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Edited by Muslim75 - 31 December 2014 at 11:53am

Muslim75 wrote: Why is it that Abu Hamid Al Ghazali, Hujjatul Islam says: Sufism is obligation, and yet Muslims refuse to follow Sufism ? Are they following a scholar who says Sufism is not obligation ? Or do they think Sufism is not obligation ?

It depends on what you mean by "Sufism".  It is much to0 broad a term.  If you are talking about mainstream Sufism which follows the Quran and the Sunnah, and is essentially the same as Sunni Islam, that is fine.  But if you are talking about the "Sufism" which engages in grave worship and following "Sufi masters" who say things like "I am Allah", then no, it is not an obligation to follow it.  In fact, it is an obligation to oppose it because it is an invitation to shirk.


Edited by islamispeace - 23 September 2014 at 1:30pm

Kevin wrote: I am personally more for "Quranism", but Sufism is also a nice direction to search the love within oneself and God.

The trouble with this thinking is that Some Sufi's like Muslim75 take it too far away from the Straight Path, they sort of like take a detour. If you do that then you will NEVER get there.

Muslim75 wrote: Imam Ghazali says about the Hadith which says that out of the 73 Muslim factions (or 72), one only will be saved; he (ra) says it is the Sufis.

But again, which "Sufis" was Imam Ghazali talking about?  Was he talking about the true, pious Muslims that follow the Quran and Sunnah or the deviant ones who practice such things as grave worship?