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As-salamu ´alaykum,

May Allah bless you brother Fani for taking the time to write this out.

Two points:

1. According to the Sanusiyya, liqa Ar-Rasoul starts by, or rather its pre-requisite is, interacting with him (salla'Llahu ´alayhi wa alihi wa sallam) through the Ahadith, and directly applying and acting upon them in your life. The reason for being against extremism in taqleed is just that, as Sayyidi Shaykh al-Akbar (qaddasa'Llahu sirrahu) puts it; it becomes a barrier between man and the Prophet (salla Llahu ´alayhi wa alihi wa sallam), and the ´ulama who obligate that all laymen go through them for the smallest of issues are setting themselves up as prophets in practice. The ayah of taking their Rabbis and Monks as lords besides Allah therefore becomes applicable. This is not to say that laymen should not turn to ´ulama for guidance in religious matters.

2. As for bodily movements in Dhikr, the Sanusiyya, like the Murshid of al-Imam al-Kabir, Sayyidi Ahmad bin Idris, have the Hadrah (including swaying etc).

wa'Llahu a'lam