The Rufa'i Sufis of Kosovo
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The 22nd of March marks a special day in the year for Shejh Adrihusein Shehu and his sons. They will celebrate the Sufi ritual 'Ijra’ during which Shejh Adrihusein Shehu will pierce the cheeks of his sons and followers. The Shejh and his family are Rufa’i Sufis and on this day they celebrate Sultan Nevrus, according to the old Persian calendar, the first day of the year and regarded as the start of Spring. They culminate in a ritual called 'Ijra’ in which Shejh Adrihusein Shehu pierces the cheeks of his sons and some of his followers with long needles called ‘Zarfs’. Devotees chant the Zikr - a devotional mantra-like repetition of verses from the Quran. I met Shejh Adrihusein Shehu at his Tekke (Sufi gathering place) where he talked to me about Sufism. ‘Most people are here, on the surface of the ocean,’ he began, with his hand gestured horizontally in the air. 'But Sufis, Sufis go deep, go under,’ and he swept his hand down in a diving arc. His eldest son Sejjid Rina Shehu took me on a tour of the Tekke. In the centre of the wall was a semi-circular enclave called a Mihrab. It was bathed in green light and housed many Zarfs, ranging in size from the small for the boys to the large and heavy for the men. Sejjid is 25 and was first pierced when he was five years old. His brother Xhihan is 19 and experienced his first piercing at seven, and Emir the youngest of the three at 12 began his piercings at six. Sejjid explained what he took from the practice of Zikr: how it made him content and happy. He radiated a sense of calm as he talked. The piercing he explained, wasn’t the focus of the day, it was only part of the ceremony. The focus was the Zikr, the devotion to God. The Tekke is full to capacity the day of the piercing. The floor is filled with kneeling Sufi devotees, both men and boys dressed in white and black robes and felt Fez. For several hours the Sufi’s sing and chant, the songs building up into a guttural, repetitive and immersive crescendo. The day reaches its zenith and Emir, the Shejh’s youngest son stands before him stoically as the chanting Shejh passes a small Zarf through his cheek. Emir does not react and retakes his place in the core of the circle of swaying Sufi’s while several boys wait their turn. Men stand forth who wish to be pierced, including Sejjid, his father presses his fingers on the outside of his son’s cheek and presses the point of the zarf through the flesh in a well practiced movement. The pierced Sufis do not bleed as they sway back and forth holding the large bulb of the zarf in their left hands. The only blood appearing was a small trickle after the zarf was removed. The Shejh promotes a message of religious peace stating ‘We all believers in the same God, but take different paths.' The tradition is a responsibility and inheritance running through the generations of the family of Shejh Adrihusejn and at its core a mysticism and belief in the divine that is at once compelling and beautiful.
Photography and editing by Darragh Mason Field
Audio editing and interview by Chris Fitch.
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I am a rufai from Egypt I really admire kosovo brothers so much I pray to Allah to save your young from wahabi I love you so much
@saidassas9523
3 жыл бұрын
You are crazy go on with this innovation bring a authentic hadith where prophet saws make dhikr like this the cáncer is not wahabbism but this weird sects all sects of islam have something in common they hate wahabbis but are good friends of the christians and jews
@Grrranit
2 жыл бұрын
Alhamdulilah almost all out Kosovan Albanians are from Ahl Sunnah Wal Jama‘a
@lionheart6848
2 жыл бұрын
@@Grrranit yes Alhamdulillah
@omarabbasi2682
Жыл бұрын
this is a bid'ah and against the shari'a brother fear allah
@omarabbasi2682
Жыл бұрын
@@Grrranit this is not ASWJ brother this is ahlul bid'ah, piercing is not in islam
I really respect and admire the Sufis. They are the most kind and peaceful Muslims that I have met.
@greenmountainbrownie6473
5 жыл бұрын
The Ibadis of Oman are awesome as well.
@fuadha5494
3 жыл бұрын
All sufis ibadi MTV are musbrikiiiiinnnn
As a UK Muslim asain who is part of mainstream Islam I'm fascinated by this order thankyou
It's not the first time that I see this ritual, but I'm impressed with this in every time more . I'm proud that I'm Muslim and that I believe in this pure religion. Thank you Darragh for sharing this video with all of us .
@kastriotaliu4989
6 жыл бұрын
vanessa these people on the video,can be anything but Muslims! putting a shame on the rest of us! don't call yourself a Muslim,unless you're a Sunni! the rest of the sects are nothing but a misinterpretation of Islam and the Holy Qur'an! in other words,these people are sick to the bone!
@abdulqader1774
6 жыл бұрын
Kastriot Aliu who are u? saladin, nur addin, ottoman empire, al jaylani, al ghazally, ibn hajar..... were all ashaari sufis. u wahabbi (mujasim)
@blerimkrasniqi936
6 жыл бұрын
This got nothing to do with Islam but then again better this then nothing Allah is full of mercy
@blerimkrasniqi936
6 жыл бұрын
+Kastriot Aliu mashallah that's right Muslim but you should encourage her to learn but this is not Islam Shia is not Islam only 1 Islam salaf ul Sunna followers of the sunnah
@MB-tb6jy
5 жыл бұрын
Most Sufis are Sunnis. And most Sufis do NOT pierce themselves or go against the Shari3ah in any ways.
great stuff, fascinating and well edited
@fazligajraku6000
5 жыл бұрын
Baba sheh muti Jeta njerz ta humbni fen dikun Imanin.ase mislimant as kotalik Rune zot.kur ta kryne ceromonin tani Me gar e shiqo shoit bajn ceromoni
Love this! Masha’Allah!
What's intresting to learn is the piercing is not a religious but local culture tradition . Sufism is expressed with local variations
I'm fascinated with the Sufi tradition, since I've read Rumi and his poems, I'm convinced this way of believing ist just beautiful! It breaks religion to the core, beyond of the conventional believing system.
@MB-tb6jy
5 жыл бұрын
It's part of the religion. And I'm sorry but you cannot understand through poetry. I can read poetry about Buddhist monks (not that I would) but I would never understand it.
@allysoobratty7565
5 жыл бұрын
Rumi said God is Love....
@MB-tb6jy
5 жыл бұрын
@@allysoobratty7565 Reference?
@MB-tb6jy
5 жыл бұрын
@@allysoobratty7565 God isn't love but He is the source of love but to say that He is love doesn't align well with true Islamic theology. Perhaps I had the wrong idea about him.
@MB-tb6jy
5 жыл бұрын
@@allysoobratty7565?
I am from Kosovo and they ignorant are 0.01% in our country. Elhamdulilah we are sunni, ahlu sunnah!
@Lxcis
3 жыл бұрын
Ahli Sunnah are Sufis and Sufis are ahli Sunnah, all of the great scholars of Ahli Sunnah are Sufis or followers of the Sufis. They are the ones who master Tasawuf.
@xhanze2405
Жыл бұрын
Qka po don me than ti me kit pun asbon shqiptari mi kqyr punt e veta po veq mi rras hunt kanimos aa?
What a beautifully made video! added to my favorites!
wonderful vid. 💓
Destur Ya Pir Seyyd Ahmed Er Rufai ❤️
May the beauty of Tassawuf shine again on Muslim lands after the wahhabi storm left nothing but terror and gloom
@AstanaAliyaQadriaSarhaliSharif
5 жыл бұрын
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@angelsania7931
4 жыл бұрын
Ameen ya rab
@user-kq8od8ly5d
4 жыл бұрын
Amen
Subhan Allah Masha Allah yaqinan Sufism is the only solution to bring peace harmony and humanity worldwide irrespective of any caste creed or religion let human kind remain in peace harmony prosperity from south India Qadri sect my dua to you all.
@MuhammadAli-hr1bj
3 жыл бұрын
Correction, it's not a sect, but, a Tariqa (path).
@drabulhasandasankop3737
3 жыл бұрын
@@MuhammadAli-hr1bj ofcourse a tariqa for us who follow but to make understand for those who don't know we can call a sect group or a school of spiritual institution thanks shukriya for your response after all iam a Qadri.
What a wonderful video. Thank you.
The same Sun, when gets reflected in countless ponds assumes diverse forms of expression. Indeed, diversity too is from the Divine. Everything is from, in, of, by, for, and alas! to The One. MashaAllah.
Beautiful, ignorance ppl won't understand their minds too closed off
Well narrated'definition darragh Mason field thanks a lot for such awasome information
Very informative video. Thanks!
@sabbeeemc5590
6 жыл бұрын
Enzo Destro Fuck arsenal
Sufi Islamic literature is so inward spirituality and beautiful... TODAY Muslims are so preoccupied by the practice and outward forms of the belief but should focus on the inward struggles of the self..there seems to be this conflict between salafi and Sufi doctrines but true be told if they both combined you would have the complete faith. Sufism dealing with the inward form whilst salafi dealing with the outward forms
Für ein Albanier : Religjon Albanien ist Albania 🇦🇱 “ FEJA SHQIPTARE O SHQIPTARIJA “ 1 ZOT o per tan si per Katolik si per Muslimon , ama Shqiptar 1 fe e ka e ajo o SHQIPTARIJA
@bekim7588
2 жыл бұрын
jo pot doket ti pe perzin mollen me dardhen feja esht tjeter sen kombi tjeter
I'm from Kosovo, this sekt in Kosovo is so small from 2million people that posed Kosovo this Sufis are maybe 5000-6000 people other part near 1.8million are Sunni muslims, 93000 Catholics and 100000 Orthodox people 👋
@MuhammadAli-hr1bj
3 жыл бұрын
Sufism is orthodoxy.
@lionheart6848
2 жыл бұрын
Alhamdulillah we don't have much of these sheyatin Astaghfirullah
Ju knaqt zemra si mu se pom knaqet prej videos Hu Huu
I love sufie's ... Greetings from Bosnia
Sellam braci dervisima iz Sarajeva
@fuadha5494
3 жыл бұрын
We alejkum do tebe i svi musricima
I am a rifai
@fizikchy
6 жыл бұрын
Barekallah! Hu...
@MB-tb6jy
5 жыл бұрын
No offence and serious question. Do all the Rifa'i branches pierce themselves?
@allysoobratty7565
5 жыл бұрын
What is Rufai?
@MB-tb6jy
5 жыл бұрын
@@allysoobratty7565 A Sufi tariqah. These people are of the Rifa'i tariqah.
@AU-ic7ur
5 жыл бұрын
But not Muslim
What is name this Tekke?
Subhanallah Feel the sufism...
Salam from Indonesia❤❤
I am from Kosovo, I haven't seen this at all. I am a Sunni Muslim not this or anything else... Haven't even heard of this in my country.
@MB-tb6jy
5 жыл бұрын
Tariqat ar-Rifa'iyyah. They aren't too big.
@allysoobratty7565
5 жыл бұрын
It dates back from the Ottoman Empire
@gatz7gatz
4 жыл бұрын
Can you share your contact whatsapp number
@mohammedzulfiqar6429
3 жыл бұрын
Well it's rubbish. A corruption of tariqa of sayyed ahmed rifai who was sunni and never initiated what these guys are doing
@PrenticeBoy1688
2 жыл бұрын
Muslims and Christians believe different things, but we can both see that this is not Godly.
SubhanAllah devijim total aut dinit Islam Huahaujahuaja si ata indiant apachi komanchi me penla okoll zjermit
Alone with the Alone, direct experience
Based mashallah.
One question, did our beloved Prophet Muhammad pbuh do such things when worshipping Allah? We should be following the way he showed us to pray and praise Allah SWT. Do not add, do not take away. Just copy and follow him. Inventing, adding and subtracting is a major major sin. SubhanAllah
I see nothing but traditional Turkish Islamic culture from ottoman empire left behind while they defeated by Christians army back in the days. It has nothing to do with the original culture of people of this region.
@n.woorey7264
3 жыл бұрын
''It has nothing to do with the original culture of people of this region'' ...So all the Christian tradition from Balkan you prick.
This is khanqaa of Rafai silsalaa my salutions to the great Shaikh's murideen of Rafai silsalaa
@toufiquesaikh4206
3 жыл бұрын
Big Saint Shaykh Abdul Qadir Gilani Baghdad
they are crazy this is not islam
@allysoobratty7565
5 жыл бұрын
So what is Islam for you?
@Medusa59
4 жыл бұрын
@@allysoobratty7565 Islam to us its To follow the Way of Prophet Muhammad only
@waleabdulhamid4522
4 ай бұрын
And you are the pearl of wisdom? Most of you don't read anything.... All you do is listen to your wahabbist scholars and go out to attack like rabid dogs
They are doing this because feeling the pain and educate themselves with little amount of pain and rituels in path of god
HUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU......... 💓💚💓💚💓💚
Sufis aren't seperate from the rest of Islam. Ahli Sunnah are Sufis and Sufis are ahli Sunnah, all of the great scholars of Ahli Sunnah are Sufis or followers of the Sufis. They are the ones who master Tasawuf.
jantes inferno u r perfectly right
Original spiritual islam
The best sufis turks and arabs
@qyshje8394
2 жыл бұрын
no
Video starts with chanting of Veysel Baba Khalveti-Jerrahi (Veysel Dalsaldı) from Istanbul. Huu! kzread.info/dash/bejne/mJmYr6ukqLHXdNo.html
HU
@AstanaAliyaQadriaSarhaliSharif
5 жыл бұрын
kzread.info/dash/bejne/lGmi3LuGd7bXk5c.html
Kesinlikle bayanların olduğu kısmın bu kadar açık olmaması lazım
Pure deviation and ignorance. Doubt whether twelver Shia agree with this. They are alevi Shia. Please blind followers do you research on sayyed yusuf rifai. He was a sunni scholar of Quran and sunna. His tariqa is branch of qadri. In conformity with Quran and sunna. This is misguidance. has no relation to rifai tariqa.
allahuakbar
اريدعنوانكم في كوسوفولازوركم
@toufiquesaikh4206
3 жыл бұрын
Ya Sadik Inta Arabic Qadri I Am Indian Qadri
This is Bidah!!! May Allah guide you
@twentyeight2503
6 жыл бұрын
Having a youtube account, watching and commenting on which you find is not Islam enough to you is BIDA'AH !! Allah said " La'kum deenukum waliya' deen" Period.
@thestealth2448
5 жыл бұрын
Twenty Eight not really a good example as the commenter above is most likely referring to bidah in religion.
محروم قالماز الله ديين
See, these people are not going to give up their beliefs anytime soon are they. Check out the Chechen Zikrs. They are not leaving.
@MB-tb6jy
5 жыл бұрын
Why would they? Sufism is a science of Islam. I don't agree with a few things practiced by some Sufis but I cannot deny it's place. We are told to purify our hearts and discipline our egos. That is what tasawwuf does. The end goal is to be personify the character of a true servant of Allah. That is what the Messenger (SalAllahu 3alayhi wa Salam) was. An 3abd-Ullah
@allysoobratty7565
5 жыл бұрын
Why will they have to?
masallah selam iz Bosne za beacu na REPUBLICI KOSOVO
turp per ju
هم القوم جليسهم لا يشقي
are they shia?
@joehollow2505
6 жыл бұрын
Ahadun Ahad they are Sufi
@zahirbukhari7518
6 жыл бұрын
alhamdulillah They r sunni With Living Heart Subhanallah....Huuuuuuu
@thestealth2448
5 жыл бұрын
Syed Zahir Sultan Shah no they are bekhtashis which are Shias
@allysoobratty7565
5 жыл бұрын
No
@thestealth2448
5 жыл бұрын
Ally Soobratty they are alevi bekhtashis which some might consider Shi’a
This is not Islam islam is Quran and Sunna
Putting a hole through your mouth has nothing to do with suffism or Islam.
Po qa po boni
haha o kqyrma atifeten koka ardhen te shehu haha
Jasha jasha ha mish e lakna rras pasul
They are not muslim they just pretend it
@iambadatnaming4731
Жыл бұрын
Calling other muslims a mushreek is a very serious matter.
@diar2291
Жыл бұрын
@@iambadatnaming4731 they aren’t Muslims there innovators and Shias
Its’s not from the teachings of Prophet Muhammad,, they just made it up,, not every beautiful things in religion is said to be good,, The best islam is from what Prophet Muhammad taught us, from Imam Syafii, Imam Ahmad, Imam Hanafi, Imam Maliki and also from the authentic hadiths from shahih Muslim and Shahih Al Bukhari
Aski Niyaz
Hu
ليسوا من الإسلام في شيء ، انهم يعبدون الرفاعي و يعتبرونه رب يقوم بأعمال الرب و قد حل فيه الرب وهذا في الإسلام يسمى شركا وهو أكبر الكفر بالله .
Kakva sekta batoo auuu
A true Sufi would not hurt himself these people seems ignorant about the true teaching of Sufism
@waymilky442
Жыл бұрын
You know nothing clearly. Mind your own business.
Hu hu
Ghuluw
This is very strange,this is some form of Shia, Looks like there beatboxing in Unicef.
This can be many things but for sure nothing to do with Islam...
@joehollow2505
6 жыл бұрын
budala645 kaže budala
@xtremeownage2
6 жыл бұрын
Sufis are true Muslims. You do not know Islam. "Wahhabism"/Salafism is kufr.
@sonofadam1025
5 жыл бұрын
+xtremeownage2 shut UP
This is so not islam. The prophet Muhammad (aleyhis-salam) did never do this. Not either did his companions. So either this is another religion or either they are claiming to know better than the prophet and his companions
@twentyeight2503
6 жыл бұрын
Rasulullah never had youtube account or watch youtube even !! Not even companion had technology at that time !! So please delete your account if you are right !!
@thestealth2448
5 жыл бұрын
Suad K first of all alayhi Salam is for the other prophets. Second of al, group dhikr is considered permissible by most scholars and there are numerous hadiths to prove this. As for this particular one it’s permissible as it doesn’t go against the sharia. They are just praising Allah and his messenger.
Amazing to see White Muslims..Nice.
@enzodestro7600
7 жыл бұрын
Brandy Mcneill White muslims are mainly in the Balkans and Russia, you can also find them in turkey. When i was younger i thought only Brown people were muslim haha.
@alScotlandi
7 жыл бұрын
Brandy Mcneill what an ignorant comment, no matter how well meaning
@alScotlandi
7 жыл бұрын
Enzo Destro Erm, Arabs are white! Or does that reality not suit the American narrative?
@tomascanevaro4292
7 жыл бұрын
Arabs are brown as latinos
@muhdyusuf24
6 жыл бұрын
Saffiyeh Jaffer muslims are around the world. Stop believing the fake propaganda media. Islam means "submission to God" and has nothing to do with races.
This is not Islam from Quran and authentic sunnah
Nothing to do with Islam, some peoples fantasies. Hurting yourself its not allowed. I don't know why they are not follow the quran nothing else.
Non muslim shejtana
Please stop doing this. There is nothing in the Qur'an about this practice nor did any of the prophet's do this things. SubhaanaAllah!
@A_D1996
4 ай бұрын
No why should we? We are our own religion. And we don't judge anyone and do not force anyone. You cant erase us just because its not your truth.
@submitto99
4 ай бұрын
@@A_D1996 don't worry about your or my truths, follow THE truth do your education Rifai never did these things not taught these things. Don't be blind and ignorant followers
ktu veq ni raket tomahovk kish kry pun
wtf!!!
@nderim94s
7 жыл бұрын
Here I do not Muslim is Dervish They are from Iran Muslims pray god calmly these are psychotic
@pigeonhu9591
7 жыл бұрын
nemanja spahic wtf says a orthodox Serbian go away pls
@xtremeownage2
6 жыл бұрын
Dervish are true Muslim elite masters of Tasawwuf (which is the core of Islam). Iran is misguided. Sufis are Sunnis.
They are Bektashi's
@Ahmetaslan998
6 жыл бұрын
No they aren't they have images of imam ali they wear bektashi dergah hats. Bektashism is huge in the Balkans especially albania
allahu ju shkatrroft... po shkoni ne iran se sna vyn ksi ne kosov...
@pigeonhu9591
7 жыл бұрын
nasko Nasko hec mar ti shko n isis edhe mos ne prish at kryt
@user-dt1qe1dr3j
5 жыл бұрын
اريدعنوان الزاويه في كوسوفوكي ازورهارقم وتس اب
I'm Muslim and I don't do any of that I'm Sunni salafi muslim from that town my dad was that but not no more
@xtremeownage2
6 жыл бұрын
Salafis are NOT Sunnis. Do NOT call yourself a Sunni. Salafis have been declared by various Sunni ulema as non-Sunnis. In the most recent meeting in Chechnya in 2016, Salafis were declared as NON-SUNNIS by probably around 100 Sunni ulema.
@Procrastinators
6 жыл бұрын
Khalil Ahmed Khan lol a barelvi making takfir. Joke of the hear
@Procrastinators
6 жыл бұрын
Khalil Ahmed Khan Iran? Is that where you got your sex change?
Donations and good deeds cannot be counted as a way up but east tiger and Euphrates has contaminated with astrology and horoscopes. Jesus said: Love one another. Jesus is the only way. He is love and love will win. Give up from ritualistic men.
they are live demons...
This is not Islam but misguidance.
This it has nothing to do with traditinal islam! This is deviated sufi sect and that's it.
Hu