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Wahdat al-Wujud, Wahdat al-Shuhud and the Safest Position

By Mufti Muhammad Taqi Usmani
May 28, 2010
Wahdat al-Wujud, Wahdat al-Shuhud and the Safest Position

Some people adduce the poem of Labid (Allah be pleased with him) as proof that the doctrine of the Oneness of Being (Wahdat al-Wujud) is correct. This doctrine along with its corresponding doctrine of the Oneness of Perception (Wahdat al-Shuhud) is not among the doctrines that are necessary in the religion to know or to believe in their validity or invalidity. Rather it is best not to be preoccupied with it and not to discuss it, because it is a dangerous subject, discussion of...
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