People think that Tasawwuf is something separate from Sharia. Please understand that Tasawwuf is a part of Sharia. The laws of religion that apply to a person's outward deeds (physical acts) are called Sharia. The laws of religion that apply to a person's internal deeds and attributes are called Tareeqat or Tasawwuf. The correction of internal attributes is important because without it sometimes the external acts also become meaningless. Suppose a person does not have Ikhlas. Ikhlas means that whatever a person does he or she does it purely to make Allah SWT happy. It is a deed of the heart. So because he doesn't have Ikhlas he is praying so that people would think he is very religious and pious. In that case even though his outward deeds are correct, in reality they are useless or even sinful because in a Hadith Rasool Allah SAW has said that if a person prays to impress people he is doing Shirk with Allah Ta'alah.
This is the reason why purification of heart is essential for correction of one's outwardly deeds. Otherwise if the internal attributes are not correct the external deeds also become useless.
Adapted from the talk "Ills of the heart and need for a spiritual guide", by Mufti Muhammad Taqi Usmani DB
This is the reason why purification of heart is essential for correction of one's outwardly deeds. Otherwise if the internal attributes are not correct the external deeds also become useless.
Adapted from the talk "Ills of the heart and need for a spiritual guide", by Mufti Muhammad Taqi Usmani DB
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