Question
A person who is purported to be a sheikh of the Naqshabandi sufi order, and whose name is Nazim Adil Al-Haqqaani, makes many preposterous claims of spiritual powers. He says that his 'grand shaikh' had the power to perform 12,000 Jumuah Salaat in different places at one and the same time. He claims that Imaam Mahdi (alayhis salaam) has already appeared and is presently in a cave where he (this Naqshabandi sheikh) has already met him. Is this sufi tariqah a valid Sufi Silsilah?
Answer
There are four valid and genuine Sufi Silsilahs (Orders) – Chishtiyyah. Suharwardiyyah, Qadariyyah and Naqshabandiyyah. However, all four Silsilahs have degenerated and ramified into a host of sub-sects – all deviated. They subscribe to beliefs of shirk and kufr, and they indulge in haraam and immoral practices. The character mentioned by you is one of those satanic deviates who subscribes to shirk and engages in bid'ah and haraam practices. In our day, the existence of genuine Sufi Orders is rare – extremely rare. The safest is to abstain from them. Do not touch them with a barge pole. They will ruin your Imaan.
- Source
- themajlis.co.za
- Published in
- The Majlis Vol 21 No 09
- PDF page
- 12
Appears under DEVIATES AND FRAUD "SUFIS' (approximate).