The Litanies of a Certain Spiritual Guide

Question

Question: (2) Here several people are disciples of a certain dervish, whose prescribed litany is as follows: after the ‘Isha prayer, aloud and silently, they say: [ar]أَنْتَ الْهَادِي أَنْتَ الْحَقُّ لَيْسَ الْهَادِي إِلَّا هُوَ[/ar] “You are the Guide, You are the Truth, there is no guide but He.

Answer

Making women perform loud (jahri) dhikr in such a way that their voices reach non-mahram men and they cry out, as well as seating them before him without hijab and holding a dhikr circle with them, is not in keeping with the Qadiriyya tariqa.

Source: Fatawa Mahmudiyya

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