Tariqa
The Ashrafia after the 13th century illustrious Sufi saint Ashraf Jahangir Semnani[3] is the sub branch of Chishti spiritual lineage.In rare cases, if the sheikh dies without naming a khalifa, the students of the tariqa elect another spiritual leader by vote.The Initiation ceremony is routine and consists of reading chapter 1 of the Quran followed by a single phrase prayer.or see visions who might even communicate with the Murid are held dear in the "Haḍra", the weekly group-chanting of prayers in attempt of reaching spirits as they are likely to experience something unusual and pass it on.They provided accepted avenues for emotional expressions of faith, and the Tariqas spread to all corners of the Muslim world, and often exercised a degree of political influence inordinate to their size (take for example the influence that the sheikhs of the Safavid had over the armies of Tamerlane, or the missionary work of Ali-Shir Nava'i in Turkistan among the Mongol and Tatar people).On the West African coast they set up Zawiyas on the shores of the river Niger and even established independent kingdoms such as al-Murabitun or Almoravids.Sufism in India played a similarly crucial role in the diffusion of Islam at the élite and popular levels; its music, art, and poetry flourished in a highly sophisticated Persianate society.
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