This is a false dichotomy. There are Sunnis who are Sufis and there are Sufis who are Sunnis. There are Sunnis who are not Sufis and there are Sufis who are not Sunnis. Being a Sunni means to follow the Prophet Muhammad (SAW) and his blessed sunnah. Being a Sufi means to be even more strict in following this sunnah in an effort to rectify yourself spiritually. Many people claiming to be Sufis are in fact, NOT Sufis if they deviate from the sunnah. Many popular scholars from the past and present have been Sufis. Ibn Taymiyyah, Imam Ghazali, etc. have all been Sufis and Sunnis.
Oh, dude, the Sufis believed that Muhammad was the chief prophet. Like, it's pretty much common knowledge in the Islamic world. So, yeah, if you were thinking it was someone else, like, sorry to burst your bubble.
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Muslims known as Sufis. They belong to orders of people, who are devoted to Muhammad and his teachings.
Muhammad Ashraf Chaudhri has written: 'Sufi poets of the Punjab (Pakistan)' -- subject(s): Sufism, Sufis, Sufi poetry, Biography, History and criticism
who were the sufis
Sufis are Muslims, hence, their God is Allah.
Sufis believed in the pursuit of inner spiritual knowledge through practices like meditation, music, and dance to attain a deeper connection with the divine. They emphasized a personal, mystical relationship with God and sought to experience a state of spiritual ecstasy and divine love.
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According to Sufis, MUHAMMAD is the chief prophet.What makes Sufism distinct from other forms of Islam is that Sufi masters were mostly concentrating on the Muhammadan Truth's pure spiritual dimension. They sought to reveal the essence of humanity's being, the real nature of existence, and the inner dynamics of humanity and the cosmos by calling attention to the reality of that which lies beneath and beyond their outer dimension. Adding to Qur'anic commentaries, narrations of Traditionalists, and deductions of legal scholars, Sufi masters developed their ways through asceticism, spirituality, and self-purification in short, their practice and experience of religion.
The mystics are called Sufis. However, Sufis have rarely been evangelists and are much more similar to monks. The peaceful spreaders of Islam have typically been diplomats, merchants, and qadis (Islamic Judges).