What is the scholarly response to the claim made by one of the shaykhs regarding the permissibility of Sufi dance, citing as evidence: 1. The hadiths about the dance (Hajl) and the Abyssinians' dancing. 2. The verse: "And when you have completed the prayer, remember Allah standing, sitting, or [lying] on your sides." 3. The original permissibility due to the absence of a text prohibiting it?

Worshipping Allah through dancing, jumping, and swaying during remembrance (dhikr) is an abominable innovation (bid'ah munkarah). The recognized madhhabs (schools of thought) have concurred on this, and some scholars have even considered anyone who deems this permissible to be a disbeliever. Scholars have clarified the invalidity of using the Hadith of Al-Hajl (due to its weakness and lack of indication of worshipping through dance), the play of the Abyssinians in the mosque (as it was training for war), and Allah's saying: {those who remember Allah while standing or sitting or [lying] on their sides} (as it speaks of the times of remembrance, not its manner) as evidence. The principle in acts of worship is tawqif (they are not legislated except with evidence), not ibahah (permissibility, which applies to customs). Furthermore, the manner of trotting (harwalah) in the sa'i between Safa and Marwah is a legislated act of worship with a textual basis, and it is not evidence for the permissibility of jumping during dhikr.