Principer för tasawwuf av Sheikh Muhammad al-Yaqoubi

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by Sh. Muhammad Al-Yaqoubi

1- Definition:
Purification of the heart.
True devotion to Allah in the ways He likes by the means He likes.
Acting upon knowledge;
Acquiring the good characters and getting rid of the bad.

2- Subject:
Allah, as how He can be known; or hearts souls, as how to purify them.

3- Fruit:
The purification of the heart and knowing the Master of the worlds and attaining the Station of ihsan.

4- Merit:
Tasawwuf is of high merit. Its nobility stems from its subject. Ihsan is one of the three levels of this deen and the highest.

5- Relation to other disciplines:
It is the base of the Sharia; without it acts of worship become imperfect. It is the core of Quran and Sunnah and the tissue of Muslims spiritual life.

6. Name:
The word "tasawwuf" is derrived from souf (wool). Tasawwuf has been known by this name since the second century of hijra, i.e. the time of the salaf. It has been frequently called ilm as-Sulouk (traveling), ilm al-Ihsan, ilm at-Tarbiyah (cultivation) or ilm at-Tazkiyah (purification).

7. The pioneer:
The pioneer of this branch of knowledge is of course the Prophet, PBUH. Many hadiths highlight the spiritual dimention of Muslims life. The earliest scholar who elaborated on it is al-Hasan al-Basriy.

8. Sources:
Tasawwuf is derived from Quran and Sunnah. The sayings of the great scholars represent a rich treasure for the seekers and the masters.

9. Ruling:
Acquiring tasawwuf is fard i.e. obligatory; since all human beings are susceptable to sins save for Prophets. Imam Abul Hasan ash-Shadiliy says, ”Who does not truly acquire this discipline will die persisting on major sins without being aware”.

10. What it tackles:
Tasawwuf tackles some of the cardinal elements of the deen such as sincerity; truthfulness; religious cautioness (wara'); conscious awareness (khushoo') reliance; asceticism; love; and similarly their opposites, which are the diseases of the hearts such as insincerity; hypocrisy; arrogance; greed etc.. It also tackles subtle subjects such as the passing of thoughts; the states of the heart; inspirations. One of its most important subjects is dhikr, the remembrance of Allah and its virtues; another is the sheikh and his qualifications, the disciple, murid, and his adab.

Basic works in tasawwuf:
The Beauty of the Righteous by al-Hafiz Abu Nuaym al-Asfahani
The Revival of the Sciences of the Deen- (Ihya) al-Imam al- Ghazali
Al-Risalah of Imam Abul Qasim al-Qushayriy
The Aphorisms, al-Hikam, of Imam Ibn Atta'illah
Revelation of the Unseen by Imam Abdul Qadir al-Jaylaniy
Awarif Al-Ma'arif, by Al-Suhrawardi
Qa'id Al-Tasawwuf, by Imam Ahmad Zarooq

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