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A good writer. His book 'The way of the sufi'
isnt bad, its a good read.
Havent read Ann marie books, muslim writers are better(only those who drink know its taste).
Other literature,
Irshad(Wisdom of a sufi master) by sheikh muzaffer ozak al-jerrahi.
All is the Beloved and the lover is a veil
The Beloved is alive and the lover is dead (RUMI)
I like Idries Shahs book. Very well written. A good writer.
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Rumi, man I LOVEEEEEEEEEEEEE him. My fav poet.
A few Sufi writers,
Shahidullah Faridi.
Al-Ghazali.
Muhyiuddin Ibn al-Arabi.
Ibn Ata' Allah al-Iskandari.
All is the Beloved and the lover is a veil
The Beloved is alive and the lover is dead (RUMI)
Can anyone apprise me of the beginning of sufiism, its source and evidence from shariah?
Rabbeshrah lee sadree; wa yassirlee amree; yafqahoo qaulee.
Man I love Poetry and Philosophy so that means
Rumi
Omar Khayyam
Al-Ghazali------the best Philosopher EVER
Ibn Arabi-------2nd best
Faridi
Ibn Seena
Ibn Al-Kindi
and the list goes on and on and on
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Ibn Ata’ Allah al-Iskandari.
my fab sufi is Rabi’ah al-'Adawiya and her saying, “O God, if I am worshipping you out of fear of Your hellfire, cast me into it. And if I am worshipping you out of desire for Your paradise, prohibit me from entering it. And if I am worshipping You for the sake of Your noble face, do not prohibit me from seeing You”
Sufism or tasawwuf, as it is called in Arabic, is generally understood by scholars and Sufis to be the inner, mystical, or psycho-spiritual dimension of Islam. Today, however, many Muslims (such as wahhabis) and non-Muslims believe that Sufism is outside the sphere of Islam.
SUFI"…a follower of the mystical path, those who seek experience of the tawhid…the term applies only to the most advanced practitioners
sufi history begun with Porphet Muhammed (pbuh).
there r some website abt sufism]
a brief summary http://www.webcom.com/~gnosis/sufi.mystica.html
an excellent site of sufism, have lots of link http://www.arches.uga.edu/~godlas/Sufism.html
My questions were regarding daleel from Quran and Sunnah to support sufiism.
You have mentioned that it is found in the Sunnah of Prophet Mohammad (sallallaho alaihe wasallam). But the site you refered to says:
SOURCE...the holy Qur'an and the Hadiths or "sayings" of Muhammud as the first "sufi"...term not developed until c.850 CE
The two sites refered to are both by Westerners who are inclined towards sufiism, like any other religion that preaches meditation.
The remark about wahabi is out of context and from malice. If sufiism cannot be proved from shariah sources, it is not acceptable. Some of the things in sufiism are definitely against Islamic teachings. For example the faqiri concept and the concept of leaving worldly life. These are alien to Islam.
Rabbeshrah lee sadree; wa yassirlee amree; yafqahoo qaulee.
Oh wow Rabia Al-Adawiya was amazing. She had a wonderful voice. I know her whole life inside and out. All her poems, she is one amazing lady.
She used to always pray after the night salat and she would say:
"Eyes are heavy with sleep, unaware of their forgetfulness. And still Rabia the sinner abides in your presence in the hope that You might look on her with a gaze that will keep sleep from diminishing her service of You. By your power and majesty, may I not slacken serving You either night or day until I meet You."
--Rabia
Hey Factfinder, I kinda agree with you Sufism has its twisted ways of Islam. Just like every other sect in Islam, Sufism has its ways also. I have studied Sufism and I still do find it kinda weird in a sense, I mean they are Muslims and all but it just has this one thing that troubles me. I am fascinated by lots of Sufis scholars and all, but Sufism itself is twisted in a way. I guess every sect in Islam is kinda strange to me, I'm a Sunni and I find something's that Wahabbies do are weird and some goes to the Shia sect and Sufism.
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All is the Beloved and the lover is a veil
The Beloved is alive and the lover is dead (RUMI)
“Your love has prepared a feast for me; Reason came and sat in a corner; The wine was laughing in the cup, The jug was crying tears of blood. The wine, archer of joy,Has pierced the bird of sorrow with its arrows”
-----Rumi
This one is my ol' time fav. of the very very respected (in my eyes) Baba Bulleh Shah.
*"Learn no more knowledge, O friend!
This knowledge will be of no avail to you
You need to read only Alif
You read and read and pile your books into a heap
The Quran and other books are lying all around you
By reading and reading you become Mullah and Qazi
But God is pleased without their knowledge
Your avarice is whetted every day
you always aim at personal gain." -- Bulleh Shah *
“na maiN* momin vich masiitaa*N, na maiN* muusaa, na fir'aun!”
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[This message has been edited by Ali_R (edited November 29, 2001).]
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