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The Spectrum regarding Ali
Group 1 [the anti-Alid] possessed animosity for
Ali and his household.
Group 2 opposed granting any special distinction
or reverence to Ali.
Group 3 opposed the tafḍīl of ‘Alī, but ranked him
as the greatest Companion after the previous
caliphs.
Group 4 believed in the tafḍīl of ‘Alī, but opposed
Imāmī veneration of Ali.
Group 5 saw him as the divinely selected, sole
inheritor
of the Prophet, but rejected his
Where have Muslim scholars you have met or studied lay on the spectrum
deification.
A summary of Sufi practices
1.To use prayer beads (rosaries) to remember God
2. To become a scholar of ‘ilm al-kalam (dialectical theology)
3. To become a scholar of Islamic philosophy
4. To follow a school of mysticism (tasawwuf)
5. To recite dhikr (litany) in congregation
6. To recite dhikr (litany) out loud
7. To speak directly to the Prophet and invoke his name in prayers
[tawassul and madad]
8. To regularly visit the graves and utilize them as a place of
invocations (du’a)
9. To believe in the sanctity of relics and saints (tabaruk)
10. To celebrate the birthday (mawlid) of the Prophet with the
recitation of Quran, litany, his biography and poetry.
11. To recite a daily litany (wird)
12. To recite the Qur'an or do a good deed on behalf of the dead
Have Muslim scholars you have met upheld or rejected these practices?
How can a mosque cater to diverse Muslims vis-à-vis these practices?
A Summary of Sufi practices
13. To follow a spiritual master or guide (murshid)
14. To believe in the metaphorical interpretation of
anthropomorphic verses of the Qur'an
15. To believe that the Prophet's Parents : 'Abdullah b. 'Abd alMuttalib and Sayyida Amina bint Wahb are from the people of
Heaven
16. To follow Shaykh al-Islam Abu Hamid al-Ghazali
17. To love and venerate the Family of the Prophet as sacred
18. To follow Sunni scholars who disagreed with ibn Taymiyya and
Muhammad b. Abd al-Wahhab
19. To follow the most influential mystic in Islamic intellectual
history before the proliferation of Salafism, Muhyi al-Din ibn 'Arabi.
20. To uphold the plurality of legal, theological and mystical
schools in Islam and that all Muslims have a right to worship freely.
Have Muslim scholars you’ve met upheld or rejected these practices?
How does a mosque navigate in catering to diverse Muslims who attend?