One may ask, what is the need to take an oath of allegiance and join a Sufi Order and the company of the pious when one is born and brought up as a Muslim following the Quran and the teachings of Sayiduna Rasullallah(sawas) which is a guide to mankind and whatever the murshid will teach is from the Quran and Sunna?

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The need for a PĪR

Just like the seeker of knowledge is called a student and the provider of knowledge called a teacher likewise, the receiver of spiritual training is called a 'Murīd' seeker or devotee [one who has made intent on living a life in total submission to the will of Allāh] and its provider [Master] is called a Pīr; Spiritual Guide or Shaykh. The Pīr is also referred to as a Murshid; one who guides.

In different regions a Pīr is given variant names according to the local language, also in different era's the Pīr has been referred by various terms. Sometimes by Hādī [Guide], sometimes Rehbar [also Guide], Bāpū and Bābā's. In all case these Mashā'ikh have always been connected to the Ahl-e-Sunnat wa'l Jamā'at. In other terms the Friends of Allāh [Awliyā' Allāh] have no link or affiliation with nulled sects. A Pīr or Walī is and has connection with the Sunnī Jamā'at only. A sect or group in which the Messenger of Allāh, the families of the Prophet; Ahl al-Bayt or the Noble Prophetic Companions, [Sahāba-e-Kirām] salla Allāhu 'alayhi wa ālihī wa ashābihī wa sallam, are denigrated, the 'Mashā'ikh-e-'Izām' do not exist amidst them.

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