The Language of the Future
Sufi Terminology
by Murshid F.A. Ali ElSenossi

Bay'ah
Initiation

Bay'ah - see 'Pledge of Initiation'.


See also: Pledge of Inititation
(Bay'ah). The pledge or rite of initiation into a Sufi Tariqa. This pledge, which in truth is a pledge between Allah and His slave, eternally bonds together the Murshid and his murid. Within the bay'ah there is a sacred moment in which the spiritual energy of the spiritual chain is transmitted from the Murshid to the murid. This enables the murid to travel in safety under Divine Protection and with Divine Aid.

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