The Path
The way of the Pîr
“The foundation of this path of ours is holding fast to the Book and the Sunna.” These pages explain what each practice of the Rifāʿī way is and what it means in the tradition.
A word before you read. In every Rifāʿī line the practices are given by a guide: which names to remember, how many, and when. These pages describe; they do not instruct. If the path calls you, the tradition's own answer is to seek a teacher.
أصولThe fifteen principlesThe foundations of the path, as the tradition records them أدبAdabConduct as the path itself بيعةEntering the pathThe covenant with a guide ذكرDhikr · ZikirRemembrance, alone and in gathering وردWird · EvrâdThe litanies of the line صحبةSohbet, ilahi and musicCompanionship, conversation and song برهانBurhānThe ecstatic “proofs” — history and debate