Question:
Salam Sayyidi,
This is misquoted by Radicals to demonise contemporary Sufi Shaykhs for lack of confrontational political “activism” :
During the times of Musa (as) Allah ordered Jibreel to destroy a city completely. Jibreel found a very pious person who used to fast and bow before Allah day and night.
Jibreel went back and requested Allah to save the city from destruction for the sake of that pious person.
Allah replied to destroy that pious man’s house first of all, because Allah’s commandments were broken in front of him; people sinned and ceased goodness but that person did not care or even try to reform society, therefore Allah does not need such worshipers.
Kimiya e Sa’adat (Alchemy of Happiness) : GHAZALI
What is the actual wisdom/meanings behind such parables according to Ahl us Sunnah? Allah bless and reward You.
Answer:
Salam,
Sufi Shaykhs are the ones who care the most and command goodness the most effectively because they are the first ones to practice it and their dua and acts are in line with what Allah Most High love and commands, as well as His Prophet (upon him blesings and peace). Hence you will see so many miracles taking at their hands, but nothing at the
hands of extremists except anger, death and tribulations.
There are too many Qur’anic verses commanding us to call people with wisdom, and to reform one’s lower self and purify oneself first of all. The precondition of commanding goodness (ma`ruf) is to do it in a ma`ruf way. The abomination (munkar) of radicalism is in both substance (terrorism and blind hatred) and style (wildness and ugliness) which is
the opposite of what the Qur’an and Sunna command.
Hajj Gibril Haddad
