Bay'ah (Pledge of Allegiance) — Sufism

• Proof of Bay‘ah from the Qur’an and Hadith
• The Need for a Spiritual Guide or Wali
• The Purposes of Bay‘ah
• Is Complete Rectification Possible Without Bay‘ah?
• Is Bay‘ah at the Hand of a Righteous Shaykh Necessary?
• Is It Necessary to Take Bay‘ah?
• Taking Bay‘ah Hand in Hand
• Turning to Another Spiritual Guide After One’s Guide Passes Away
• Taking Bay‘ah from a Second Elder After the First
• Changing One’s Spiritual Guide
• Bay‘ah with Multiple Shaykhs
• Bay‘ah with Two Spiritual Guides
• Can Someone Be Called a Disciple on the Basis of Devotion Alone?
• Was Mawlvi Ahmad Raza a Disciple of Hajji Imdadullah?
• Committing Sins Again After Bay‘ah
• The Ruling on Bay‘ah
• The Ruling on Bay‘ah (A Saying of Ignorant Dervishes)
• The Difference Between a Disciple and a Student
• Taking Bay‘ah from Women by Holding Hands
• A Woman Taking Disciples
• Bay‘ah at the Hand of a Woman

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