1. First and foremost, he must be a Sunni Muslim holding correct Islamic beliefs.
2. He should at least have that amount of knowledge which will enable him, without the assistance of anyone, to extract questions relating to Islamic Jurisprudence from Islamic books.
3. His Silsila (Chain of Spiritual Order) must be directly linked to the Holy Prophet (SallAllahu Alaihi wa Sallam) without a break in the sequence.
4. He must not be a Fasiq-e-Mo'lin (One who openly commits transgression and sin).
 

"One who imitates a nation is among them".
 

"Be it known that there are two types of Bay'at - Bay'at-e-Tabaruk (Barakah) and Bay'at-e-Iradah (Devotion). The actual intention of the Murids of a Masha'ikh is Bay'at-e-Iradah and Bay'at-e-Tabaruk has similarity with it. So for the real and true Murid there is Bay'at-e-Iradah and, for those who desire imitation there is Bay'at-e-Tabaruk because those who imitate a nation is amongst them".
 

"There are those people who, by merely sitting with them, one will never become a Kafir". (This refers to the Awliya)
 

"If any person takes your name in respect and honour though he may not be your Murid or not initiated by you personally, would he be counted as your Murid?"
 

"Allah will accept those who have any form of relation or connection with me and notes his name in my spiritual office. If such a person adopts any desired path, Allah will bless him with guidance and repentance. He will be under my spiritual banner. Verily, my Rabb, the All Powerful and Almighty, has promised me that all my Murids, all those who love me and all those who follow the path I am on, will enter Jannah (Paradise)".
 

"We had taken Bay'at (at the hands of Rasoolullah SallAllahu Alaihi wa Sallam) on the following principles:

We will await his command and execute it in times of every ease and difficulty, every form of ecstasy or displeasure. And when the Master commands us we will never disobey or cross question him".
 

"And it is not appropriate for faithful men and women; when and His Messenger have judged a matter, to consider it a matter of choice for themselves; and one who does not accept the judgement of and His Messenger has indeed clearly entered darkness." [Sura Ahzab: 36]
 

"To be under the command of the Shaykh is to be under the Command of Allah and His Rasool SallAllaho Alaihi wa Sallam and is the revival of a Sunnah - Bay'at. This is only applicable on those persons who imprison themselves in the hands of the Shaykh, discard all desires and dissolve themselves in the Shaykh (Fana-fish-Shaykh)".
 

"Abstain from criticizing the Shaykh for it is a deadly poison for the Murid. It is extremely rare for a Murid who criticise his Shaykh to find serenity and success. In any action of the Shaykh which does not seem correct to the Murid, he should remember the events of Sayyiduna Khidar. This is because the actions performed by Sayyiduna Khidar Alaihis Salam were apparently questionable (e.g. making a hole in the boat of the poor and killing an innocent child), but when the reasons for these actions were explained then it became obvious that the Shaykh should not be questioned".
 

"Any person who says 'why' to any word of his Shaykh will never achieve success."
 

"The exalted and respected in the Court of Allah are those amongst you that are pious and Allah Fearing."
 

To say that it is a condition for a Peer to be Sayyid, is to claim that all the silsilas (Spiritual Chains) are baatil (broken). In the Silsila Aaliyah Qadiriyah, all the Shaykhs between Sayyiduna Ali Rida and Hadrat Ghawth al-Azam (Radi Allahu Ta'ala Anhum al-Ajma'een) are all non Sayyids. And in the Silsila Aaliyah Chishtiya, immediately after Sayyiduna Ali (Radi Allahu Ta'ala Anhu) is Hadrat Imam Hassan al-Basri (Radi Allahu Ta'ala Anhu), who neither Sayyid, Quraishi nor an Arab, and in Silsila Aaliyah Naqshabandiya, the actual inception is from Hadrat Abu Bakr Siddique (Radi Allahu Anhu). [Fatawa Radawiyyah, Vol. 9, Page 114]