Sufism is spiritualiuty, ie. tassawauff..knowing Allah. It is not a separate sect altogether. its a deeper science of mainstream SUNNI islam. its to do with purification of the self/soul, essential to reach Allah swt. a true sufi is lost in his awe of Allah swt. being a true sufi is almost a deep aspiration. But to know Allah swt you must follow the rules and have the correct physical behaviour ie fiqh of islam. You must have the correct aqeeda (ie beliefs about Allah swt, his prophets and the unseen...this is to do with the mind). tasawuf, aqeeda and fiqh work hand in hand. by this I mean you cant be someone who doesn't fulfil the basic obligations of islam eg. prayer fasting charity etc etc and call yourself sufi. the state of a sufi. a true gnostic is achievable by the very few.
if someone who calls himselflf a sufi doesn't pray naamaz and commits open sin, can never be a sufi.
visiting daraghs IS permitted in Islam,,, its just the Saudi wahabbis who have spread there doctrine (initially through force and brutality when there leader came about) who claim otherwise. they call it islam. in fact it is just THEIR brand of islam, designed to serve their own agenda. this is difference in aqeeda. wahabbis are nicknamed takfiris because they like to brand every one around them KAFIR ands believe in their own superiority (iinuenda or overtly). yet the rich history of islam fully incorporates the visiting of graves. from morocco, to Syria turkey to the yemen and even the true hijaaz had its great saints and fully permitted what Pakistanis and Indians call daraghs. this is a reflection in our differences in aqeeda.
in fact the sahaba would use the wudu water of the prophet for shifa. wahabis and takfiris would probably refer to many of these things as ''shirk''. that's a reflection of their understanding and knowledge.
Edited by Hessa85 - 11 years ago