the organized dhikr that some worshippers organize, if this dhikr is of the type that was transmitted in the manner in which they perform it, then the one who organized it is the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), not these people. And if it is contrary to what was transmitted, then it is a bid'ah (religious innovation), even if the original dhikr is prescribed (mashru'). However, organizing it in a specific manner is considered from the innovations. Therefore, we say that worship requires evidence for its cause, its genus, its species, its amount, its time, and its place. It is necessary that the worship performed by the servant conforms to the Shari'ah in these matters: that its cause is known by the Shari'ah, that its genus is known by the Shari'ah, that its species is known by the Shari'ah, that its amount is known by the Shari'ah, that its time is known by the Shari'ah, and that its place is known by the Shari'ah. If these six matters differ, then the worship contains bid'ah (religious innovation) according to how it deviates from the Sunnah.
So, O my brother, follow the righteous Salaf and strive to adhere to their methodology, and leave the paths that were innovated, for the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) says:Sunan an-Nasa'i 1578Sahih (Darussalam)
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh : Our view is that it is obligatory for the believer to make the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) his source of guidance above all else, due to the saying of Allah the Exalted:
Say, [O Muhammad], "If you should love Allah, then follow me, [so] Allah will love you and forgive you your sins
قل إن كنتم تحبون الله فاتبعوني يحببكم الله ويغفر لكم ذنوبكمAs for the organized dhikr that some worshippers organize, if this dhikr is of the type that was transmitted in the manner in which they perform it, then the one who organized it is the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), not these people. And if it is contrary to what was transmitted, then it is a bid'ah (religious innovation), even if the original dhikr is prescribed (mashru'). However, organizing it in a specific manner is considered from the innovations. Therefore, we say that worship requires evidence for its cause, its genus, its species, its amount, its time, and its place. It is necessary that the worship performed by the servant conforms to the Shari'ah in these matters: that its cause is known by the Shari'ah, that its genus is known by the Shari'ah, that its species is known by the Shari'ah, that its amount is known by the Shari'ah, that its time is known by the Shari'ah, and that its place is known by the Shari'ah. If these six matters differ, then the worship contains bid'ah (religious innovation) according to how it deviates from the Sunnah.
So, O my brother, follow the righteous Salaf and strive to adhere to their methodology, and leave the paths that were innovated, for the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) says:
every newly-invented thing is an innovation and every innovation is going astray, and every going astray is in the Fire
كل محدثة بدعة وكل بدعة ضلالة وكل ضلاة في النارThe questioner : May Allah reward you with good.