The Response to the Argument Citing Ibn Taymiyyah’s Praise of al-Junayd and Abu Yazid
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A questioner says: In our country, one of the da'wah workers praises a grave-visiting Sufi Shaykh, and his followers deify him. They deify him, making him a god. When we refuted him, he said: The Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah praises al-Junayd and Abu Yazid, and they are Sufis. How do we respond to that?
Answer:
They are among the deviant Sufis. The Sufis are moderate; the early Sufis were moderate. He praised the early ones, not all the Sufis. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A questioner says: In our country, one of the da'wah workers praises a grave-visiting Sufi Shaykh, and his followers deify him. They deify him, making him a god. When we refuted him, he said: The Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah praises al-Junayd and Abu Yazid, and they are Sufis. How do we respond to that?
Answer:
They are among the deviant Sufis. The Sufis are moderate; the early Sufis were moderate. He praised the early ones, not all the Sufis. Yes.
Source
شرح إغاثة اللهفان من مصائد الشيطان لابن القيم، فصل ومن كيده : أنه يُحسّن إلى أرباب التخلي والزهد والرياضة العمل بها — islamhouse.com (1:06:06)
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