Assalaamu 'Alaikum Al-Ghumari,

Why unfortunately has there still not been a response to this
question posed by myself a long number of months ago?


--- In Al-Ghumari@..., "qalandar555"
<qalandar555@y...> wrote:
>
> Assalaamu 'Alaikum,
>
> I am of the Ahl al-Sunna, and I have predilections as a Muslim who
> practices Sufism to believe that Imam Ali is the most superior
> companion, without criticizing or belittling any of the Sahabah's
> loftiest status. I have come to learn that this is the
understanding
> shared also by some scholars of the noble Al-Hassani Al-Ghumari
family
> I need clarified as to whether or not this belief in the
superiority
> of Imam Ali is shared by any other contemporary scholars, such as
> Marhum Sayyid Muhammad Alawi al-Maliki, especially of those
related
> to Sufism or more specifically to other branches of the Shadhili
> tariqah. Some have informed me that this belief contradicts the
> teachings of Ashari and Maturidi aqidah, however perhaps some of
the
> luminous stars in the firmanent of gnosis of Allah had their own
> independent ijtihad?'
>
> Jazakallah Khairun,
>
> Sayyid Omar Ameer Khan