There
is a distinction between genuine Sufism and extreme Sufism. As for the latter,
it is based on many anti-Islamic ideas, such as the fact that one can be “freed”
from observance of the Shari’a. Abd al-Wahhab al-Sha’rani (d. 973 H), praised
certain majadhib such as a certain individual named al-Sharif “al-Majdhub”
by writing radi Allahu anhu (may Allah be pleased with him) next to his
name. Al-Sha’rani writes that this individual used to shamelessly eat during
the daylight hours of Ramadan, forsaking the divine order to observe the fast:
وكان
رضي الله عنه يأكل في نهار رمضان، ويقول أنا معتوق أعتقني ربي
He
– may Allah be pleased with him – used to eat in the days of Ramadan, and would
say: “I am free, my Lord has freed me” (Tabaqat al-Kubra v.2 p.235):
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