ملامح إصلاح التصوف في فكر الشيخ أحمد محمد رضوان

Abstract EN

The research aims to shed light on the efforts of sheikh Ahmed Muhammad Radwan, who died in 1967 CE-he has clouds of mercy and forgiveness, in the field of Sufism reform.

and honoring him at al-Azhar university.

the researcher followed the analytical, inductive and historical approach, and among the findings of the research is the following.

-Sufism, according to the sheikh, is based on the Qur’an and the Sunnah, and he made it clear that any deviation from them is a departure from the Sunnah of authentic Sufism.

-the sheikh linked jurisprudence and Sufism with a solid bond.

-the sheikh mentioned the importance of the educator in taking the path to god, and set conditions and prescriptions for him, so that this knowledge would be taken on behalf of its family, those who specialize in him.

-the sheikh regulated the relationship between the Murid and his sheikh, through the etiquette that he possesses with him, such as seeking permission during entry to him, and the necessity of literature in his council, and whoever is forbidden to literature is forbidden giving.

-the sheikh declared that the scale of the scale of the true guardian is from false supplication, it is the piety of god.

-the sheikh emphasized the aspect of caring for the disciples, raising them divine upbringing, and helping them break into the obstacles of the soul that ignores evil.

-the annihilation that the sheikh calls for is the annihilation of the self's fortunes, desires and desires, so that there is no weight in the heart but an atom other than god, and this is called annihilation from the will of the righteous, and this annihilation and this survival is the reality of monotheism that the messengers have had, and the books were revealed in it.

-the sheikh corrected the misconception about Sufism, that it calls for dependency and isolationism, and forsaking profit, work and production.

-the sheikh did not agree with the tendency of some of the claimants of Sufism to go to extremes in Ahl al-Bayt-may god be pleased with them.

-the sheikh presented a scathing criticism of those who say of Sufism, the pretenders, by raising the legitimate costs of the servant when he reaches a certain degree of worship.

-the sheikh's response to those who claim that Sufism is based on the doctrine of solutions and unity.

-the philosophy of pantheism in the view of the sheikh is deduced from the connotations of the name of god (al-Qayyum).

-among the recommendations that came out of the research: study the sayings of the imams of Sufism and asceticism related to societal reform-intellectually and economically, and the effect of their directives in the era in which they lived, and the extent to which they are used in our contemporary reality.