Question
Nowadays lots of tariqas do loud thikr in jamaah. They do some spiritual exercises (tawajjuh) where murids writhe and shake. Is this valid in Islam?
Answer
The type of loud thikr and spiritual exercises you have mentioned are bid'ah. Stay far from such tariqahs. Most of these tariqas, especially in Turkey, West Africa, North Africa, Syria, etc. are sects of Satanism dubbed sufi'ism. They have drifted very far from the Path of Islam.
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- themajlis.co.za
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- The Majlis Vol 20 No 08
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- 4
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