11-21-2008, 09:14 AM
Salaam sister Muslimah
its always nice to hear from you , and indeed you have made it even more clear to me then ever before about this type of act
so really in a nut shell
We don't have any proof in the Quran or the hadith , that doing dhikr in a group is valid nor invalid so therefore to avoid evil Bid'a we don't perform this type of act. However what we are saying in this fourm room that doing Dihkr alone , could be done in a dark room after all the prophet peace be upon him use to used oil with rope in a clay dish that lit and give light a bit like candle and he perform his Aisha salaat most likely in this condition and not what we see these days in our modern mosques.
by doing Dihkr alone you are cleaning your heart of sin and bringing your self closer to allah so doing Dihkr is a must for all of us.
I would also like to point this out and it beg's the question that our prohpet use to wake up at night and peform Thuhad pray { sorry can't spell } all night and do dihkr so my question is did he turn the the lights on or was it perform in the Dark?
My dear Brothers and Sister I just wanted to clear few misception about Dihkr perform in a group and in a dark room ,
what I don't want to acheive is a massive debate on different sects of islam.
and may Allah S.W.T guide us in the right path,
I am allahumllia almost completing my English translation of the Quran more on that topic later on. but never the less