Juristic Matters (Figeh)
Time of the Wird
Advancing the Wird
Remedy of Deficiency in Wird
Late Arrival in Wazifa
Menstruation, Illness and the Wird
Dust Ablution and the Wird
Prayers during the Wird
Time of the Wirds
1. Morning Wird
The
Optional time of the morning Wird starts after dawn prayer and continues up to
high forenoon. Forenoon extends up to midday (Ed-Durrah El-Kharidah). The Necessary
time extends from high forenoon until sunset; and the making-up for the morning
Wird is beyond that.
2.
Evening Wird
The Optional time for the
evening Wird starts after Asr (afternoon) prayer and extends up to the Isha
(night) prayer.
The Necessary time is between
Isha prayer and dawn break; the making-up for the evening Wird is beyond that.
If a person performed his Wird after dawn but before he prayed the Fajr
(Dawn) prayer; or after the appointed time of Asr prayer was due but before he
prayed the Asr prayer, and whether this has happened intentionally or due to
forgetfulness or ignorance, he must redo the Wird during its appointed time,
and must make-up for it if the appointed time lapsed. This is because he
advanced the Wird before its prescribed time. Sidi El-Arabi ibn El-Sa’ih said,
“This is what has been transmitted from the Sheikh. It is a consensus amongst
his Companions; and what the author of El-Jeish El-Kabeer wrote to the contrary
was a distractedness, may Allah bless him, from the a special order of our
tariqa, therefore it shouldn’t be considered, even though that might be the
practice in some other Sufi orders (Bughia pp.330).
If a person misses his Wird, he must make up for it. The vow makes the
Wird obligatory.
It is also mandatory to
make-up for the Wazifa if missed even once in a lifetime. Sidi El-Arabi ibn
El-Sa’ih said in Bughia, “No doubt, in the beginning, the Wazifa was not as
emphasized as the Wird, but it had been confirmed during the life of the
Sheikh. Consequently the author of Jawahir El-Ma’ani amended his own copy and
added a clear a statement that it is imperative to make-up for the Wazifa,
similar to the Wird. Therefore any a statement suggesting that the making-up
for a missed Wazifa is not obligatory should be disregarded because it contrary
to the settled practice of the Sheikh and his Companions".
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Advancing the Wird
1.
Morning Wird
It is unconditionally permissible to advance the morning Wird during the
night, with or without a reason.
The time for advancing the Wird starts after the Isha Prayer and a lapse
of time enough to recite five sub-parts of Qur'an (i.e. 1:30 hours or there
about).
If dawn breaks before the Wird is over complete it and redo it after
Dawn Prayers (a must).
Imam En-Natheefi said, "This is true for those who can ascertain
the dawn break like the residents of the urban areas. However, in the rural
areas where dawn is not readily ascertainable people should advance the Wird
only if they are undoubtedly certain that there is enough time before dawn for
the Wird (Ed-Durrah El-Kharidah p.2, pp.14)
2. Evening Wird
First: advancing it at Daytime
It is NOT permissible to advance the evening Wird during daytime, with
or without excuse, whether before the time of Asr prayer or after the time but
before the performance of Asr prayer. This is an authentic and continuously
recurrent practice of the Sheikh.
Second: Advancing it at Night
It is permissible to advance the evening Wird at night under two condition:
(1) A valid excuse is expected to occur during the optional time of the Wird;
(2) its advancing takes place after the advancing of the morning Wird, for
order, as it is invalid, with the presence of the excuse, to advance the
evening Wird except after advancing the morning Wird.
It has been narrated in Jowahir El-Ma'ani that the Sheikh said that
night acts of worship multiply five hundred manifolds over daytime deeds.
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Remedy of Deficiency
in Wird
If a person forgetfully exceeds the limit in some or all of the pillars
of the Wird, he should, after finishing his Wird or Wazifa, remedy that
deficiency by reciting Istighfar – Wird version – 100 times, with intent to
remedy.
If a person is in doubt as to whether he exceeds or falls short of the
limit, he should build on certainty (the lower number) and complete the Wird,
then remedy his doubt by reciting Istighfar 100 times, after finishing his Wird
or Wazifa.
If a person, forgetfully, reverses the order of the pillars – e.g. recites
prayers upon the Prophet before the Istighfar – he shall cancel what he
reverses (prayers upon the Prophet in this case), redo the pillars in order,
and then make Istighfar one hundred times with intent to remedy that
deficiency, after finishing his Wird or Wazifa.
If a person is in doubt, or forgetfulness occurs to him during the
remedy, he should not repeat the remedy to avoid getting in circle.
The remedy is for the individual who performs alone. In a group, the
imam bears the deficiencies, similar to congregational prayers.
Intentional increase, decrease, or reversal of the pillars invalidates
the dhikr, and it is misconduct.
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Late Arrival in Wazifa
If a person arrives late in Wazifa,
he performs with the group what he attends, and then completes what he misses
after the group finishes recitation: that is to say, he starts the Wazifa from
the beginning until the point where he catches up with the group. All the
actions of the late-arriver are making-up, because they are all words not
actions.
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Menstruation, Illness
and the Wird
It is authentically narrated from the Sheikh that the menstruous
woman, and the patient, are free to perform or not to perform the Wird. It is
alright if they did it, otherwise there is nothing against them, and no
making-up is required of them afterwards.
The choice here is for the
patient who cannot perform the Wird properly – with all its conditions and
counts – without great difficulty. And the choice of the menstruating woman is
analogous to her reading of Qur’an.
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Dust Ablution and the
Wird
If a person performs dust
ablution for a prescribed prayer, he must also perform another dust ablution
for the Wird, otherwise the Wird will invalidates. This is because the Wird
became obligatory by the vow, and it is not permissible to do two obligatory
acts of worship with one dust ablution. Accordingly, he must redo all the Wirds
that he has done with dust ablutions of prescribed prayers.
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Prayers during the
Wird
If a prayer starts while a person is performing his Wird or Wazifa, he
stops, prays with the group, and then immediately after the prayer is over and
before he utters any word resumes his Wird, building on what he has performed
before the prayer, instead of starting it all over. This is analogous to
starting of a prayer while one performs Tawaf (circumambulating the Ka'aba) as
stated in Ed-Durrah El-Kharidah. The author of El-Ifadah, May Allah blesses
him, said, "This is a continuously recurrent tradition from the Sheikh and
unanimously agreed upon between his Companions, thus, it is neither rejectable
nor questionable".
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