Discussion of the book *Ihya' 'Ulum al-Din*
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The Shaykh : This is *Ihya' 'Ulum al-Din*; you must know it, and perhaps you have read it.
The student : A lot.
The Shaykh : In truth, I benefited from the book from the ethical perspective.
The student: Allahu Akbar.
The Shaykh : But it contains repugnant Sufism. I recall, among the things I read in it, that it mentioned a story about one of the great Sufi shaykhs. One of his disciples came to him one day and said, "I saw you in a dream, and you told me to do something. So I asked you, 'Why?'" The shaykh then boycotted him for a month or two because he had asked him in the dream, "Why?" Heh.
The student: Allah is the Greatest!
The Shaykh: Glory be to Allah!
The student : A lot.
The Shaykh : In truth, I benefited from the book from the ethical perspective.
The student: Allahu Akbar.
The Shaykh : But it contains repugnant Sufism. I recall, among the things I read in it, that it mentioned a story about one of the great Sufi shaykhs. One of his disciples came to him one day and said, "I saw you in a dream, and you told me to do something. So I asked you, 'Why?'" The shaykh then boycotted him for a month or two because he had asked him in the dream, "Why?" Heh.
The student: Allah is the Greatest!
The Shaykh: Glory be to Allah!
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