I myself am a follower of the Nashibandi tariqah and I consider myself as a student of your extensive seerah. If i disagree on some of your view (not your facts, but their interpretations), I can only praise the honesty of your sentiments and the respect you have on the matters of ightilaf. The content you provide is of high value in english language and provide a good insight o the seerah. May Allah bless you and reward you for your work.

Thank you very much Dr. Yasir. This is the best explanation I've ever got about Tassawwuf. However, you keep saying this is summary. We need a full lecture on this topic. Many aspect of Tassawwuf needs explanation. Spreading of white garment and sitting around it for zikr, doing zikr in congregation etc. May Allah preserve you for us. Allahuma Ameen

Thanks to the COVID, when i go out i can do dhikr all the time without attracting attention since my mouth moving won't be visible (because of the mask). I can do continuous dikr and my favorit sentence i repeat all the time is '' Ina Lillah wa Inna Lillahi raji3oun'' i hope this might inspire a brother or sister

JazakAllah Sheikh. Indeed the tasawuf is the best way to purify one's own self. True sufism doesn't clash with shariah rather it prepares one's heart to follow shariah.

I know a brother that became Muslim because of Sufi thought. It appealed to him in this materialistic world.

Jazak Allahu khair Sheikh, MashaAllah such a balanced and wise answer.

MashaAllah, great explanation. May Allah grant you as a Sufi. And purify our heart.. Love from Bangladesh 🇧🇩

Best explanation on Sufism so far!

Alhamdulillah for Shaykh Yasir Qadhi JazakAllahu khayran Shaykhna Insightful!

Ma sha Allah, may Allah increases your knowledge sir

Great explanations of Sufism. Thanks Shaykh Saheb to teach us having tolerance towards others believes. May Allah SWT shower you with his mercy.

Jazakallah shaikh. Such a balanced approach Alhamdolillah. Respect for others despite disagreements; polite and educational approach. I pray for your long life and health. May Allah sw keep you under His protection and may He grant you the success in this duniya and in the akhira.

Great explanation devoid of bias. Thanks for clarifying. I'm from Damascus and I didn't know Sufism of nakshbandi had slight influnece there so I wanted to know what it is

Brilliant summary of sufism. May Allah reward you. Your efforts are very much appreciated.

Thank you! This was brilliant and comes with a reading recommendation!

Love the Clarity and fluency, syeikh✨😍.. thank you, Alhamdulillah 🌷 and the gift is.. You understand it well you could have been a Sufi any day, but Allah allows you to communicate in the beta waves and still relate to commoners Muslims.. Amazing..🌹

Barakallah Dr. Yasir Qadhi. I've come back to this lecture a few times. We definitely don't build our imaan based on attacking someone else based on such minor differences. The people that are good to be around with are those who focuses on getting closer to Allah SWT & Rasulullah saw without attacking others.

sheikh dr. yasir qadi, jazzak allah khairan for all your work and may Allah swt bless and reward you, amin. You are one of my fav and I really like to learn from your advices! May Allah swt always protect you and give you a long life, amin!

Thanks Dr. Yasir on your efforts to search the truth. Love from Bangladesh. I believe this Hadith to be the core of Taswwuf and try to follow it: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “None of you have faith until I am more beloved to him than his children, his father, and all of the people.” Source: Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 15, Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 44 Grade: Muttafaqun Alayhi (authenticity agreed upon) according to Al-Bukhari and Muslim

A couple of years ago Yasir Bhai was against Sufism and now I am surprised how much knowledge he has acquired about Sufism.

ZajakAllah .best explanation I have heard so far

And you pulled the slander and misconception to a grinding stop,, maasyaa Allah.. syukran ✨

May Allah bless you for your words for Kashmir. It brought tears in my eyes.

Assalamuaikum wa Rahmat ullah. I love you my dear brother in Islam for sake Allah, beautifully explain leave our small differences a side, how we should leave in peace be united us Muslim. May Allah swt protect & bless you and give you long life and continually, give us beneficial knowledge and enlightened us in this world and hereafter. Ameen

Allah bless you sheikh. A very balanced answer.

80% + of the imams of ahlu sunnah are sufis one way or another, and that's not an exaggeration, even the conquerors like the great salahaden ayoubi and Mehmet the conqueror were all sufis

Allah senden razı olsun kardeşim çok güzel ders olmuş…

Jazakallah khair Sheikh

May Allah make us sincere and guide us to the best way to gain His pleasure ameen

Ma sha Allah

Could you please give detail TAFSIR of AL QURAN!!??? Please

Beautiful subḥān Allāh

Masha Allah....

Very good presentation brother. May Allah help you.

MashaAllah, beautifully explained.

Allah bless you shaike Thanks from india ❤️

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم The Sheikh has a very fair understanding, spreads peace and good manners among Muslims. A true sufi follows the creed of ahlu sunna, the fiqh-schools, loves and honours every word of Quran and sunna. There is no union with Allah ﷻ, the destination of a sufi is exact what is written in the holy quran: love, nearness, mercy, forgiveness of Allah. There can be feelings and experiences of union, but there is no union between the ruh and Allah ﷻ according to the scholars and the greatest sufi-masters like Imam Rabbani or Sheikh Ahmad Rifai. A sufi needs very good aqida- knowledge, otherwise he will be confused by his experiences. Ma a salama Abul Abbas

Recitation of Yasir qadhi is beautiful

Mashallah, very well explained

I learned a lot from watching this one lecture!

Best ever summarised explanation ever heard regarding Sufism.....Masha Allah

Brilliant 👍

U explained it perfectly

Beloved sheikh, please make a vedio about ibn rushed

I am a hindu... i am so amazed to find that the sufi element of oness with god is so similar to our advaita school... I think sufism was inspired from hinduism in some way or the other because we knew these like many thousand years ago before even mohammed appeared on earth

Dear Shaykh as per my knowledge, the word Sufi is derived from the Ashab as Sufa (the people who were living or attached to the Suffah -a shelter behind the mosque of Muhammad saw-) it's root goes back to the time of the Prophet saw. Allah knows best.

So... the theology is sounding a whole lot like Gnosticism, but the practice is sounding like Second Temple era Jewish Hekhalot mysticism, which itself influenced Early Christianity through Paul, Eastern Orthodoxy and even Mormon mystical practice, with the different stations on the way to the veil and the presence of God. I wonder what the actual transmission route was.

MashaAllah Haq Hay Hu

Mashallah, Allah bless you Dr Qadhi

Mashallah, the Sheikh has grown so much. Before he was full 'Salafi' and now he himself dislikes the aggressiveness from the Salafi movement. Im Naqshbandi and we focus on spirituality and trying to have good character. We don't do dancing or any other weird stuff. Just Zikr of Allah st and staying on the straight path.

Dear Sir, Would you please tell me, could I read books of Imam Al Ghazzali?

Ma sha Allah, jazaakallahu khaira, Sheikh, your expressions here are most comforting, I feel safe and justified knowing that my perception of the subject is in conformity with that of an Aalim of your stature.

I think, most if not all of the great Islamic Empires and Rules had Sufi touch. So if history is any guide then Tasauwuf is the way to make Islam/Muslims great again.

What is zikr doing in the middle of night and making jinns accepting islam? Is such kind related to Sufism?

I love this response from à non Sufi (maybe even slightly anti sufi) to answer with: don't hate and don't judge. Because yes it's is quite a spectrum. Abd the things found with some sufis that make non sufi's raise à brow and draw à line, the majority of the sufis would also raise their brow and draw à line too. The majority are just like non sufis

not the fairest of analyses, but naql is definitely more important and aql. praying for the best for the children of adam.

Where do people ask questions?

Who is the qari reciting in the beginning?

Shaikh I am also from that part of Kashmir you talked about. I'm sorry to say mostly people there negate "ایاک نستعین .if sufi tareeqat stays under shareeat then no problem The almighty Allah says"وان کنتم تحبون اللہ فاتبعونی یحببکم اللہ

- اللّهم صلّ على سيدّنا مُحمد. 💛Quran recitations if you’re interested. 🕊 💛☁️🌿 🤲🏻🤲🏻💙💙 💜💚🙂👍🏻💙💖

Subhan’Allah who is the Quran reciter in the beginning of this talk

Asalam alaikum brothers & sister , i m from from kashmir ... how can i ask question to sheikh yasir qahdi sir..... May Allah give him jazai khair........Aameen

How can we see wrong in twirling?

may Allah make it easy for people in Kashmir

Noor Mohamed Khan Noor Mohamed Khan 4 years ago Abu Dhar said, "I was with the Prophet (SAW) one day and I heard him saing: "There is something I fear for my Ummah than the Dajjal." It was then that I became afraid, so I said: " Oh Rasool Allah! Which thing is that?" He (SAW) said; "Misguided and astray scholars." Recorded in Musnad Imam Ahmad (no.21,334 and no.21,335). Sheikh Shu'ayb al Arna'ut graded it sahih li ghayri (authentic due to corroborating narrations) in his tahqiq of the Musnad (1999 ed., 35:21,296-97). Al Tirmidhi (no.2229) and others record the following hadith: إنما أخاف على أمتي الأئمة المضلين And Allah knows best.

Good answer from our dear Dr ;however, you can find the academic answer in a great book titled: "Sufisim: A spiritual revolution in Islam", authored by Dr. Abu al-Ila Afifi.

Thank you for clarifying ! Tassawuf is not all bad. Alhamdulillaah. Want to read more on this topic. isA

So basically tazkiya nafs (quran sunnah way) and some people who encourage people to do tazkiya nafs in a way easily understandable to the lay person

Imam Ahmad Didn't Praise Sufis or Sufism Fatwa No: 408061 Fatwa Date:1-12-2019 - Rabee' Al-Aakhir 4, 1441Email Print Rating: Question I have heard that Imam Ahmad praised Sufis and said that they only do Raqs (dance) out of joy/love/emotion for Allah S.W.T. Is this true? And if not then what did he say about them. And also is it permissible to move, or sway or dance during the Majalis of Dhikr because it is an expression of deep emotion and love? And also Imam Ahmad reported in his Musnad a Hadith of Anas R.A from Rasul S.A.W where the Abyssinians performed some play with their weapons and danced in front of Rasulullah S.A.W and recited words of praise of Rasul S.A.W. Does this mean that it is permissible to dance out of joy or to move out of love and emotion when remembering Allah S.W.T or Rasul S.A.W. Could you please clarify from the views of scholars like Al Ghazzali and Imam Ahmad and such big scholars. Jazak Allahu Khairan Wassalamu Alaikum Wa Rahmatullahi Wa Barakaatuhu Answer All perfect praise be to Allah, The Lord of the Worlds. I testify that there is none worthy of worship except Allah, and that Muhammad sallallaahu `alayhi wa sallam ( may Allaah exalt his mention ) is His slave and Messenger. We have no knowledge of the claim that Imam Ahmad may Allaah have mercy upon him praised Sufism in its totality, or that he justified their dancing and gave them excuses to do so as an act of worship. In fact, Sufis are not all the same; some of them are righteous, while others are wicked. The terms “Tasawwuf” and “Sufism” appeared relatively late, and were not known during the best first three virtuous generations of Islam; but were introduced and widely used later on. The phenomenon of “Tasawwuf” first emerged in Basra as its people were known to be extremely ascetic, devout worshippers, fearful of Allah, and the like. In its early beginning, Tasawwuf was a sound practice (devoid of Sharee‘ah violations) and some prominent Muslim scholars, who were known for their knowledge, asceticism, and religious prudence, practiced Tasawwuf like Al-Junayd may Allaah have mercy upon him. However, those scholars practiced it within the framework of the Sharee‘ah. In essence, Tasawwuf was prompted by the intent to promote praiseworthy asceticism, denouncement of worldly pleasures, devotion to worship, self-discipline, and commitment to refined morals, in order to overcome the countertrend of hedonism and overindulgence in worldly pleasures at the time. Afterwards, different groups of people, who were given to religious innovations and heresy, claimed to practice Tasawwuf, giving rise to multiple sub-groups and diverse categories of adherents. Contemplating the contemporary Sufism, one realizes that it abounds in religious innovations and acts of Shirk. The late Sufi adherents are dramatically different from their predecessors, as they practiced many religious innovations and deviated from the correct path. For example, they introduced some practices like worshipping Allah, the Almighty, through dancing, jumping, whirling and swaying while reciting Thikr (mention of Allah), all of which are considered deniable religious innovations according to the consensus of Muslim scholars. Many scholars from various approved mainstream schools of Fiqh declared such acts as religious innovations and strongly denounced them. Were it not for the sake of brevity and our adherence to the website’s policy in answering English questions concisely, we would have cited for you many statements of Muslim jurists in this regard. However, we shall cite below some statements as examples. It is stated in the Maaliki book Fat-h Al-‘Aliyy Al-Maalik fi Al-Fatwa ‘ala Math-hab Al-Imam Maalik by the Maaliki scholar ‘Ulaysh may Allaah have mercy upon him: “Imam Abu Bakr At-Tartooshi, may Allaah have mercy upon him, was once asked: ‘What is your opinion on the school of Sufism? Note, may Allah protect you, that it is practiced by some men who mention Allah and (invoke blessings on) His Prophet Muhammad sallallaahu `alayhi wa sallam ( may Allaah exalt his mention ) abundantly. They beat drums made of leather with sticks; some of them dance and start screaming and shaking until they faint, and then they serve food. Is it permissible to attend their gatherings? Please advise, may Allah reward you.’ He may Allaah have mercy upon him replied: ‘May Allah have mercy upon you. The ideology of Sufism abounds in ignorance, falsehood and error. Islam is no more than what is found in the Quran and the Sunnah of the Messenger of Allah sallallaahu `alayhi wa sallam ( may Allaah exalt his mention ). However, dancing and ecstasy were first introduced by As-Saamiri when he made a statue of a calf having a mooing sound, and people danced around it in ecstasy. Thus, such a practice is the way (the religion) of the disbelievers and worshippers of the calf. As for the stick and drum, they were first used by the heretics to distract Muslims from the Quran. On the contrary, the Companions used to sit with the Prophet sallallaahu `alayhi wa sallam ( may Allaah exalt his mention ) as if there were birds perched on their heads out of solemnity. Therefore, the Muslim ruler and his deputies should prevent those people from gathering in mosques and other places. It is not permissible for anyone who believes in Allah and the Last Day, to attend their gathering or help them practice their falsehood. This is the adopted opinion of Maalik, Abu Haneefah, Ash-Shaafi‘i, Ahmad ibn Hanbal and other Muslim Imams may Allaah have mercy upon them. Verily, success is granted by Allah, The Exalted.’” [End of quote] Moreover, Shaykh Ibn Taymiyyah may Allaah have mercy upon him said: “As for dancing, this was not enjoined by Allah, The Exalted, or His Messenger sallallaahu `alayhi wa sallam ( may Allaah exalt his mention ) or any of the early Muslim scholars. Rather, Allah Says in His Book (what means): • {And be moderate in your pace} [Quran 31:19] • {And the servants of the Most Merciful are those who walk upon the earth easily...} [Quran 25:63] The term “easily” in the second verse denotes walking with calmness and serenity. Muslims worship their Lord by bowing and prostration.” [End of quote] As for the story of the Abyssinians who were playing in the mosque, it is irrelevant because the Abyssinians played with spears as a training in carrying weapons or to display their skills. It was not intended as a devotional act of worship and did not involve dancing while reciting Thikr. Ibn Hajar, may Allaah have mercy upon him, said in Fat-h Al-Baari: “Some Sufis bring forth this Hadeeth as evidence to prove the permissibility of dancing and listening to musical instruments. However, the majority of scholars refuted such inference due to the difference of purpose; for the Abyssinians’ playing with spears was for the purpose of training for war, and so, the Hadeeth cannot be used as evidence to support the permissibility of dancing for amusement purposes.” [End of quote] For more benefit on Sufism, please refer to Fataawa 82017, 31043, 31031, and 29243. Allah knows best.

Islam is perfect. Anything that has imperfections is not Islam.

how can i get email of Dr Yasir Qadhi

Mansour Alhaj prayed....so its in understanding what was actually meant with the utterance.

how can I send a question, to you?

I am also from Kashmir, i don't have access to any of the resources or the teachers of Theology here,i am only reading & understanding from you, i wish i could be one of your students. I am so much interested in becoming what you are but unfortunately I am destined not to be one. Thank you for speaking & making dua for us 😔

Mashallah

Question: Can you explain FITRAH?

Riyadus sholihin .. 👍👍👍

There is no sound

assalamualaikum, mashaAllah great explanation. regarding Al Imam Ibn Arabi may Allah please with him, i still do not find in his writing he called himself a sufi nor he practiced wahdatul wujud. the first person that call him practice wahdatul wujud was ibn taimiyah may Allah forgive him

How can a chained man understand the world of the unchained man. Their are levels in this deen. We should have the humility to recognizing the world of the men of dhkir, is not like our world. Imam Suyuti, considered Shaykul Islam in his time, and is today a huge source of understanding of the Quran and Sunnah, protected Ibn Arabi from the takfiris. At least, say Allahu a'lam, is much safer than calling his views for kufr, without fully understanding them

Please make a detailed video on music!!!!

Sufism was a reality without a name. Now it is a name without a reality.

Please can somebody explain the term Sheikh says ‘taalok’, I’ve heard it in another lecture but unable to find any information/definition. Jazakallahu khairun

Sir, I am Abdul Aziz from Bangladesh. I'm a bengali. I can't t understand your speak clearly. Please add a subtitles in bangla or English so that foreign person like us can understood your lecture clearly and can gain from it. Specialy a big number of your followers are bengally. So you can think something about us. Thanks for your good work. Jajakallah..

4:40.. If they deny the existence of everything other than Allah.. Then its tantamount to deny one of the sifat of Allah.. That is Al-khaliq.. Allah created his creatures.. Allah is haq and also his mahlooq are haq. Could be possible that they deny many sifat of Allah by claiming so.

Islam is the middle path and we should not follow extremes in any case. Wahabisam is one extreme and those follow sufism ignoring shariat is another extreme. Wahabisam is a food with no seasoning and salt, so a food for sick people, and extreme sufies destroy food with tons of salt and seasonings. The right balance i find in imam al Gazali's book Ahya Ulumuddin.

JazakAllah Khaieran sheikh for this very informative and fruitful explanation. As a convert to Islam, when these various sufis tried to interest me in their practices i simply said, i did not leave the questionable practices of my ancestors to follow those of yours. I don't even understand why somebody would even consider changing or modifying what Allah SWT perfected for us through the Qu'ran and Sunnah. And in these modifications, those who claim to seek Ihsane, is there not someone on the other end financially benefiting for the sake of the Dunya? Ihsane, Iman, the Day of Judgement... Are based on ALLAH SWT's judgement of each and every one of us individually. Moreover, la illa ha illa la Muhammadan rassullah la is complete.

Byazid al bustami ( and early Sufi who was praised by ibn taimiyah)is not the same as ibn arabi and hallaj, and never said anything like this

Assalamualaikum wa Rahmatullah hi barakutuh Is Sufism is doing muraqabah ??

Is he sunni? Like saying Ya Rasullallah is jaiz... Because I want to if he believes in awliyah and aqayid e ahle sunnat so he is right

Your right hate towards other Muslims is not the religion of our Prophet (saw) of Allah but neither is sufism.

You are my peer❤️❤️

23:13 We all clearly have an outside enemy. It is shayatin.Then why fight

Riyaz us saliheen is not available in Gujarati 😒 (FYI - There are at least 5-6 million Gujarati muslims in the world)

Diplomatic answer

Nice explanation but what is its relation to ISLAM. In subcontinent perspective???

Even with experiential sufism, there are groups who come up with weird ways of dhikr that the Prophet (saws) never taught/did. A very common example is continuing to repeat "hu, hu, hu, hu, hu, hu..." When you ask them why they're doing that, they say it's short for "AllaaHU" and a way of "remembering God." God's last messenger (saws) taught us how God wants us to perform dhikr, and that's clearly not among them. To use another example, I've come across a brother in the masjid holding his fingers in both hands in what looked to me like gang symbols, and when asked why, he said he was putting them in the shape of "Allah" and that keeping them that way is a form of dhikr. The reason Allaah (swt) sent us His last messenger (saws) and revelation was so we could learn how God wants us to worship Himself. Doing it in weird new ways is not "worshipping God" but worshipping one's own preferences/desires (in my humble opinion), especially when it is 100% clear such practices/beliefs have nothing reliably traceable to the teachings/practices of Rasoolullaah (saws). However, as Sheikh Qadhi mentioned in this video, "to them their way, and us ours." What gets complicated is when someone who follows weird innovations wants to influence the community and targets new converts to misguide them. May Allaah (swt) protect us!

I argue Tasawuf is a way of thinking that emerged from Hellenism syncretized into Islam. Hellenism being Greek philosophies which included Hindu concepts. Both Judaism and Christianity were profoundly altered by Hellenism as was Islam. Hellenism includes Pythagorianism, Platonism, Neo Platonism, etc. Veneration of the dead, practiced in all three Abrahamic deviations, can be traced to preHellenic Mycenean culture.

21:17 I am not a sectarian, but this sort of reminds me of the Pakistani Islamic scholar Muhammad Ali Mirza.

Another video linked to this topic is regarding sama of Hassan Al Basri R.A. You can search this: Sama' of Hasan Basri (RA) from Imam Ali (AS) Wajahat Hussain Al Hanafi.