Category: Misguided & Deviant Sects

Repeating the name of Allaah on its own, or the pronoun "Huwa" (He), is a Sufi bid'ah

Q: Is there any harm in repeating the names of Allah SWT?
As zikr, or anything else?
I understand saying "Astagh firullah" or "Subhan Allah" or "Alhamdo Lillah" are ok...

A: Praise be to Allaah.

There is ...

Q: What is the place of sufism in Islam? What truth is there in 'religious experiences', contacts with the Divine, etc.? Some people hold such phenomena in high regard, claiming the similarities between experiences of people from different religions and from opposite corners of the globe, to be ...

Q: In your 'Innovations' sections, you say it's bidah to recite, say a 100 times or something, suras hoping for reward. After reading a Sufi book by Hakim Moinuddin Chishti called 'Sufi Healing", I saw that it justified using such formulas by saying that the formulas and other things had ...

Q: What is the ruling on the Baha'i ideas and beliefs? What is the difference between them and other Muslims?.


A: Praise be to Allaah.

Baabism and Baha'ism are a movement that originated from a Shi'ah sect called the Shaykhiyyah in 1260 AH/ 1844 CE, under the protection of Russian, Jewish ...

Q: Please clarify how to differentiate between the groups that claim they are following the right path. We know that Ahlul Sunnah wal jama'ah is the group that follows the straight path. But there are many Muslims do not know the ruling on the other groups, which started to be widely spread ...

Q: In the sufis thariqa' there was a term call syari'a,thariqa',haqiqa' and ma'rifah.Is this term really have been tought by Prophet Muhammad (pbuh)to his companion according to the definition by the thariqa' it self?.

A: Praise be to Allaah.

We must understand that the word al-soofiyyah ...

Q: I would like to ask about Baabism and Baha'ism - what are their beliefs? And are they Muslims?.


A: Praise be to Allaah.

Shaykh Ibn Baaz (may Allaah have mercy on him) wrote a brief description of Baabism and Baha'ism, which we will quote here. He (may Allaah have mercy on him) said:

This ...

Abdurrahman Murad


Introduction
Whether it's from a documentary on TV or a beautifully designed website, the majority have heard something about 'Sufis' and 'Sufism'; programs on TV have aired, talk show hosts have made mention of them and politicians are taking a keen interest in ...