The tradition of bay'ah can be traced back to the era of Prophet Muhammad. From the beginning bay'ah was taken by Prophet Muhammad as an oath of allegiance. Anybody who wanted to enter Islam did so by reciting the basic statement of the faith expressing his faith in the oneness of God and the prophethood of Muhammad. In addition to this the prophet formally took bay'ah from the people and tribes. Through this formal act they entered the Islamic community and showed their willingness to follow and obey Prophet Muhammad. In Ismailism we take bay'ah to the Imam. Kaden had his Bay'ah on Thursday. It was a beautiful little ceremony in Khane. Mukhi Saheb did a wonderful job including Aliya in the ceremony. She was such a hoot during the whole thing. Before it started we were all sitting on the floor except for maa, everyone was quite and Aliya sees maa not sitting and says"Maa, sit down!" We all had to start laughing. During the ceremony she got up and ran around a few times before coming back to the front and sitting down next top Kaden. It was a great night.
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