[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Dark Ages](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages) › [Kashmir](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.kashmir) › [Tārīkh-i Rashīdī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.kashmir.tarikh-i-rashidi) › [The Tarikh-i-Rashidi (Elias, Ross)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.kashmir.tarikh-i-rashidi~en-ross) › 226.4 # The Rashīdī History 226.4 The Tarikh-i-Rashidi (Elias, Ross) 226.4 - **Language:** English ### [226.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.kashmir.tarikh-i-rashidi~en-ross.226.4) At the present time in Kashmir, the Sufis have legitimised so many heresies, that they know nothing of what is lawful or unlawful. They consider that piety and purity consist in night-watching and abstinence in food; yet they take and eat whatever they find, without ever considering what is forbidden or what is lawful. They give way to their lusts and desires in a manner not consistent with the law. They are for ever interpreting dreams, displaying miracles, and obtaining from the unseen, information regarding either the future or the past. They prostrate themselves before one another and, together with such disgraceful acts, observe the forty \[days of retirement\]. They blame and detest science and men of learning; consider the Holy Law second in importance to the True 'Way,' and that in consequence the people of the 'Way' have nothing to do with the Holy Law. In short, nowhere else is such a band of heretics to be found. May the Most High God defend all the people of Islam from such misfortunes and calamities as this, and turn them all into the true path of righteousness. - [Previous: 226.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.kashmir.tarikh-i-rashidi~en-ross.226.3) - [Next: 226.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.kashmir.tarikh-i-rashidi~en-ross.226.5) - [Up: 226](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.kashmir.tarikh-i-rashidi~en-ross.226) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.kashmir.tarikh-i-rashidi~en-ross.226.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.kashmir.tarikh-i-rashidi~en-ross.226.4) · Pramāṇa