{"id":200,"date":"2023-05-26T12:55:14","date_gmt":"2023-05-26T12:55:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sarandibmuslims.com\/?p=200"},"modified":"2023-05-26T12:55:14","modified_gmt":"2023-05-26T12:55:14","slug":"structure-of-sufi-orders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sarandibmuslims.com\/index.php\/2023\/05\/26\/structure-of-sufi-orders\/","title":{"rendered":"STRUCTURE OF SUFI ORDERS"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"postcontent\">\n<p>Sufism presumes a fundamental link between the shaikh, head of the Sufi\u00a0<tt>tareeqah<\/tt>\u00a0(order), and the\u00a0<tt>murid<\/tt>\u00a0(novice), extending throughout their lifetime and continuing after their death. The\u00a0<tt>murid<\/tt>takes an\u00a0<tt>'ahd<\/tt>\u00a0(oath) of loyalty and swears obedience to the shaikh, who in turn promises to solve the\u00a0<tt>murid's<\/tt>\u00a0problems and deliver him from every dilema whenever he calls on his shaikh for help. The shaikh also promises to interced for him with Allah so that he may be admitted to\u00a0<tt>Jannah<\/tt>.<\/p>\n<p>The murid pledges to be conscientious in practicing the set of\u00a0<tt>dthikr\u00a0<\/tt>(chants) assigned to him by his shaikh, to adhere to the rules of the order and to accept its claim on his loyalty for life over a wide range of behaviour affecting the well-being of the order. The quality and extent of the shaikh&#8217;s hold over the\u00a0<tt>murid<\/tt>\u00a0is therefore almost total.<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0<tt>murid's<\/tt>\u00a0behavior even outside the order&#8217;s group setting is expected to conform to rules laid down by the order. And where conflict with outside obligations arises, the\u00a0<tt>murid<\/tt>\u00a0must resolve it by acting as a Sufi and following his order&#8217;s rules. The Tijaniyyeh Order makes every candidate for initiation pledge not to visit the grave of pious personality or visit any living scholar. This is one of the major factors in widening the rift between one order and another, causing an order to enter into conflict against his others in an attempt to convert, conquer or annihilate them.<\/p>\n<p>The mechanism of the order struture in Sufism leads to many evil results:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Division of the Muslim\u00a0<tt>ummah<\/tt>\u00a0into fractions and orders ruled by deviant and ignorant shaikhs, thus making the\u00a0<tt>ummah<\/tt>\u00a0an easy prey for conquest by non-Muslims.<\/li>\n<li>Enmity among the adherents of different orders, to the point that they will not marry into one another&#8217;s families or cooperate with one another.<\/li>\n<li>Deception on the part of the shaikh, who falsely claims the ability to deliver the\u00a0<tt>murid<\/tt>\u00a0from difficulties and deadly problems the befall him. The shaikh even claims he will be present at the<tt>murid's<\/tt>\u00a0death, regardless of time or place, and ridiculously enough, will instrut him in his grave on what to tell the two angels of the grave, and will argue with them on his behalf. Finally, the shaikh promises to intercede for him with Allah on the Day of Judgment, and to help cross over\u00a0<tt>as-Siraat<\/tt>\u00a0(the bridge over Hell) on that Day, and accompany him to Jannah.<a href=\"https:\/\/sarandibmuslims.com\/index.php\/sample-page\/\"><sup>(40)<\/sup><\/a><br \/>\nThis kind of deception, offering security in the grave as well as in the Hereafter, is a flagrant lie, not permissible under any circumstance. Sufi shaikhs lead simple-minded Muslims to believe in such claims, and the result is\u00a0<tt>shirk<\/tt>\u00a0(polytheism). Deceiving Muslims is one of the major sins.<\/li>\n<li>Insulating the\u00a0<tt>murid<\/tt>\u00a0as far as possible from the world outside the order as to exploit and manipulate him.<a href=\"https:\/\/sarandibmuslims.com\/index.php\/sample-page\/\"><sup>(41)<\/sup><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sufism presumes a fundamental link between the shaikh, head of the Sufi\u00a0tareeqah\u00a0(order), and the\u00a0murid\u00a0(novice), extending throughout their lifetime and continuing after their death. The\u00a0muridtakes an\u00a0&#8216;ahd\u00a0(oath) of loyalty and swears obedience to the shaikh, who in turn promises to solve the\u00a0murid&#8217;s\u00a0problems and deliver him from every dilema whenever he calls on his shaikh for help. The &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sarandibmuslims.com\/index.php\/2023\/05\/26\/structure-of-sufi-orders\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;STRUCTURE OF SUFI ORDERS&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,34],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-200","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-deviations","category-the-other-side-of-sufism"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sarandibmuslims.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/200","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sarandibmuslims.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sarandibmuslims.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sarandibmuslims.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sarandibmuslims.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=200"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sarandibmuslims.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/200\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":201,"href":"https:\/\/sarandibmuslims.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/200\/revisions\/201"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sarandibmuslims.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=200"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sarandibmuslims.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=200"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sarandibmuslims.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=200"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}