God has made you sovereign over your soul. Use your brain.

 If we followed the Sunnah of the Prophet, we would place ourselves in a good position regardless of what was going on around us including any fitnah with our teachers. 

There was a West African shaykh who would always give preference to his Mauritanian students. The other students were upset by this and asked their teacher “why do you give them preference?” He said “It is something I know about them”.

Some time passed and the day of Arafat came close. The shaykh told his followers "do not fast tomorrow on the day of Arafat." The following day, when the dat of Arafat came, he asked his followers who was fasting. The Mauritanians raised their hands. He said “didn’t I say not to fast?” They said “You did but the Prophet (peace be upon him) told us we should fast”. The shaykh looked to the others and said  “this is why I prefer them. They are not blind followers!”

Don’t be a blind follower. God has given you sovereignty – he has made you a sovereign individual. You cannot give that up for someone else. You have to hold on to that and not be a blind follower. You have to use your brain. Sufism is a science which can be grossly abused in the wrong hands. Traditionally unless you had studied Shariah you were not meant to go into the science of Tasawwuf. You had to know first the criteria and measure by which to judge things.

Imam Ghazalli said “Do not know the truth through men. Know men through the truth”

This whole matter should confirm the fact that it is about you and God. 

Not you and this shaykh or that shaykh.

Shaykh Hamza Yusuf, Sacred Text Messages Podcast; "When the famous become infamous"