The seven degrees of existence in the Sufi tradition in Malaysia are considered a theological issue related to deviant teaching. Moreover, there is an opinion to accuse that doctrine as illegal generally. Such accusation significantly impacts society and the practitioner of Sufism in the tauhid from Sufi's methodology. This study aims to explain the misunderstanding of the seven degrees of existence and clarify the distinction between the characteristic of true and false tauhid based on the genuine Sufi methodology that is clarified authentically by prominent Sufi scholars. The study's methodology used historical and textual analysis from authentic Sufis literatuers. The finding from the study indicates that the seven degrees of existence are a succinct way to elaborate tauhid sufi that cannot be literally and linguistically perceived resulting in misinterpretation and misunderstanding. The seven degrees of existence should be elaborated and perceived by following the accurate Sufi methodology that is compliant with the fundamentals of principles approved collectively by theologians and Sufis. The true meaning of the seven degrees has differentiated between the degree of Divinity and the degree of creation is acceptable due to its compliance to the Akidah and Sharia. In contrast, the seven degrees that elaborated with the connotation of union and incarnation are strictly rejected as they contradict both principles.

Tarekat Ahmadiyyah Idrisiyyah adalah sebuah tarekat yang masyhur di dunia Islam. Ia dinisbahkan kepada Sayyid Abu al-`Abbas Ahmad b. Idris al-Hasani al-Ara`ishi al-Fasi (1757-1837M). Artikel ini bertujuan untuk menghuraikan tentang sejarah kemunculan tarekat tersebut dan pengaruhnya di Malaysia. Bagi mencapai objektif tersebut, kaedah penyelidikan secara kualitatif digunakan. Pengumpulan data dilakukan dengan dua kaedah, iaitu kajian kepustakaan dan analisis dokumen. Maklumat yang diperolehi telah dianalisis menggunakan kaedah persejarahan. Dapatan kajian menunjukkan bahawa tarekat Ahmadiyyah Idrisiyyah pada awalnya merupakan sebuah gerakan tajdid berasaskan kerohanian. Setelah kewafatan Sayyid Ahmad B. Idris, ajaran beliau telah disebarkan melalui pendekatan institusi tarekat yang berbagai. Tarekat Ahmadiyyah Idrisiyyah di Malaysia telah dibawa masuk ke Malaysia bermula sekitar pertengahan abad ke-19 Masihi dari Mekah. Sejak dibawa masuk ke Malaysia, pengaruhnya tersebar ke beberapa buah negeri di Malaysia hingga masih diamalkan hingga kni melalui para pengikut kepada murid-murid Sayyid Ahmad B. Idris. Semenjak ia diperkenalkan di Malaysia, ia telah menjadi sebuah tarekat yang berpengaruh di beberapa buah negeri di Malaysia terutama di Negeri Sembilan and Kelantan. Perkembangan mutakhir Tarekat Ahmadiyyah Idrisiyyah menunjukkan dominasi peranan dan pengaruh besar keturunan Sayyid Ahmad B. Idris yang berasal Sudan. Setelah hampir dua abad, pengamalan Tarekat ini di Malaysia masih kuat dipertahankan melalui jaringan hubungan guru-murid di peringkat antarangsa menggunakan pendekatan institusi tarekat.