The following response was send to him,

You do not have to be a murid to start the dowazdah tasbih. But you need to be sincere in the effort for your islah. Usually it is recommended that a seeker who has been punctual with his regular daily tasbihat, tilawat and recitation of munajat e maqbool and is informing the Saykh of his progress in rectifying his daily affairs for atleast few months is asked to do this dhikr.

I am not sure what your daily activities are, the extent of effort to bring deen in your life is and understanding of the spiritual path is? More over, sometimes these sufic dhikr result in some overwhelming thoughts and states for which a Shaykh is necessary. Otherwise, a person may go astray.

Please, do not hurry to make baya to anyone. This is a very major decision of your life. It is like marriage. Please, go over the category “Reality of Tasawwuf” and the sub page “tasawwuf” on this blog in detail before doing any thing. Afterwards make istekhara and lot of dua, then write a letter to Hadhrat Mufti M Taqi Usmani sahib db. Tell him about yourself and the desire to follow the path. It can be in urdu or english. Then do as he tells. The address is,
Vice President’s Office
Darul Uloom Karachi
Karachi 75180
Pakistan

Enclose a self-addressed envelope and allow 2-3 weeks for the reply.

I tried mailing you with query at you email abd@ashrafiya.com, but it returned.
May i know another mailing address ?

Wassalaam,

Aamir

‘abd:wa alaykum as salam,
I got your email and I have replied. Please, check your email.
JazakAllah