What is the ruling on Sufi orders, specifically the widespread Burhaniyya order, and what is the view on someone who claims sainthood (wilaya) yet does not pray and his clothes are dirty, and on someone who wears a blanket instead of a jilbab, claiming it is Allah's decree?
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The belief held by some that one who abandons prayer is among the awliya' (saints/friends of God) is a deviation that contradicts the Qur'an, the , and scholarly consensus. Verily, the wali is the pious believer. One who abandons prayer is considered a fasiq (transgressor), and the preponderant opinion is that he is a disbeliever. As for what some Sufis do, claiming revelation and being tasked with things other than what the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) brought, it is a superstition and falsehood, for the religion has been perfected.
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