Khwaja Abdul Khaliq Gajadwani

The pattern of behaviour recommended for a candidate for

initiation:
Your overall state should be founded upon know-how, self-discipline
and piety.
Study the works of your predecessors.
Learn the principles aid down by the Prophet of Islam and avoid the
society of ignorant Sufis.
Always do your prayers with the congregation, but never undertake
the call to prayer, azan, or lead the prayer yourself, Imam.
Do not seek for fame, for in fame lies calamity.
Do not meddle in the affairs of others.
Never become intimate with kings and princes.
Dont make a permanent home for yourself and dont settle down in
any place.
Do not engage too much in music and the sacred dance for excess of
these destroys the feelings.
But do not reject the sacred dance for many are devoted to it and rely
upon it.
Speak little, eat little, sleep little.
Keep away from the crowd and learn to value your own solitude.

Do not enter into discussion with young people, with women, with
rich or with worldly folk.
Eat pure food and avoid doubtful food.
Postpone marriage as long as you can, for marriage arouses desire for
this world and if you are attached to this world, your religion is vain.
Dont laugh uproariously, for too much hilarity destroys the
sensitivity of the heart.
Nevertheless, you must always be cheerful and ready to rejoice with
others.
Never despise anyone on any pretext.
Do not embellish your outer person, for ornament is a mark of inner
poverty.
Never quarrel with people and never ask favours from anyone.
Be sure that you are a burden to no-one.
Put no confidence in the world or in worldly people.
Let your heart be filled with abasement and humility, let your body
suffer, your eyes weep.
Let your actions be straightforward and your prayers sincere.
Wear old clothes and choose a poor man for your companion.
Let your home be a house of prayer and let the highest truth, Haqq
Taala, be your guide.