I’m sorry, but I did not understand your explanation of Tasawwuf in Q596. Can you kindly explain this topic in detail using simpler words, and possibly quoting some examples? Is this something ordinary Muslims need to be concerned about and practice?
The mandatory duties of commission and omission in Islam are of two kinds. One type of duty of commission and omission is that which is seeable or tangible. For example, praying, fasting, giving obligatory charity and other charities, going to pilgrimage, stealing, drinking wine or intoxicants, and doing business through illegitimate ways and other issues of marriage and divorce.
The second type of duty of commission and omission is that which is intangible or non- physical. For example, sincerity of intention in prayers, humility, modesty, patients, thanksgiving or being grateful, contentment with the decree of Allah, the love of Allah and his messenger and his great servants are all part of the second category where these things are not visible. But they’re just as important as the actions of the first category. The things that are not visible, but are forbidden to do, for example, pride, egoism show off, prohibited earnings, greediness; impatiens etc. is also part of the second category.
To know the distinction between these two categories is not so easy. The discipline, which deals with such differences, is known as ‘Tasawwuf’. This discipline specializes in perfecting those obligations and responsibilities of people that are invisible.
The scholars who specialize in the first category are known as the jurists. They have also contributed immensely towards the academics and the jurisprudence of Islam. We are obliged to follow and implement their opinions in our lives.
The second type of duty of commission and omission is that which is intangible or non- physical. For example, sincerity of intention in prayers, humility, modesty, patients, thanksgiving or being grateful, contentment with the decree of Allah, the love of Allah and his messenger and his great servants are all part of the second category where these things are not visible. But they’re just as important as the actions of the first category. The things that are not visible, but are forbidden to do, for example, pride, egoism show off, prohibited earnings, greediness; impatiens etc. is also part of the second category.
To know the distinction between these two categories is not so easy. The discipline, which deals with such differences, is known as ‘Tasawwuf’. This discipline specializes in perfecting those obligations and responsibilities of people that are invisible.
The scholars who specialize in the first category are known as the jurists. They have also contributed immensely towards the academics and the jurisprudence of Islam. We are obliged to follow and implement their opinions in our lives.
Also, to follow the scholars of the second category is very important and it is an unalienable part of the deen. These scholars are known as either ‘sufi’, ‘shaykh’, ‘ulema rabbani’, ulema haqqani’, or ‘ashabe marifat’.
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