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Re: A Different View Of Sufism
From:
Sal Barry <[log in to unmask]>
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Wed, 19 Apr 2006 19:40:34 +0000
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Ginny,

Glad to hear I did not offend you. I am sure we will come across each other 
on another topic at another time.

Regards,
Salieu


>From: Ginny Quick <[log in to unmask]>
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>Subject: Re: A Different View Of Sufism
>Date: Wed, 19 Apr 2006 10:15:20 -0700
>
>Hello, Salieu, just for the record, you yourself, do not offend me.  What 
>offends me is when
>people spend so much of their time labelling others and their actions as 
>"kufr, bidah, and shirk",
>and soem people, in some cases, do not have the adequate knowledge, nor 
>authority to do so.
>
>      And what offends me is the lack of adab in these articles.  We are to 
>cover the faults of our
>brothers (and sisters) as best we can, and openly, if not indirectly, 
>calling antoher Muslim a
>kafir, is something not ot be done lightly, and there are well-known 
>ahaddith on this.
>
>      A better approach might have been, if the author of the article was 
>in any doubt, would be to
>maybe approach scholars such as Shaikh Nu Keller, Shaikh Hamza Yusuf, et. 
>al, and ask them why
>they do what they do, and who they learned from, and kindly ask them to 
>explain where they go
>their proofs for doing such and such.
>
>      But coming online and putting out articles declaring these people, 
>essentially, to be
>"deviant", or worse, "kafir", to me at the very least, shows a terrible 
>lack of adab / manners.
>
>      So, in short, that is what offends me, is the lack of adab in these 
>articles, and a rush to
>judgment on these scholars.
>
>Anyway, take care and have a nice day.
>
>Ginny
>
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