Dream:
As-salamu ‘alaykum,
First dream: After istikhara prayer (regarding choice of murshid) I dreamt that I was in prayer and when I was in sujud Mawlana Shaykh Nazim (q) was there and grabbed my wrists/ankles and adjusted their position.
Second dream: I was was in what seemed like the Haram in Makka. I saw Mawlana Shaykh Nazim (q) on the other side of it and went over to him and greeted him. We then talked in private, but I cannot remember what was said.
I later gave bay’at to Mawlana Shaykh through the representative in Germany over the phone.
Interpretation:
Alaykum as-Salam,
These are good dreams pointing to spiritual progress and your bay`a confirms it. The first dream shows you that Mawlana Shaykh Nazim is the Murshid of the Ummah in our time, as he corrects the worship of those who seek guidance so that they can avoid the mistakes described in the noble verse {Have you seen him who takes as his god his own desires}
أَفَرَءَيۡتَ مَنِ ٱتَّخَذَ إِلَـٰهَهُ ۥ هَوَٮٰهُ وَأَضَلَّهُ ٱللَّهُ عَلَىٰ عِلۡمٍ۬ وَخَتَمَ عَلَىٰ سَمۡعِهِۦ وَقَلۡبِهِۦ وَجَعَلَ عَلَىٰ بَصَرِهِۦ غِشَـٰوَةً۬ فَمَن يَہۡدِيهِ مِنۢ بَعۡدِ ٱللَّهِۚ أَفَلَا تَذَكَّرُونَ
{Then seest thou such a one as takes as his god his own vain desire? Allah has, knowing (him as such), left him astray, and sealed his hearing and his heart (and understanding), and put a cover on his sight. Who, then, will guide him after Allah (has withdrawn guidance)? Will ye not then receive admonition?} Surat al-Jathiya 45:23
and the Prophetic hadith: “Go and repeat your prayer for you have not truly prayed.”
The second dream shows that Mawlana Shaykh’s path leads to the purest of places and that you will experience familiarity and intimacy insha-Allah.
Hajj Gibril Haddad
