Method of accepting women for bay`at

Friday, 16 April 2010 23:07

Q: How does the shaikh accept those women for bay`at who are unable to come to him?

A: The shaikh will give them the same instructions that your shaikh had given you at the time of bay`at. He will ask them to make Wudhu and perform two rakaats nafl salaah. He will then say the words that your shaikh had said at the time of bay`at. The bay`at has now taken place. He will thereafter gradually begin instructing them. However, he will not ask them to make zikr-e-jahri (audible zikr) but zikr-e-sirri (silent zikr).