- Sit facing each other with your knees touching.
- One person puts their hands on the other’s knees (knees energetically lead up to the heart).
- The other person uses their prayer beads to count the repetitions of each phrase.
- Both relax, open their hearts and connect from the deepest heart space with each other.
- This practice is deep and beautiful and especially effective for bringing two people’s hearts which are at odds with each other back together. Allah is the healer.
First Phrase
- With eyes open or closed, each person bows their head to their right singing Astaghfir allahu al-dhim.
- Then each bows to the left singing Astaghfir allahu al-dhim.
- The second note of the tune goes down for 4 repetitions and then the second note goes up for 4 repetitions.
Second Phrase
- With eyes open, each person looks over their right shoulder and slowly sings allahumma salli ala sayyidina Muhammadan wa alihi wa sabahi wa sallim.
- Time your head movement so that you look into each other’s eyes when you sing Muhammadan.
- Repeat these two steps rotating your head from the left shoulder to the right.
- The tune is the same each time, but the starting note descends one tone after the first 3 or 4 repetitions. The 4th repetition either stays on the same note as the 3rd or goes down one more tone (if it is not too low to sing).
Third Phrase
- With eyes closed, each person sings La ilaha while bowing to the right and and sings il-allah while bowing to the left (the same as in dhikr).
- The tune is the same as in dhikr.
Fourth Phrase
- With eyes closed, each person sings or says Allah while nodding their head forward and back gently, bringing their awareness deep into their heart.