Ibn Taymiyya: Difference between revisions

Ibn Taymiyyah rejected two views associated with Sufism. For one he said that some Sufis insulted God with their [[monism#Sufism|monism]]—a doctrine (seemingly similar to [[pantheism]]) that God "encompasses all things".{{sfn|Reynolds|2012|p=174}} This rejection included denouncing the views of the monist [[Ibn Arabi]].{{sfn|Laoust|1986|p=92}} For the second he said that the view that [[Enlightenment (spiritual)|spiritual enlightenment]] is of a greater importance than obeying the [[sharia]] was a failure to properly follow the example of Muhammad (see [[Antinomianism#Islam]]).{{sfn|Reynolds|2012|p=174}} [[Henri Laoust]] however says, "He never condemned Ṣūfism in itself, but only that which he considered to be, in the case of too many Ṣūfis, inadmissible deviations in doctrine, ritual or morals."<ref>{{cite encyclopedia | first1=H. |last1=Laoust |entry=Ibn Taymiyya |title=Encyclopedia of Islam |edition=2 |volume=3 |location=Leiden |publisher=Brill |year=1986 |page=953 |isbn=9004081186 |ref=harv |editor1-last=Lewis |editor1-first=B. |editor2-last=Ménage |editor2-first=V. L. |editor3-last=Pellat |editor3-first=Ch. |editor4-last=Schacht |editor4-first=J.}}</ref>