Question:
Assalam aleikoum,
i have few questions to ask. My aim is not to offend anyone as a muslim should not harm his muslim brother. I am seeking the truth with the best adab, so I think that I have to ask naqshbandis followers about their practices instead of looking for answers from outsiders:
My first question is I have naqshbandi friends and in on their walls they have pictures of Sheikh Nazim. Is this not in contradiction with the Sunnah?Is this something that Sheikh Nazim is aware of? If yes, does he encourage his followers to do so and why?
Secondly, I am not part of any group; Wahabi, salafi, sufi etc… But I respect all of them as they are my brothers in faith . But by creating group does it not contradict the Koran? (surah 6, ayah 159)
Jzk
Answer:
wa `alaykum salam,
Ibn Taymiyya hit the right point when he described those who are the real Sunni’s in his Aqeedat-il-Wasitiyyah (pg. 154):
Their creed is the religion of Islam which was sent to the world by Allah through the Prophet (Peace be upon him). But the Prophet (Peace be upon him) said, ‘My Ummah will get divided into 73 sects and each one will go to Hell save one and that one is the Jama’at.’ Also in one Hadith he said, ‘They are those people who will follow this path which I and my Sahaba follow today.’ Therefore they have caught hold of Islam unalloyed from every adulteration and these are the people of Ahl as-Sunnah Wa’l Jama’ah. This group includes the truthful, the martyrs and the virtuous; it includes the minarets of guidance, lamps in the darkness and owners of such superiorities and virtues who have been already mentioned. It includes the saints and also those Imams on whose guidance Muslims are unanimous. It is this successful group about which the Prophet (Peace be upon him) has said: ‘One group from my Ummah will always remain dominant with truth; the opponents will never be able to harm its members or afflict them up to the Doomsday.’
Ismaeel Dhul-Qarnayn
