Question:
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I pledged myself online with Shaykh Nazim. I was pledged before with another shaykh by my mother in law and that time I had no idea of what I was doing.I was made to say these words by a lady that I promise to recite Darood Shareef daily.I didn’t know that I was accepting someone as my mentor and since women are not allowed to meet him or contact him so I had no idea what I pledged for.Later I learned about orders and read about Shaykh Nazim my heart told me to get bayah from him and I did.Will my bayah be accepted?I cudnt take permission from previous shaykh as women aren’t allowed there. Please help.
Answer:
wa `alaykum salam,
Your baya` is accepted insha-Allah, since your first baya` was not really under your own volition.
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. Daily videos of the Shaykhs’ talks are available in 10 languages at sufilive.com.
If you are able to visit the Shaykh this is also recommended, but you should try to get permission before traveling.
You should begin to practice daily the awrad for the beginners, at the Naqshbandi website. You may seek to attend congregational Dhikr at the nearest location to you (lookup at sufilive.com/centers).
Mawlana Shaykh Nazim and Mawlana Shaykh Hisham have a number of books in English which you may obtain from isn1.net.
Taher Siddiqui
