Naming the book *Tabaqat al-Awliya* by al-Sha'rani as *Tabaqat al-Ashqiya*
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The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. Is it permissible for some scholars to name al-Sha'rani's book *Tabaqat al-Awliya* as *Tabaqat al-Ashqiya* in order to warn against it and deter people from this book?
The Shaykh:
What is it, what is it, that turns the first from the known to the known? In any case, looking into it for the sake of knowing tawhid (the oneness of Allah) and knowing what these people fell into of exaggerations and shirk (associating partners with Allah), in order to warn against it and take a lesson from it, for the student of knowledge who is still remaining, this is a good thing. As for the person who is working, or the person who has not yet become proficient in seeking knowledge, it is not permissible for him to look into this book, because perhaps something of the superstitions mentioned in it may deceive him. Yes.
The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success.
The Shaykh:
Their naming them awliya (close friends of Allah) is in consideration of the author, in consideration of the author. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. Is it permissible for some scholars to name al-Sha'rani's book *Tabaqat al-Awliya* as *Tabaqat al-Ashqiya* in order to warn against it and deter people from this book?
The Shaykh:
What is it, what is it, that turns the first from the known to the known? In any case, looking into it for the sake of knowing tawhid (the oneness of Allah) and knowing what these people fell into of exaggerations and shirk (associating partners with Allah), in order to warn against it and take a lesson from it, for the student of knowledge who is still remaining, this is a good thing. As for the person who is working, or the person who has not yet become proficient in seeking knowledge, it is not permissible for him to look into this book, because perhaps something of the superstitions mentioned in it may deceive him. Yes.
The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success.
The Shaykh:
Their naming them awliya (close friends of Allah) is in consideration of the author, in consideration of the author. Yes.
Source
شرح قرة عيون الموحدين [18] — alfawzan.live (1:12:16)
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