Sahaba - The Blessed

Question: People who adapt themselves to prophets ‘alaihimus-salawât-u-wa-t-taslîmât’
attain Fanâ, Baqâ and other ma’rifats,
as well as other valuable spiritual perfections such as Wahdat-iwujûd.
They are given karâmats. On the other hand, every Muslim
practices the five Islamic principles. Great scholars like Imâm
Ghazâlî and Celaleddîn Rûmî ‘rahimahumullâhu ta’âlâ’ state that
Tawhîd-i-wujûdî is utterly valuable. Then, shouldn’t Hadrat Alî
‘radiy-Allâhu ta’âlâ ’anh’ be superior since he is the source of the
orders of Tasawwuf?
Answer: A person who says, “The five Islamic principles will
not cause one to become closer to Allâhu ta’âlâ. They will only
help people to form good habits and to get along well with one
another,” is a zindiq. His real purpose is to demolish Islam. Islam
guides one to love of Allâhu ta’âlâ. Allâhu ta’âlâ dislikes people
who do not obey Islam. He will torment them. If a person asserts
that orders of Tasawwuf are easier guides to love of Allâhu ta’âlâ,
we ask him to prove his assertion. Islam is the basis of the orders
of Tasawwuf. A person who does not obey Islam cannot be a Walî.
We have explained in detail earlier in the text that the Shaikhayn
were ahead of all in obeying Islam as well as in causing others to
obey Islam. To try to purify the heart by way of dhikr and
murâqaba is to obey Islam. Islam’s four sources are: The Book
(Qur’ân al-kerîm), the Sunnat (hadîth-i-sherîfs,), the Ijmâ’i Salaf
(consensus of the scholars of the first two Islamic centuries), and
the Qiyâs-i-fuqahâ (the onerous work carried on by the scholars of
Fiqh in order to derive rules, commandments and prohibitions
from the Qur’ân al-kerîm and hadîth-i-sherîfs by way of ijtihâd;
rules and principles so derived). The Qur’ân al-kerîm contains five
groups of teachings:
1– It teaches how to infer the existence and the unity of Allâhu
ta’âlâ by observing the creation. [Scientific knowledge is in this
group.]
2– Observing the annals of history, it reveals the fact that
Believers and people who obeyed Islam always led a happy life,
whereas unbelievers lived in excruciation in the world.
3– Stating the blessings and torments in the Hereafter, it
encourages people to join the Believers.
4– It teaches how to live for attaining happiness in this world
and in the next.
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