Is Sufism Allowed in Islam? | Shaykh Salih al-Fawzan

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📌 Can Sufism be divided into "praiseworthy" and "blameworthy" forms? In this brief and important clarification, Shaykh Salih al Fawzan explains that the claim that there is a praiseworthy form of Sufism is false. The Shaykh clarifies that all Sufism is blameworthy, because it is an innovation in the religion, and the Prophet ﷺ said: "Every innovation is misguidance." This reminder addresses a common misconception that has become widespread in recent times and reaffirms the principle that the religion is to be followed upon the Quran and the authentic Sunnah according to the understanding of the Salaf. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ ⚠️ Sufism is not a path of guidance. Rather, it has historically served as a bridge not only to the kufr of Wahdat al Wujud (the false pantheistic creed known as "the Unity of Existence"), but also to numerous innovated beliefs and practices in both creed and worship. Today, this path is promoted not only by grave worshippers and those who call to shirk, but also by many non Muslims in the West who view it as a means of watering down and neutralizing Islam. This is because Sufism, in many of its forms, shifts people away from pure Tawhid, strict adherence to the Sunnah, and the methodology of the Salaf, replacing them with innovations, mysticism, and blind allegiance to shaykhs and spiritual orders. ✅ Anyone seeking to learn Zuhd (detachment from the worldly life and its temptations) does not need to become a Sufi. There are many excellent books on Zuhd, purification of the soul, and Islamic manners written by the scholars of Ahl al Sunnah. Among the best of them are the works of Ibn al Qayyim, as well as Kitab al Zuhd by Imam Ahmad ibn Hanbal and Kitab al Zuhd by Abdullah ibn al Mubarak. ✅ True Zuhd is found through following the Qur'an, the Sunnah, and the understanding of the Salaf, not through Sufi paths and orders. For this reason, Authentic Answers recommends listening to Shaykh Dr. Abd al Razzaq al Badr, whose lessons clearly explain how to cultivate Zuhd while remaining firmly upon the creed and methodology of the Salaf. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ ✦ Authentic and True — From the Scholars to You ✦ ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ #Islam #Quran #Sunnah #Aqeedah #Salafi #salafiyyah #Bidah #IslamicAdvice #IslamicReminders #SeekingKnowledge #Tawheed #Muslim #Fiqh #scholarsofsunnah #AhlusSunnah #IslamicClips #IslamicShorts #Creed #IslamicEducation #IslamicLecture #MuslimYouth #Knowledge #IslamicGuidance #Shariah #Reminder #ShirkAkbar #ExcuseOfIgnorance #Takfir #Iman #Kufr #SalafiDawah #AhlusSunnahWalJamaah #ManhajSalaf #IslamicCreed #UsulAlDeen #KitabAlTawhid #ScholarsOfIslam #IbnBaz #IbnUthaymeen #LajnahDaimah #Clarification #Refutation #SeekKnowledge #Ilm #Dawah #Truth #Guidance #SunnahWay #Sunnah #Tawhid #PropheticSunnah #IslamicKnowledge #Salafi #zuhd #sufi #sufism