Deleterious appropriate suhba

Shaykh Sayyid Raziuddin Ahmad Fakhri (may Allah have mercy on him) said,

“For a novice traveler (salik) on this path even appropriate company (suhba) that is without his/her Shaykh’s approval is deleterious.”

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