Question:
Es-salamo 3alaykom
I took bayat a few weeks ago and I just started doing awrad, when do I know that i’m ready to do muraqaba?
Answer:
Wa alaikum Salaam wa Rahmatullah,
Muraqabah is built into the daily awrad. ‘The hand of Allah is upon the Jama’ah’. So when you do your wird you can intend to be in the spiritual company of your shaykh. As much as you can you remember this you are keeping Rabitah with the spiritual light they Shaykhs are inheriting from RasulAllah saws through their hearts.
يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ ٱصْبِرُوا۟ وَصَابِرُوا۟ وَرَابِطُوا۟ وَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ لَعَلَّكُمْ تُفْلِحُونَ
{O ye who believe! Persevere in patience and constancy; vie in such perseverance; strengthen each other (raabitu) ; and be conscious of Allah; that ye may prosper.} (Surat Ali Imran 3:200)
Wa Allahu ‘Alam,
Kamau Ayubbi
