For that reason it is said:
Three things have no real foundation:
- the “Gate” claimed by the Nusayris,
- the “Awaited one” of the Rafidites, and
- the “Ghawth” of the ignorant.
The Nusayri sect alleges that their so-called gate sustains the entire universe. The man himself may exist, but the Nusayri claim about him is false. As for Muhammad ibn al-Hasan—the Rafidite “Awaited Imam”—and the alleged ghawth who is said to reside in Mecca, and the like, all of that is sheer fabrication; such a person does not exist.
Likewise, the notion entertained by some that the comprehensive qutb and ghawth supplies every friend of Allah with spiritual aid and knows them all is baseless. Abu Bakr and ʿUmar (may Allah be pleased with them both) did not know every saint of Allah, nor did they provide them with such support—so how can these misguided, self-deluded liars make such a claim?
The Messenger of Allah (may Allah bless him and grant him peace), the master of the children of Adam, only knew those whom