Re: sufism
If you are looking for an authentic work on authentic tasswuf, try shaykhul islam Muhiyuddeen abdal qadir jilani's 'al-ghunya' (try to get urdu translation by hafiz mubashar lahori). The english translation by Muhtar Holland is far from reliable.
Also, as far as I know "Tassawuf" as a science is for advanced students of knowledge who learn it from a shaykh. So, I don't understand this modern fad of joining a tariqah, " oh masha Allah masha Allah shaykh nazim.." "...oh when I go to kharabsheh I feel a spirirtual high...". Stuff like that?
I don't get it. It's strange because tassawuf without sound knowledge of fiqh and aqidah can be very misleading.
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"...wa huwwa ma'akum ayna maa kuntum..." (surah al-hadid 57:4)
A poet said:
*Oh ye who isn't satisfied with his sins in Rajab*
*So much so that you continued disobedience in Sha'baan,*
*The month of fasting has now come upon you*
*So do not convert it also to a month of disobedience* .
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