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**TeapseTic** · 09-03-2011, 06:21 AM

Abu Abd al-Rahman al-Sulami (412 A.H;Nisabur) reported in his Tabaqat al-Suffiyah that The Sufi imam Abu al-Qasim al-Nasrabadhi (367 A.H; Makkah), who he said was of exalted status in learning, said:

"The basis of Sufism is: sticking to the Book and the Sunnah, and giving upheresy and bid’ah, and (giving up) esteeming the sacredness of the shaikhs, and (giving up) exposing people’s faults ,and (keeping) good companionship with one’s companions, and serving them, and keeping good character, and keeping up the aurad [such as, a daily portion of prayers, or recitation of the Qur'an or dhikrs and duas or any combination of these], and refraining from following the relaxations [in the rules of the shari'ah], and refraining from interpretations [that is, interpreting the texts of the shari'ah in other than their obvious senses thereby making it easier on oneself or to support one's preconceived ideas]. Nobody went astray in this way except because of a wrong beginning. For a wrong beginning manifests itself in the end.

09-03-2011, 06:21 AM	#39
TeapseTic Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 517 Senior Member	Abu Abd al-Rahman al-Sulami (412 A.H;Nisabur) reported in his Tabaqat al-Suffiyah that The Sufi imam Abu al-Qasim al-Nasrabadhi (367 A.H; Makkah), who he said was of exalted status in learning, said: "The basis of Sufism is: sticking to the Book and the Sunnah, and giving upheresy and bid’ah, and (giving up) esteeming the sacredness of the shaikhs, and (giving up) exposing people’s faults ,and (keeping) good companionship with one’s companions, and serving them, and keeping good character, and keeping up the aurad [such as, a daily portion of prayers, or recitation of the Qur'an or dhikrs and duas or any combination of these], and refraining from following the relaxations [in the rules of the shari'ah], and refraining from interpretations [that is, interpreting the texts of the shari'ah in other than their obvious senses thereby making it easier on oneself or to support one's preconceived ideas]. Nobody went astray in this way except because of a wrong beginning. For a wrong beginning manifests itself in the end.
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