Guidance on Distinguishing Between Reality and the Shari'ah
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The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. In the words of Imam Ibn al-Qayyim (may Allah have mercy on him) regarding the religion, he said: "Its realities and its laws." Some Sufis use this to argue that the religion has a reality (haqiqah) and there is a Shari'ah. What is the guidance on this matter, may Allah grant you success?
The Shaykh:
Ibn al-Qayyim's statement differs from the statement of the innovators, is there any doubt? Yes.
The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success.
The Shaykh:
He does not intend what these people intend. Yes.
The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. Some Sufis... this questioner is from outside this country, and he says:
The Shaykh:
And there is no reality except what is Shari'ah, and as for what is not Shari'ah, it is not a reality but rather misguidance. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. In the words of Imam Ibn al-Qayyim (may Allah have mercy on him) regarding the religion, he said: "Its realities and its laws." Some Sufis use this to argue that the religion has a reality (haqiqah) and there is a Shari'ah. What is the guidance on this matter, may Allah grant you success?
The Shaykh:
Ibn al-Qayyim's statement differs from the statement of the innovators, is there any doubt? Yes.
The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success.
The Shaykh:
He does not intend what these people intend. Yes.
The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. Some Sufis... this questioner is from outside this country, and he says:
The Shaykh:
And there is no reality except what is Shari'ah, and as for what is not Shari'ah, it is not a reality but rather misguidance. Yes.
Source
شرح إغاثة اللهفان من مصائد الشيطان لابن القيم، فصل والفتنة نوعان : فتنة الشبهات وهي أعظم الفتنتين وفتنة الشهوات — islamhouse.com (53:34)
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