Another brother (On another forum) has been more help then THIS entire thread put together...

Maybe he did praise tasawwuf, but what type of tasawwuf did he praise? You do know that there are different types of tasawwuf? Some which they regard permissible, others which they don't.

So ibn Abdul Wahab followed the hanbali madhab and never sided with the apostate rulers?

Alhamdulillaah.

tasawwuf is one headache subject, best left for another thread, or better yet MSN, speakin of which.. zubair

I think you should read the 2nd link I gave on tasawwuf, Ibn Taimiyyah explains how it was practiced amongst the Sahabah but it eventually evolved into what is today-a deviation of the Sunnah.

May I ask you why u are so offended if you are not a sufi?

Sure, this post by brother Abuz Zubair from IslamicAwakening explains it better than I would.

It was a long post, I pasted the relevant parts.

Can anyone find me the word "Sufi" from the prophet lips or any of the companions?

or perhaps tasawwuf?

No i am not.

Banta Claus knows who he is Sorry, i am not allowed to point it out.. :okay:

Insha'allah you'll see me on there one of these days I try not to use Msn too often. Far too many people want to talk to me

Akhi, could you post the Link again? The link you posted doesn't seem to work. Either that, or i am looking at the wrong link.

As for how it is practised these days, you can't say All sufis deviate. Ofcourse, there are some that do.

islam doesn't believe in collective guilt.

I could always say "All salafis are extremists who love blowing up buildings" but ofcourse i won't say that, simply because i don't think it is fair on the Majority.

Even if you called a Shia a non-muslim, i would find that offensive.

Like i said, their aqeedah lies with Allah (swt), none of us has the rights to say who is a Muslim and who Isn't.



Akhi, could you possibly provide me with a Source? PM me. Barak allah feek.

Anyway, People, please, stop going off topic. I was seeking Abdul Wahab's view, not your views on Sufism. If i was seeking your views, i would have said so in my original post.

Muhammed, you are right, you might as well Shut this thread. It won't be going anywhere anytime soon.

Kheir, it was worth a go i suppose.

Wa'salaam

-Zubair

SubhanAllah the matters we are discussing are extreemely sensitive. They require deep insight and knowledge of the matters of Aqeedah and Fiqh. As far as what I have heard about Imam Abdul Wahhab, he was one of the great reformers who brought people back to Tauheed and the proper Sunnah of RasoolAllah, Sallallahu 'alayhi wa sallam. He was a student of the Hambali fiqh Alhamdulillah and just like any other scholar would do, he spoke against the deviated Sufis of that time. The term "Sufism" is one of the most misunderstood terms today. The true Sufis were always on the straight path of the Sunnah of RasoolAllah,Sallallahu 'Alayhi wa sallam. These were the people who were really close to the Sharia', the Sunnah and hence to Allah Subhanahu wa Ta'la. So we should never speak ill of them. Although we find a lot of messed up stuff against the Sunnah and Sharia' being practiced by "Sufis", it does not give us the right to generalize them and accuse them of something that they never did.
Much of this misunderstanding is also due to lack of knowledge about what is Bida'a and what is not. Bida'a does not necessarily mean something that did not exist at the time of the Prophet Sallallahu 'Alayhi wa Sallam and is being practiced today. Scholars have written hundreds and thousands of ooks just defining what is Bida'a and what is not. Infact there are so many matters that have a very thin line between what is Bida'a and what is permissible.
So it is extreemely important to understand that it is not that easy to define what is Bida'a in one sentence.
As Allah says in the Qur'an “then ask those who possess the Message (Ahl adh-Dhikr) if you do not know.” (Soorah 21:7 and 16:43)

For example -Sheikh Ibn Taymiyyah (Rahimaullah) in his book of Fatawa writes that - If a person is sick, then write the verses of the Qur'an or Du'aa on a plate and pour water into into it and the drink that water for Shif'a.
According to the definition that some people give - It should be the biggest Bid'a ever. SubhanAllah but is not a Bida'a. The words of Allah Subhanahu wa Ta'laa are used for Shifa'a . The Prophet Sallallahu 'Alayhi wa sallam used to read Qur'an and blow on kids for Shifa'a through the Qur'an. Sheikh Ibn Taymiyyah was also a student of the Hambali school. Alhamdulillah.