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The consensus of the scholars on closing its door and calling for the opening of this door is something worthy of admiration. Especially since it came at a time when Islamic thought was rigid. And it is enough that Al-Sanusi considered his call to be conformity, so he differed, and he was Maliki in doctrine and culture, with the doctrine of Malik in some matters, including the ten matters we mentioned, so he prayed in his prayers and performed Qunut after bowing and shortened his prayers during travel, etc. And his followers followed his example. And although these matters may seem small because they are very secondary, their importance lies in them being an example and application of the important principle that Ibn Al-Sanusi adopted in dealing with them, which is adherence to the Book and the Sunnah and opening the door of ijtihad. As for his Sufi views, we notice his support for what Sufism advocates of visions, connection, and unveiling. And we find that Al-Sanusi delved deeply into the study of Sufism, and he loved it. He became acquainted with it from his youth and clung to it until the end of his life. He is one of those who believe in adhering to the Book and the Sunnah. And he responds to those who condemn such a thing. He reconciles the path of the saints and the scholars, saying: It may occur to the minds of those who are not firmly established in the path of the people that some of the states of the Sufis are contrary to the Sharia, or that some scholars have belittled them or diminished them. The path of the people, may God be pleased with them, is to follow the Prophet (peace be upon him) in the great and the small, and the more he increases in following, the more he increases in his stature. For the complete stature for them is in the stature of following, otherwise they are not among them or deficient in their eyes, for their actions are weighed on the scale of Sharia, so what is weighed heavily they accept, and what is not, they reject. So the Sufi, as Ibn Al-Sanusi described him, progresses on his path with the Book and the Sunnah. Ibn Al-Sanusi the Da'ee. Ibn Al-Sanusi did not limit himself to recording his thoughts in his books, but rather worked on the ten matters.

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