Get Permission First!
Advising salikeen (spiritual aspirants) Hakeemul Ummat Hazrat Mawlana Shah Ashraf Ali Thanawi ra said;
“Tasks which are considered by people to be of high stature should not be initiated without getting permission form the Sheikh first”.
Infas e Essa, volume 2, page 10/Malfoozat e Hakeemul Ummat ra, volume 22.