The Sufis claim to receive knowledge directly from Allah
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The questioner:
Glory be to Allah, we hear a phrase repeated by those who follow them that knowledge comes through the *thawbat* (spiritual states), meaning
The Shaykh:
We have told you that they claim they reach Allah and receive [knowledge] directly from Him, without needing the Messenger? Is there any disbelief greater than this, may Allah protect us from it? No, they say they do not need the acts of worship, so they abandon prayer, and they do not need to avoid the forbidden, so they commit obscenities, because they have reached Allah and do not need to be bound by the Shari'ah, its rulings of what is lawful and what is forbidden; that is for the common people. This is the greatest form of *ilhad* (deviation), may Allah protect us from it: nullifying the Shari'ah. Yes.
The questioner:
In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.
The Shaykh:
And they say, "Knowledge comes to us as a bounty from Allah, a light that Allah casts, without us learning from the *shaykhs* or learning from the Messenger. We do not need this; this is for the common people who have not reached [Allah]. As for those who have reached [Allah], they are self-sufficient without the Messenger."
The questioner:
May Allah reward you, the Exalted.
The Shaykh:
And they say, "You take your religion from a dead man, from a dead man, meaning the *isnad* (chain of narration) of the hadith: from so-and-so, from so-and-so, from so-and-so, all of them are dead. But we take our religion from the Living who does not die, meaning we take it directly from Allah." Yes, they mock the people of the Sunnah who care about the *asanid* (chains of narration) and look into their validity or invalidity. Yes.
The questioner:
We will ask you: Are the names more numerous than the actions?
The Shaykh:
Therefore, and for this reason, they have become famous now. A group among them claims to be among the callers to Allah. It is famous among them that they say, "Do not learn, do not sit in the circles of dhikr, do not learn knowledge. It is sufficient for you that you pray, fast, worship, and remember Allah, that you engage in dhikr, tasbih, and tahlil, and this is sufficient for you instead of learning knowledge from so-and-so and so-and-so." Yes. This is a branch of the branches of their false methodology. Yes.
Glory be to Allah, we hear a phrase repeated by those who follow them that knowledge comes through the *thawbat* (spiritual states), meaning
The Shaykh:
We have told you that they claim they reach Allah and receive [knowledge] directly from Him, without needing the Messenger? Is there any disbelief greater than this, may Allah protect us from it? No, they say they do not need the acts of worship, so they abandon prayer, and they do not need to avoid the forbidden, so they commit obscenities, because they have reached Allah and do not need to be bound by the Shari'ah, its rulings of what is lawful and what is forbidden; that is for the common people. This is the greatest form of *ilhad* (deviation), may Allah protect us from it: nullifying the Shari'ah. Yes.
The questioner:
In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.
The Shaykh:
And they say, "Knowledge comes to us as a bounty from Allah, a light that Allah casts, without us learning from the *shaykhs* or learning from the Messenger. We do not need this; this is for the common people who have not reached [Allah]. As for those who have reached [Allah], they are self-sufficient without the Messenger."
The questioner:
May Allah reward you, the Exalted.
The Shaykh:
And they say, "You take your religion from a dead man, from a dead man, meaning the *isnad* (chain of narration) of the hadith: from so-and-so, from so-and-so, from so-and-so, all of them are dead. But we take our religion from the Living who does not die, meaning we take it directly from Allah." Yes, they mock the people of the Sunnah who care about the *asanid* (chains of narration) and look into their validity or invalidity. Yes.
The questioner:
We will ask you: Are the names more numerous than the actions?
The Shaykh:
Therefore, and for this reason, they have become famous now. A group among them claims to be among the callers to Allah. It is famous among them that they say, "Do not learn, do not sit in the circles of dhikr, do not learn knowledge. It is sufficient for you that you pray, fast, worship, and remember Allah, that you engage in dhikr, tasbih, and tahlil, and this is sufficient for you instead of learning knowledge from so-and-so and so-and-so." Yes. This is a branch of the branches of their false methodology. Yes.
Source
شرح نونية ابن القيم [35] — alfawzan.live (54:13)
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