Tasawwuf

Tasawwuf, by Peer Syed Mohyuddin Mahboob

Tasawwuf is based on the Quran and hadith. The essence of Tasawwuf is consciousness of the presence of Allah and accountability in the court of Allah.

The title "tasawwuf" according to a concept only began to gain popularity after the year 200 A.H. Those who excelled in abstinence, Ibadah and Ittiba' of sunnah named their way " tasawwuf" and those who followed this way were called sufi's. (Al Risalah Al- Qushairiyyah)

Tasawwuf is practical field of islam and it teaches the method of purification and science of perception and the legal concept of ijtihad.The founder of the science of tasawwuf is the blessed beloved Prophet himself to whom Allah taught it by means of revelation and inspiration.By Allah's favor, we have put this issue to rest in our lengthy exposition on the proofs of tasawwuf in the pages above.if someone thinks that tasawwuf originated in Basra among the generations after the tabi`in,it is wrong.in fact Tasawwuf has realities (haqa'iq) and states of experience (ahwal) which the Sufis mention in their science... sufiya says, the Sufi is he who purifies himself from anything which distracts him from the remembrance of Allah and who becomes full of reflection about the hereafter, to the point that gold and stones will be the same to him. Others say that tasawwuf is safeguarding of the precious meanings and leaving behind pretensions to fame and vanity, and the like. Thus the meaning of sufi alludes to the meaning of siddiq or one who has reached complete Truthfulness, because the best of human beings after prophets are the siddiqin, as Allah mentioned in the verse:Whoever obeys Allah and the Apostle, they are in the company of those on whom is the grace of Allah: of the prophets, the truthful saints, the martyrs and the righteous; ah, what a beautiful fellowship! (4:69)
some sufis say tasawwuf is good character and awareness and mind concentration.
its the true way of practice of shareeah
the life spam of Huzur alay his salam which he had spend in cave of hira and sour is the foundation of tasawwuf
walahu aalam bisawab