Islams Reformers

Allah. The zuhd, the tawakkul, the sweet language, if they are
not in conformity with his teachings, are all for naught. Dhikrs,
fikrs (meditations, thoughts), zawks and karâmats that do not fit
the Sharî’at are quite useless. [Abdullah-i-Dahlawî ‘quddisa
sirruh’ passed away in Delhi in 1240 [A.D. 1824]. He states in his
twelfth letter, “If a person who has joined (one of the orders of)
Tarîqat does not carry out the duties assigned to him, he will
have left the Tarîqat.”] Karâmats (wonders) occur also on
people who subject themselves to hunger and other
mortifications. This does not show that they are Awliyâ.
Abdullah ibni Mubârak passed away in 181 [A.D. 797]. He
states, “A person who fails to observe the âdâb of the Sharî’at
will be deprived of following Rasûlullah’s sunnats. A person who
is slack in following the sunnats will in turn be deprived of
observing the fards. And he who is remiss in observing the fards
and harâms cannot be a Walî.” It was stated in a hadîth-i-sherîf:
“Insistence on (committing) harâms will produce disbelief.”
Abû Sa’îd-i-Abu-l-khayr passed away in 440 H. When they said
to him, “So and so is walking on the surface of water,” he
answered, “It is not something significant. Chips and straws float
on water, too.” When they said, “So and so is flying,” he replied,
“So do crows and flies.” And when they said, “So and so is
travelling through various cities in an instant,” this time his
answer was: “The devil also does so. These things do no signify
virtue. A man of dignity will go shopping like an average person,
get married and have children. Yet he will not forget his Allah
even for an instant.” Abû Alî Ahmad Rodbârî, a great Walî,
passed away in Egypt in 321. They said to him, “So and so listens
to musical instruments and asserts that listening to musical
instruments and voices of songstresses will not harm him
because he has reached a high grade in Tasawwuf.” He said,
“Yes. He has reached Hell.” Abû Suleymân Abd-ur-Rahmân
Dârânî passed away in Damascus in 205 H. He stated, “Many
things, which I consider to be good, come to my heart. I do not
attach any importance to them unless I assess them with the
criteria of the Sharî’at.”
[Imâm-i-Rabbânî ‘quddisa sirruh’ states as follows in the
eighty-second letter of the second volume: “Do not hold fast to
the world’s sequinned pleasures, and do not fall for its easily
exhaustible beauties! Do your best so that all your words and
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