HOW DHIKR CAN IMPROVE A PERSON CHARACTER; CASE ON THARIQAH JAM’IYAH KHALWATIYAH SYECH YUSUF AL-MAKASSARY

Abstract

As a means of drawing closer to God, thariqah is a practical way or approach that takes the shape of guidance. It is thought to have originated with the Prophet, then evolved into associations in the form of suluk, a structured spiritual education under the direction of a teacher (sheikh / murshid) with a number of pupils / worshippers who studied with him. The significance of the thariqah Jam'iyah Khalwatiya Syekh Yusuf al-Makassariy offered an outline of the profile of the thariqah as well as the Jam'iyah Khalwatiyah Syekh Yusuf al-Makassariy, disclosing his thariqah practices surrounding worship, such as the use of dhikr in personality enhancement. As jam'iyah and as a sect, Jam'iyah is an association or, more precisely, a forum, an organization that unites adherents of the thariqah Khalwatiyah, Syekh Yusuf al-Makassary.
Good deeds and worship necessitate giving precedence to fardhu (obligatory) and other sunnah prayers that cannot be abandoned. Included in the practice of devotion in the thariqah is dhikr with the lafaz (La Ilaha Illallah). Thariqah and jam'iyah in their attempts to cultivate Islamic knowledge and teachings, as well as arranging the congregation in various thariqah procedures. The meaning of is the life of the body (body); the meaning of is the life of the qalb (heart); and the meaning of damir is the life of the spirit or sirr (secret). A servant who performs dhikr (remembrance) of Allah will become remembered, the makrifah (knowing) will become the known, the seeing will become the seen, and the loving will become the loved. This is what is known as the level or state of fan '.