Are the Sufis and the Rafidah of the same school of thought?
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The questioner : Are they not from the same source?
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : The Sufis and the Shi'ah.
The Shaykh : By Allah, I do not know; I do not know their schools of thought in terms of truth, but it appears to me that they are different. They may agree on some matters, like the Jahmiyyah and the Mu'tazilah. The Jahmiyyah and the Mu'tazilah agree on some things and differ on others. For example, they agree on the denial of the divine attributes, but they differ on matters of divine decree and matters of names, the names of faith and religion, and the rulings of people in the Hereafter.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : The Sufis and the Shi'ah.
The Shaykh : By Allah, I do not know; I do not know their schools of thought in terms of truth, but it appears to me that they are different. They may agree on some matters, like the Jahmiyyah and the Mu'tazilah. The Jahmiyyah and the Mu'tazilah agree on some things and differ on others. For example, they agree on the denial of the divine attributes, but they differ on matters of divine decree and matters of names, the names of faith and religion, and the rulings of people in the Hereafter.