Discussion of the Sufis, their creed, the doctrine of the unity of existence, and whether they are declared disbelievers on account of it?

The Shaykh : Unfortunately, we know that among the people of the Sunnah and the community, there are many Sufi orders, some of which at least adopt a school of thought or a creed that is considered more misguided than the creed of the Jews and the Christians, namely the creed of the unity of existence. Among the Sufis, there are many like these who believe in this unity. There is no doubt that whoever believes in it is a disbeliever who has apostatized from the religion, because the creed of the unity of existence means, as the disbelievers, atheists, and communists and their like say, that there is nothing but matter. Today, disbelief is declared openly; the communists declare it, saying there is nothing but matter. Those who believe in the unity of existence muddle the issue and dress it in the garments of Islam and religion in order to mislead the general Muslim public. For example, when they interpret the word of tawhid (the oneness of Allah), "La ilaha illa Allah" (There is no god but Allah), they end up saying, "It is He, it is He." Then they abbreviate this phrase, which contains an exception and the thing from which the exception is made, and say, "It is He, it is He; there is nothing but Him." They summarize it by saying, "It is He, it is He; there is nothing besides them." They express this through many open acts of shirk (associating partners with Allah), such as some of them saying, "Everything you see with your eye is Allah." So this is the matter that the atheists believe in. And some others state it explicitly, saying, "When the Majus (Zoroastrians) worshipped fire, they did not worship anything but the One, the Subduer." And the witness is that these people are not among the Shi'ah or the Khawarij; these are from the people of the Sunnah and the community. So is it permissible to declare the Sufis in general as disbelievers? The answer is no, because many of them merely follow Sufism in general, thinking that it is the path that will lead them to the Lord of the worlds. But most of them do not know this creed, which is among the most false of falsehoods. As for their inner circle, they believe in it. So let us begin with our companions, the people of our Sunnah and our school, who are the people of the Sunnah and the community, and among them are those we mentioned who believe in the unity of existence. These people are generally found among the Sufis, but even so, these people are found even among non-Sufis, even among some who fight Sufism in its entirety and in detail, such as the Mu'tazilah, for example.