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rashid.azad
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بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
الحمد لله والصلاة والسلام على رسول الله وعلى آله وصحبه .ومن اتبع هداه

السلام عليكم ورحمةالله وبركاته    

The books of the Sufis do not purify the soul, rather they corrupt it with Shirkh and Bid'ah and poison it with their misguidance and heedlessness. And from the most notorious books of false ahadeeth and misguided views is the book "Ihyaa 'Uloom ud-Deen" of Abu Haamid al-Ghazaalee, which was widely refuted by Ahl us-Sunnah and ordered publicly burned in many lands.

Stated Shaikh Rabee' ibn Haadee in his "The Methodology of Ahl us-Sunnah In Warnings Against Innovators And Their Books", in quoting Imaam Ibn al-Jawzee (rahimahullaah):

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Then there came Abu Haamid Al-Ghazaalee and he wrote a book for them called Ihyaa ?Uloom-ud-Deen, based on the ways of these people. And he filled it with forged ahaadeeth, while being very well aware of their falsehood. He spoke about knowledge of the hidden and he withdrew from the principles of Fiqh. And he stated such things as: 'Indeed the stars, the sun and the moon, which Ibraaheem saw, were in fact lights that screened Allaah.' Such things are not mentioned in any of the sources of knowledge. Rather, this was from the kinds of speech based on assumptions of the hidden.

And he said in his book Al-Mufsih Bil-Ahwaal: 'Indeed, in their state of wakefulness, the Sufis presence the angels and the souls of the prophets. They hear their voices and they take hold of benefit from them. Then this condition escalates from witnessing images to levels which are limited to the domains of (hearing) Allaah?s speech and decreeing.?



And he stated in it as well, haafidhahullaah:

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As-Subkee (ra) said after stating Al-Maaziree?s disparaging comments of Al-Ghazaalee:

"Those who preceded him in mentioning similar remarks to that, from the Maalikee scholars, was Abul-Waleed At-Tartooshee. Hence, he mentioned in his letter to Ibn Mudhfar: ?As for what you stated in respect to Al-Ghazaalee, then I personally saw the man and spoke to him. I found him to be a person from among the scholars. His virtues reached high levels and the qualities of intelligence, understanding and practical application of the branches of knowledge were gathered in him for a long period of his life. Then it began show on him that he abandoned the methodology of the scholars and embarked on the path of the foolish workers. Then he accepted Sufism, so he abandoned the sciences of knowledge and its adherents. Instead, he embarked on knowledge of spiritual visions, convictions that possess the hearts and illusions of the Devil. Then he mixed that up with philosophical views and allegoric symbolism. This brought him to attack the scholars and the callers. And he continued to withdraw himself away from the Religion. So when he worked on the book Al-Ihyaa, he intended to speak about the sciences of different states of the mind and body and the secret allegories of the Sufis. In spite of this, he was unaware of these things and did not understand nor possess knowledge of them. So he stumbled over himself and filled his book with fabricated ahaadeeth.?" [32]

Al-Wanshareeshee said:

"Ibn Al-Qattaan said: ?When the book Ihyaa ?Uloom-ud-Deen arrived at Qurtuba (Cordoba), the people spoke badly about it. Many people rejected the things written in it, especially their judge Ibn Ahmadain, for indeed, he was foremost in that. This was to the point that he declared its author a disbeliever. And he urged the sultaan (authority of the land) to take action against it. He (the sultaan) then called on his scholars and they all agreed on burning it. So ?Alee Ibn Yoosuf commanded that this be carried out, according to their legal rulings.

So its burning took place in Qurtuba by the west gate in the public square of the masjid. Its pages were set on fire after having been doused with oil and an assembly of the town?s common people witnessed the event. Then he (?Alee Ibn Yoosuf) turned his attention to his entire country and ordered them to burn it. Thus, the country of Morocco came to be well known for its perseverance in burning it, during that time.



So this man al-Ghazzaalee was an extreme Sufi, and is not to be read from. And every Salafee should have read this book, which I am quoting from, of our Shaikh, al-'Allaamah Rabee' us-Sunnah ibn Haadee al-Madkhali which can be found at:

http://www.salafipublications.com/sps/sp.cfm?subsecID=BDH05&articleID=BDH050002&articlePages=1

This is rather better suited for Purification of the Heart, for what heart is pure which is upon deviation and misguidance, and overlooks evil and abstains from establishing the good, as is the case of those who include the innovators within the Ahl us-Snunah and defend them and make excuses for them. And the Shaikh has recommended the books of the Shuyukh ul-Islaam Ibn Taymiyyah and Ibn al-Qayyim al-Jawziyyah, and they have written great works which will purify the Believer and soften his heart, such as "al-'Ubudiyyah" and "The Path To Guidance" and many others. So, in accordance with his general recommendation of them, and of the scholars at large, I would say to give precedence to reading these great books on the topic of Tazkiyyatun Nafs.

وصلى الله وسلم على نبينا محمد وعلى آله وصحبه وسلم تسليما كثيراً
والسلام عليكم ورحمةالله وبركاته

rashid.azad
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بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
الحمد لله والصلاة والسلام على رسول الله وعلى آله وصحبه .ومن اتبع هداه

السلام عليكم ورحمةالله وبركاته    

Wa Jazaak ya Akhi. I noticed that Abdul-Maalik al-Qaasim's book "Slander" is sold on Salafibookstore.com, so I think we can take this as a tazkiyah for his books Inshallaah.

From what I remember, Muqhtasar Minhaaj al-Qaasideen of Imaam ibn Qadaamah (rahimahullaah) is actually a Salafi "rendition" of Ihyaa Uloom ud-Deen, though it is completely different in its layout. And he is from the great scholars of the Salaf so read this one without fear Inshallaah.

وصلى الله وسلم على نبينا محمد وعلى آله وصحبه وسلم تسليما كثيراً
والسلام عليكم ورحمةالله وبركاته






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