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Question: Are women permitted to make Muraqaba?
Naturally Muraqaba is forbidden for women because of their fine souls. They should not make Muraqaba, nor should they read any extra Salat-adh-Dhatiya. The late wife of Jamal-as- Sanhuri tried to introduce the Muraqaba. The Sheikhs are concerned for the women because their soul will then travel to Medina again and again. “Then the faith longs itself back to Medina, like the snake to its den” (Hadith). The Muraqaba can cause the soul of the women to travel to Medina and never return, so that the woman is no longer in the position to master her daily life. Perhaps her husband will call, “Fatima! Fatima!” but she will not be able to answer because her spirit is not present.Here in Germany they suppose that women and men are the same, that there is no difference.I do not know, it has happened after some women in Egypt talked to Mawlana, over and over asking permission to make Muraqaba and Adh-dhatiya. Mawlana carries the consequences.Nevertheless the Salat-adh-Dhatiya and the Muraqaba cause this [the calling of the soul].I know a woman named Saiyda Alauwiya who reads Al-barhatiya (a type of Qasam). She has sent the angels of this Qasam to Halfa in order for them to prepare for the reception of SaiydaAlauwiya. e cannot use her as a role model.For me, until new instructions arrive, this question about Muraqaba is difficult. For it is really so: if the woman closes her eyes she sees the Sheikh, he travels with her. It could happen that as a test he once could appear very large and scary. She could be calling her husband for help and it could be that he is not home. What then?There are also other dangers. For example, it is dangerous to recite Salat-al-Annasiya(“Allahumma salli ala Sayyidina Muhammadin...”) without the Sheikh’s permission, and a specific number he has permitted. It can also become dangerous to pick certain verses out of the Quran. We only have As-Samadiya and Ayat al-Kursi. The Sheikh instituted it this way, and we do it the way he told us. He carries the consequences. However, they [the Sheikhs] told us that to ensure that we do not forget the Quran, we are supposed to read from Sura Al- Baqara through the end of the thirtieth part10, distributed over thirty days. Otherwise, respectively two parts daily over fifteen days.One gives what one reads to the Prophet s.a.w.s because he is more generous than we are. In return he gives us credit. Remember, they [the Sheikhs] did not choose, for example: Sura Al-Qasam = Oath; this is a special Awrad which only very diligent men get appointed with.Qari’a to improve our income, or Sura Al-Rahman in order to marry. You only read it when the Sheikh gives it to you.That means you may not choose to exercise something out of the Quran, which is notcontained in the Awrad of the Tariqa Burhaniya, without the permission of the Sheikhs, except for Ayat al-Kursi. And this only if there is reason for it, and it was discussed with the Murshid. The stage in which you read the Sura As-Samadiya is a stage that unites you with the Prophet s.a.w.s.To be specific, if you proceed to choose something [without the Sheikhs], you enter the world of the Majadhib (fools). One makes nonsense, looses his intellect, pours oil on his head, forgets his livelihood, his children, and spends his life on the streets. Such Majdhub has a task, but he is not a saint (wali).Therefore, one does not choose any of the verses. The prayers for the Prophet s.a.w.s are all contained in the Awrad. But if the Sheikh gives something to you, he carries the responsibility, and you should continue to read it, because he is the one who protects you. If someone leaves the Tariqa, the devil receives him with open arms. The wolf eats the lamb which separates itself from the flock. Therefore, we must comply with the Awrad, which was given to us by the Sheikhs, without leaving anything out. It is no problem to double the Awrad, but with the numbers you have received. One can read the Qasam twice, but with the numbers that one has received. If one has finished his “normal” Awrad and still has time, one can read it again, except for the Al-Hizbu-s-Saifi, which is supposed to be read no more thannine times.
