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Meaning o Tasawuf

Imam Abu Abdillah ibn at-Tubi as-Siqilli rahimahullah says in a poem:
“Tasawwuf does not entail wearing woolen [course] clothing which you patch. Nor does it entail your crying when singers start singing. Nor does it entail shouting, dancing and music. Nor does it entail pretending to have fainted as though you have become mad. Rather, tasawwuf [...]

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So You Want To Be A Sufi?

Someone asked Sheikh Zakariyya Rahmatullah alaihi.:
What is Tasawwuf?  What is Reality?
He answered “All it is, is to correct ones intention, nothing else. Its beginning is, “Verily all actions are judged by the intention.”, (Ikhlaas/ sincerity)
and its end is, “You may worship Allah as though you see him.” ( The stage of Ihsan).
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