Is Sufism in Egypt today the right Sufism?
It is like anything in Egypt, some of it is right Sufism upon the right path and following the method of the merciful prophet. There are also some people who juggle and went away from the right way thinking they are virtuous people, they also think that as they reached they no longer have to perform prayers or other acts of worship, we say to such people: Whoever says that he reached and no longer need to perform prayers, tell him that he reached the hill, because if someone can leave prayers, he is the messenger of Allah but he didn’t leave it even during his death illness, if someone can leave prayers, they are Abu-Bakr, Omar and the other noble caliphs, but no one of them left it until they met Allah (died).
Some of those Sufis allow things against Sharia in their sittings, e.g. allowing women to sit with men without any veils or curtains; this is against the orders of Allah, as we said we must follow the orders of Allah. The beginning is Sharia and the end is Sufism, so true Sufis are those who permanently keep to the orders of Allah, whatever he gets and wherever he reaches, he doesn’t allow himself to leave the orders of Allah for a twinkle of an eye or less, he doesn’t allow himself to be alone with a marriageable woman while the door is closed, we say to such a man: If you are sure of yourself, are you sure of her?
A man mustn't be alone with a woman unless there is an unmarriageable person. There also others who use Sufism to gather money, they cruises the country imposing tributes and annual taxes (habit) upon people. They appoint a representative or a caliph in each village to collect them money and other things.
As for me, at the beginning of entering the way of Allah, there was a man seemed to be righteous, he used to come to my village doing this, after that, I saw him in a dream with a lot of ruins and remains all around him and he asked me to help him carrying it upon his back, I knew that he is as Allah says:
"They shall bear their burdens on their backs." (Surat Al-An'am, verse 31)
When people give him things, he abstain from advising them, gets embarrassed guiding them and doesn’t feel free telling one of them that he is wrong, some of them don’t perform prayers, but as he pays the tax he is ok. Such people are not only away from Sufism, but also away from religion because they use religion as a mean to get this life, although the messenger of Allah (May the blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) said what means: "He is cursed, he is cursed, that who asks this life by deeds of the hereafter."
So Allah showed us whom we should accompany, He mentioned the descriptions in the Koran; the first description is as Allah says:
"Follow him who does not ask you for reward, and they are the followers of the right course."
(Surat Yaseen, verse 21)
I.e. follow that who never takes anything from you, but he gives you and they are following the orders of Allah.
The second description: He should have good knowledge of Sharia, because he is responsible for those people around him, he should teach them the orders of Allah, he should make them to fulfill what they learned, then he should take them to the circles of clarification to reach brightness and illumination, they couldn't reach this great degree without Sharia.
The third description:
"Say: This is my way: I call to Allah, I and those who follow me being certain (by clear insight)." (Surat Yusof, verse 108)
He should have luminous insight, the beloved said about it:
"Be afraid of a believer's insight as he sees by light from Allah."
The fourth description: Who is the man that Allah ordered Moses to go to him and what were his descriptions? He didn’t mention his figure, his color or his apparent look, but he says:
"Whom We had granted mercy from Us and whom We had taught knowledge from Ourselves."
(Surat Al-Kahf, verse 65)
Take care of the arrangement, mercy is first then the knowledge from Allah, he should have the mercy that can include the old and the young the rich and the poor, he shouldn’t turn to the rich and turn away from the poor, because he follows what Allah says to the beloved:
"And withhold yourself with those who call on their Lord, morning and evening desiring His goodwill."
(Surat Al-Kahf, verse 28)
These are virtuous people who follow the right path which is the path of the messenger of Allah (May the blessings and peace of Allah be upon him). But those who followed this life for their interests or those who don’t follow the orders of Sharia, we don’t care for them because they are impostors not Sufis, one of them may support his swindle by getting a paper and saying that he is from the family tree of the prophet, we don’t care this linage because I want the relationship of Sharia between him and the messenger of Allah, because he said to his daughter Fatima:
"Oh Fatima, daughter of the messenger of Allah, do well, I won't have anything for you at the day of judgment, Oh Ab'bas uncle of the messenger of Allah, do well for Allah's sake, I won't have anything for you at the day of judgment." In another narration: "Oh family of Abdel-Mot'taleb, you shouldn’t come to me with kinship while other people come with deeds."
He didn’t, say get the paper of linage and hang it on the wall, because that who belongs to the family of the prophet should preserve this kinship by being the best one in following Sharia. Another one may say that his father was one of the righteous people; this doesn’t matter because he should say who I am. If his father was one of the righteous people, he is only useful to himself, but in order to lead righteous people, I should be the best one of them following the orders of Allah, get the most knowledge and try not to slip or fall into fault because there are lot of people following me, as it was said: "The fault of a scholar is a fault of the world."
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