| Ahli As-Sunnah
Wal Jamaah |
Sufism |
| 1.Source
of Teaching |
| The Quraan and the Traditions
of the Prophet (SAW), and understanding
them as they were understood by salafus
soleh |
Sources:-
a) Islam
b) Christian
c) Buddhist
d) Hindu
e) Syiah/Persian |
| 2.Methodology
of Understanding the Quraan and Prophetic
Traditions |
Understanding the teachings
according to the interpretations of the
sahabah, and in the original Arabic language
(seeking in Hadeeth knowledge is a must
and an honour)
|
a. Understanding via
experience and instinct
b. Destroying the links of hadis. Confirming
weak, bad and false hadis by means of "intuition"
Abu Yazid al-Bustami said: "You acquire
knowledge from corpse to corpse, but we
acquire knowledge from one that never dies"
c. Learning of the hadis is degrading. Al-Junaid
says: "Free yourselves from three things:-
1. Searching for life.
2. Learning the Hadith.
3. Marriage. |
| 3. Faith
and Laws. |
| Islam is faith and laws.
They are standard, applicable to all and
sundry. There is no specific teaching for
specific groups. |
Islam is laws and reality.
The former is tangible whilst the latter
abstract (spiritual). Every decree is viewed
from these two angles. |
| 4.Source
of Knowledge. |
| The Quraan and the Traditions
of the Prophet Muhammad (SAW) (sunnahs)
are the ultimate source. |
Sufis hold tight to ladunni,
regarded as coming direct from Allah through
kasyaf.
(The teory of Ladunni Knowledge was
being populared by Hisyam Ibnu Al-Hakam
[died:199H] , a follower of syiah sect
who is well verse in 'ilmu kalam'.
Originated from Kufah). |
| 5.Highest
Station |
| The highest station achieveable
and sought for is al-ihsan. This
is reached through total submission to Allah.
|
Al-Hulul and al-Ittihad.
Where once attained one becomes synonimous
with Allah. He is Allah and Allah is he.
Having reached this station, the sufi
is free from all the syriats that was earlier
encumbant upon him. This is outright syirk.
Amongst the advocaters of this belief are
al-Hallaj, Ibnu al-Faradh and Ibnu Sab'in.
*Untill they have reach this station, they
will then be independent from the syariat.
**Al-Hallaj, Ibnu Al-Faradh and Ibnu Sab'ín
were among the champion of these practices. |
| 6. Allah's
Location |
| Allah sits on His Arasy
as He Himself stated in 7 different Ayats
in the Quraan, and in many confirmed hadis.
An Ahli as Sunnah does not question
"how" Allah sits. |
Consequent to al-Hulul
and al-Ittihad, the sufi is inclined
towards wahdatul wujud, i.e. Allah
is everywhere.
Baharuddin al-Baithar says: "Dogs and
hogs are but our ilah, and that priests
in the churches are but Allah." |
