Re: Egypt removes wahabi/salafi literature
Brother 'aqeedah schools deal with belief, fiqh schools deal with religious practice, tassawwuf schools deal with state of being.
For example fiqh schools will not be able to shed light on the following:
How to deal with anger - they will merely tell us that we shouldn’t allow ourselves to get angry.
How to create khushu’ in prayer - fiqh schools will merely tell us that we need to pray.
How to learn to not be judgemental
How to become content with the Decree of Allah (SWT)
How to stimulate ihsan - how to bring ourselves in the Presence of Allah (SWT) - fiqh has nothing about this
Tassuwwuf is the art of “being” in the state of Islam. People who fight for political gain are as a matter of fact not fighting for Allah (SWT). Fi Sabeelillah - means “for the sake of Allah” which means they will take no booty from it - they will take no payment in the form of spoils of war or power and position. Just like a dog hunts for you and if it does not touch the game after the kill that is halal, but if it eats from the meat then it killed it for itself.
Jihad with physical fighting - is about the culmination of physical effort but remaining in control of fear, anger and resisting temptation of pillaging and rape and/or killing the enemy indiscriminately or before they attack. Going to war without mastering tassuwwuf will create injustices as we see them happening.
There was a wali who was saved when was thrown to the lions - one had his head in its mouth and later he was asked - what he thought when the lion had his head in its mouth … he said “I was trying to work out whether the saliva of lion is impure or not” - that is a fiqh issue …
but his tassuwwuf allowed him to forget the imminent threat of death and instead be concerned with what was more worthy of concern.
Sufis are not pacifists - but going to battle is no simple feat - the greatest enemy on the battlefield is the nufs.