MURID (arabi—irodatmand, khohon, tolib), shakhsest, ki ba pir, murshid va shaykh dasti irodat doda, tariqati tasavvufro ikhtiyor kardaast. Muvofiqi talimoti tasavvuf Murid tanho shakhse shuda metavonist, ki beirodagii khudro dar nazdi piri tariqat bo raftoru kirdori khud ba kulli sobit namoyad. Ba qavli khudi sufiyon Murid dar nazdi murshid misli mayit (jasadi bejon) dar dasti gassol (murdashuy) ast.
Agar Murid qoidahoi sayru sulukro qatiyan rioya namuda, zinahoi tasavvuf: shariat, tariqat, marifat va haqiqatro komilan tay namoyad, ba vasli haq (khudo) muyassar gardida, ba martabai shaykhi yo murshidi merasad. Zuhuri hodisai mazkur dar tarikhi afkori falsafi va mazhabii khalqi tojik ifodai yak nav etiroz bud ba muqobili poymolshavii qadru qimat va huquqi inson dar sharoiti tirai asrimiyonagi. Prinsiphoi asosii Murid gashtanro istismorgaron va homiyoni din baroi dar muteiyu asorat nigod doshtani ommai mehnatkashon istifoda burdaand.
Adabiyot: Bertels E. E. Sufizm i sufiyskaya literatura, Moskva, 1965.
M. Sultonov.