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Imam Ashraf Ali Thanvi’s Fatwa On the Shadhili Loud Dhikr
Question:
In the Shadhili tariq, they perform loud group dhikr while standing. Is this permitted or not?
Answer:
[After quoting the hadiths and Qur’anic verses related to the permissibility of loud group dhikr]
….And it is mentioned in al-Tafsirat al-Ahmadiyya[1]
in the discussion on loud and silent dhikr that, ‘This is a matter differed upon among people in our times, though there is no reason for is—for the purpose of all is to reach Allah, by any possible means.’
It is thus established that all forms of loud dhikr are permitted, and no one should be stopped from any particular form. This is the correct (rajih) position. Furthermore, one should not stop common Muslims from such actions even if one were to hold that such dhikr is not permissible, because this is a means for them to be doing some form of good….
Source:
Mawlana
Ashraf Ali Thanvi, Imdad
al-Fatawa (5.151-155) Maktaba
Darul Ulum Karachi, Karachi,1999
