Why does SASS throw an error on a :NOT pseudo-class with a selector inside?

Question

css

I have this sass

&__link:NOT(.active)+.user__profile{
    display: none;
  }

When compiling to css, it gives an error that a pseudo-element is expected, and there is a selector, what's wrong?

Error: Invalid CSS after "&__link:NOT(": expected pseudo_expr, was ".active)+.user_..."