The Sufis and their belief in divine indwelling, and their claim that the aspirant or the knower leaves off some of the obligatory acts, such as prayer, and some of them say, as in their poetry, "Leave me, you will find me near." How little is said about them?

The questioner : May Allah forgive you, O Shaykh. The Sufis and their belief in divine indwelling, and they say: the aspirant or the knower leaves off some of the obligatory acts, such as prayer, for example. And some of them say, for example, as in their poetry, "Leave me, you will find me near," or something similar. How little is said about them, O Shaykh?

The Shaykh : These Sufis who say what you mentioned, that the aspirant does what he wants, and that the intended One is in the position of the Lord, Mighty and Majestic.
And he says: the aspirant is before this intended One in the position of a dead person before the one washing him, and he does with him what he wills. These people are undoubtedly disbelievers who have gone out of Islam. As for the mild Sufis, like the one who introduces some dhikr or something similar, he does not reach the level of disbelief. So the Sufis are of different categories and types; not all of them are on the same level.
But opening the door to religious innovation, even in acts of worship, is harmful and leads to progression and to there being innovation in the creed, as you pointed out.