It’s absolutely permissible to recite the Qur’an out loud but if you say the name of the one who sent the Qur’an out loud then it’s ‘an act of polytheism’ and ‘innovation in the religion’.
Come off it! Fear God. You too have to face death one day.
If saying God’s name has become ‘innovation’ and ‘polytheism’ then whose name would be permissible?
Saying whose name is right, then? How can you have enmity for and begrudge God?
Naqshbandi Sufi Order and Loud Chanting
We believe that there is a Qadri Sufi Order and a Naqshbandi Sufi Order in this day and age but in fact,
these so-called Sufi Orders are run by imposters who are entrapping those looking to follow a Sufi Order.
They are those who are luring people searching for spirituality - to sabotage them - yes, they will claim to be from the Naqshbandi Sufi Order but their own teachings are completely different.
I would like to draw your attention to this point that the practical, real saint from Ghamkol Sharif - he was a true Naqshbandi - yes,
he was from the true Naqshbandi Aaliya Order and that is why we engaged in loud chanting of God’s name there with him. He did not stop you - no, we didn’t initiate it at all, it was actually him.
We heard him engaging in loud chanting of God’s name in his Zikr Circles.
It was a common practise there. All those who participated in his gatherings were witness to this.
It’s also wrong to say that all members of the Naqshbandi Sufi Order have engaged in Silent Zikr.
Actually, the Naqshbandi Mujaddidiya order is rejected by God (mardood).
The Naqshbandi Sufi Order known as Naqshbandi Mujaddidiya, they refused to accept the eminence of Shaikh Abdul Qadir Jilani
due to which these people were expelled from spirituality so they made their own ‘Order’ and called it Naqshbandi Mujaddidiya.
And the Saifi Sufi Order you may have heard about is the same group that was expelled from spirituality and those individuals who continued to practise spirituality were part of the Sufi Order called Naqshbandi Aaliya.
Now, the Mujaddidiya - there are many other people other than the members of the Saifi Order who call themselves Mujaddidiya,
they wear white clothing and a white turban.
I have seen it in Manchester and I have also seen it here in London.
But these are the people who were expelled from spirituality. They have nothing to do with spirituality.
They only have outer knowledge.
For example, as Nadeem said when he went to Ghamkol Sharif, the saint there belonged to the Naqshbandi Aaliya Sufi Order and he practised loud chanting of God’s name.
Similarly, there was a friend of mine called Ghulam Naqshband.
He was granted the Activation of the Heart by His Divine Eminence.
He would invite me to his house and whenever I went I saw that they would practise loud chanting of God’s name.
But there have been some members of the Naqshbandi Sufi Order who do not practise loud chanting of God’s name.
Now, when it comes to Zikr, if your intention is to earn rewards then you can engage in Zikr in a soft voice but we have to understand what is the purpose of loud chanting of God’s name?
If you look at the Traditions of the Prophet, Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) said, ‘Loud chanting of God’s name keeps the Devil at bay’.
Secondly, Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) said, ‘Loud chanting of God’s name burns away your outer sins’.
Thirdly, the Prophet declared, ‘Loud chanting of God’s name curbs heedlessness’.
And you will see that when you practise loud chanting of God’s name in a Zikr Circle, you will not have any negative thoughts or evil whispers, in fact, you will feel ecstatic.
These are just the physical benefits of loud chanting of God’s name,
the most important factor among the benefits of loud chanting of God’s name is that doing so helps to free your heart from the burden of sins.
Furthermore, loud chanting of God’s name increases your heartbeats and for God’s name to synchronise with your heartbeats is much easier when your heartbeats have increased.
If someone refuses to understand these things then they are just stubborn. Do you understand?
Now, the spiritual dignitaries used many different methods to increase the heartbeats, such as dance, building walls.
Bulleh Shah said he danced.
His Divine Eminence fondly quotes Bulleh Shah’s words, ‘If you know how to please the Lord with dance then even dancing becomes worship’.
HDE Gohar Shahi said, ‘I wondered why Bulleh Shah said this. How can dancing be worship?
Then His Divine Eminence said, ‘Bulleh Shah said that he danced, his heartbeats increased and when God’s name synchronised with his heartbeats, God became pleased with him’.
Therefore, you have to look at the purpose behind the loud chanting.
The fundamental purpose of loud chanting of God’s name according to us is to increase the heartbeats and then to synchronise God’s name with the raised heartbeats.
Now, people are against loud chanting of God’s name but what about the occasional loud chanting you do while offering Salat?
Why aren’t you against that? Doesn’t this happen?
When we are offering Salat, at times we recite things out loud. ‘Allahu Akbar’ ‘Alhamdulillah rabb al alameen’. We are saying this out loud.
It’s absolutely permissible to recite the Qur’an out loud but if you say the name of the one who sent the Qur’an out loud then it’s ‘an act of polytheism’ and ‘innovation in the religion’.
Come off it! Fear God. You too have to face death one day.
If saying God’s name has become ‘innovation’ and ‘polytheism’ then whose name would be permissible?
Saying whose name is right, then?
How can you have enmity for and begrudge God? Ridiculous!