رابطة الشيخ الصوفية في العالم الميتافيرس: إمكانيتها ومدى فعاليتها وإشكاليتها

The Sheikh Sufi League in the Metaverse World: Its Possibility, Effectiveness, and Problematic

Abstract

This article discusses rabitah, where a salik presents the image of the teacher/Rasulullah Saw. as a technique to connect the heart with the murshid, who is considered the "door" of Allah's grace. This kind of meditation is recognized in several orders, including Naqshabandiyah, Syaziliyah, Rifaiyah. The media used is khayal (imagination). As a taqarrub medium for achieving the wisdom of Sufism, the theory of rabithah deserves to be developed with an urgent question: what if the rabithah process takes place in the metaverse? This article tries to answer it. Here we will discuss the significance of the rabithah and the debate about it, the theory of imagination from a Sufi perspective (could the metaverse be a new offer?) as an important medium, does the presence and identity of a Sufi still find existential awareness during the rabithah process or being in the metaverse? Everything will become clear by using Heidegger's existentialist approach.  Apart from that, this research will use qualitative research methods.