The Legitimacy of ‘Irfan and Tasawwuf Objection In “ Shi‘ah...

The Legitimacy of ‘Irfan and Tasawwuf Objection In “ Shi‘ah dar Islam ” where you explain the history and development of ‘irfan and tasawwuf , you clearly approve of these two tendencies.

(The Imams and the fuqaha’ , however, have declared such tendencies heretical, and as such they lack any credibility.) You write: The gnostic is the one who worships God through knowledge and because of love for Him, not in hope of reward or fear of punishment… Every revealed religion and even those that appear in the form of idol-worship have certain followers who march upon the path of gnosis.

The polytheistic religions and Judaism, Christianity, Zoroastrianism and Islam all have believers who are gnostics. (132-3) Your words imply that there are polytheists who worship God out of love for Him. But how can this be right? Reply In writing “ Shi‘ah dar Islam ”, our intention was to elucidate the Shi‘ah doctrine,…