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[quote]Brother Usmani Quote:- We do have very clear directions about it in Quran and in the life of our Prophet(pbuh).If these directions are there,so they could not be incomplete,I hope you will be agreed on that they could not be incomplete. Absolutely the directives are not only complete but also the define boundaries of those directives. If one is not implementing that it’s a separate issue and is not under discussion. We must teach people to go back to Quran and act accordingly rather than teaching them to be a Sufi (the terminology which prophets and books of God never used). Prophet (PBUH) wasn’t the first messenger of God, rather he was the last. The people at Prophets times were not only aware of the previous teachings of books of God rather some of them were actually practising them (although very few) and the rest had included Bidahs in them and have deshaped the whole religion according to their own desires, lust etc.. Now what did Prophet do? Regardless of whether he did was right or wrong (I am just saying this due to the fact that currently I am focusing on what he actually did. It was of course right and can be proven not only in terms of Quran but also on intellectual and natural grounds of human beings) , as a Muslim we have to follow them. He didn’t give them a new terminology. He never called them Sufis rather he referred them back to the sunnah of Prophet Ibrahim and removed all the bidahs and misconceptions introduced by them. Quote:-Momin is the person who qualify the basic demands of the religion. A sufi is the person after qualifying the basic demands and he performed extra worship to Allah within the framework of extra ibadith which are already there in Quran and Sunnah. The person who is fully devoted to God and always keeps the life hereafter as his primary objective is termed as Momin by Quran. He is a person who not only is devoted to God in terms of worships but also follows the teaching of Islam in his complete perspective of life. If you say that these are just the basic demands, then brother I am sorry to say that in my opinion these are the only demands from Quran for a person and these are the demands which Prophet fulfilled. Prophets life is the remarkable symbolic representation of a person that Allah wants us all to be. You said that “he performed extra worship to Allah within the framework of extra ibadith which are already there in Quran and Sunnah.” If they are in Quran and Sunnah then they are not extra and are not just basic and we don’t need any Sufism to teach us those extra demands. As far as Ibadahs are concerned these are not left to one human beings to determine the boundaries. Rather Quran and Sunnah is absolutely clear in describing them and their boundaries. Some are made compulsory by making them Shariah and then further promoted on moral and intellectual grounds to do more. The ultimate remarkable authority of that extra is the life of Prophet. Any little addition exceeding the boundary of that is not expected but he is the one to be followed. For the people following the Shariah Quran has used the terminology of being Musliam while for the ones for whom the Iman has reached their hearts Quran has used Momin. What else we need. Quote: Quran give us four categories of blessed people,they are 1)Prophets 2) Siddiqeen 3) Shohada 4) Sahliheen.The door of Prophet is closed now.A sufi is the person who is in the straggle to strive for the best. We are already sufees as far as the our straggle for achieving the wordily gains and benefits are concern. Why not we straggle to achieve the benefits of hereafter which are ever lasting. I do agree to that point but why be sufi to achieve hereafter why not adhere to Quranic terminology and be a momin. I can’t understand your efforts to stick to Quran and Sunnah and at the same time your insistance on being Suifs. Why not Siddiqeen, Shohada, Sahliheen, muslims, momins the terminologies from Quran. Quote:- Is this is Islam now a days we practicing? Praying five times a day and when involve in wordily affairs we taking bribe,lying to peoples just for small benefits all sort of sins we are involve in. Are we talking of the way Islam is being practised now-a-days or are we trying to understand the tasawaff and Islam. Even if I take your quote what I will say that teach people how Prophet acted on Islam and became practicing symbol for the rest of humanity. Quote:- It says that this is not the real Islam which we should be practicing and ask us to follow the real Islam.We need to understand the Quran,ahadith and we must study the life of sahabah. Surely we can not be like them but when have all this things in front of us then only our journey towards real Islam could begun. Is this the way Prophet conveyed his message to non-believers by teaching them tasawaff or be sufi. Do tazkeer through Quran and you will achieve your purpose.[/quote]
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