Questions on Bait

[sarosh]

Asalamualikum wa Rahmatullahi wa Barakatuhu,

Thanks 4 answer ashraf786.proboards15.com/index.cgi?board=sufism&action=display&thread=1136047397 ........... but still i have more
questions and i want to remove my confusion.

1- Sahaba take bait on Hazrat Muhamad's hands.Did
Allah or prophet said that PPL should take bait on
shaik's hand who needed it.


Did bait continue from Hazrat Muhamad(PBUH) n after
some sahabi n after other....etc

U told abt bait-e-Ridwan....But question is .... Is
bait continued like chain... n its root is Muhammad.


Did sahaba after Hazrat Muhammad take bait(any
example) ..

Dont u think "Faraz ibadat is also bait with Allah"
that we have 2 fulfil at any cost....

If we feel, Allah give us Sunna , Holy Quran , Hazrat
Muhamad...... n we follow it.ant we get greater
"Darja" rather than bait's one.


Hope so ... u can understand wat i wana say...
plz answer these question...

May Allah give u lots of jaza
Fe-Aman-Allah

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[Imam]

Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem

Wa'alaykum 'Assalam wa Rahmatullahi wa Barakatuhu


All Praise be to Allah who is the Lord of the Worlds, and may Endless Blessings be showered upon Our Master, the Most Beloved Prophet of Allah, Hadrat Muhammad Mustafa (Salla Allahu ta'ala 'alayhi wa aalihi wa Sallam)



Jazak'Allah for your question. The Shahaba al kiram did take bait on the Beloved Prophet (Salla Allahu ta'ala 'alayhi wa Sallam)'s hand, and after that, the people did bait on the hand of Sayyidina Abu Bakr as-Siddiq (Radi Allahu ta'ala anhu), then at the hands of Sayyidina Umar (Radi Allahu ta'ala anhu), then at the hands of Sayyidina Uthman Ghani (Radi Allahu ta'ala anhu), then at the hands of Sayyidina Ali (Radi Allahu ta'ala anhu).


This is enough to state, that it is a Sunnah of the beloved Messenger of Allah (Salla Allahu ta'ala 'alayhi wa aalihi wa Sallam) to give the bait, and it is a Sunnah of the Companions of the beloved Prophet (Salla Allahu ta'ala 'alayhi wa Sallam), to take the bait.


The bait system was very popular in the time of the beloved Prophet (Salla Allahu ta'ala 'alayhi wa Sallam), when they were at Hudaybiyyah, willing to come to Makkah, and perform tawaf. At that time the Messenger of Allah (Salla Allahu ta'ala 'alayhi wa Sallam) sent Hadrat Uthman Ghani (Radi Allahu ta'ala anhu), to negotiate with the kuffar of Makkah, but they refused.


News soon spread that Hadrat Uthman (Radi Allahu ta'ala anhu) had been martyred, yet they were still alive, and fifteen hundred Noble Companions of the Beloved Messenger of Allah (Salla Allahu ta'ala 'alayhi wa Sallam) did bait, for the purpose of Hadrat Uthman (Radi Allahu ta'ala anhu). Therefore the bait system does have its origins, and has been proven from the Qur'an al kareem, as stated in Surah al Fatah.


These Sahabis, and also the Imams, then made bait, in their time, while they were alive, hence the lineage of bait did not stop until today, where it still remains. No matter who is doing the bait, its root, and its essence, is where it had started from, and that was at the Ennobled Hands, of the Beloved Messenger of Allah Hadrat Muhammad Mustafa (Salla Allahu ta'ala 'alayhi wa 'aalihi wa Sallam).


A classical example of bait being taken from Sahabis, is that Hadrat Imam Hasan (Radi Allahu ta'ala anhu), had taken the bait from Hadrat 'Ali (Radi Allahu ta'ala anhu), who had taken it from Hadrat Uthman (Radi Allahu ta'ala anhu), who had taken it from Hadrat 'Umar (Radi Allahu ta'ala anhu), who had taken it from Hadrat Abu Bakr Siddiq (Radi Allahu ta'ala anhu), who had taken it from the Beloved Messenger of Allah (Salla Allahu ta'ala 'alayhi wa 'aalihi wa Sallam).


Hence, when we do bait, we swear that we will be firm in Islam, pray the five times salah, ask forgiveness from passed sins, and not commit any sins in the future. Therefore, when you pray your fard 'Ibadat, then definitely you are fulfilling the conditions of bait, and your bait with Allah the Almighty. He gives you guidance from whom you have sworn the bait to.


To do the bait is not to gain darjah, but to gain salvation, guidance, cleanliness, purity, and inner knowledge. Although all the Qur'an al kareem, the Messenger of Allah (Salla Allahu ta'ala 'alayhi wa Sallam), and the Sunnah are all knowledge, they will teach you the outer knowledge of the physical self, whereas the Murshid will teach you the inner knowledge (ma'rifah) of every single outer action. When these two the outer knowledge (shar'iyyah), and the inner knowledge (tariqah), are gained, is it that you are stationed at a place where you can gain wisdom. But you must have a murshid, who teaches you that inner knowledge.



May Allah the Almighty give us the knowledge of the outer, and inner self, so that we may put right what is wrong, and be firm in acting upon what is right.



Wallahu A'lamu Biththawaab



M. Waseem Ashrafi