What is the most beneficial book that discusses the Sufis and clarifies the error and misguidance they are upon?
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This questioner says: What is the most beneficial book that discusses the Sufis and clarifies the error and misguidance they are upon?
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The collection of the Shaykh al-Islam, *Majmu' al-Fatawa*; the section on Sufism is very useful and well-founded. Also, there are old and new books about the Sufis and many of their sects, including *Al-Radd 'ala Ibn al-Farid fi Taw'atihi* by al-Baqa'i, which has a commentary by Shaykh 'Abd al-Rahman al-Wakil, one of the supporters of the Sunnah in Egypt. And *Kitab al-Awakhir* by 'Abd al-Rahman al-Wakil, which is also about the Sufis, is very useful because he lived among them, knew them, and was their contemporary. There are many books clarifying the Sufis, including university theses. Shaykh Taqi al-Din al-Hilali al-Maghribi has a refutation of the Tijaniyyah titled *Al-Hidayah al-Hadiyyah*. There are many books, yes. And there is a book by Shaykh 'Abd al-Rahman al-Afriqi (may Allah have mercy on him), but it is small, meaning a treatise clarifying the realities of the Tijaniyyah, because he also lived among them there, yes.
This questioner says: What is the most beneficial book that discusses the Sufis and clarifies the error and misguidance they are upon?
Answer:
The collection of the Shaykh al-Islam, *Majmu' al-Fatawa*; the section on Sufism is very useful and well-founded. Also, there are old and new books about the Sufis and many of their sects, including *Al-Radd 'ala Ibn al-Farid fi Taw'atihi* by al-Baqa'i, which has a commentary by Shaykh 'Abd al-Rahman al-Wakil, one of the supporters of the Sunnah in Egypt. And *Kitab al-Awakhir* by 'Abd al-Rahman al-Wakil, which is also about the Sufis, is very useful because he lived among them, knew them, and was their contemporary. There are many books clarifying the Sufis, including university theses. Shaykh Taqi al-Din al-Hilali al-Maghribi has a refutation of the Tijaniyyah titled *Al-Hidayah al-Hadiyyah*. There are many books, yes. And there is a book by Shaykh 'Abd al-Rahman al-Afriqi (may Allah have mercy on him), but it is small, meaning a treatise clarifying the realities of the Tijaniyyah, because he also lived among them there, yes.
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قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [97 -858] ما هو أنفع كتاب يتكلم عن الصوفية، ويبين ما هم عليه من الخطأ والضلال؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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