Thought Provoking.
Muslims
do not have to die, to become the Awliya of Allah. All the good Muslims
who believe in the Oneness of Allah and sincerely follow the Sunnah of the
last Prophet Muhammad (Sal) have the great news that they are the Awliya
of Allah, whether they
are dead or alive.
We should have great respect for those people on whom
Allah has bestowed the highest status among His servants, called the
Awliya of Allah. We know some of the Awliya from among the Prophets and
Messengers mentioned in Quran, and the companions of the
Prophet, but the rest of them we do not
know.
abdeen
-------Original Message-------
Date: Sunday, March 27,
2005 9:19:28 AM
Subject: Re:
[IslamCity] What sufism has to with Islam ?
bismiAllah
wassalamu3alikum wara7matuAllahi
wabarakatuhu
My dear sister in islam Lisa
Wright,
MashaAllahi subhanaAllah. I would want see how I
could
explain, what is in my head.
Islam is fact and not myth.
So there is no mystic
about it.
About awliya only Allah knows
who is a wali. But for
sure we know our prophets and their companions
are our
awliya.
WE ONLY FOLLOW THE QURAN WHICH IS THE ORDER OF
ALLAH
SUBHANOH AND ONLY IN THE WAY WHICH OUR PROPHET PEACE
BE ON TO
HIM HAD SHOWED US AND ONLY IN THE WAY HIS
COMPANIANS PRACTICED IT, AND
IF ANY ONE COMES AND
INOVATES IS BIDA AND THAT IS NOT ISLAM. Also
please
understand that shaikhuna Jalaluddeen Rumi ra7hima
huAllah
was not a sufi but he was a salafi.
Allah may guide me
ameen
Hyder binJameel
--- Lisa Wright <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> Subhan'Allah
>
> There are certainly
'false Sufis' who liken Allah to
> the creations, and thus leave
Islam. You
> acknowledged that Jaylaaniyy and Rifa^iyy are
>
awliyya when you said:
>
> "The Sufis worship others than
Allaah, such as
> Prophets and �awliya�� [�saints�], living or
dead.
> They say, �Yaa Jeelaani�, �Yaa Rifaa�i� [calling on
>
their awliya�], or �O Messenger of Allaah, help and
> save� or �O
Messenger of Allaah, our dependence is
> on you�, etc"
>
>
> SUFISM vs. "SUFI-CLAIMERS"
>
>
>
> Praise be to Allah, the Lord of the Worlds. We thank
>
Allah for the blessing of Islam and humbly ask Him
> to raise the
rank of Prophet Muhammad, his kind Al
> and Companions, and to
protect his nation from that
> which he fears for it. May Allah
grant us the
> sincere intentions and the proper
comprehension.
>
> INTRODUCTION
>
> Sufism is
very much a part of the Religion of Islam.
> Indeed, the leader of
all the Sufis was Prophet
> Muhammad, who was sent by Allah to teach
the people
> the matters which, if performed and practiced in
the
> proper way, would lead to their success in this life
>
and in the Hereafter. Unfortunately, many things
> which are in fact
contradictory to the teachings of
> the Prophet are today labeled
Sufism. There are
> some, who under the guise of being Sufis,
spread
> falsehood and misguidance and dare to label it
>
Sufism. On the other hand, there are groups, like
> the Wahhabis and
those who follow them, who
> categorically deny Sufism and claim it
is not even a
> part of the Religion.
>
> It is our
intention to shed light on the methodology
> of the true Sufis and
encourage others to follow
> their path while exposing those fakes,
the
> "Sufi-claimers," and warning against their
>
misguidance. We have divided our topic into two
> parts: First, to
explain Sufism and give examples of
> the genuine Sufis in our
history. Second, to expose
> those "Sufi-claimers" by presenting
some of their
> misguidance and to warn against it. Our intention
is
> in following the saying of Allah in Surat Al ^Imran,
>
110:
>
>
>
> which means: [You are the best
nation brought to the
> people, ordering the lawful, forbidding
the
> unlawful, and believing in Allah.]
>
> Allah said
in Surat al-Ahzab, 70-71:
>
>
>
> These verses
mean: [ O you who believe, be
> God-fearing and utter the statements
which comply
> with the Religion so that Allah may guide you
to
> perform the good deeds and forgive your sins. The
> one
who obeys Allah and His Messenger shall win
> greatly. ]
>
> PART I
>
>
>
> THE METHODOLOGY OF THE
TRUE SUFIS
>
> The statements which comply with the laws of
the
> Religion are the sound sayings, whereas the sayings
>
which contradict the Religion are abhorrent and
> evil. With
reference to Sufism, the sound saying
> which complies with the laws
of the Religion is that
> Sufism is the methodology implemented by
the true
> Sufis and is very much a part of the Religion.
True
> Sufis are people who realize the importance of the
>
Obligatory Knowledge of the Religion and endeavor to
> acquire it
through proper channels, i.e., through
> trustworthy and
knowledgeable teachers. They acquire
> the knowledge, then implement
it and encourage
> others to do the same. Sufis are a people who
follow
> the great Messenger, Muhammad, in a full manner by
>
following his teachings and his example. They weigh
> things by the
scale of the Religion. They do not
> deem lawful that which Allah
ordained as unlawful,
> and they do not deem unlawful that which
Allah
> ordained as lawful. They judge ugly what the laws of
>
the Religion judge ugly, and they
> judge good what the laws of the
Religion judge
> good. They do not indulge their appetites, and do
so
> willingly. They go against the desires of their
> selves.
They are a people who keep busy worshipping
> their Lord, fighting
laziness and ignorance. They
> may work in the matters of this life,
yet they do
> not have an interest in worldly acquisitions
because
> the world has departed their hearts.
>
> WHO
ARE THE TRUE SUFIS?
>
> True Sufis are those who follow the
teachings of the
> Messenger of Allah, his companions, and
their
> followers. They have attained the high ranks of
>
righteousness and piety in Islam. The true Sufis
> from Ahl
us-Sunnah are the best examples to follow.
> The leader and best
example of them all was Prophet
> Muhammad r. He was the most
knowledgeable creation
> of Allah--the best--and the one with the
highest
> status. He was sent to teach the people the true
>
Religion. He showed the path to guidance and the
> route to success
in this world and the Hereafter. He
> had the best ethics, the best
manners, and the most
> love for Allah. He encouraged and urged the
people
> to acquire the Knowledge. After Prophet Muhammad,
>
the greatest leaders of the true Sufis were the four
> caliphs: Abu
Bakr, ^Umar, ^Uthman, and ^Aliyy. Abu
> Bakr as-Siddiq was the best
of the humans after the
> prophets. After him, ^Umar Ibnul Khattab,
then
> ^Uthman Ibn ^Affan, then ^Aliyy Ibn Abi Talib. They
>
are the greatest Sufis of the nation of
> Prophet Muhammad. They
were the most knowledgeable
> among the companions of the Prophet.
They understood
> that the Knowledge of the Religion is the
foundation
> for success and, in turn, urged and guided the
>
people to acquire it. After these superior men, the
> great men of
Sufism acquired the knowledge,
> highlighted its importance, taught
it, ordered
> others with it, and spread it. Great men such
as
> al-Jilaniyy, al-Awza^iyy, Abu Hanifah, Malik,
>
ash-Shafi^iyy, Ahmad, Sufyan ath-Thawriyy,
> al-Junayd,
al-Ash^ariyy, al-Maturidiyy, at-Tahawiyy,
> ar-Rifa^iyy,
al-Ghajdawaniyy, and many others were
> great Sufis who adhered to
the teachings of the
> Prophet. Another was Uways al-Qarniyy, whom
the
> Prophet praised in his hadith:
>
>
>
> In this hadith, the Prophet told us the best of the
>
followers of the Companions was a man by the name of
> Uways Ibn
^Amir from the tribe of Qarn, a part of
> the tribe of Murad. He was
known for his kindness to
> his mother. He had been inflicted with
leprosy from
> which he was cured--except for a small spot.
The
> Prophet ordered the companions, should they meet
> Uways
al-Qarniyy, to ask him to make supplication to
> Allah to forgive
them. This is what our Master ^Umar
> Ibnul Khattab did during his
caliphate when some
> reinforcements from Yemen came to al-Madinah
to
> support the Muslims in their battle with the
>
blasphemers. The reinforcements had come to our
> Master ^Umar, in
al-Madinah so that he would tell
> them where to go and what to do
according to his
> battle strategy.
>
> Our Master
^Umar inquired whether or not Uways was
> with them. When he found
him he asked him, "Are you
> Uways, the son of ^Amir?" Uways said,
"Yes." ^Umar
> asked him if he was good and kind to his mother
and
> again Uways replied, "Yes." ^Umar asked him, "Were
> you
inflicted with leprosy and cured except for a
> spot as small as one
dirham?" He said, "Yes." Then
> our Master ^Umar, remembering the
order of the
> Prophet, asked Uways to make supplication to
Allah
> to forgive him. Out of his humbleness, Uways told
>
^Umar that Umar�s supplication would more likely be
> answered since
^Umar had recently returned from
> performing Hajj. However, ^Umar
told Uways about the
> order of the Prophet, and Uways made
supplication
> for him.
>
> Uways was a very humble
person. Some of the children
> used to think he was a crazy person
because he was
> so poor and his clothing so old. Our Master
^Umar
> told him he would write to the ruler of the country
>
where Uways was headed to list his name as one of
> those who would
receive money from time to time,
> however, Uways did not
accept--despite his very poor
> situation. Rather, he told ^Umar, "I
prefer to be
> like other people."
>
> In another
hadith, the Prophet said:
>
>
>
> which means:
<<There are some people who [because
> they are so poor] cover
their unlawful nakedness
> with two pieces of ragged clothing; whose
hair is
> tousled and appearance dusty such that if they
knock
> at a door, they would be turned away. Yet, if they
>
raise their hands and make supplication to Allah,
> they will be
answered.>>
>
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