Some duties of a mureed to his murshid

SOME DUTIES OF A MUREED TO HIS MURSHID

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1] One should have firm faith, belief and a firm conviction that his murshid is the greatest of the mashaykh of the era and that there is no one better qualified than his murshid to guide him. If he regards another more perfect than his own murshid, the bond of love is weakened between them and the word of the murshid will have no effect on the mureed. ['Awarif-ul- Ma'arif' – Hadrat Shahab Uddin Umar Suhrawardi ]



2] A mureed must not oppose or contradict the murshid.



3] One must remain obedient to the murshid in all aspects.



4] One should not undertake any duty eg. Nafil fasts, nafil salaat, extra wazaif etc without the approval of the murshid.



5] One should not raise one’s voice in front of the murshid as this is a sign of bad conduct.



6] The mureed must not conceal from the murshid any of his spiritual experiences, dreams and any gifts that Allah Subhanahu wa Ta'ala has bestowed upon him.



7] The mureed must not feel at any moment in time that the master is indebted to him because of his devotion but rather he must understand that he owes everything to his murshid.



8] A mureed must consider the murshid to be present with him at all times. [Miftahul Aashiqeen – Conversations of Hadrat Khawaja Nasir Uddin Chiragh, recorded by Hadrat Mawlana Habib Ullah ]



9] If the Murshid does something that seems to the mureed contrary to the shariah, he must not state his concern in blunt and explicit terms since that might alienate him. If he notices some kind of fault in his Shaykh he must overlook it and turn the suspicion upon himself. He must try to interpret the sacred law in the Shaykhs favour. Then if he can find no valid excuse for him in the sacred law he must seek forgiveness on behalf of the Shaykh. The mureed must not believe that he posses impecible virtue and he must not tell anybody about this experience. [Ghunyat-ut- Talibeen – Hadrat Shaykh Sayyad Abd'al-Qadir al-Jilani] Hadrat Shahb Uddin Suhrawardi says in Awaariful Ma'arif that if the Murshid does something which is beyond the understanding of the mureed, the mureed should remember the incident of Hadrat Moosa alayhis salaam and Hadrat Khidr alayhis salaam. [Sura Kahf verses 65-82]



10] The mureed should not imitate his Murshid in any manner without his consent.