Questions concerning Muslim Sufism or spiritual matters

• Is there a way in Islam to perfection for man based on knowledge and love of God?

• Is there a prescription for the diseases of the carnal self?

• Could you prescribe an "instruction" to put the carnal, haughty self in its place?

• A weeping heart at daybreak

• Should we be watchful over own defects?

• What, especially today, must the final station in the spiritual journeying be?

• How can one thank God for his being the lord?

• Is "The best of the young among you are those like the old among you, and the worst of the old among you are those like the young among you" a prophetic saying? If so, what is meant by it?

• How can we understand prophethood and sainthood with the differences between them and the differences among the prophets and saints themselves?

• What about some assertions of certain saints?

• How should we approach the doctrine "Unity of being"?

• What does "Knowledge of God is different from knowledge of his existence" mean?

• Could you clarify Muslim Sufism, especially following a spiritual order?

  • What is the means of following a way to sainthood?

  • Is there a relation between sainthood and Messengership?

  • Is the way of sainthood easy or difficult?

  • What relation is there between Shari �a and tariqa?

  • Is tariqa possible outside the sphere of the Sunna and the commandments of the Shari�a?

  • Are there risks in following a tariqa?