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☪️Islamic Creed ('Aqidah)

Getting to know the doctrine of Sufis

التعرف لمذهب أهل التصوف

Author: أبو بكر محمد بن أبي إسحاق بن إبراهيم بن يعقوب الكلاباذي البخاري الحنفي (المتوفى: 380هـ) (d. 380)

About this work

التعرف لمذهب أهل التصوف، كتاب في علم التصوف، من تأليف أبو بكر الكلاباذي المتوفى سنة 380 هـ، حيث يقول في مقدمته للكتاب: «فدعاني ذلك إلى أن رسمت في كتابي هذا وصف طريقتهم - أي الصوفية - وبيان نحلتهم وسيرتهم من القول في التوحيد والصفات وسائر ما يتصل به مما وقعت فيه الشبهة عند من لم يعرف مذاهبهم ولم يخدم مشايخهم. وكشفت بلسان العلم ما أمكن كشفه ووصفت بظاهر البيان ما صلح وصفه ليفهمه من يفهم إشاراتهم ويدركه من لم يدرك عباراتهم. …

Translation

Getting to know the doctrine of the people of Sufism, a book on the science of Sufism, written by Abu Bakr al-Kalabadhi, who died in the year 380 AH, where he says in his introduction to the book: “This led me to write in this book a description of their method - that is, Sufism - and an explanation of their approach and path of saying about monotheism and attributes and everything related to it, which was suspected by those who did not know their doctrines and did not serve their sheikhs. It revealed with the tongue of knowledge what could be revealed and described with apparent clarity what was appropriate to describe, to be understood by those who understood their signs and understood by those who did not understand their expressions. …

Topics covered

  • Sufism and the book of recognition
  • Committee for publishing Sufi principles and the book of recognition
  • What they say about Sufism is why Sufism is called Sufism
  • In the men of Sufism
  • Among those who published books and treatises on sign sciences
  • Who is classified into transactions?
  • Explanation of their statement about monotheism
  • Explanation of what they say about the attributes
  • Their difference is that he did not commit adultery as a creator
  • Their difference in names
  • What is their difference in speech?
  • Chapter eleven
  • Their difference of opinion about seeing the Prophet, peace be upon him
  • Their saying about destiny and the creation of actions
  • They say it is possible
  • What they say about algebra
  • What they say is best
  • What they say about promises and threats
  • Chapter eighteen
  • What they say about children
  • While God has assigned adults
  • Their difference in knowledge itself
  • Say them in the spirit
  • What they say about angels and messengers
  • Their saying about the errors added to the prophets

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