خطبات طاہر (جلد 1۔ 1982ء) — Page 401
Khutbat-e-Tahir Vol 1 401 September 24, 1982 you can put hands on the person who is sitting before you۔So that to establish a sort of bodily contact۔Now bodily contact is not what is meant۔What is meant is the spiritual contact۔Because this is the same Bai'at which is referred to in the Holy Qur'an as Hablullah (J)۔You hold Hablullah with the strongest possible power which you have۔Now through Bai'at you come to, in contact with Hablullah۔So that is a spiritual contact, and why do we ask you to establish also a bodily contact? Not because of superstitions, but because Hadrat Muhammad Mustafa has taught us this۔This was his habit, he used to do it like this۔So we are his followers۔It's only I think, a way of symbol۔I am establishing the necessity of your contact, by telling you to establish physical contact, what the Holy Prophet meant was that you should try to be near the Khalifah or near whom you are pledging your Bai'at to۔Not only physically, but also spiritually much more so۔Perhaps that is a symbol, but what ever it is, we do how we found, exactly as we found Hadrat Muhammad Mustafa and his followers do۔So it is no superstition۔So after the Bai‘at we'll say prayer and then I'll take leave of you۔