Alhamdulillah! Thank God. I’m finally being consistent in my worship, including my wird. I even started taking on another wird (hizb al-bahr). I think this time around I will complete the Forty Grand insha’Allah. The struggle is becoming less and less and it is slowly just becoming a part of me.
I put a little mini-musalla in my living room and put some incense around it and left some oils so that before I pray I can smell my best. This is quite exciting. 
Anony Sufi
Irving Said:
on August 19, 2006 at 7:56 pm
Alhamdulillah! May all your worthy efforts bring you closer to Hu.
Ya Haqq!
anonymous murid in the same tariq :) Said:
on August 21, 2006 at 6:10 am
assalaamu alaikum w.r.w.b Sidi
How did you make the mini musalla? And if you don’t mind me asking, when did you take the tariq?
Anony Sufi Said:
on August 21, 2006 at 3:54 pm
Assalamu alaikum brother (or sister?)
I chose a corner most condusive to the qibla. In the corner I put a bigger jewelry box, it’s about 1.5 feet tall. I put an incense burner on top and inside the drawers I put oils that I use before prayer, a Qur’an, and copy of the Shadhili wird book. On one of the side doors it has little hooks that I presume women hang their necklaces from. I hang my masbaha instead. Facing the qibla I have a prayer rug and in front of it there is one of those long calligraphy pieces by Sidi Hajji Noor al-Deen that says “ya rab” which also resembles someone holding their hands in dua with tears flowing. That’s my mini-musalla.
It hasn’t been long at all since I’ve taken the tariq, very recently….
anonymousfromsametariq Said:
on August 21, 2006 at 5:04 pm
Masha’allah nice idea. I think I will do something like that insha’allah.
-sister
ali Said:
on September 4, 2006 at 4:26 pm
hi can you let u know a little about this wird
Bin Said Said:
on December 25, 2006 at 11:34 am
Salam. It is necessary to have a wird, especially that of one’s tariqa. The Ratib of Imam Haddad BaAlawi is definitely short , simple and doesn’t take too much time nor effort. Though Hizb Imam Nawawi is beautiful and full of barakah and protection too, it is a lil longer though– about 10 minutes if you read at a normal pace. These two I try to read daily
Hizb Bahr of Imam Abil Hasan As-Syadzily is definitely longer, like 20 min. Personally, I don’t recite this, cos I fear I its my nafs that just wants to add on to the amal. What’s important is doing consistent. I’m yet to get ijazah or permission for this hizb anyway… highly recommended if possible.
Imam Haddad I heard has opened his Ratib for all, so for that, it may not be necessary to get ijazah.
Umm Layth Said:
on February 24, 2007 at 2:07 am
Wow. Making a corner like that sounds so wonderful and relaxing to just think about.
May Allaah make us consistent in our `ibaadah, aameen
ummabdullah Said:
on June 27, 2007 at 1:07 am
I’m really sorry if this sounds offensive. I have a lot of respect for the fact that Sufis want to be close to God.
But I don’t know of sahaba doing wirds that other people prescribed to them. Why do we feel that ‘neeeed’ for this? Why not focus on the bazillions of dua’s from the sunnah and perfect and practice those?
I actually studied sufism for a while several years ago because part of me could not comprehend what it was about sufism that drew people. And to be honest with you, I simply found that some Sufis(not all) basically use weak narrations to introduce all these new things into worship, and mostly it is unsuspecting and insh’allah sincere people who lack knowledge about fundamental principles of the deen that fall into this.
Don’t you think that its also very odd that you have to hide your being part of a tariqa from other Muslims. I don’t think you can make an analogy between this and saying that perhaps you may hide from someone that you go to the mosque or attend a specific halaqa. This is of a different nature because you can’t produce to them a saying of the prophet (saw) or Allah swt that states that being part of a tariqah is praiseworthy.
And also, if having a sheikh is similar to having a regular sheikh without being in a tariqah, then why do you need a sheikh? The prophet saw gave us all the adkhbar and guidance we need. If you want to learn more and practice more and understand more or need advice, you ask shuyookh and the knowledgeable, but why do you need permission to do adhkar. Who are they to give you permission?
I sincerely pray that you think this over. And please know that i’m not ’salafi’ since everytime a sufi concept is questioned, the people who are into sufism automatically assume that this person questioning MUST be salafi. I think that’s kind of simplistic.
I don’t have any animosity towards Sufis, and I don’t think there’s anything wrong with following a madhab, however there are deeper theological issues that are introduced t hrough Sufism that simply do not originate from Islamic teachings.
And interestingly enough, you will notice that the earlier sufis were not ‘as extreme’ if you will as the later ones.
Anony Sufi Said:
on June 27, 2007 at 12:38 pm
“I’m really sorry if this sounds offensive. I have a lot of respect for the fact that Sufis want to be close to God.”
-Not offended at all
“But I don’t know of sahaba doing wirds that other people prescribed to them. Why do we feel that ‘neeeed’ for this? Why not focus on the bazillions of dua’s from the sunnah and perfect and practice those?”
-A wird is nothing more than a habitual form of worship. In Shaykh Nuh Keller’s “Tariqa Notes” for example he mentions that the first and foremost wird the prayer. Sufis do focus on many of the duas and the ones I know recite Qur’an and duas from the sunnah often. But at the same time, I don’t see evidence against making up your own dua.
“And to be honest with you, I simply found that some Sufis(not all) basically use weak narrations to introduce all these new things into worship, and mostly it is unsuspecting and insh’allah sincere people who lack knowledge about fundamental principles of the deen that fall into this.”
-Many scholars of fiqh were Sufis or wrote about tasawwuf. Imam an-Nawawi, for example, has his own wird (called the wird of Imam an-Nawawi.” There is also strong evidence from the sahaba asking the Prophet if such and such practice was permissible (such as Bilal asking if he could pray two rak’at after every prayer. You also might want to research where the prayer “rabbana laka alhamdu wa shukr” came in salat, or how we got to have 2 adhans for Friday prayer, or even the whole source of the tahiyat (some of it was introduced later). But this a subject for the scholars of fiqh, which I am not.
“Don’t you think that its also very odd that you have to hide your being part of a tariqa from other Muslims. I don’t think you can make an analogy between this and saying that perhaps you may hide from someone that you go to the mosque or attend a specific halaqa. This is of a different nature because you can’t produce to them a saying of the prophet (saw) or Allah swt that states that being part of a tariqah is praiseworthy.”
We are not obligated to hide the fact we are in the tariqa, but it something that is considered better. I don’t think it odd at all because 1)some use it as a status symbol, which is a trap I do not want to fall into and 2) I find this to be a personal matter which the whole world does not need to know about. It has nothing to do with not being able to produce a statement of the Prophet (peace be upon him), but this is a fiqh matter which the scholars should be handling, but be mindful that fiqh has a methodology and not just about being able to provide this saying or that quote.
“And also, if having a sheikh is similar to having a regular sheikh without being in a tariqah, then why do you need a sheikh? The prophet saw gave us all the adkhbar and guidance we need. If you want to learn more and practice more and understand more or need advice, you ask shuyookh and the knowledgeable, but why do you need permission to do adhkar. Who are they to give you permission?”
-The Prophet was guided by Jibreel, the Prophet guided the people, and since then there has been a transmission. It helps having a live person who can know your situation and advice you. The shyukh are a means, not an end.
“I sincerely pray that you think this over. And please know that i’m not ’salafi’ since everytime a sufi concept is questioned, the people who are into sufism automatically assume that this person questioning MUST be salafi. I think that’s kind of simplistic.”
-I have thought about these issues alhamdulillah. I am not responding to your posts for the sake of debate but rather so that can see that students on the Spiritual Path never gave thought to various questions.
“And interestingly enough, you will notice that the earlier sufis were not ‘as extreme’ if you will as the later ones.”
I am not sure what you mean by “extreme” so I can not agree or disagree.