Who are the extremists of the Sufis (the people of the unity of existence) and what is their ruling?
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The questioner : Abu Abdullah. What? Yes.
The Shaykh : The extremists of the Sufis are the most extreme of the extremists, or are they the extremists of the middle? Because the most extreme of the extremists do not testify in the universe except for Allah, meaning they say in the unity of essences. As the Shaykh al-Islam mentioned regarding some of them, they say, "There is no one in the jacket except Allah," meaning his jacket, and he says, "Glory be to me, glory be to me, glory be to me," raising his voice with this, meaning himself, because he believes that he is Allah the Exalted. There is no doubt in their disbelief, and it is obligatory to kill them. But among them are people below this level, and they have wonders. Yes.
The questioner : The modern ones, by Allah, I do not know about them.
The Shaykh : Their school of thought is on a clear path. Yes.
The questioner : In any case, do not blame anyone for us. May Allah reward you with good, O Zaki. Glory be to Him.
The Shaykh : Glory be to Allah, your case is like that of a man who said, "By the Prophet, I did not know this, and I think you told us about it." So I said to him, "Swearing by the Prophet is forbidden and is shirk (associating partners with Allah)." He started speaking and said, "By the Prophet, I will not return to this shirk?"
The Shaykh : The extremists of the Sufis are the most extreme of the extremists, or are they the extremists of the middle? Because the most extreme of the extremists do not testify in the universe except for Allah, meaning they say in the unity of essences. As the Shaykh al-Islam mentioned regarding some of them, they say, "There is no one in the jacket except Allah," meaning his jacket, and he says, "Glory be to me, glory be to me, glory be to me," raising his voice with this, meaning himself, because he believes that he is Allah the Exalted. There is no doubt in their disbelief, and it is obligatory to kill them. But among them are people below this level, and they have wonders. Yes.
The questioner : The modern ones, by Allah, I do not know about them.
The Shaykh : Their school of thought is on a clear path. Yes.
The questioner : In any case, do not blame anyone for us. May Allah reward you with good, O Zaki. Glory be to Him.
The Shaykh : Glory be to Allah, your case is like that of a man who said, "By the Prophet, I did not know this, and I think you told us about it." So I said to him, "Swearing by the Prophet is forbidden and is shirk (associating partners with Allah)." He started speaking and said, "By the Prophet, I will not return to this shirk?"
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قناة «فضيلة الشيخ محمد بن صالح العثيمين»، 468- من هم غلاة الصوفية (أهل وحدة الوجود) وحكمهم - ابن عثيمين — youtube.com
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