The Naming of the Sufis and the Position of the People of Hadith Toward Them
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The questioner:
In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.
The Shaykh:
The message?
The questioner:
John said: Among the men of the people of hadith, who said that they are holding fast to the Sunnah? The Sufis whom al-Jazairi mentioned in the message,
The Shaykh:
The point is that they are upright; the point is that this is their foundation. Every person has deviations, and every person has errors. Is every one of the scholars of the Sunnah infallible?
The questioner:
Naming oneself a Sufi, meaning they do not call themselves Sufi, it is not an innovation, do not call them that. Allah named us believers and Muslims,
The Shaykh:
so one should turn to Allah, one should testify to the names of Allah. Yes. Here they are. Yes, yes.
In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.
The Shaykh:
The message?
The questioner:
John said: Among the men of the people of hadith, who said that they are holding fast to the Sunnah? The Sufis whom al-Jazairi mentioned in the message,
The Shaykh:
The point is that they are upright; the point is that this is their foundation. Every person has deviations, and every person has errors. Is every one of the scholars of the Sunnah infallible?
The questioner:
Naming oneself a Sufi, meaning they do not call themselves Sufi, it is not an innovation, do not call them that. Allah named us believers and Muslims,
The Shaykh:
so one should turn to Allah, one should testify to the names of Allah. Yes. Here they are. Yes, yes.
Source
شرح كتاب الاستقامة، فصل فيما ذكره الشيخ أبو القاسم القشيرى في رسالته المشهورة من اعتقاد مشايخ الصوفية : من قوله : وهذا الذي ذكره الشيخ أبو علي من أن الصوفية يخالفون المعتزلة — islamhouse.com (3:24)
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