@RealHasanSpiker talks about how Shaykh al akbar was kinda the ultimate burhan for the ways of the Sufis.
For me, Sh. Hasan Spiker was that ultimate burhan in the darkness of Shubhah/doubts that surrounded me. Alhamdulillah. I am really elated even
Neo-Asharis find themselves unable to admit that Imam Al ghazali considered mystical unveiling a genuine episteme.
Unfortunately, one of the reasons why our aqliyyat (philosophical) tradition was reduced and subordinated to scientism in the aftermath of the modernist
salafism of Abduh and Afghani i.e science becomes the ultimate truth guarantor for everything in that tradition, is that this episteme was considered subjective, in contrast to empiricism/science and somehow 'not salafi' (in the sense of adapting to the prevalent
I don't believe in plastering the pictures of your partner all over socials everytime but I believe it should be pretty clear for everyone to know you are taken.
There are different ways people do this. An example is using them as DP, banner or anywhere visible.
Intellect in the Islamic tradition is synonymously identified to be the spirit, the soul and the heart. It's that element of the human make-up that distinguishes him from all else in creation.
The intellect is commonly concieved of as simply the "discursive intellect"-
represent the world is a type of intellect in itself. This type is identified by Ibn Arabi to be the "receptive intellect". These two types of intellect are fused in the human, never to be splitted, if he is to cognize all that is "real"- the signs of God.
alusiโs complicated:
has his qadizadeli attitude, heavily leaning towards akbari tasawwuf (initiated into the naqshbandi tariqah), hovering between the hanafi and shafiโi madhhabs, often values shiโi opinions, etc..
might be athari, definitely not najdi salafi ๐