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Question: At what time are young people permitted to begin Muraqaba? Shouldnewcomers start with the Istighfar or with the at-Tahlil?Normally everybody starts at the beginning, which means with Istighfar, since theirprobability of having already committed a sin is about a hundred percent. Here [in Europe] it isn’t easy. Istighfar is not a simple sentence.The entire Asas isn’t simple; every part of it has a profound meaning. Al Basmallah, Al Istighfar, all of it. We have to start at the beginning. If we encounter someone of the holy family, who is walking the straight path, we won’t give him the Istigh far, but rather immediately the At-Tahlil. Otherwise everybody should start with the Istighfar. I say: “Astaghfiru-llaha-l-azhim huwa-t-tauwabu-r-rahim” ( I ask Almighty Allah for forgiveness, and he is the Relenting, Most Merciful.) That is a must.
