Ibn Taymiyyah writes:
Ibn Taymiyyah is not forbidding emotional spirituality; rather, he insists that actions must have sanad (divine authorization). God is worshipped as He legislated, not as we imagine. Majmu Al Fatawa 20 421
“It has been established from the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) that faith is ‘statement of the tongue, belief in the heart, and action of the limbs.’ (Majmu’ 20/421). Whoever separates the inward belief from the outward obligatory actions has innovated a religion that Allah did not permit.” Ibn Taymiyyah writes: Ibn Taymiyyah is not forbidding
