The Naqshbandi Sufi Whirling Dervishes of Montreal

Dec 23rd 2007 - Shaykh Hisham kabbani and the Naqshbandi Ensemble visted the city of Montreal in Canada, where over 500 Naqshbandi students live. Most of the students in Montreal are converts, The Haqqani foundation of Montreal is very active promoting Islam through the zikr and whirling. at this interfaith event we visited the Sivananda Ashram Yoga Center in Montreal.

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[sufi92]

To those whom Allah did not guide to His Light: It is futile for you to write any negative comments, because it will be deleted and you will be blocked, so save your energy, don't waste it, and don't throw your waste on others...

[jacketyjacketyjack]

Hmmm... I wonder... Did the Holy Prophet used to... um..."whirl"...? I think...not. THE only universal prayer is salaah which, obviously, has had it's value thoroughly misunderstood and reduced. But if done right and perfected, honestly, all this whirling will give you not a fraction of what salaah can give. But, obviously, not having perfected salaah and therefore not having experienced the me'raj that is to be experienced by means of it, some of us have gone and tried out other means....

[sufi92]

The Prophet did not whirl, but the universe whirls arround prophet Muhammad (pbuh)

[sufi92]

If yo pay attention, you would see that we are at an interfaith event visiting a yoga center in Canada. You don't expect us to tell our hosts to sort the men and women out. The intention of the event is to show build bridges with the non Muslims and show them the tolerance peace and love which is Islam. Don't you see that everyone in the gathering was saying La Ilaha Illalllah Muslims and Non Muslims

[fgb84]

I think it's funny that people think that sufis replace the salaah with whirling, etc. Salaah is Salaah as passed down by the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH). This is a Dhikr, a means of further reching out to the Most Divine. Furthermore, we have in Hadith that upon seeing African muslims celebrate the Glory of Allah through dance in their own language and customs,Prophet Muhammad(PBUH) explained that this was completely acceptable since the Truth and Glory of Allah was in every culture.

[reflexpoint]

Thank you for sharing this.

[chesaown]

Enchanting!!

[ClassiclGuitar]

This is a beautiful video. Thanks for sharing it.

[The Ouroboros]

Why delete? Welcome them and be kind rather than push them away to make them more angry and spread their negativity.

[sweeetly]

There is a very beautiful movie about sufi called 'Meetings With Great Men.

[lebanator1]

beautiful mashaallah

[Power19474252]

Masha Allah! Great Stuff

[t14nny]

They are exceptional places there is no doubt in that, but the nafs is within u no matter where u are the zikr silent or loud supresses the nafs, hearing and reciting the names of allaah makes the shaytan flee rendering him unable to fuel that nafs and hence purifying the darkness within, that is just the start, its wierd that all that is seen is men and women mixing and not the zikr bieng recited or heard, Isnt it beautiful. We cannot judge others that is our creator's job.

[karubum]

You cannot comapre Hac(Mekke and Medina) with other places. They are exceptional places! How much you can trust your nefis(selfness) at the same room which full of women / men? How could you sure the other people's nefis be same level as you do?

[hevalan]

mulana khalid naqishbandi rose from Kurdistan and as we kurds understand his message, it was quite different than what is presented in most of these naqshbandi groups outside Kurdistan. anyone, can shed light on his teaching outside kurdistan?