Tasawwuf Sufism of the Great Salaf Imam Al- Shafi (R) Al-hafiz al-Suyuti relates in Ta’yid al-haqiqa al- `aliyya that Imam al-Shafi`i said: I accompanied the Sufis and received from them but three words: their statement that time is a sword: if you do not cut it, it cuts you; their statement that if you do not keep your ego busy with truth it will keep you busy with falsehood; their statement that deprivation is immunity. The muhaddith al-`Ajluni also relates in his book Kashf al khafa wa muzil al albas that Imam Shafi`i said: Three things in this world have been made lovely to me: avoiding affectation, treating people kindly, and following the way of tasawwuf. (Suyuti, Ta’yid al-haqiqa al-`aliyya p. 15. (2)al- `Ajluni, Kashf al-khafa wa muzil al-albas 1:341 (# 1089). All Great Islamic Scholars Praise Tasawwuf (Sufism) the likes of Imam Ghazali (r) ,Imam Shafi (r) , Imam Hanifa(r) , Imam Hambal (r), Imam Malik (r) etc even the Salafi Giants like Ibn Qayyim Al- Jawzi and Ibn Tamyyia have written a great deal of literature IN Praise of Tasawwuf (Sufism). One of the putative authorities of “Salafis” is Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya, yet when Ibn Qayyim states something which contravenes what “Salafis” claim, they are at a loss that their own authority refutes them. Ibn Qayyim said in Madarij al-salikin (2:307): Religion consists entirely of good character (al-dinu kulluhu khuluq). Whoever surpasses you in good character surpasses you in religion, and the same is true of Tasawwuf ( Sufism)
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