Ten (10) Conditions of Bai’at (Pledge of Allegiance).

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Peace be on you. The Holy Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be on him) has prophesied the vital role of the Promised Messiah and Mahdi (on whom be peace) for the peaceful revival of faith in latter days so that the peaceful life-giving message of Holy Prophet (s.a.w.) should reach to the corners of the earth.


The Promised Messiah and Mahdi (a.s.) invited righteous souls to respond to his call, for the sake of Allah and his master the Holy Prophet (s.a.w.), and published ten conditions of Bai’at for all who wished to join him with a covenant of allegiance.


The Holy Phrophet (s.a.w.) has guided:

1-“When you find the Mahdi, perfom Bai’at (Pledge of Allegiance) at his hands. (You must go to him), even if you have to reach him across ice-bound mountains on your knees. Because surely, he is Khalifah of Allah, al-Mahdi.” [Ref: Ibne Majah]

2-“Issues will not increase but in severity AND nothing will happen to the world but calamity AND people will not behave but with greediness AND a-special-time will not come but on wicked people AND Mahdi will be none but Esa son of Mary”. [Ref: Ibne Majah]

Note:
a- The promised reformer has been given metaphoric titles of Mahdi i.e. the Guided one. He is guided by Allah. i.e. Allah will teach him how to serve Allah, Quran and Holy Prophet (s.a.w.).
b- Other title for him is Esa bin Maryam (Jesus, son of Mary) i.e. he will be maligned with allegation but he is pure.
c- He has to come after 1400 years of Holy Prophet (s.a.w.) as first Jesus (a.s.) came 1400 years after Moses (a.s.).
d- He does not use force as Jesus did not use.
e- The name is given to stress about his spiritual attentions.
f- These are metaphoric titles.
g- Similar phenomenon had happened earlier in the history when Jews were told in their Book that before coming of Messiah, a previous Prophet Elia (a.s.) was to come…. Thus Jews asked the Jesus, where is the Elia? Jesus replied, he is John the Baptist........The news was metaphoric in past, and again it is metaphoric too. The awaited one has come.


The Promised Messiah (a.s.) published Ten conditions of Bai’at for those who wished to join him for the sake of Allah and Holy Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be on him):

I That he/she shall abstain from Shirk (association of any partner with God) right up to the day of his/her death.

II That he/she shall keep away from falsehood, fornication, adultery, trespasses of the eye, debauchery, dissipation, cruelty, dishonesty, mischief and rebellion; and will not permit himself/herself to be carried away by passions, however strong they might be.

III That he/she shall regularly offer the five daily prayers in accordance with the commandments of God and the Holy Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him); and shall try his/her best to be regular in offering the Tahajud (pre-dawn supererogatory prayers) and invoking Darood (blessings) on the Holy Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him); that he/she shall make it his/her daily routine to ask forgiveness for his/her sins, to remember the bounties of God and to praise and glorify Him.

IV That under the impulse of any passions, he/she shall cause no harm whatsoever to the creatures of Allah in general, and Muslims in particular, neither by his/her tongue nor by his/her hands nor by any other means.

V That he/she shall remain faithful to God in all circumstances of life, in sorrow and happiness, adversity and prosperity, in felicity and trial; and shall in all conditions remain resigned to the decree of Allah and keep himself/herself ready to face all kinds of indignities and sufferings in His way and shall never turn away from it at the onslaught of any misfortune; on the contrary, he/she shall march forward.

VI That he/she shall refrain from following un-islamic customs and lustful inclinations, and shall completely submit himself/herself to the authority of the Holy Quran; and shall make the Word of God and the Sayings of the Holy Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) the guiding principle in every walk of his/her life.

VII That he/she shall entirely give up pride and vanity and shall pass all his/her life in humbleness, cheerfulness, forbearance and meekness.

VIII That he/she shall hold faith, the honor of faith, and the cause of Islam dearer to him/her than his/her life, wealth, honor, children and all other dear ones.

IX That he/she shall keep himself/herself occupied in the service of God's creatures for His sake only; and shall endeavor to benefit mankind to the best of his/her God-given abilities and powers.

X That he/she shall enter into a bond of brotherhood with this humble servant of God, pledging obedience to me in everything good, for the sake of Allah, and remain faithful to it till the day of his/her death; that he/she shall exert such a high devotion in the observance of this bond as is not to be found in any other worldly relationship and connections demanding devoted dutifulness.

Conditions of Initiation (Bai'at)



The Fifth Khalifah (may Allah help him) of Promised Messiah (upon whom be peace) has explained these 10 conditions in the light of Holy Quran, sayings of Holy Prophet (s.a.w.) and writings of the Promised Messiah (a.s.) in various Friday sermons and speeches @ wwwDOTalislamDOTorg/introduction/conditions.pdf ( 10.15 MB )

Good wishes.