The Position of the Sufis with Respect to the People of the Sunnah and the Community
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: Are the Sufis considered among the people of the Sunnah and the community?
Answer:
The Sufis who are righteous worshippers adhering to the Book and the Sunnah are among the people of the Sunnah and the community. As for the misguided and deviant Sufis, some of them have become atheists, such as Ibn Arabi and others, and Ibn al-Farid; some of them are atheists, may Allah protect us from that. But the early ones and the moderate ones among them are among the people of the Sunnah and the community, such as Fudayl ibn 'Iyad, Ibrahim ibn Adham, and al-Hasan al-Haffaj. They are committed to the Book and the Sunnah, and they are distinguished by their abundance of worship of Allah the Exalted. These are the moderate ones. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: Are the Sufis considered among the people of the Sunnah and the community?
Answer:
The Sufis who are righteous worshippers adhering to the Book and the Sunnah are among the people of the Sunnah and the community. As for the misguided and deviant Sufis, some of them have become atheists, such as Ibn Arabi and others, and Ibn al-Farid; some of them are atheists, may Allah protect us from that. But the early ones and the moderate ones among them are among the people of the Sunnah and the community, such as Fudayl ibn 'Iyad, Ibrahim ibn Adham, and al-Hasan al-Haffaj. They are committed to the Book and the Sunnah, and they are distinguished by their abundance of worship of Allah the Exalted. These are the moderate ones. Yes.
Source
شرح إغاثة اللهفان من مصائد الشيطان لابن القيم، بداية من قول المُصَنِّف : ومن علامات صحة القلب — islamhouse.com (55:53)
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