Murid

In Sufism, a  (Arabic مُرِيد one who seeks) is a novice committed to spiritual enlightenment by (traversing a path) under a spiritual guide, who may take the title,  or. A or Sufi follower only becomes a  when he makes a pledge  to a. The equivalent Persian term is.

The initiation process of a is known as  (عَهْد) or. Before initiation, a is instructed by his guide, who must first accept the initiate as his disciple. Throughout the instruction period, the typically experiences waridates like visions and dreams during personal spiritual awrads and exercises. These visions are interpreted by the. A common practice among the early Sufi orders was to grant a or a robe to the  upon the initiation or after he had progressed through a series of increasingly difficult and significant tasks on the path of mystical development until attaining  stage.

This practice is not very common now. Murīds often receive books of instruction from and often accompany itinerant  on their wanderings. A fundamental practice involves teaching the mûrîd (Arabic: موريد "the disciple") an array of seven "names".
 * 1) The first one consists in repeating lâ ilâha ilal 'llâhu (Arabic: لا إله إلا الله "there is no god except God") between 12,000 and 70,000 times in a day and night. If the mûršîd (Arabic: مورشيد "the spiritual guide") is satisfied with the mûrîd's progress, then the mûrîd is allowed to continue with the six remaining names:
 * 2) Allâh (Arabic: الله "God") three times;
 * 3) huwa (Arabic: هو "He is"),
 * 4) ḥaqq (Arabic: الحق "The Absolute Truth") three times;
 * 5) ḥayy (Arabic: الحى "The Ever- Living) three times;
 * 6) qayyûm (Arabic: القيوم "The Sustainer, The Self Subsisting") three times;
 * 7) qahhâr (Arabic: القهار "The Ever-Dominating").