Impediments to Strengthening the Islamic Disposition – Part 1: The Lower Desires One of the impediments to a person building h/her nafsiyya and strengthening it is the pull of one’s desires (ahwa). Allah makes it a mandatory directive to restrain the lower desires if Paradise is the aim. Allah says: {But as for he who … Continue reading
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Ibn Abd al-Wahhab and Sufism
MUḤAMMD IBN `ABD AL-WAHHĀB AND TAṢAWWUF *** In his Fatāwā wa Rasā’il, p.31 by Sh. Muḥammad ibn `Abd al-Wahhāb, mas’ala 5 states:[1] اعلم– أرشدك الله– أن الله سبحانه وتعالى بعث محمداً صلى الله عليه وسلم بالهدى الذي هو العلم النافع, ودين الحق هو العمل الصالح إذا كان من ينتسب إلى الدين: منهم من يتعانى بالعلم … Continue reading
Imam al-Shafi’i and Sufis
‘Imam al-Shafi`i (Allah have mercy on him) and the Sufis’ – Quote from Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya’s Madarij al-Salikin (‘Stations of the Wayfarers) Imam al-Hafiz Ibn al-Qayyim al-Jawziyya (d. 751/1350-1) quotes Imam al-Shafi`i (d. 204/820) in Madarij al-Salikin[1] as saying: قال الشافعي رضي الله عنه صحبت الصوفية فما انتفعت منهم إلا بكلمتين سمعتهم يقولون الوقت سيف … Continue reading
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