Question:
Bismillahir Rahmaanir Raheem
As Salaamu ‘Alaikum wa Rahmatullah wa Barakaatuh
If you see yourself taking bay’at in a dream is this a valid bay’at in reality?for example you see yourself taking bay’at on the hands of one of the great saints of the past.
Also if you see somebody in a dream as being a Wali, does this mean they are Awliya in reality?
Jazakallah
Answer:
wa `alaykum salam wa rahmatullahi wa barakutuh,
For the baya` question, the answers may vary depending on which tariqah it is and if there is currently a living Shaykh of that tariqah. Usually it means that Shaykh/wali wanted to pass you spiritual knowledge or to tell you that you are an inheritor of theirs, so you have that baya` in a dream. However, if there is a current living wali of that tariqah, who is a true inheritor, it would be best to take the baya` physically with him.
As for the second question, not necessarily because until we reach the state of perfection, most dreams are symbolic of another meaning which can be very different than what we interpret literally from the images in the dream.
Dr. Aziz Hussein
