assalamau alikum what is the opinion of ibn hajar asqalani on dancing in dhikr? sufis say he allowed it whiles salafis say he did not. salafis quote the following that he said: And some Sufis used the ...

The Mevlevi Order performs the Sufi practice of “dhikr” in a musical ceremony and dance, giving them the moniker “Whirling Dervishes.” Dhikr is a central practice in Sufism, whereby adherents recite ...

It’s March 24, the final Monday night of Ramadan, and Barzakh Cafe — a cozy venue in Crown Heights, Brooklyn — is packed for a qawwali, the Sufi devotional music tradition that originated in ...

It was a crisp morning last autumn, and, against the dramatic backdrop of the Caucasus Mountains, Georgia’s storied Pankisi Gorge seemed calm and sleepy. In the valley’s main village, Duisi, columns ...

KABUL, AfghanistanKABUL, Afghanistan — A group of young Afghans – both women and men – is coming together in the country’s war-torn capital to practice a mystical Sufi Islamic dance. The group’s ...

People spend time during Ramadan in various ways, one of which is practicing the Sufi dance. The dance was created by Mawlana Jalaludin Rumi and shown for the first time in Anatolia, Turkey, in the ...

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