I miss my shaykh.
I remember sitting in a circle with a teacher of mine a couple of years back and he was talking about his shaykh. He was saying that he studied with him for 10 years in his country and back recently to live in the States. He was saying how he can still feel his presence and how he misses him. At the time, the concepts of murshids and murids were fairly new to me so I didn’t quite relate, but now I do 
Having your shaykh in the same town as you is really comforting. Knowing that you would get to sit in his lesson that night in the zawiya with your fellow murids was special. Oh Allah, take me back…
Anony Sufi
Irving Said:
on November 10, 2006 at 7:13 pm
I share your longing, brother. I miss my Master also, and inshallah, will see him next year in England. Even when I am away from khaniqah for too long, I miss the energy of the darvishes, which are a reflection of the Master. May Allah grant that you see your Shaykh soon.
Ya Haqq!
Abdur Rahman Said:
on November 11, 2006 at 4:51 pm
Salaams Anony Sufi & Irving
May Allah Ta’ala grant you both your wish. Speaking as someone who is yet to meet his Teacher, I can also say that I miss him/her too
Abdur Rahman
PS – Irving if you’re coming to the UKnext year, please remember to look me up, insha Allah.
Abdur Rahman’s Corner Said:
on November 12, 2006 at 11:44 am
[...] Whilst surfing the blogosphere last night, I came across a brief post at Anony Sufi, in which our fellow traveller acknowledged that they miss their shaykh. This got me thinking once more about a few connected issues, which have been floating around my head for a while now. [...]
Sadiq Said:
on November 17, 2006 at 10:23 am
Mashallah!
Saalam.
i am compiling a list of notable blogs in wordpress on sufi theme. u are in. i will be publishing the compilation soon.
may Divine blessings be with you.
Zhilaal Said:
on May 5, 2007 at 8:33 pm
assalamu alaykum
Well I’ve heard so much about taking up a shaykh, but I’ve never actually had one. Briefly I was influenced by the Salafi thought on this issue, but alhamdulillah I quickly realised the weakness in their stance, and I could see that they were depriving themselves from a great blessing just because of their arrrogance. I believe the root is arrogance and they cover their inability to show humility and accept guidance by loud but meaningless shouts of bid’ah and dhalalah. But, of course, such a minute deception of the nafs can only be pointed out to them by a Shaykh!
For myself, I long for those of the past, Maulana Ashraf Ali Thanavi being my choice, but alas, it was not to be. Instead, I spend time reading his books and speeches which like he said himself, do make a good subsitute for the personality himself.
http://www.shadeofrahmah.blogspot.com
mrs jabaar Said:
on May 29, 2007 at 8:29 am
slms evry1, amazingly enuf, i was feeling that exact longing and just decided to type “i miss my shaykh”. Anony sufi, ur comment made me cry all over, i miss my shaykh so much, even though i never had the opportunity to take bay’ah, as he passed away before coming to Cape Town. may Allah join us with him and all other Sauliheen in Jannah, ameen.
mk dua for me, Allah must guide my heart to love the new Shaykh who is to take me to meet Him, ameen.
wslm
sk Said:
on October 12, 2007 at 5:34 am
There is a group of weaklings who are unable to go anywhere and have little or no will power to accomplish anything on their own. They seek the guidance of the shaykh because they need someone to keep them in check due to their lack of discipline. I am of this type. I hope that Anony Sufi & Others will Understand & help me out in seeking for the Search of a Shaykh.