The Dispraise of Al-Hawaa - Part 1 of 3 - Al Quran wa Sunnah

thought he attained something (in their path), only to be insulted by a woman who
starved for six months inside a cave!!! 255
Reminder: They claim that the Sufi order is based upon the Qur'aan and Sunnah
and that, "The path is not monasticism!" Nuh Ha Mim Keller said, "The main
emphasis of Sufism" is "the attachment of the heart to Allaah" (w9.4, p. 863).
Maybe Nuh Ha Mim Keller would like to find a real interpretation of his master's order,
because the non-Sufis are only the people of Ath-Thaahir!!
Just a "mistake": Al—Sha'raani (Ash-Sha'raanee) said describing Abul Hasan Ash-
Shaathili, "He was of a great status, having a high mark showing the way to
others)...Ibn Taymeeyah put the notch of the arrow upon the bow string to shoot him
(i.e. Abul Hasan) but he made it come back at him." 256
The point to remember here is that Abul Hasan Ash-Shaathili died in 656/1258, five years
before Shayekh-ul-Islaam Ibn Taymeeyah was born (661/1263)! Was this by the way of
Kashf? It seems that Ibn Taymeeyah was a constant worry on the minds and hearts of
the innovators, may Allaah's Mercy be upon him.
Ibn 'Ataa' Illaah describes the state of the one, "Who has no choice in saying what he
wants in a Sufi thikr." He said: "He may utter (the
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from this mess of Sufism and abandon his defense of it. It is to be done for no one's sake
except for Allaah alone.
255 An-Nabahaanee, Jaami' Karaamaat Al-Awliyaa', 2:341, checked by Ibraaaheem 'Atwah
'Awwad, (2nd edition), 1349/1974, Sharikat Maktabat wa Matba'at Mustafa AI-Baabee Al-
Halabee and Sons, Egypt.
256 Kashf, p.583, from Tabaqaat-K, 2:4.
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