The Devil's Deception of the Goofi Soofi - By Shk Abdullah Faisal

The Soofis are a group which can be classified as one of the cancers in the body of the Ummah. Imam Shafi said: "When we speak of the Soofis we berate the ones from among them who stray from the siratal mustaqeem (straight path) we do not berate all the people who call themselves Soofis."

This article is about the extreme Soofis hence the title "The Devil's Deception of the Goofi Soofis". 

A Goofi is a person who is known for making mistakes due to his feeble-mindedness. The word Soofi takes its name from the word soof (wool). The Soofis believe that it is piety to renounce the material things of this world so to wear coarse woollen clothing is more akin to piety. From this practice of theirs they gained the label Soofis. The most prominent Soofi tariqas (orders) in the world today are five - the Tijania, Shazilia, Naqshabandia, Qadiria and the Chistia tariqa. These groups have some weird beliefs that are contradictory to Qur'an and Sunnah; hence it’s incumbent on the sincere scholars of Islam to refute their creed so that they will not succeed in leading astray unsuspecting Muslims who are not firmly grounded in the knowledge of Tawheed (Islamic Monotheism). 

The first problem we the members of Ahlus Sunnah wal Jamaa'ah have with the Goofi Soofis is that they believe that the Holy Prophet Muhammad was Noor (light) and not a Bashar (human being like us). The angels are noor hence they don't eat, drink or have sex. The Holy Prophet ate, drank and had sex. At times he would have sex with all nine wives in one night with one ghusl (Tirmidhi). This erroneous creed of the Goofi Soofis contradicts the Holy Qur'an hence Allah said: قُلْ إِنَّمَا أَنَا بَشَر ٌ مِثْلُكُمْ Say to them O Muhammad: "I am only a bashar, human being like you. (Surah 18:110) At the battle of the Ditch the Rasool tied stones on his belly to quell the pangs of hunger. If he wasn’t bashar he would not have felt hunger. The second problem we have with the Goofi Soofis is that they lie on the Holy Prophet with impunity. Thus they claim that the Holy Prophet comes out of his grave and appears to them in broad daylight and gives them instructions and at times gives them the good news that all of their mureeds (flock) are in Jannah.

Others claim that when their shaikh goes to Madina to give salam to the Prophet a hand would appear from out of the grave to greet their shaikh. The Goofi Soofis use a hadith which is found in both Bukhari and Muslim to justify lying on the Holy Prophet This hadith says: "Whoever sees me in a dream will see me when he is awake." This hadith which is agreed upon was explained by the great Shafi scholar Ibn Hajar al Asqalaani. Thus he said it means they will see him when they make hijra and catch up with him in Madina. It also means they will have the honour of seeing the Prophet in the hereafter (Fathul Bari 12/384).

The other Shafi Imam Nawawi gives the same explanation in Sharh Sahih Muslim 15/26 The scholars of Islam have refuted this lie of the Goofi Soofis and say: “This claim of theirs means that there are sahabas living amongst us even till today. It's worthy of mentioning that to lie on the Holy Prophet deliberately ejects the person outside the fold of Islam. The best generations were the sahabas (companions of Muhammad) and the taabi’een. They suffered trials and tribulations eg. the battle of the Camel between Ali and Aisha (ra) and the fitna of Ali and Mu'awiya at Siffeen. Yet the Holy Prophet didn't come out of his grave to give instructions to stop sahabas from killing sahabas at the battle of the Camel between Ali and Aisha or at Siffeen between Ali and Mu'awiya. This was the perfect time for him to come out of his grave because the sahabas were the best generation. So how can the Goofi Soofis claim that the Rasool appears to them today to give instructions and glad tidings?! Another problem we have with the Goofi Soofis is that they like to quote fabricated Hadiths and use these fabricated Hadiths to spread their heretical beliefs among the Muslims. The most famous of these fabricated Hadiths are: “When Adam sinned, Allah told him to seek forgiveness in the name of Muhammad, then Allah said to him: Had it not been for Muhammad I wouldn’t create the heavens and the earth. I Allah created the heavens and the earth for the sake of Muhammad." This fabricated hadith found in the Mustadrak of al Haakim contradicts the Holy Qur'an, thus Allah said: وَمَا خَلَقْتُ الْجِنَّ وَالإِنسَ إِلاَّ لِيَعْبُدُونِ "I did not create the jinns nor humans for any reason except that they should worship Me." (Surah 51:56)

Another problem we have with the Goofi Soofis is their claim that no-one is allowed to question their shaikh even if you see him drinking alcohol or having a girl friend because what the shaikh is doing may have a hidden meaning which the mureeds cannot comprehend since they are not on his level of spirituality. We refute the Goofi Soofis by saying even the Holy Prophet himself was questioned by his sahabas on many occasions. At the battle of Badr they questioned his decision to camp at a spot and said his choice was not strategic enough. The Holy Prophet abandoned his idea and followed the sahabas and set up camp by the wells of Badr. On another occasion the Rasool prayed three rakahs for dhuhur instead of four. The sahabas questioned him and corrected him and he (the Holy Prophet) had to perform the other rakah which he forgot. And even the angels questioned Allah when He told them He is about to create man and place him on earth as His khalifa. They questioned Allah about the hikma of His decision since man will create mischief and shed blood in abundance.

Three stray sects promote the infallibility of their shaikhs. The Saudi Salafis, the Goofi Soofis and the Shia. They do so because their creed doesn’t coincide with Qur'an and Sunnah. All three groups go against the ijmaa of the Ummah with their Aqeeda. The Shias do not accept the ijmaa of the Ummah that the Qur'an is protected by Allah and is therefore perfect. The Goofi Soofis believe the Rasool is ever-living and cannot die. The Saudi Salafis went against the ijmaa of the Ummah by claiming that to dislodge Allah's sharia is a minor kufr. Anyone who believes this is an enemy of Allah and His deen. The Goofi Soofis like to promote poverty in the ranks of the Muslims even though Umar (ra) said: “Poverty leads to kufr" Umar also said: "If poverty was a man I would have killed him with my own two hands" Allah didn’t encourage poverty in the Holy Qur'an hence Allah said: وَلاَ تَنسَ نَصِيبَكَ مِنَ الدُّنْيَا "Do not forget your portion of the dunya." (Surah 28:77)

If poverty had any good in it why the Holy Prophet used to seek refuge from poverty, the dajjaal and the punishment of the grave?! Another problem we have with the Goofi Soofis is their belief that the Holy Prophet is still alive in his grave and thus he is fully aware about the affairs of his Ummah (nation). This erroneous creed of theirs contradicts the Holy Qur'an thus Allah said: إِنَّكَ مَيِّت ٌ وَإِنَّهُمْ مَيِّتُونَ "You Muhammad shall die and all your sahabas shall die too." (Surah 39:30)

When the Holy Prophet died Abu Bakr kissed him on his forehead and gave a speech to the Ummah and said: "People those who worship Muhammad, Muhammad is dead and those who worship Allah, Allah is alive and cannot die." All the sahabas heard this speech of Abu Bakr and accepted his verdict that the Rasool was dead, because Abu Bakr recited the Qur'anic verse: إِنَّكَ مَيِّت ٌ وَإِنَّهُمْ مَيِّتُونَ "You Muhammad shall die and all your sahabas shall die too." (Surah 39:30) Because the sahabas accepted this verdict of Abu Bakr it's called the ijmaa of the sahabas. To go against the ijmaa (agreement) of the sahabas is an act of kufr. The Goofi Soofis are committing this kufr. To say the Prophet is still alive in his grave and is fully aware about the affairs of his Ummah is the utterance of someone who is a heretic.

We will now use a hadith from Bukhari to refute their claim.

Thus the Holy Prophet said: "Some people will come on Judgement Day to drink from my Hawd (lake-fountain) but two angels will stop them. I will cry out, ‘they are my sahabas!’ But the two angels will say to me: ‘You don't know what they did after you left, they turned back on their heels as apostates from Islam." Bukhari vol.9 Book 88 No.172 This is the creed of the Berailwis also, i.e. that the Holy Prophet is alive and fully aware about the affairs of his Ummah. The Berailwis also believe that Allah created the universe for the sake of Muhammad.

Another problem we have with the Goofi Soofis is that they worship the graves by praying to them and asking them for things. Hence they don’t believe in Surah Fatiha where Allah said: إِيَّاكَ نَعْبُدُ وَإِيَّاكَ نَسْتَعِينُ You alone we worship and You alone we ask for help (Surah 2:5) They recite it in Surah Fatiha but they don't believe in it. When Umar was the caliph the Ummah suffered three years of drought. Yet Umar didn't go to the grave of Muhammad to ask him to beg Allah to send the rain. Instead Umar went to the Prophet's uncle Abbas and said: When the Holy Prophet was alive and we suffered a drought we would ask him to pray for us and Allah would send the rain. Now he the Prophet is dead we will ask his uncle to pray for us. Abbas then prayed and the rain came immediately. Bukhari Vol. 2 Book 17 No.123 

The Goofi Soofis are pagans and not Muslims because Muslims worship Allah alone and nothing else. Another problem we have with the Goofi Soofis is their claim that Allah is everywhere with His Dhaat (in person). This concept is kufr because Allah is not in the toilet, the brothel, the disco, the casino etc. Real Muslims don't go to brothels as it's below their dignity so how can Allah be inside there? Do we have more honour than Allah?! It is incumbent on all Muslims to believe that Allah is on His throne above the seventh heaven. In this regard Allah said: الرَّحْمَنُ عَلَى الْعَرْشِ اسْتَوَى "Allah the Most Gracious istawa (rose over) His Mighty throne, in a manner that befits His Majesty." (Surah 20:5) Not only do we have this ayah to prove that Allah is on His arsh (throne) but we have also a hadith in Muslim. The Holy Prophet asked a slave girl: "Who am I?" she said: "You are Muhammad the Messenger of Allah" He then asked her: "Where is Allah?" she pointed to the skies and said: "Fis samaa, above the heavens". The Holy Prophet accepted her two answers and said to her master Mu'awiya ibn al Hakam as-Sulami. "Free this girl because she is a believer". The Goofi Soofis do not accept the answer of the slave girl. They believe Allah is everywhere in person and not above the heavens like the rest of the Ummah. So they believe the Rasool was wrong to accept the answer of the slave girl. And they believe they understand Islam better than the Rasool. 

The Berailwis use an ayah to say Allah is everywhere. The ayah says: فَأَيْنَمَا تُوَلُّوا فَثَمَّ وَجْهُ اللَّهِ Wherever you turn your face you will find the Face of Allah. ( Surah 2:115) This ayah means Allah's knowledge is everywhere because He sees everywhere. It doesn't mean He Allah is everywhere like the Berailwis and the Goofi Soofis believe. Even though some Berailwis and Goofi Soofis memorise the Holy Qur'an they don't really believe in it because the Holy Qur'an tells us Allah is above the Heavens.

Thus Allah said: أَأَمِنتُمْ مَنْ فِي السَّمَاءِ أَنْ يَخْسِفَ بِكُمُ الأَرْضَ فَإِذَا هِيَ تَمُورُ "Do you feel secure that He Allah who is above the heavens, will not cause the earth to sink with you with a violent quake?" (Surah 67:16) Then Allah went on to say in the following ayah of the same surah: أَمْ أَمِنتُمْ مَنْ فِي السَّمَاءِ أَنْ يُرْسِلَ عَلَيْكُمْ حَاصِبا ً Or do you feel secure that He Allah who is above the heavens will not send against you a violent whirlwind? (Surah 67:17) If there is a mountain of evidences from Qur'an and Sunnah proving that Allah is above the heavens, why then the Goofi Soofis reject this integral part of the deen?! The answer is: they promote the notion that Allah is everywhere and use it to facilitate their creed of "wahdatul wujood" (union). Wahdatul Wujood or union means a man can become so pious till he himself becomes Allah. And when he becomes Allah he doesn’t have to pray anymore as there is no one for him to pray to and when wahdatul wujood takes place everything which is haram is now halal for them.

Quite frequently these Goofi Soofis sodomise small boys as stated by Ibn Taymiyya in his essay on the jinn, translated by Dr. Bilal Phillips. All the peers in India and Pakistan believe in wahdatul wujood. The biggest proponent of wahdatul wujood was Ibn Arabee. Ibn Arabee was born in Spain in 560 AH and died in Damascus 638 AH. He was the first person to introduce this heresy of wahdatul wujood to the Ummah of Muhammad. Today the peers of India and Pakistan as well as the Goofi Soofis follow him in his heresy like a lamb to the slaughter. Today all Soofi movements sing the praise of Ibn Arabee and call him "the great teacher" (al ustaadh al a'tham.) 

Another fabricated hadith cited by the Goofi Soofis is: "Jihadun nafs jihad akbar" i.e. to fight the evil of the soul is the greatest jihad. This hadith was classified fabricated by all the scholars of hadith. Ibnul Qayyim said: "Its obnoxious" This is so because it contradicts the holy Qur'an and a strong hadith. The strong hadith is: "The greatest jihad is to speak the truth in front of a tyrannical ruler" As for the Qur'anic verse it contradicts it's Allah's words: أَجَعَلْتُمْ سِقَايَةَ الْحَاجِّ وَعِمَارَةَ الْمَسْجِدِ الْحَرَامِ كَمَنْ آمَنَ بِاللَّهِ وَالْيَوْمِ الآخِرِ وَجَاهَدَ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ لاَ يَسْتَوُونَ عِنْدَ اللَّهِ Do you consider the providing of drinking water to the pilgrims and the maintenance of Masjidul Haram at Makkah as equal to the worth of those who believe in Allah and the Last Day and strive hard and wage jihad in the Cause of Allah? They are not equal before Allah. (Surah 9:19) 

Allah told us in the above-mentioned ayah that the one who goes out and fight jihad is better than the one who stays behind in Makkah and give water to the pilgrims who come for hajj. 

The Goofi Soofis don't believe in jihad so they will forever fabricate Hadiths to support their apostasy and heresy. Another problem we have with the Goofi Soofis is that they don't practise al walaa wal baraa, loyalty to the Ummah and disloyalty to the enemies of the Ummah. The Goofi Soofis always take sides with the crusaders when they invade Muslim lands. I was told by my Algerian classmates in Riyadh that in the 1960s the Mujaahideen used to kill the Goofi Soofis in Algeria because they used to help the French to brutally occupy Algeria. Likewise I was told that the Mujaahideen of Chechnya blew up and killed the Mufti of Chechnya because he was a Goofi Soofi who passed a fatwa endorsing the brutal Russian occupation of this Muslim country.

The Goofi Soofis also spy for the taghoots (tyrants). To be a real Muslim it's not enough to believe in Allah we need to reject the taghoot. The Goofi Soofis do not reject the taghoots, instead they are in bed with the taghoot hence this makes them kuffaar outside the fold of Islam. They even believe in Democracy even though it's the religion of Iblis. They are known to claim that their shaikhs have the power to take the souls of his mureeds (flock). And the Soofi shaikh will be there to answer the three questions of Munkar and Nakeer in the grave. Shaikh Naazim al Haqqaani of Cyprus claims to have the mobile number of the Holy Prophet (saw) and only he has it. Surprisingly when these Soofi masters tell their lies they find enough people to believe them. They are known to twist the fatwas of sincere scholars so as to have them incarcerated by the taghoots. They are known to lock themselves up in dark rooms with the female mureeds who come to them for advice. Claiming that thikr is the solution to their problems. Then half an hour into the thikr they tamper with the genitalia of these women and say it’s part of the thikr. Dr. Bilal Phillips voiced this concern when refuting the Naqshabandi tariqa on a CD I heard in Cape Town, South Africa. Another hoax of the Goofi Soofis is that a man can marry his own daughter if he had her by way of zinaa (fornication or adultery). All the taghoot governments would like all Muslims to become Goofi Soofis because they are a movement which seeks to turn the Muslims from lions into goats. They marginalise Islam to mere thikr. They have made up their own Islam which we call Hislam. Their creed goes against Qur'an and Sunnah thus it leads to the hellfire.

May Allah bless us all with sincerity and sound knowledge to save ourselves and our families from the scourge of the Goofi Soofis-Ameen.