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A point well taken Sidi. An akhira of falah is what we all seek. And some seek qurb here and now.

However, as I mentioned in the previous reply it is not as simple as that when it comes to Schuon and the legacy of his branch of the Shadhiliya tariqa (what you term 'schuon's fraternity' since you do not recognize it as a tariqa). If Lings and Nasr are men of Allah (swt), as I--and others--contend, and if they do see their relationship with Schuon as 'spritiually decisive'--to quote Hayraan from another post--then the hands that they gave bayat to was a hand--at one point in time atleast--that was sufficently able to place their own hands in the Prophet's Hands (saw) and lead them to Divine Proximity, and allow them to return in order to guide many others to that Ocean of Tawhid, that is Man's Origin and Return.

Being guided to any Tariqa is a blessing. Please do not damn others who are in one when you do not know them sufficiently. One must be both gratefull of such blessings yet mindful of any problems and deviations that any tariqa can succumb to. At this point in the history of the tariqa you are referring to, a potential aspirant would not be giving their hand to Schuon but to the likes of Lings and Nasr. And I see no problem with that. One takes one's tassawuf from those who have tasted nearness and wilaya. And one continues to benefit from them so long as they adhere to and enjoin the Sharia on their mureeds.
"Verliy, those who struggle in Us, surely we will guide them to our paths (subulana)"

Allahu yahdi may-ya shaa'u ala siratim-mustaqim,

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