Dream:
As-salamu ‘alaykum dear Shaykhs,
In my dream I was in the Lefke dergah sitting in front of a smiling Mawlana Shaykh Nazim. Then Mawlana Shaykh Nazim took my hand. He released it and then I took his hand again.
After talking a little with the Shaykh I was trying to figure out where to lodge in Lefke (I have never been there).
Then the Shaykh asked me if I wanted to be put in khalwa. I said yes and the khalwa began. Then I woke up.
Please pray for my istiqama on the right way.
Interpretation:
wa ‘alaykum salam,
Alhamdulillah, Mawlana Shaykh Hisham has explained that oftentimes in dreams we are granted spiritually what would be too hard for us to accomplish in the Last Days, this Era of Second Ignorance. It means you have been granted to do khalwa through the spirituality of the dream instead of the intense hardship of physicality and you were gifted that as if you have done it and you will receive the blessings and rewards as if so.
To preserve what you have received, keep istiqamah, as you said, by holding fast to your salat and the awrad assigned by your Shaykh, insha-Allah.
w ‘Allahu `alam,
Taher Siddiqui
