How many Sufi orders are there, are all of them mistaken, and how accurate is it that Imam Al-Nawawi was influenced by them and that they advised abandoning hatred and malice and did not associate partners with Allah?

Sufi groups and factions are characterized by their deviation from the correct understanding of the Quran and Sunnah, and by promoting innovations (bid'ah) and superstitions. The extremism of some of them reaches polytheism (shirk), such as believing in the unity of existence (wahdat al-wujud) and worshipping saints. While Sufism in the past was less deviated and might have referred to asceticism and piety, it is incumbent upon a Muslim to realize monotheism (Tawhid) and follow the Quran and Sunnah according to the understanding of the righteous predecessors (Salaf as-Salih), and to avoid innovations, as this is the path to salvation. The Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said: "This is the straight path of Allah," warning against other paths. He also said: "Whoever lives long among you will see much disagreement. So, adhere to my Sunnah and the Sunnah of the rightly guided Caliphs… And beware of newly invented matters, for every newly invented matter is an innovation, and every innovation is misguidance."

Whoever ponders over the Quran, the Sunnah, and the biography of the righteous predecessors will realize the falsehood of what the Sufis are upon regarding the sanctification of individuals, the worship of the dead, and attachment to superstitions.