Taking bayt with a kaamil Shaykh from Quran

[Fana fi Shaykh]

Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem

Assalamu 'Alaykum wa Rahmatullahi wa Barakatuhu

JAZZALLAHU ANNA SAYYEDINA MUHAMMADAN MA HUWA AHLAHU

MANAM SAGHE DARBARE JILANI

The seeker must follow a perfect Master able to guide him to the way of Allah, Almighty and Exalted, and to illuminate for him that way until he reaches the State of Annihilation. The seeker must give his oath and his promise to his guide, to learn from him how to leave his bad manners and to lift himself to better conduct in order to reach the Perfect Knowledge of Spirituality.

The meaning of initiation and its conditions have been mentioned in the Glorious Qur'an, in the Sunnah of the beloved Prophet Salla Allahu ta'ala 'alayhi wa Sallam and in the life of the Companions Radi Allahu anhu.

1. In verse 10 of Surat al-Fath, "Verily those who swear allegiance to thee indeed swear allegiance to Allah. The hand of Allah is over their hands. So whoever breaks his oath, breaks it to his own loss; and whoever fulfills the covenant that he has made with Allah, He will surely give him a great reward." [48:10]

2. In verse 91 of Surat an-Nahl, "And fulfill the Covenant of Allah when you have made it; and break not your oaths after making them firm, while you have made Allah your surety. Certainly, Allah knows what you do." [16:91]

3. In verse 34 of Surat al-Isra', "and fulfill the covenant, for the covenant shall be questioned about." [17:34]

We see the Qur'an encouraging the people to give their oath and to keep their oath to the Prophet Salla Allahu ta'ala 'alayhi wa Sallam, who leads them to the presence of Allah, Almighty and Exalted. That initiation was done in the time of the Prophet Salla Allahu ta'ala 'alayhi wa Sallam and after the time of the Prophet Salla Allahu ta'ala 'alayhi wa Sallam.

According to the Sunnah of the Prophet Salla Allahu ta'ala 'alayhi wa Sallam the oath was taken from men, as a group, or as individuals; from women, as a group or as individuals, and even from children. Bukhari and Muslim narrate that Ubada ibn as-Samit Radi Allahu anha said, "The Prophet Salla Allahu ta'ala 'alayhi wa Sallam said, 'Give me your pledge and oath not to associate anything with Allah, not to steal, not to commit adultery, not to kill your children, not to backbite, not to fall into sin; and who keeps his promise, then his reward is from Allah, Almighty and Exalted.' And then we gave our pledge to the Prophet Salla Allahu ta'ala 'alayhi wa Sallam and our oath."

The Prophet Salla Allahu ta'ala 'alayhi wa Sallam used to give initiation (bay'ah) to all people and urged them to take it. Bukhari and Muslim narrated in their books that 'Abdullah ibn 'Umar Radi Allahu anhu said, "When we pledged to the Prophet Salla Allahu ta'ala 'alayhi wa Sallam to listen and obey, the Prophet Salla Allahu ta'ala 'alayhi wa Sallam used to say, 'To the limit that you can carry.'"

to be continue..........

MANAM KHAAKE PAAYE KHWAJA GAREEB NAWAZ Radi Allahu anhu

[MadaniSister]

Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem

ASALATU WASALAMU ALAYKA YA RASULLALLAH Salla Allahu ta’ala ‘alayhi wa Sallam

SubhanAllah a Excellent thread brother fana fi shaykh JazakAllahkhair for sharing look forward to reading more..

[madnibrother786]

Mashallah a very good post, well all ur posts are neway, i rate all of em! mashallah!

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Assalamu 'Alaykum wa Rahmatullahi wa Barakatuhu

Subhanallah Shah Saab

[Kaneez Fatema]

Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem

Assalamu 'Alaykum wa Rahmatullahi wa Barakatuhu

ASALATU WASALAMU ALAYKA YA RASULLALLAH Salla Allahu ta'ala 'alayhi wa Sallam

Subhanallah excellent and very informative post.

Looking forward to read more

JazakAllah

[Panjatani]

Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem

Assalamu 'Alaykum wa Rahmatullahi wa Barakatuhu

ASALATU WASALAMU ALAYKA YA RASULLALLAH Salla Allahu ta'ala 'alayhi wa Sallam

Subhanallah subhanallah a beautiful post.

jazakallahu khayrun

[Haideri-Qalander]

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Assalamu 'Alaykum wa Rahmatullahi wa Barakatuhu

ASALATU WASALAMU ALAYKA YA RASULLALLAH Salla Allahu ta'ala 'alayhi wa Sallam

Subhanallah a beautiful post.

looking forward to read more, JazakAllah for sharing!

Pir hain mera sabse Afzal sab waliyon se aala
basa hain nazron mein murshid ka chehra bhola bhala

[heena02]

Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem

Assalamu 'Alaykum wa Rahmatullahi wa Barakatuhu

ASALATU WASALAMU ALAYKA YA RASULLALLAH Salla Allahu ta'ala 'alayhi wa Sallam

Subhanallah very informative.Looking forward to learn more.

JazakAllah

[farid s]

Assalamu 'Alaykum wa Rahmatullahi wa Barakatuhu

is it more important for men to do bait than sisters?

[Fana fi Shaykh]

f said:

Assalamu 'Alaykum wa Rahmatullahi wa Barakatuhu

is it more important for men to do bait than sisters?

i dont think so.

Mens and womens are equal in islam.

Yaa Hasan Musanna

[Ashiq e Rasool]

Assalamu 'Alaykum wa Rahmatullahi wa Barakatuhu

ASALATU WASALAMU ALAYKA YA RASULLALLAH Salla Allahu ta'ala 'alayhi wa Sallam

SubhanAllah. A very good thread and advice given Shah Sahib.
I thought it was important for all, equally, men and women to seek and do bay't with a Pir O Murshid.

[Zuhair Nasir]

Assalamu 'Alaykum wa Rahmatullahi wa Barakatuhu
Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem
ASALATU WASALAMU ALAYKA YA RASULLALLAH Salla Allahu ta'ala 'alayhi wa Sallam

MashAllah A Excellent and a Informative Post Shah Sahab..

JazakAllah Khairun

Wa'alaykum 'Assalam wa Rahmatullahi wa Barakatuhu

[Fana fi Shaykh]

f said:

Assalamu 'Alaykum wa Rahmatullahi wa Barakatuhu

is it more important for men to do bait than sisters?

Initiation of Women

The Prophet Salla Allahu ta'ala 'alayhi wa Sallam gave baya'h to women many many times. It is narrated by Imam Ahmad in the Musnad that Salma bint Qays Radi Allahu anha said, "I came to the Prophet Salla Allahu ta'ala 'alayhi wa Sallam with many people from the Ansar, and we gave him our bay'ah, our pledge that we would not associate anyone with Allah, we would not steal, we would not commit adultery, we would not kill our children, we would not backbite and we would not disobey. We gave him our bay`ah and we went."

Initiation of Children

The Prophet Salla Allahu ta'ala 'alayhi wa Sallam according to the books of Nisa'i and Tirmidhi gave initiation to Umayymah bint Ruqiyyah Radi Allahu anha. It was narrated by Tabarani that 'Izza bint Khayyil took initiation from the Prophet Salla Allahu ta'ala 'alayhi wa Sallam when they were not yet seven. It was also narrated by Tabarani in in an authentic hadith that the Prophet Salla Allahu ta'ala 'alayhi wa Sallam gave bayah to al-Hasan alayhis 'salam, al-Hussain alayhis 'salam, Abdullah ibn Abbas Radi Allahu anhu and Abdullah ibn Jafar Radi Allahu anhu when they were 7 years of age.

JazakAllahu khayrun

Yaa Ali

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Assalamu 'Alaykum wa Rahmatullahi wa Barakatuhu

Subhanallah i wanted to do my childrens Bayt but they are 5 and the other is nearly 4 but then thought they might be too young

[Kaneez Fatema]

Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem

Assalamu 'Alaykum wa Rahmatullahi wa Barakatuhu

ASALATU WASALAMU ALAYKA YA RASULLALLAH Salla Allahu ta'ala 'alayhi wa Sallam

Subhanallah

looking forward for more.

jazakallah

[Fana fi Shaykh]

Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem

Assalamu 'Alaykum wa Rahmatullahi wa Barakatuhu

JAZZALLAHU ANNA SAYYEDINA MUHAMMADAN MA HUWA AHLAHU

MANAM SAGHE DARBARE JILANI

The Companions of the Prophet Salla Allahu ta'ala 'alayhi wa Sallam gave bayah to the khalifs of the Prophet Salla Allahu ta'ala 'alayhi wa Sallam after his passing. It is narrated through the books of Sirah of the Sahhaba that the Sahaba gave bay'ah to Abu Bakr as-Siddiq Radi Allahu anhu, to Umar ibn al-Khattab Radi Allahu anhu, to Uthman ibn Affan Radi Allahu anhu, to Ali Radi Allahu anhu,to Imam Hasan Radi Allahu anhu , to Muawiya and to all the khalifs who came later, as they had given it to the Prophet Salla Allahu ta'ala 'alayhi wa Sallam.

The Prophet Salla Allahu ta'ala 'alayhi wa Sallam said in a hadith related by Abu Dawud and Ahmad, "Whoever imitates a group of people will be of them." So the inheritors of the Masters of the Sufi orders, especially the Naqshbandi Sufi Order, inherited the initiation in every century. As it was an obligation in the time of the Prophet Salla Allahu ta'ala 'alayhi wa Sallam, and in the time of the Sahaba and in the time of the Tabiin and Tabic at-Tabicin, and in the times of the Umayyads, Abbasids, Seljukids, and Ottomans, so it is also an obligation to give our bayah to a perfect guide, who guides us to the Way of Allah, Almighty and Exalted. And who is a better guide than the Sufi Masters who are inheritors of the Prophet Salla Allahu ta'ala 'alayhi wa Sallam and inheritors of the Divine Presence?

The scholar Abul asan Ali Nadwi wrote in his book Rijal al-Fikr wa-d-Dawah , page 253, "Abdul Qadir Jilani Radi Allahu anhu, the Ghawth of the Sufi Orders, Shaikh Muhiyideen ibn Arabi Radi Allahu anhu, and all the Masters of the Naqshbandi Golden Chain, opened the door of initiation as wide as possible, for every individual who has good and true belief, to find something that will be of value to him spiritually, and for everyone to renew his bayah with Allah, Almighty and Exalted. These Sufi Masters of the Naqshbandi Golden Chain and all Sufi orders lifted their followers to a station of Truthfulness, to feel the responsibility of their initiation and to renew their faith."

Thus we see that it is an important factor in every Sufi Order for one to take baycah with the shaikh, in order to sanctify oneself and to be lifted up to the Divine Presence. These guides are the revivers in every century, to connect our hearts with the heart of the Prophet Salla Allahu ta'ala 'alayhi wa Sallam, who in his turn connects our heart to the Divine Presence. These guides are the beacon of the light of the Prophet Salla Allahu ta'ala 'alayhi wa Sallam and the light of the Divine Presence and they are the true examples for all nations to follow.

JazakAllahu khayrun

MANAM KHAAKE PAAYE QUTBE DECCAN

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Assalamu 'Alaykum wa Rahmatullahi wa Barakatuhu

Subhanallah Shah Saab

[Shiraz Ashrafi]

Assalamu 'Alaykum wa Rahmatullahi wa Barakatuhu

Subhanallah, yet another great post, brother Fana fi Shaykh, if its not too much to ask, could you please post the story of when and how Hazrat Ali Radi Allahu anhu took Bayah.

Jazakallah

[Fana fi Shaykh]

shirazchughtai said:

Assalamu 'Alaykum wa Rahmatullahi wa Barakatuhu

Subhanallah, yet another great post, brother Fana fi Shaykh, if its not too much to ask, could you please post the story of when and how Hazrat Ali Radi Allahu anhu took Bayah.

Jazakallah

Insha-Allah shiaraz sahib i will start a new post the baya'h of Maula-e-Kainaat alayhis 'salam.