Murid (Arabic: مُرِيد) is a Sufi term meaning 'committed one' from the root meaning "willpower" or "self-esteem". It refers to a person who is committed to a Murshid (teacher) in a Tariqa (spiritual path) of Sufism. Also known as a Salik (Arabic: سَالِك), a murid is an initiate into the mystic philosophy of Sufism. When the Talib makes a pledge (Bay'ah) to a Murshid the Talib becomes initiated as a Murid. The initiation process is known as `ahd (Arabic: عَهْد ) or Bai'ath. Before initiation a Murid is guided and taught by a Murshid (Arabic: مُرْشِد) or Pir who must first accept the initiate as his or her disciple. Throughout the instruction period, the Murid typically experiences visions and dreams during personal spiritual exercises. These visions are interpreted by the Murshid. The Murid is invested in the cloak of the order upon initiation, having progressed through a series of increasingly difficult and significant tasks on the path of mystical development. Murids often receive books of instruction from Murshids and often accompany itinerant Murshids on their wanderings.
US Open 2012 champion Andy Murray is also famously nicknamed by Heera Miah as 'Abdul Mureed'. Murray himself stated after the US Open final that he appreciates the name given to him by Miah because of its beautiful meaning.
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... He became the murid-o-khalifa of Nasiruddin Muhammad Chirag-e-Dehli ... order in India, the Sufis of Chisti order used to become the murid of the leader of the order if the communication was possible even once in life ... Another Sufi of the same name lived in the same town but he was the murid-o-khalifa of Syedna Abulola Akbarabadi ...
... Murid herpesvirus 68 (MHV-68) is an isolate of Murid herpesvirus 4 which is a virus in the genus Rhadinovirus ...
... head of humanities department, also narrates another legend, in which a fellow Murid was requested meat by Shahbaz ... The fellow Murid went to a town of pagans ... The Murid came out of the stomach of pagans, integrated into the Murid and came back to service of Lal Shahbaz Qalandar ...
... Murid (Urdu مريد ) is a town located in Chakwal District, Punjab, Pakistan ... Murid is located 10 km west of Chakwal ... Murid is the second largest town in the district Chakwal, with a population over 14,000 ...
... Murid herpesvirus 4 (MuHV 4) is a virus in the genus Rhadinovirus ... Murid herpesvirus 4 currently serves as a model for study of human gamma-herpesvirus pathogenesis ...