Answered by Sayyidi Habib Umar bin Hafiz (may Allah protect him and benefit us by him). I recite al-Wird al-Latif in the morning. Should I recite al-Wird al-Latif again in the evening or the Ratib of Imam al-Haddad? If it is possible to recite both, this is best. If this is not possible, then recite […]
On Reading the Khulasah in Congregation
Answered by Sayyidi Habib Umar bin Hafiz (may Allah protect him and benefit us by him) Can people gather together to read awrad from the Khulasah? This is fine. You can arrange a time which is suitable for them all, and if no-one can read Arabic, then reading the English translation is fine.
On Giving Adhkar in the Khulasah to Those Not in the Tariqah
Answered by Sayyidi Habib Umar bin Hafiz (may Allah protect him and benefit us by him) Do we have permission to give the adhkar which are contained in the Khulasah to those not connected to the Tariqah? You can certainly give them adhkar like the Wird al-Latif and any adhkar which are suitable to the […]
On Reconciling Prophetic Mercy with Supplications in Wird al-Sakran
Answered by Sayyidi Habib Umar bin Hafiz (may Allah protect him and benefit us by him) How do we reconcile between the mercy that the Prophet showed towards the disbelievers and the supplication that we read in the Wird of Imam Abu Bakr al-Sakran: ‘deflect their gaze and turn it away from us..’? This supplication […]
On Reconciling Prophetic Mercy with the Supplication in Litany of Imām Abū Bakr al-Sakrān
Answered by Sayyidi al-Ḥabīb `Umar bin Hafīẓ (may Allāh preserve him and benefit us by him). How do we reconcile between the mercy that the Prophet showed towards the disbelievers and the supplication that we read in the litany of Imam Abū Bakr al-Sakrān: ‘deflect their gaze and turn it away from us..’? This supplication […]