 P. 1adviceforSufiMureeds-QushayriadviceforSufiMureeds-QushayriRatings: 0Views: 21Likes: 0Published by Syed MadarMore info:Categories:Types, Books - Non-fiction, Religion SpiritualityPublished by: Syed Madar on Mar 15, 2012Copyright:Attribution Non-commercialAvailability:Read on Scribd mobile: iPhone, iPad and Android.download as PDF, TXT or read online from ScribdFlag for inappropriate contentAdd to collectionSee moreSee less ---H...VLJ.l._..1V.-!!lUSpiritualadviceforSufinoviceswasayaI-muridinThemasterandimamal-Qushayrisaid:AfterwehavementionedSomeepisodesfromthebiographiesoftheSufifolkandcomplementedthiswithchaptersonthestationsoftheSufipath,wewouldliketocompletethisepistlewithsomespiritualadvicewaslyyafforSufinovices.WeaskGodMostHighthatHehelptheminproperlyexecutingthisadvice,thatHenotpreventthemfromfulfillingit,andthatHenotuseitasanargumentagainstThefirststepoftheSufinoviceonthisSufipathrequiresthathebesincere,sothathecouldbuildonasoundfoundation.Sufimastershavesaidaboutthis:TheyweredeprivedofthearrivalinGodspresencewusuf,becausetheyneglectedthefoundationsusul.Likewise,IheardthemasterAbuCAlial-Daqqaqsay:ThebeginningoftheSufipathrequiresasoundbeliefthatbindstheservantandGodMostHigh-onethatisfreefromuncertaintyanddoubt,devoidofdelusionandinnovation,andderivedfromirrefutableproofsandarguments.ItisrevoltingifthenoviceshouldespouseateachingthatdoesnotbelongtothisSufipath.IfaSufihappenstoadheretoateachingofthosewhodeviatefromtheSufipath,!thisisbutaresultofhisignoranceoftheteachingsofthefollowersofthispath.Fortheirargumentsinsupportoftheirbeliefsareclearerthananyoneelsesandthefoundationsoftheirteachingsarefirmerthanthefoundationsofanyotherteaching.Peoplebelongtotwoclasses:theyareeitheradherentsofreceivedknowledgenaqfandtransmittedreportsarhar,orsupportersofrationalknowledgeCaqlandspec.rlationjikr.Themastersofthiscommunitytaijahaverisenabovethemall.Whatothersconsidertobeunknownisbutamanifesttruthtorthem.TheknowledgethatotherpeoplecanonlyaspiretoisrenderedrealtothembyGod_praisebetoHim.TheyarethosewhohavearrivedinthepresenceofGod,whiletherestareguidedbyargumentativereasoning.Theyareasthepoetdescribedthem:823OrSimak.822ThecelebratedfemalemysticfromBasra,whofiguresprominentlyintheSufilore;shediedin1851801;Iivl,pp.26--32.824Thistermcanalsobetranslatedas,forexample,instruction,bequestandcounsel.R25Thatis,incasetheyprovetobeincorrect.MynighthasturnedtodawnthankstoyourfaceWhileitsdarknessspreadsitselfamongpeopleTheyareenvelopedwithdarknessWhereasweroaminthebrightshineoftheday.TherehasneverbeenanageinthehistoryofIslamwithoutamasterofthiscommunitywhowasproficientinthescienceoftheonenessofGod.TherehasneverbeenaleaderoftheSufiswhomthegreatestscholarsofhisepochwouldnotsubordinatethemselvesandpayobeisanceandseekblessingof.Hadtheynothadthedistinctionandspecialqualitiestothem,thiswouldnothavebeenso.Once,asAhmadb.Hanbalwassittingwithal-Shafi 