Explaining the importance of greeting with the salam in Islam, and mentioning the innovations of dhikr practiced by the Sufis that were not brought by the purified Shari'ah.

The Shaykh : ... his attention, and naturally the attention of all those sitting there, but the reason for drawing this attention is: , so the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) used to say: , and the meaning of this, if we want to apply it to reality, is that the master of the house left this place to go to another place; his leaving does not have to be for free, meaning without reward; he must at least leave and take the reward of ten good deeds, so here he says: "Peace be upon you." Likewise, when he enters, he does not enter for free; he enters with the reward of another ten good deeds. And so, the Muslim, with this lenient and easy sunnah, fulfills a divine command: . Look, my brother Ahmad, how the Muslims, due to their ignorance of their religion, feel that the soul needs to be softened... from the Prophet of the nation to soften hearts and reassure them, they innovate dhikr on their own, and they do not achieve the purpose; because the matter is as it was said:
"You hope for salvation but have not taken its paths *** For the ship does not run on the dry land"
You see people reciting dhikr with the singular word "Allah"; either collectively, as you see in some tariqahs: "Allah, Allah, Allah, Allah," or they hold the prayer beads in their seclusion and sit saying: "Allah, Allah." They may close their eyes and be absent from all existence. This is not the sunnah. Meanwhile, you see them completely unaware of the much dhikr that Allah prescribed for the heart of Muhammad (peace be upon him), which He revealed to him and explained. So you find one of them either neglecting the remembrance of Allah entirely, or wasting all his time, in his claim, in the remembrance of Allah entirely. If only it had been a prescribed dhikr!
So today, as you see, I do not exclude anyone, neither the common people nor the specialists; you find this sunnah that came in the authentic hadith, which is his saying (peace be upon him): . This sunnah has become a forgotten thing, and they are holding onto daily recitations that are not from the sunnah in any way whatsoever. Therefore, the issue truly needs a return to Allah (Mighty and Majestic), to His Book and to the sunnah of His Prophet, so that the affairs of the Muslims are set right on the straight path. And without a doubt, this rectitude cannot be achieved except by two things, one of which precedes the other: beneficial knowledge and righteous action. There is no way to reach righteous action except through beneficial knowledge; otherwise, often a person disobeys Allah without knowing or feeling it. For this reason, he (peace be upon him) said: . So the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) placed before the Muslims the protection that, if they hold onto it, they will be guides and guided; and if they deviate from it, they will be lost in clear error: the Book and the Sunnah. And what confirms to you that people are not revolving around these two primary sources, the Book and the Sunnah, is that you do not hear a scholar, when he speaks about a matter, say to you: "Allah said, the Messenger of Allah said," but rather "So-and-so said, so-and-so said." As I heard just now from some of the officials that this opinion is contrary to the majority. Well, where did the sunnah go? It became a thing of the past! They no longer ask about the sunnah!!
And the truth is that reviving the sunnah requires jihad, it requires patience along with the knowledge we mentioned, which is necessary. It requires jihad and patience. Because jihad, as is not hidden from you, is not only fighting the disbeliever with weapons, but there is a jihad that is more accessible and easier to achieve, yet upon it rests the greatest jihad; and that is the jihad against the self. He used to say: . The true mujahid is the one who strives against the desires of his soul in the path of obeying his Lord. And the Muslims today, unfortunately, have been deprived of the jihad which is fighting the disbelievers and enemies. So at the very least, the Muslim should be occupied with striving against his self to make it follow the Book of his Lord and the sunnah of his Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). Does this require jihad? Without a doubt, this requires jihad in many ways. First, that you ask about the knowledge I mentioned just now, the correct knowledge. Because knowledge has been entered by what is not of it due to the long time, fourteen centuries that have passed over the Muslims. Without a doubt, this is a very, very long journey...