Question: What is Sufism?

Answer:  Sufism, in its essence, is about purifying the heart from spiritual diseases, including pride, hatred, anger, jealousy, preferring worldly matters over God and so on and so forth. It is also a practice of unceasingly remembering God.  

Question: What does Sufism literally mean?

Answer: Sufism comes from the word sūf, meaning those who wear wool as Sufis often wore uncomfortable wool for ascetical purposes. 

Question: Where did Sufism start with?

Answer:  Sufism, in its essence, began with the Prophet Muhammad (s) and Imam Ali (as) 

Question: What is Dhikr?

Answer:  Remembrance of God 

Question: What is Muraqaba?

Answer: Muraqaba is when a person watches over himself or herself, making sure to purify the heart and to keep it away from spiritual diseases, such as pride, anger, jealousy etc.