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Our spring retreat, February 17–19, 2023, was a wonderful and important event. We continued to form a cohesive spiritual group for the purpose of our individual and collective spiritual growth. We recognized our brother Hasan as an authorized Shaykh of our order. We also established a new name for our Order: we are now the Hudur Sufi Order. Alhamdulillah! In reflecting on our discussions last weekend, I would like to make a few comments. First Read more…

For some time now we have been contemplating a change in name.  Of course, we are—and we will always be—a branch of the Shādhiliyyah, Darqāwiyyah, ‘Alawiyyah, Maryamiyyah Sufi Order. This is our silsilah and our heritage; that will never change. Nevertheless, as we have all noted, constantly referring to our community as “the Washington-Baltimore Branch of the Maryamiyyah Sufi Order” has been awkward and unnecessarily clumsy. Further, that is a description, not a name. After Read more…

It is part of the character of our tariqah to aspire to precision in language, so it is fitting that there has been discussion concerning the use of the appellative “Shaykh” for Sidi Hasan. The term “Shaykh” is a title that is used in many different ways across the Islamic tradition, and it is important to clarify the context in which it is used on our tariqah. In our understanding—in the context of our tariqah—the Read more…