Nur Muhammad

What is Hadrah: The literal meaning of the Arabic word is "Presence"; it is the unison movement of a group of devoted lovers of God and his Prophet while chanting Allah's name and attributes, as they chant there are usually reciters of prophetic praise who sing in the background the praise of Prophet Muhammad (pbuh). The reason it is called Hadrah is because the participants are asking through this devotion to be in the spiritual presence of Prophet Muhammad. It is a practice which some of the 41 Sufi schools have incorporated in their gatherings. Some of the Sufi schools practice a sober approach in their gatherings of Zikr (Remembrance of Gods names and attributes), other Sufi schools practice a more ecstatic form of Zikr, and Hadrah is just that. It is usually performed in the presence of a Sufi Shaykh who directs and sometimes leads the Hadrah.