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What is a Sufi order?
Sufi orders are communities of persons following a spiritual path under the guidance of a teacher (master, sheikh). Members of Sufi orders follow this path integrated in normal life, there is no celebacy nor living in monasteries required. The Sufi orders apply different methods on the One Way to Allah, to purify the soul. They all have in common the Islamic way of life, the love to the Prophet Muhammad (s), and the practice of Dhikr (remembrance of God).
Since when have there been Sufi orders?
Sufism exists since the time of the Prophet Muhammad (s) but the orders themselves developed in the 12. and 13. century A.D. Some important founders are Sayyidi Ahmad al Rifai, Sayyidi Ahmad al Badawi, Sayyidi Abdulqadir al Gilani and Sayyidi Ibrahim al Qurashi al Disuqi. From these main branches have stemmed many smaller branches, many of which are still flowering in our days.
What obligations does a member of a Sufi order have?
Most important is that the follower must accept the Sheikh as his teacher by inner decision and outward declaration. All other obligations arise out of this initial one but must always root in the follower's free decision.
Sufism exists since the time of the Prophet Muhammad (s) but the orders themselves developed in the 12. and 13. century A.D. Some important founders are Sayyidi Ahmad al Rifai, Sayyidi Ahmad al Badawi, Sayyidi Abdulqadir al Gilani and Sayyidi Ibrahim al Qurashi al Disuqi. From these main branches have stemmed many smaller branches, many of which are still flowering in our days.
What obligations does a member of a Sufi order have?
Most important is that the follower must accept the Sheikh as his teacher by inner decision and outward declaration. All other obligations arise out of this initial one but must always root in the follower's free decision.
