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[quote][quote]........ Sufis/Saints of the past,...........were all of them were rejecters of very basic tent of Islam......Should their all teachings, books, scholarly work be rejected..........what is the difference between claim of "Maseelma Kazzab" and claim of the sufis of Islam.........[/quote][blue]The following are the most important fundamentals of Sufism judged by the Qur'an and Sunnah, so that Muslims can tell for themselves how devastating it is to the Muslim ummah. [list]• Structure of Sufi Orders • The Certified Shaikh •Al-'Ahd (The Covenenant of Allegiance) • The Ritual of Sufi Wird • Al-Khalwah (Seclusion) • Al-Kashf (Unveiling) • Al-Fanaa' (Annihilation) • Manifest and Hidden Knowledge • Al-Aqtaab • Al-Awliyaa'[/list][b]1. Structure of Sufi Orders:[/b][list] The mechanism of the order structure in Sufism leads to many evil results: • Division of the Muslim ummah into fractions and orders ruled by deviant and ignorant shaikhs, thus making the ummah an easy prey for conquest by non-Muslims. • Enmity among the adherents of different orders, to the point that they will not marry into one another's families or cooperate with one another. • Deception on the part of the shaikh, who falsely claims the ability to deliver the murid from difficulties and deadly problems the befall him. The shaikh even claims he will be present at the murid's death, regardless of time or place, and ridiculously enough, will instruct him in his grave on what to tell the two angels of the grave, and will argue with them on his behalf.Finally, the shaikh promises to intercede for him with Allah on the Day of Judgment, and to help cross over as-Siraat (the bridge over Hell) on that Day, and accompany him to Jannah. This kind of deception, offering security in the grave as well as in the Hereafter, is a flagrant lie, not permissible under any circumstance. Sufi shaikhs lead simple-minded Muslims to believe in such claims, and the result is shirk (polytheism). Deceiving Muslims is one of the major sins. • Insulating the murid as far as possible from the world outside the order as to exploit and manipulate him[/list]. [b]2. The Certified Shaikh[/b][list]The knowledge of the unseen and unknown, and whatever man's breasts conceal, is restricted to Allah alone; anyone else who claims such knowledge is contending with Allah and assuming His attributes. The shaikhs, the leaders of chiefs of the Sufi orders, are regarded by their members as superhuman or divine, and paid more awe and reverence than was paid to the Prophet by his companions.[/list][b]3. Al-'Ahd (The Covenenant of Allegiance)[list][/b] The Prophet said, "If two caliphs were given the covenant of allegiance, then kill the second of them." Based on this, every bai'ah which is made to other than the Khalifah of the Muslims or the Muslim ruler who is invested with authority to declare wars or ratify peace treaties and execute religious castigations, or hudood is null and void. But the Sufi shaikhs and party leaders of today, not only make imperative that their followers give bai'ah to them, but also consider bai'ah as an indispensable religious rite.[/list][b]4. The Ritual of Sufi Wird[/b][list] The wird is another central principle of the Sufi orders, which literally means a set portion of the Qur'an, or any other specific act of worship, which the worshipper commits himself to recite or perform, either at a particular time or occasion or on a regular basis. But according to Sufism, the wird, or dhikr, is a practice of repeating the name of Allah, and a set of invocations assigned to the murid by his shaikh or deputy as a liturgy of communion. They involve beseeching the dead, and seeking help from sources other than Allah.[/list][b]5. Al-Khalwah (Seclusion)[/b][list]As for Kalwah, suffice it to know that keeping silent for a whole day is forbidden by the words of the Prophet , "There shall be no keeping silence for a whole day until night." Al-Munawee, in his commentary on this hadeeth, says that keeping silent for a whole day is forbidden because it is an imitation of a Christian custom. Furthermore, the Prophet never practiced khalwah after receiving the Divine appointment of the Prophethood, nor did his companions, may Allah be pleased with them all, nor did their followers. On the contrary, the Messenger of Allah encouraged socializing among Muslims and regarded it as praiseworthy,[/list][b]6. Al-Kashf (Unveiling)[/b][list] There are two points against the Sufi interpretation of kashf and tajalli. First, conceiving metaphysics by kashf is impossible, yet Sufis claim otherwise, contending against the truth. The fact is that whatever exists can be conceived of only within the realm of reason. Once man loses reason, he loses the ability to conceive of anything of its reality, and turns to hallucination and utter nonsense. Secondly, any claim that the Divine essence can appear, whether in existence or beyond it, whether materially or transcendentally, is a flagrant lie. The Prophet and Messenger of Allah, Musa, peace be upon him, whom Allah had favored with the privilege of speaking to him directly, was denied his request to see him, It is impossible for any creature to witness the Divine manifestations in this world as confirmed by the words of Allah: meaning, according to Ibn Kathir, "Eyes cannot reach Him, but He can reach everything the eyes of His creatures can reach and perceive of."(6.103)[/list][b]7. Al-Fanaa' (Annihilation)[/b][list]Like most Sufi tenets, fanaa' is mentioned neither in the Qur'an nor in the Sunnah. It is rather a Sufi gimmick and a satanic deception, originally schemed by mystics among the Jews, Zoroastrians and Christians to adulterate the great religion of Islam.[/list][b]8. Manifest and Hidden Knowledge[/b] The division of knowledge into exoteric, or manifest, esoteric, or hidden is one of the fundamentals of Sufism which are innovations not sanctioned by the Qur'an or the Sunnah. [b]9. Al-Aqtaab[/b] Sufis believe that the universe has a master pivot, which they call al-Qutb, which is to the universe as the soul is to the body; one the qutb departs, the universe can no longer exist.[list]• The Sufis' beliefs are not based on the Qur'an or the Sunnah. Reference to the qutb and his qualifications can be found only outside the Qur'an and the Sunnah, in the literature of the Batini, or clandestine religions. • If all the universe is sustained by the spirituality of the qutb, then what is left for Allah to sustain? And what would be the meaning of the Qur'anic verse: "Allah: there is no god but He, the Living, the Sustaining."(2.255)[/list][b]10. Al-Awliyaa'[/b][list]Al-Awliyaa' is the plural of waliy, which means a true, sincere believer. But the waliy as defined by the leader of the Tijaniyyah Order is he whom Allah distinguishes by handling his affairs and permitting him to witness His Divine deeds and attributes(!) The conditions of "witnessability" and "distinguishability" produce a very ambiguous definition, since we know that Allah the Exalted does not take anyone other than a pious believer for waliy, and piety can be maintained by the acquisition and application of the knowledge of Allah and His names and attributes as stated in the Qur'an and the Sunnah, in which lawful things are clearly distinct from unlawful[/list].[/blue] Edited by: aboosait on Friday, January 16, 2009 5:16 PM[/quote]
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