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I'm still learning and I believe that this is what you guys appreciate, that we are learning about Islam together. I'm not taking the keys now, locking up my brain and throwing them away. Quite the opposite. The Quran encourages us to ask questions, to think, to ponder and reflect. Therefore, I believe it would be a disservice to the community to not ask those questions. So today, I'm very excited to see what Hamza Yusuf has to say on Sufism. With no further ado, let's have a look. Sufi as a term that needs to be defined because a lot of people claim to be Sufis have nothing to do with Sufis. One of the Mauritanian scholars said, And he's talking about the Sufis. He said there was a people that lived the best life, the life of the Sufi. But afterwards they turned it into a livelihood. And you call the one, they used to call the one who goes down that path a salik. Salik means you're on the Sufi path. He said, but today that group is his munhalik. It's a sect that's going to be destroyed or perish. His point is that Sufism, like all the other traditions in Islam, became corrupted. Even Hassan al-Basari early on said, I mentioned this previously here on this channel, my wife comes from Senegal and she has a very tainted image of Islam because she saw how certain people in Senegal worshipped so-called saints, so-called saintly families even. And then I did some research myself and I found out that the majority of Muslims within Senegal would be Sufis. But yet again, I don't believe that this is what Sufism used to be. Nowadays has been tainted. It has become a sect. And sectarianism is of course discouraged within the Quran itself. I'm not interested in a new group. I'm not interested in a sect whatsoever. I don't even identify as anything else than Muslim. However, yes, it is true. I'm very curious about the mystical aspects of Islam. About the Sufis, he said it was a name without a reality without a name, but now it's a name without a reality. So the Sahaba were all Sufis without that name Sufi. And that's if you define Sufi to mean Sidi Ahmed Zarruq in Qawa'idah Tasawwuf. He said there are 2,000 definitions, more than 2,000 definitions of Tasawwuf. But all of them revolve around the fundamental definition Siddqat tawwajuhirallah, sincere inner-directedness to God. So if you define Tasawwuf as sincere inner-directedness to God, then it's a good thing. If you define it as something else, I don't know. So when people talk about the Sufis, if you go to the Muslim world, there's people that call themselves Sufis and later they distinguish between Sufiya and Mutasawwufa. The Mutasawwufa were people that pretended to be Sufis. The Sufiya, and early on the Muslims had positive things to say about Sufis. They were a group of people. The early ones were very much into Zuhud, which is detachment from the world. They were called the Bakka'un, the Weepers, because they cried all the time. Rabi'a and Adawiyah introduced love into the scenario and it became more of a less of a fear of God. I mean the real question that we have to ask ourselves is Tasawwuf the mystical practice of looking within if you will, was it found in a certain way with the Sahaba? Was it found with the Prophet Muhammad, may peace be upon him? If so, then yes, I would have to assume that it is part of Islam. Love of God. That's what's interesting to me. I would like to know if they practice it. Ibn Asher who died in 1040 in the Islamic period in the 17th century in the Christian era. Ibn Asher who wrote the textbook of North African, West African Islam. Everybody in Morocco that went to even a kutab, just a basic school learned Ibn Asher by heart and that was the basis of religion in and he begins the book by I heard this from a very good Muslim brother of mine. He told me as well that in North Africa you have much more of a mystical tradition. In the Madhab of Imam Arak, the Aqidah of Imam Arak and the path of United Salih. I mean that was Islam to North Africans, West Africans since the beginning and you'll find the Isnad goes back all three and so traditionally I mean there's a lot of corruption in Tasaww but overall Tasaww has been a central and extremely important force in keeping Islam centered in Rahmah and love and when you remove those principles from Islam it becomes a harsh thing and this is why the people that hate Tasaww are noted for their harshness. That makes absolute sense. You cannot have a spiritual tradition without spirituality otherwise you're trapped in literalism and intellectualism and that is just an aspect of the human mind you will never invoke the soul if you do not dive into the spirituality of matters. I don't even know how that would work to be honest. Like if the ship sank and there was a boat Very two-dimensional and I saw this kind of Salafi Wahhabi group and then I saw a bunch of Sufi singing Qasidas I'd much rather get on the boat with the Sufis because the Wahhabis will end up throwing you over a board saying your Aqidah is not sound or something like that and there's only food for a few of us The Sufis are just like Marhaban come on It's all good Maybe the reality is somewhere between That's the truth, I'm sorry and I'm not somebody that attacks groups I don't like attacking groups and things like that and people, if you look I mean I've had a public career for many many years you'll be hard pressed to find me speaking ill of any group But you just did kind of right kind of backhanded there Alright, this is already it for today's short video See, it did not hurt Thank you for sticking with me exploring Sufism That being said, it wasn't so much of an exploration here today He told us about the love that we find within Sufism But this is not really what I'm interested in What I'm interested in is the mystical practices that we find in Islam and moreover that we would have found with the Prophet and the Sahaba This is what is really interesting to me So if you know any videos that explain directly what the Prophet Muhammad may peace be upon him and the Sahaba practice to get closer to God please let me know in the comments section because yes, if anything I'm interested in the true Islam However, as for right now I do not believe that we find the true Islam only by reading only by taking every word literally I cannot believe this because I had many many spiritual experiences myself and therefore I do know in my heart that the truth lies within We need contemplation, we need meditation We need the remembrance of God Otherwise we don't have any spirituality We are two-dimensional beings Only flesh beings that run around and say that we obey God But how do we obey God by not going within For me personally, this is truly a mystery I'm open to suggestions Guys, please let me know in the comments section what you think about this For me personally, religion spirituality does not function without spirituality Go figure Alright guys, but this is it for today's video If you liked it, leave it a thumbs up If you haven't subscribed already guys, please do so And if you want to support this channel via Patreon All the links are in the description box below Thank you so much for your ongoing support guys And as always, may God bless you all Much love and peace