A Response to the Doubts of the Extremists among the Sufis Regarding Prayer and Fasting
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: One of the extremists among the Sufis said, "You have declared us disbelievers, yet we pray as you pray and we fast as you fast." He asks: How do we respond to this doubt?
Answer:
If they do not have shirk (associating partners with Allah), their prayer is acceptable, if Allah wills. But if they have shirk and worship the awliya (close friends of Allah) and the righteous, slaughter for the dead, and call upon the dead for aid, then even if they pray, their prayer is not valid. Say this to them. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: One of the extremists among the Sufis said, "You have declared us disbelievers, yet we pray as you pray and we fast as you fast." He asks: How do we respond to this doubt?
Answer:
If they do not have shirk (associating partners with Allah), their prayer is acceptable, if Allah wills. But if they have shirk and worship the awliya (close friends of Allah) and the righteous, slaughter for the dead, and call upon the dead for aid, then even if they pray, their prayer is not valid. Say this to them. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [39 -582] ما الجواب على من يقول: لماذا تكفرون غلاة الصوفية وهم يصلون كما تصلون ويصومون كما تصومون؟؟ — youtube.com
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