The Scholars of the Sufis - They are the Genuine Followers of the Salaf By Abd al-Hadi Kharsa , Abdul Aziz Suraqah (translator) Sunni Publications
Written by the erudite scholar, Sufi educator, ascetic, and author of many books, Sayyidi al-Shaykh `Abd al-Hadi b. al-Hajj Muhammad b. Salih al-Kharsa al-Dimashqi al-Salihi al-Shadhili al-Hanafi
The translation and publication of the present book, `Ulama’ al-Sufiyya Hum al-Salafiyya al-Haqiqiyyun is a welcome event for seekers of spiritual guidance and self-purification in our time. This praiseworthy effort offers to the English-speaking public a contemporary explanation of the immutable principles of Sufism, which are one and the same with the three principles of Religion: submission [islam], faith [iman], and excellence [ihsan].
The book contains Shaykh `Abd al-Hadi’s carefully presented anthology of the wisdom of the Sufi masters of old and their summations of doctrine [`aqida] and of the various spiritual diseases and spiritual stations and states of the wayfarer. They were gleaned from the bio-sapiential classics of the genre such as Tabaqat al-Sufiyya, the Luma`, the Risala, the Ihya’, and can be found in later works such as Tabaqat al-Awliya and al-Kawakib al-Durriyya fi Tarajim al-Sufiyya.
The vehemence of the title—shown in the emphatic-exclusive personal pronoun and translatable as ‘The Scholars of the Sufis: [Only] They are the Genuine Followers of the Salaf!’—is a reminder of the tireless efforts of the last two hundred years of Ahl al-Sunna wal-Jama`a scholarship demonstrating the Islamic orthodoxy of tasawwuf and denouncing the heresy of Wahhabism and pseudo-Salafism.
It is its unique gems that make `Ulama’ al-Sufiyya stand out such as, for example, the title’s emphasis on knowledge: it is never about the Sufis at large but about their Gnostics; as for would-be-Sufi [mutasawwif] claimants who are nescient of the Shari`a or not even concerned by it: they are also heretics and completely undesirable no matter how big they grow their beard, turban, Jubba, or voice! This is a theme stressed by many of our salaf al-Salih [pious predecessors].
The translation and publication of the present book, `Ulama’ al-Sufiyya Hum al-Salafiyya al-Haqiqiyyun is a welcome event for seekers of spiritual guidance and self-purification in our time. This praiseworthy effort offers to the English-speaking public a contemporary explanation of the immutable principles of Sufism, which are one and the same with the three principles of Religion: submission [islam], faith [iman], and excellence [ihsan].
The book contains Shaykh `Abd al-Hadi’s carefully presented anthology of the wisdom of the Sufi masters of old and their summations of doctrine [`aqida] and of the various spiritual diseases and spiritual stations and states of the wayfarer. They were gleaned from the bio-sapiential classics of the genre such as Tabaqat al-Sufiyya, the Luma`, the Risala, the Ihya’, and can be found in later works such as Tabaqat al-Awliya and al-Kawakib al-Durriyya fi Tarajim al-Sufiyya.
The vehemence of the title—shown in the emphatic-exclusive personal pronoun and translatable as ‘The Scholars of the Sufis: [Only] They are the Genuine Followers of the Salaf!’—is a reminder of the tireless efforts of the last two hundred years of Ahl al-Sunna wal-Jama`a scholarship demonstrating the Islamic orthodoxy of tasawwuf and denouncing the heresy of Wahhabism and pseudo-Salafism.
It is its unique gems that make `Ulama’ al-Sufiyya stand out such as, for example, the title’s emphasis on knowledge: it is never about the Sufis at large but about their Gnostics; as for would-be-Sufi [mutasawwif] claimants who are nescient of the Shari`a or not even concerned by it: they are also heretics and completely undesirable no matter how big they grow their beard, turban, Jubba, or voice! This is a theme stressed by many of our salaf al-Salih [pious predecessors].
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Shaykh 'Abd al-Hadi Kharsa
الشيخ عبد الهادي خرسا
Shaykh ‘Abd al-Hadi b. al-Hajj Muhammad b. Salih al-Kharsa al-Dimashqi al-Salihi al-Shadhili al-Hanafi (b. 1959, Damascus) is a distinguished Syrian scholar, jurist, Sufi master, and author. Born into a devout family in al-Fawakher, Damascus, his father was a student of the great Shaykh Muhammad al-Hashimi, and his mother descended from a noble Circassian family. From a young age, Shaykh ‘Abd al-Hadi pursued Islamic studies at Ma‘had al-Fath al-Islami under Shaykh Muhammad Salih al-Farfour and other eminent teachers, later completing his studies at al-Azhar University in Cairo, where he graduated in Shari‘ah and Law in 1980.
He received training in fiqh, hadith, and tasawwuf from over three hundred scholars across Syria and the Muslim world, including Shaykh Sa‘id al-Burhani, Shaykh Abd al-Rahman al-Shaghuri, Shaykh Ahmad al-Shami, Shaykh Ahmad Kaftaru, and Shaykh Nizam al-Qubrusi. A prolific author, his works cover jurisprudence, spirituality, and refutations of extremism. He has taught for decades in Syria and abroad, guiding students in knowledge and spiritual refinement, and remains one of the foremost living representatives of the Shadhili and Qadiri traditions.
Source:The Islamic Commission of Sufi Orders, Australia - International Advisory Committeeالشيخ عبد الهادي خرسا
Shaykh ‘Abd al-Hadi b. al-Hajj Muhammad b. Salih al-Kharsa al-Dimashqi al-Salihi al-Shadhili al-Hanafi (b. 1959, Damascus) is a distinguished Syrian scholar, jurist, Sufi master, and author. Born into a devout family in al-Fawakher, Damascus, his father was a student of the great Shaykh Muhammad al-Hashimi, and his mother descended from a noble Circassian family. From a young age, Shaykh ‘Abd al-Hadi pursued Islamic studies at Ma‘had al-Fath al-Islami under Shaykh Muhammad Salih al-Farfour and other eminent teachers, later completing his studies at al-Azhar University in Cairo, where he graduated in Shari‘ah and Law in 1980.
He received training in fiqh, hadith, and tasawwuf from over three hundred scholars across Syria and the Muslim world, including Shaykh Sa‘id al-Burhani, Shaykh Abd al-Rahman al-Shaghuri, Shaykh Ahmad al-Shami, Shaykh Ahmad Kaftaru, and Shaykh Nizam al-Qubrusi. A prolific author, his works cover jurisprudence, spirituality, and refutations of extremism. He has taught for decades in Syria and abroad, guiding students in knowledge and spiritual refinement, and remains one of the foremost living representatives of the Shadhili and Qadiri traditions.
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Allamah Shaykh Abdul Hadi al-Kharsah on Imam Ahmad Raza Khan al-Qadri (RA)-Dar al-Imam Ahmad Raza- Oct 26, 2018Allamah Shaykh Abdul Hadi al-Kharsah of Damascus, delivers an exclusive talk on Imam Ahmad Raza Khan al-Qadri (RA), for The 100th Urs & Imam Ahmad Raza Conference which took place on Saturday 20th October 2018 at Manchester Central Mosque Victoria Park and organised by Shaykh Monawwar Ateeq.
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