What is your opinion of a scholar who calls people to the Sufi paths?
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The questioner: Now, oh Shaykh, regarding...
The Shaykh : This is one who has no knowledge; he has no knowledge. For knowledge dictates that the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) was sitting among his Companions when he drew a straight line and drew short lines around this straight line. Then he recited the saying of Allah the Exalted:[Al-An'am 6:153], and he (peace and blessings be upon him) clarified by saying: . This is the scholar who says: "Such-and-such a path, such-and-such a path!" And the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) says: "One path!" This is not a scholar, but people imagine him to be a scholar; they say of him: "He is a scholar."
The Shaykh : This is one who has no knowledge; he has no knowledge. For knowledge dictates that the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) was sitting among his Companions when he drew a straight line and drew short lines around this straight line. Then he recited the saying of Allah the Exalted:
And, [moreover], this is My path, which is straight, so follow it; and do not follow [other] ways, for you will be separated from His way
وَأَنَّ هَذَا صِرَاطِي مُسْتَقِيمًا فَاتَّبِعُوهُ وَلَا تَتَّبِعُوا السُّبُلَ فَتَفَرَّقَ بِكُمْ عَنْ سَبِيلِهِThis is the path of Allah, and these are the ways, and on every one of these ways is a Shaytan calling people to it
هذا صراط الله ، وهذه الطُّرق ، وعلى كلِّ صراط منها شيطان يدعو الناس إليه
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