Question:
assalamualaikum, ya shaykh. Before I start, I’d like to apologize if there’s any statement of mine lacks in adab. I once took baya‘ online on a website. The picture of Mawlana Shaykh Nazim was there and it was written there that Mawlana had wanted that particular photo to be put there. After I finished reciting everything, there weren’t any forms to be filled. If I go to link that’s stated here, in eshaykh for online baya‘, there’ll be a few forms that need to be filled (name, email address, etc.) I took online baya‘ early of this year but I haven’t gotten dreams, indicating that my baya‘ is accepted. I haven’t recited any daily awrad until now. Must I renew my baya‘ and fill up the forms in the website? Am I mureed of Mawlana?
Answer:
wa `alaykum salaam wa rahmatullah, peace of Allah be upon you and His Mercy and Blessings!
Congratulations on your initiation (baya`) which Mawlana Shaykh Nazim is accepting insha-Allah. We recommend you keep connection with Mawlana Shaykh Nazim and his deputy Shaykh Muhammad Hisham Kabbani via the websites sufilive.com, haqqanisoul.com and naqshbandi.org.
It is not necessary to see any dreams of the shuyukh to confirm your baya`. Rather most important is to begin your wird/awrad and stick to them without fail.
If you are able to visit the Shaykh this is also recommended, but you must inform us before traveling. We have daily transcription of the Shaykhs’ talks in 10 languages at sufilive.com.
Please begin to practice daily the awrad for the beginners, at the Naqshbandi website.
If you have questions that need addressing, post them at eshaykh.com. You may seek to attend congregational Dhikr at the nearest location to you (look up at sufilive.com/centers).
Mawlana Shaykh Nazim and Mawlana Shaykh Hisham have a number of books in English language which you may obtain from isn1.net.
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