The Scholars of the Sufis -
They are the Genuine Followers of the Salaf,
[A5] Paperback - 210 pages,
by Shaykh Abd al-Hadi Kharsa,
Transl. by Abdul Aziz Suraqah,
Biography & Introduction by Shaykh G. Fouad al-Haddad.
Published by Sunni Publications.
Back in Stock February 2025
Description :
The Scholars of the Sufis - They are the Genuine Followers of the Salaf,
Written by the erudite scholar, Sufi educator, ascetic, and author of many books, Sayyidi al-Shaykh `Abd al-Hadi b. al-Hajj Muhammad b. Salih al-Kharsa al-Dimashqi al-Salihi al-Shadhili al-Hanafi.
The translation and publication of the present book, `Ulama’ al-Sufiyya Hum al-Salafiyya al-Haqiqiyyun is a welcome event for seekers of spiritual guidance and self-purification in our time. This praiseworthy effort offers to the English-speaking public a contemporary explanation of the immutable principles of Sufism, which are one and the same with the three principles of Religion: submission [islam], faith [iman], and excellence [ihsan]. The book contains Shaykh `Abd al-Hadi’s carefully presented anthology of the wisdom of the Sufi masters of old and their summations of doctrine [`aqida] and of the various spiritual diseases and spiritual stations and states of the wayfarer. They were gleaned from the bio-sapiental classics of the genre such as Tabaqat al-Sufiyya, the Luma`, the Risala, the Ihya’, and can be found in later works such as Tabaqat al-Awliya and al-Kawakib al-Durriyya fi Tarajim al-Sufiyya.
The vehemence of the title—shown in the emphatic-exclusive personal pronoun and translatable as ‘The Scholars of the Sufis: [Only] They are the Genuine Followers of the Salaf!’—is a reminder of the tireless efforts of the last two hundred years of Ahl al-Sunna wal-Jama`a scholarship demonstrating the Islamic orthodoxy of tasawwuf and denouncing the heresy of Wahhabism and pseudo-Salafism.
It is its unique gems that make `Ulama’ al-Sufiyya stand out such as, for example, the title’s emphasis on knowledge: it is never about the Sufis at large but about their Gnostics; as for would-be-Sufi [mutasawwif] claimants who are nescient of the Shari`a or not even concerned by it: they are also heretics and completely undesirable no matter how big they grow their beard, turban, jubba, or voice! This is a theme stressed by many of our salaf al-salih [pious predecessors]. ---Shaykh Gibril Fouad Haddad
About the Author :
Shaykh 'Abdul Hadi al-Kharsah al-Hanafi was born in Damascus in 1378 AH/1959 CE and graduated from al-Azhar in 1980. He has taken knowledge from the most senior Muslim scholars of his age and has several chains of transmission in hadith from the senior most hadith scholars.
The shaykh specialises on theology (kalam) and hanafi fiqh, as well as the educational and behavioural sciences. He is considered an authority (marja') in ash-Sham (Syria) and the leader of a knowledge-based revival. His preaching is distinguished by moderation, accurate understanding, foresight and conciliation. Shaykh 'Abdul Hadi has authored several works, and they have had a massive influence on students of knowledge and Islamic communities
Table of Contents :
---Biography & Introduction by Shaykh Gibril Fouad al-Haddad,
---Preface,
Chapter I
---The Way of the Latter Day Sufis: Positives and Negatives,
Chapter II
A Concise description of the Sufi Path: the Introdcution to Al-Luma' by Dr. 'Abd al-'Halim Ma'mud & 'Taha 'Abd al-Baqi Surur,
---An Abridgement of the Introduction to al-Luma' by Abu Nasr 'Abdullah b. 'Ali al-Sarraj al-'Tusi,
Chapter III
---An Exposition upon the Science of Sufism, the Way of the Sufis, and their Rank according to the upright people of knowledge,
Chapter IV
---Refuting the Claim that the Sufis are an ignorant folk & that their science is unsubstantiated in the book or the Prophetic Reports,
Chapter V
---The Special Endownment and exclusive possession of Religious Sciences,
Chapter VI
---Concerning the name of the Sufis and Why they were given that name,
Chapter VII
---Refuting those who argue that the term Sufi is an innovated name that was not mentioned in the time of the Salaf,
---Affirmation of Inward Knowledge,
Chapter VIII
---What is Sufism and what are the Qualities of the Sufis?
Chapter IX
Selection of the Words of the Sufis on Spiritual Stations & Transient States:
---Divine Oneness [Tawhid],
---The Divine Attributes,
---The Qur'an,
---The Beatific Vision,
---The Prophet's Vision,
---Predestination and the Creation of Acts,
---Ability,
---Acquisition [Kasb],
---Best Interests [A'la.],
---Intercession, the Traverse, and the Eternality of Paradise and Hell,
---Major sins, Prayers behind the Sinful, and Belief regarding the Companions,
---Rebellion, Torment in the Grave and Munkar and Nakir,
---Death, Provision, and Argumentation about the Religion,
---Legal Obligations, Recompense, and Works,
---Gnosis [Ma'rifa],
---The Spirit [Ru'],
---The Angels and Messengers,
---Concerning the Faults ascribed to the Prophets,
---The Miracles of the Saints,
---The Two Types of Sainthood,
---Faith [Iman],
---The Legal Schools [Al-Madhahib Al-Shar'iyya],
---Earning Livelihood.
Chapter X
The Sciences of the Sufis:
---THE SCIENCES OF TRANSIENT SPIRITUAL STATES,
---THE UNVEILING OF THOUGHTS,
---REPENTANCE [Tawba],
---SCRUPULOUSNESS,
---RENUNCIATION [Zuhd],
---POVERTY,
---PATIENCE [Abr],
---HUMILITY,
---FEAR AND HOPE,
---PIETY [Taqwa],
---SINCERITY [Ikhlas],
---GRATITUDE [Shukr],
---RELIANCE,
---SATISFACTION,
---CERTITUDE,
---REMEMBRANCE OF THE DIVINE [Dhikr],
---INTIMACY [Uns],
---CLOSENESS,
---CONNECTION [Itti.al],
---LOVE,
---WITNESSING AND VIGILANCE,
---LONGING FOR THE DIVINE,
---SOLACE,
---DIVESTMENT AND SEPARATION,
---ECSTATIC RAPTURE [Wajd],
---OVERMASTERY [Ghalaba],
---DRUNKENNESS,
---SOBRIETY,
---ABSENCE AND PRESENCE,
---GATHERING AND SEPARATION,
---ANNIHILATION AND SUBSISTENCE,
---THE REALITIES OF GNOSIS,
---THE SEEKER AND THE SOUGHT,
---SPIRITUAL STRUGGLES AND WORKS,
---TEACHING THE PEOPLE,
---PIOUS ENDEAVOURS,
---AUDITION [Sama.],
Chapter XI
---Mention of their statements and actions that illustrate their firm adherence to the book and the Sunnah,
Chapter XII
---THEIR MANNERS AND CHARACTER,
---ON THE PROPER ETIQUETTE OF RITUAL PURIFICATION,
---ON THE PROPER ETIQUETTE OF PRAYER,
---ON THE PROPER ETIQUETTE OF THE ZAKAT,
---ON THE PROPER ETIQUETTE OF FASTING,
---ON THE PROPER ETIQUETTE OF THE HAJJ,
---ON THE PROPER ETIQUETTE OF TRAVEL AND RESIDENCE,
---ON COMPANIONSHIP,
---ON KNOWLEDGE,
---ON FOOD,
---ON CLOTHING,
---ON EARNING A LIVELIHOOD,
---ON SITTING,
---ON HUNGER,
---ON THE ETIQUETTE OF THE SPIRITUAL WAYFARERS,
---ON RETREAT [KHALWA],
---ON FRIENDSHIP AND LOVE,
Chapter XIII
---Testimonies from some of the Imams' and Scholars regarding Sufism and its adherents, and a Clarification that the Imams' and well-considered notables have always respected it from the time of the Salaf till today,
---IMAM HASAN AL-BASRI,
---IMAM SUFYAN AL-THAWRI,
---IMAM ABU HANIFA AL-NU'MAN,
---IMAM MALIK B. ANAS,
---IMAM AL-SHAFI'I,
---IMAM AHMAD B. HANBAL,
---SHAYKH AL-ISLAM .IZZ B. .ABD AL-SALAM,
---SHAYKH AHMAD B. TAYMIYYA,
---IMAM ABU ZAKARIYYA YAHYA AL-NAWAWI,
---IMAM IBN QAYYIM AL-JAWZIYYA,
---IMAM ABU BAKR B. AL-.ARABI AL-MALIKI,
---IMAM AL-SHATIBI,
---IBN HAJAR AL-HAYTAMI,
---IMAM AL-SUBKI,
---IBN AL-.AJJ,
---IMAM AL-JURJANI,
---IMAM ABU QA.IM AL-NA.RABADHI,
---SHAYKH AHMAD AL-DARDIR,
---IMAM IBRAHIM AL-BAJURI,
---'ALLAMA AL-AKH.ARI AND AL-DAMNAHURI,
---'ALLAMA IBN ZAKARI,
---IMAM AL-SHABARKHITI AL-MALIKI,
---'ALLAMA .ABD AL-MAJID AL-SHARNUBI,
---'ALLAMA SHAYKH MUHAMMAD BAYRAM AL-KHAMIS, MUFTI OF TUNIS,
Chapter XIV
---A Sample of Narrations and Stories from the Scholars of the Sufis mentioned by Imam Abu 'Abd al-Rahman al-Sulami in Tabaqat al-Sufiyya,
---Conclusion,
---Beneficial Books,
---Appendix.
Biographies :
---Abu Nasr al-Tusi [155]
---Hudhayfa b. Yaman [155]
---'Umar b. al-Khattab [155]
---Wasiba b. Ma'bad [156]
---Abu Hurayra [156]
---'Ali b' Abi Talib [157]
---Hasan al-Basri [159]
---Sufyan al-Thawri [160]
---Junayd al-Baghdadi [161]
---Abu Ja'far al-Qassab [162]
---Ruwaym b. Ahmad [162]
---Abu Muhammad al-Jariri [163]
---'Amr b. 'Uthman al-Makki [163]
---'Abd al-Wahid b. Zayd [164]
---Abu Ya'qub al-Razi [164]
---Dhu al-Nun al-Misri [165]
---Abu Bakr al-Farghani [165]
---Abu al-Husayn al-Nuri [166]
---Abu Sa'id al-Kharraz [167]
---Hasan b. 'Ali b. Abi Talib [168]
---Abu Turab al-Nakhshabi [168]
---Yahya b. Mu'adh [169]
---Abu al-'Abbas al-Adami [169]
---Sahl b. .Abdullah al-Tustari [171]
---Abu 'Abdullah al-Nibaji [172]
---Abu Yazid al-Bistami [172]
---Abu Bakr al-Shibli [172]
---Sari al-Saqati [173
---Ibrahim al-Khawwas [174]
---Abu al-Hasan al-Qannad [175]
---Harith al-Muhasibi [175]
---Abu 'Abbas Ahmad b. Masruq [176]
---Ahmad b. 'Ata al-Rudhabari [176]
---Sumnun al-Khawwas [177]
---Abu 'Amr al-Zujaji [177]
---Abu 'Uthman al-Hiri [177]
---Ahmad b. Muqatil [178]
---Ja'far al-Khuldi [178]
---Abu al-'Abbas b. Surayj [ 179]
---Tha'lab [180]
---Ibrahim al-Harbi [180]
---Abu Sulayman al-Darani [180]
---Sa'id b. al-Musayyib [181]
---'Abdullah b. Mubarak [182]
---Ibrahim b. Adham [183]
---Bishr al-Hafi [183]
---Ibn al-Jalla’ [184]
---Abu Bakr al-Kattani [185]
---Abu Ishaq al-Qarmisini [186]
---Abu Hafs al-Haddad [187]
---Ibn Salim [187]
---Abu 'Ali b. al-Katib [188]
---Ibn al-Hajj [189]
---Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya [189]
---Imam Abu Hanifa [189]
---Imam Malik b. Anas [190]
---Qadi 'Iyad' [192]
---Abu Ishaq al-Shatibi [192]
---Imam al-Shafi'i [192]
---'Abd al-Wahhab al-Sha'rani [194
---Imam Al-Nawawi [195]
---Imam Ahmad b' Hanbal [195]
---Abu Hamza al-Baghdadi [196]
---Yahya b. Ma'in [197]
---Ahmad b. Abi al-Hawari [197]
---Al-Munawi [198]
---Al-Ghazali [198]
---Mahruf al-Karkhi [198]
---Ibn Khaldun [199]
---'Izz b. 'Abd al-Salam [199]
---Al-Subki [200]
---Al-Suyuti [200]
---Al-Suhrawardi [200]
---Abu al-Hasan al-Shadhili [201]
---Abu al-Qasim Al-Qushayri [201]
---Ahmad b. Taymiyya [201]
---'Abd al-Qadir al-Jaylani [202]
---Fudayl b' 'Iyad [202]
---Hammad al-Dabbas [203]
---Abu al-Bayan [204]
---Hafiz al-Maqdisi [205]
---Abu Bakr b. al-'Arabi [205]
---Ibn Hajar al-Haytami [205]
---Al-Jurjani [205]
---Al-Dardir [206]
---Al-Bajuri [206]
---Al-Akhdari [206]
---Al-Damnahuri [206]
---Ibn Zakari [207]
---Mayyara [207]
---Al-Shabarkhiti [207]
---Al-Sharnubi.
---Muhammad Bayram al-Tunisi.
---Bibliography.
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