A Muslim Convert Once Before

بِسۡمِ ٱللهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ   Brother Khuram Zaman wrote in an article on Sufi mujahidin , more often than not, the term “Sufi” invokes images of twirling dervishes lost in ecstasy, strange people who engage in exotic practices that seem antithetical to Islamic legal traditions, or apolitical mystics fixated in meditation.  In addition to the misconception that Sufism is inherently heterodox, perhaps the greatest misconception is that it is passive and apathetic towards jihad.  In reality, nothing could be further from the truth.  First and foremost, it is necessary to establish the orthodoxy of Sufism by pointing out the sheer number of eminent scholars who have been Sufis.  As taken from Imam Ahmad ibn Naqib al-Miswri ( r.a. ) from “Reliance of the Traveller”, we have the following from the various madzahib .  The translation was by Shaykh Nuh Ha Mim Keller.   Amongst the Hanafi ‘ulama , we have Mulla Nur ad-Din Abu al-Hasan ‘Ali ibn Sultha...

بِسۡمِ ٱللهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ This is an article by Brother Khuram Zaman on Sufi mujahidin . More often than not, the term “Sufi” invokes images of twirling dervishes lost in ecstasy, strange people who engage in exotic practices that seem antithetical to Islamic legal traditions, or apolitical mystics fixated in meditation.   In addition to the misconception that Sufism is inherently heterodox, perhaps the greatest misconception is that it is passive and apathetic towards jihad .   In reality, nothing could be further from the truth.   First and foremost, it is necessary to establish the orthodoxy of Sufism by pointing out the sheer number of eminent scholars who have been Sufi.   As taken from Imam Ahmad ibn Naqib al-Miswri ( r.a. ) from “Reliance of the Traveller”, we have the following from the various madzahib .   The translation was by Shaykh Nuh Ha Mim Keller. Amongst the Hanafi ‘ulama , we have Imam ‘Ali al-Qari ( q.s. ), Imam ‘Abd al-Gh...