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Worship and Remembrance in the Khatmiyya: The Khatmiyya is based on a set of remembrances, litanies, and seeking of forgiveness, which the disciples are committed to performing at specific times. The way these litanies were written is characterized by simplicity and smoothness to suit the general public and find their way into their hearts.

The author of Al-Ibana divided them into two parts: a section that the disciple recites individually, and a part that the followers recite collectively.

The most prominent books of remembrance for the Khatmiyya are the Ratib Al-Mirghani, named Al-Anwar Al-Mutaraka, recited morning and evening. It is also recited after the Asas and is recited collectively. Sayyid Muhammad Uthman explained this Ratib with two explanations: a short explanation and a large explanation.

After the Ratib, the disciple recites two supplications: one is the supplication called Habl Al-Wisal, with the Beautiful Names of Allah. The disciple recites a prayer before it and recites it in the evening. The second is the supplication with the names of men, Sayyid Muhammad Sir Al-Khatm. This is followed by reciting Al-Ikhlas three times and the pledge of allegiance.

Al-Mirghani allowed his followers to recite some remembrances that he did not compose himself. For example, he permitted them to recite the Salawat Al-Mashishiyya, Dalail Al-Khayrat, Hizb Al-Sayf, and the Hizbs of Sayyid Abu Al-Hasan Al-Shadhili, and other litanies. Sayyid Muhammad Uthman also sent his followers a رسالة (message) that deals with the biography of the Messenger (peace be upon him) and describes his physical attributes. He composed it in poetic form and named it "Al-Nur Al-Buraq fi Madh Al-Nabi Al-Musaadaq (PBUH)."

Muhammad Uthman Al-Mirghani, as mentioned by the author of Al-Ibana, urged his followers to remember Allah and warned them against abandoning gatherings of remembrance. He ordered them to attend his presence at the beginning of the last part of the night to perform the pre-dawn remembrances collectively. He appointed individuals to organize the prayer rows, awaken the followers for it, and arrange the circles of remembrance.

Ali Saleh Karrar (Dr.): Al-Tariqa Al-Idrisiyya in Sudan, p. 100. Al-Ribatabi: Previous source, p. 10. Al-Mirghani, Muhammad Uthman: Ratib Al-Mirghani, Cairo: Al-Nashr Wal-I'lan Wal-Tawzi', (no date). Al-Ribatabi: Previous source, p. 10. Same, p. 291. Al-Mirghani, Muhammad Uthman: Ratib Al-Mirghani. Al-Ribatabi: Previous source, p. 291. Same, p. 291. Al-Mirghani, Muhammad Uthman: Al-Nur Al-Buraq fi Madh Al-Nabi Al-Musaadaq, 2nd ed., Khartoum: Al-Maktaba Al-Islamiyya. Al-Ribatabi: Previous source, p. 215, 351.

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