Continues from the
previous post –
To accept Islam was
a clever strategy of Sufi people and that surely does not mean that
the Sufism belongs to Islam. Many records by contemporary Syrian
travelers show that they were surprised when they saw a muttalib
(priest) of Arabs, orphan of Abd Allah, moving with sword in one hand
and imposing his newfound religion perforce on other Arabs, they
wonders what may be that religion whose prophet is moving with sword
to kill to spread his religion. This clearly proves that Mohammad
cannot be a Sufi follower. Sufis never ever shall talk of killing to
impose their religion on anybody whosoever may be. Abu-bkr was his
chief companion that means he was nonetheless violent and that again
means that even he cannot be a founder of any Sufiana cult. This
proves beyond doubt that not all those stories that these two people
are the founders of Sufi religion along with Islam are acceptable at
all. Mohammad proposes to kill and developed the concept of Jihad to
fulfill killing in the name of religion. He also gave assurance to
his followers that by praying to Allah they are, protected from any
punishment for any sin that they shall commit. All these things show
that Mohammad cannot be a Sufi practitioner.
These observations
finally led me to accept that Sufism is a definitely different
religion from Islam. Similar people from similar regions practice
both these religions. They use similar languages, all this led to
develop misunderstanding about their being one. We know why under the
Draconian rule of Muslim rulers Sufis preferred to say what they
said; but that definitely does not mislead the true students of the
subject to accept that Sufism is part of Islam.
The Amman Message,
a detailed statement, issued by 200 leading Islamic scholars in 2005
in Amman,
adopted by the Islamic world's political and temporal leaderships at
the Organization
of the Islamic Conference summit
at Mecca in December 2005. Six other international Islamic scholarly
assemblies including the International Islamic Fiqh Academy of
Jeddah, in July 2006, specifically recognized the validity of Sufism
as a part of Islam.
To
say Sufism is part of Islam amounts to admit by Sufi of many
incorrect dictates of Koran; that is not possible for any Sufi.
However, this resolution became necessary to save face of Islam in
the eyes of civilized world. Interesting part is that no Sufi was
involved in this exercise. The very fact that such a resolution
required to be, passed by world body shows that Sufism is in reality
not a part of Islam. They had to do it to save face of Islam from the
valid criticisms for its violent nature. History shows many Ulema
pretending to be (fake) Sufis posing as proponents of Sufism to sway
innocent people away from real Sufism. Making people feel that Sufism
is part of Islam. This they had to do because Sufism had enthralled
many, so much, so that they were moving away from strict Islamic
discipline. Whenever Islam came in trouble due to its violent ways,
Ulema used Sufism as a shield to protect it. Ulema had teeth to show
of Sufism and teeth to eat of Islam.
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