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Question: Is there a Sheikh of the Hadra and a Murshid (who leads the Hadra?)The bust leads the Hadra. He is the one who moves the Hadra. If he is tired, he gets another.The singers also need to know that they have to be in order: first one of them, then the better one, at last t he best overall. I’m telling you, but later Sidi Ahmad [Sheikh Sidi Ahmad al Qurafi] will talk with you about it in detail.The person asking probably means that during the Hadra mistakes happen. Why do they happen? We are not sitting in a café; we are having Hadra. Hadra means the presence of the Sheikhs. Mawlana is there also, he is present. Whenever a singer sings about a certain Sheikh, he too will appear.Do you still remember my father singing “Marhabba ya marhabba” [Welcome, oh welcome!] anytime the Prophet s.a.w.s. entered the Hadra. Therefore the Hadra is not a game, but rather serious. There are rules to follow, concerning the entering and exiting of the Hadra (Fatiha).One should not leave the Hadra, only if absolutely necessary; for the present s of the dhikr are only divided at the end. The sick or disabled who cannot stand in the Hadra, may sit on a chair. Because of the presence of the Sheikhs I ask you for absolute courtesy. There is no room to play with this, as if it was an old tradition that someone invented, with no specific reason. Hadra is a pillar of the Tariqa. Hadra is the big table. It lays out the complete Awrad you read over the last week. If you read it well and persistent you will feel it strongly at Hadra. Concerning the bust, only one can do it, not two simultaneously. If the people can’t hear a bust, it is better to install a loudspeaker.[At this point Sheikh Sidi Ahmad starts to talk about Hadra.]
