Many, but not all today claim to have a special status, simply because of their attribution to a shaykh or pir and a tariqah. But how do we determine that they are upon the truth, as many of them call people to blind follow their pirs and brethren like sheep. Sayyid Muhammad bin Alawi, Allah have mercy on him, teaches us the way to determine who is on the truth and who is misguided: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rv19fam0nyU He also covers issues relating to Shaykh Muhiyuddin and Imam Sharani, Allah have mercy on them. In summary whoever opposes the Book of Allah and Sunnah is deviant. And of course, like Imam Yusuf Nabhani said, the four schools are a commentary to the sunnah.