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**n2Oddw8P** · 06-11-2012, 01:12 PM

I am not sure about other Shuyukh, but a well known Sheikh of Tasawwuf in Toronto, Sheikh Zakariya Patel, as well as Sheikh Husain Sattar from Chicago, have both mentioned that taking bayah from a tariqa, or a Sheikh is not a requirement, as it's possible that one is on the path of guidance without any such formal allegiance.

However, they also mentioned that it helps to do so as it helps one to rectify oneself by being in a constant syllabus of good deeds prescribed by the Sheikh, and/or regularly being checked upon by the Sheikh.

Wallaahu A'lam.

06-11-2012, 01:12 PM	#15
n2Oddw8P Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 426 Senior Member	I am not sure about other Shuyukh, but a well known Sheikh of Tasawwuf in Toronto, Sheikh Zakariya Patel, as well as Sheikh Husain Sattar from Chicago, have both mentioned that taking bayah from a tariqa, or a Sheikh is not a requirement, as it's possible that one is on the path of guidance without any such formal allegiance. However, they also mentioned that it helps to do so as it helps one to rectify oneself by being in a constant syllabus of good deeds prescribed by the Sheikh, and/or regularly being checked upon by the Sheikh. Wallaahu A'lam.
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