Explaining the importance of greeting in Islam, with a mention of the innovations in dhikr practiced by the Sufis that were not brought by the pure Shari'ah.

The Shaykh : The brother, I mean, he is the master of the house, or rather...

The questioner : Ah.

The Shaykh : I mean, he is the owner of the house.
Another questioner: Allah knows best...
Another questioner: ...

The Shaykh : ...for all those present, but the reason for drawing attention to this is that the one who points to good is like the one who does it. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) used to say . 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 is not without reward, meaning without compensation. He must at least leave and take the reward of ten good deeds, which is to say "Peace be upon you." Likewise, when he enters, he does not enter without reward... ten more good deeds, and so on. Thus, the Muslim, through this noble 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 Ummah to soften the hearts and reassure them, they innovate dhikr on their own, and they do not achieve the purpose. For 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 tariqas, "Allah, Allah, Allah," or they hold the prayer beads in seclusion and sit saying "Allah, Allah," and they may close their eyes and be absent from existence entirely. What is this sunnah? Meanwhile, you see them completely heedless of the much dhikr that Allah prescribed for the heart of Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him), which He revealed to him clearly. 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. And if only it were a prescribed dhikr! Today, as you see, I do not exclude anyone, neither the general public nor the elite. You find this sunnah, which came in the authentic hadith, and it is his saying (peace and blessings 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. Therefore, the matter 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 preceding the other: beneficial knowledge and righteous action. There is no way to reach righteous action except through beneficial knowledge. Otherwise, often a person, due to ignorance, disobeys Allah without knowing or realizing it. For this reason, he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: . The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) placed in the hands of the Muslims in this hadith the means of safety; if they hold fast to 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 fundamental 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" or "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, and the Sunnah? They have forgotten its story; it has become a thing of the past. They no longer ask about the Sunnah. And the truth is, reviving the sunnahs 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 the jihad of the disbeliever with weapons, but there is a jihad that is closer in reach and easier to achieve, although upon it rests the greater jihad, which is the jihad of the self... He used to say: . The true mujahid is the one who strives against his own desires 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 occupy himself with the jihad of his self, to compel it to follow the Book of his Lord and the Sunnah of his Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). And does this require jihad? Without a doubt, this requires jihad in many aspects. 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.