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Question: About Hadra – is the Murshid permitted to interfere, after Hadra already started, or is he supposed to talk afterwards with the Sheikh of the Hadra?First of all, you should arrange “Practice Hadras”, in order to teach how to turn and make dhikr. The men who know very well how to make dhikr should be at the beginning of the rows. The ones who came to us just recently, should stand in the back, so they can learn from the people up front how to turn, how to sit and how to stand.The “Munshid”, the singer, sings the Qasida. Those who are standing behind him should repeat the refrain loudly and correctly. The one who does the bust leads in the rhythm of the singers. This means, if the singer becomes faster, the bust must accordingly alter the rhythm to suit to the respective Qasida, and the beat of the singer. As the singer changes the Qasida and the speed, the bust should adjust to match the rhythm.It is important that practices are held outside of Hadra, and before it. This has nothing to do with the Sheikh of the Hadra. It also does not mean for him to abuse his position to pick one and push another. If for example he wants someone else to do the bust, he quietly snaps his fingers, which will cause the one to open his eyes. He then should quietly tell him to stand over there, and the other one will step back. The bust is the responsible to move everything in the Hadra, without causing interferences and restlessness. Otherwise we don’t really have Hadra, we are only playing.
