The Difference Between Shari’a and Tariqa

Question

To what extent is it correct to say that Shari’a is one thing and tariqa another?

Answer

If this means that the rulings of Shari’a and tariqa are entirely different from one another — as the laws of two states differ, for instance, keeping a gun being lawful in one state and a crime in another — and that, likewise, some things are forbidden in Shari’a (such as drinking intoxicants, going about naked, abandoning the obligatory prayer and fast, prostrating to…

Source: Fatawa Mahmudiyya

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