Shaykh Abd al-Qadir al-Jilani (RA) said, “Woe to you! You claim to be a Sufi while your inner self is impure. A Sufi is one whose inner and outer self has been purified through following the Book of Allah (SWT) and the Sunnah of His Messenger (PBUH).” [1]
[1] Al-Dhahibi, Abd al-Majid ibn Taha, Ithaf al-Akabir fi Sirat al-Shaykh Abd al-Qadir, p. 364, Dar al-Kutub al-Ilmiyyah, Beirut, n.d.
