2.If a spiritual guide is a Sunni, of sound creed, a scholar, not openly sinful, and his spiritual chain remains connected back to its source, then to take bayꜤah at his hand does not require permission from parents, or even the husband in the case of a wife.^[1]

3.BayꜤah can occur through a letter.^[2]

4.A person can become a murīd by means of a messenger or a letter.^[3]

5.Objecting to the words or actions of a shaykh is severely forbidden and results in the deprivation of blessings in both worlds.^[4]

6.Any spiritual blessing a murīd receives, whether outwardly through a pious elder or from the shrine of a pious person, should still be believed to be the blessing of his own shaykh.^[5]

7.A murīd must always remain cautious and respectful, for even a small degree of heedlessness or carelessness can cause religious and worldly harm which may never be compensated.^[6]

8.Sayyidunā Dhū al-Nūn Miṣrī رَحْمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ عَـلَيْه said, “When a murīd fails to observe proper etiquette, he returns to the very state from which he began.”^[7]

صَلُّوۡا عَلَى الۡحَبِيۡب                                     صَلَّى اللّٰهُ عَلٰى مُحَمَّد

Du’a for Protection from Scorpions and other Harmful Creatures

In the Madani Halqahs of Dawat-e-Islami’s Sunnah-inspiring Ijtima’ this week, the “Du’a for protection from scorpions and other harmful creatures” will be taught as per the schedule. The Du’a is as follows: