The Levels of the Sufis in Misguidance
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Question:
He says: May Allah reward you. Are the Sufis on one level in misguidance, or[Fatir 35:32] in good deeds?
Answer:
Ahead in good deeds? I do not know, but they are not on one level. They are not on one level. Some of them have a light understanding and are diligent in worship, like the early ones among them, such as al-Fudayl and Ibrahim ibn Adham. These people have a certain understanding, and like Bishr al-Hafi, they have a certain understanding, but they are worshippers who are diligent and possess sound 'aqidah and sound methodology. They adhere to the Book and the Sunnah. Their only thing is diligence in worship and asceticism regarding this world. These are the ones who practice Sufism. But as for others, when Sufism developed, it led to what? To the unity of existence. Those who say that Allah is the entire universe, that everything is Allah, and that there is no division between the state and the burned one, as Ibn 'Arabi says. This is the greatest misguidance. They say this is more than the people of the earth, and I seek refuge in Allah. The understanding is not on one level.
He says: May Allah reward you. Are the Sufis on one level in misguidance, or
and among them is he who wrongs himself, and among them is he who is moderate, and among them is he who is foremost
فَمِنْهُمْ ظَالِمٌ لِّنَفْسِهِ وَمِنْهُم مُّقْتَصِدٌ وَمِنْهُمْ سَابِقٌAnswer:
Ahead in good deeds? I do not know, but they are not on one level. They are not on one level. Some of them have a light understanding and are diligent in worship, like the early ones among them, such as al-Fudayl and Ibrahim ibn Adham. These people have a certain understanding, and like Bishr al-Hafi, they have a certain understanding, but they are worshippers who are diligent and possess sound 'aqidah and sound methodology. They adhere to the Book and the Sunnah. Their only thing is diligence in worship and asceticism regarding this world. These are the ones who practice Sufism. But as for others, when Sufism developed, it led to what? To the unity of existence. Those who say that Allah is the entire universe, that everything is Allah, and that there is no division between the state and the burned one, as Ibn 'Arabi says. This is the greatest misguidance. They say this is more than the people of the earth, and I seek refuge in Allah. The understanding is not on one level.
Source
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