A short (🧵) on the claim that 'salafism' lacks spirituality due to a lack of taṣawwuf
We often see people claim that 'salafism' lacks any real spirituality due to a lack of emphasis on some elements of taṣawwuf
But what does it actually mean to be a 'sufi' and spiritual?
We often see people claim that 'salafism' lacks any real spirituality due to a lack of emphasis on some elements of taṣawwuf
But what does it actually mean to be a 'sufi' and spiritual?
The mālikī scholar Abu Bakr Muhammad at-Turtushi was asked about sufism, as he witnessed it, and was requested to give a verdict
He said:
"مذهب الصوفية بطالة وجهالة وضلالة ، وما الإسلام إلا كتاب الله وسنة رسوله"
He said:
"مذهب الصوفية بطالة وجهالة وضلالة ، وما الإسلام إلا كتاب الله وسنة رسوله"
He said:"The maḏhab of the sufi's is that of idleness, ignorance and misguidance. (And) ʾislām is (solely) the Book of Allāh and the sunnah of His messenger ﷺ"
"وأما الرقص والتواجد فأول من أحدثه أصحاب السامري ، لما اتخذ لهم عجلا جسدا له خوار قاموا يرقصون حواليه ويتواجدون ؛ فهو دين الكفار وعباد العجل ؛ وأما القضيب فأول من اتخذه الزنادقة ليشغلوا به المسلمين عن كتاب الله تعالى"
"And as for raqs (i.e. dancing as a way of ‘ibādah), it was first introduced by the ilk of 'samiri' when he 'introduced' a calf and they started dancing around it. And this is the religion of the unbelievers"
"(and) as for the (practice with the) rod, the first to establish this (practice) were the heretics and they did so to distract muslims from the Book of Allāh"
"وإنما كان يجلس النبي - صلى الله عليه وسلم - مع أصحابه كأنما على رءوسهم الطير من الوقار ؛ فينبغي للسلطان ونوابه أن يمنعهم عن الحضور في المساجد وغيرها"
"Rather, the prophet ﷺ would sit with his companions in calmness as if birds were on their heads
And the sultan (i.e. ruler), and his deputies, is obliged to stop them from gathering in mosques or other places for that matter"
And the sultan (i.e. ruler), and his deputies, is obliged to stop them from gathering in mosques or other places for that matter"
"ولا يحل لأحد يؤمن بالله واليوم الآخر أن يحضر معهم ، ولا يعينهم على باطلهم ؛ هذا مذهب مالك وأبي حنيفة والشافعي وأحمد بن حنبل وغيرهم من أئمة المسلمين وبالله التوفيق."
"And it's not permitted for any who believes in Allāh and the hereafter to attend their gatherings, be a part of their idleness or assist them in their evil
And that is the madhab of Mālik, Abū Hanīfah, al-Shāfiʿī and Ahmad ibn Hanbal, among others from the (righteous) ʾaʾimma"
And that is the madhab of Mālik, Abū Hanīfah, al-Shāfiʿī and Ahmad ibn Hanbal, among others from the (righteous) ʾaʾimma"
The key part, aside from his criticism, is his emphasis on the book of Allāh and the sunnah of the messenger ﷺ
Similarly, Imām adh-Dhahabī رَحِمَهُ ٱللَّٰهُ spoke on what he believed to be true taṣawwuf and he concluded it by saying that true taṣawwuf can only be found in the ways of the ṣaḥābah who have had first-hand experience via the Prophet ﷺ
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