Like My

Murshed,
I've Seen
No Other!
The Mystical
Accounts of a Sufi's
45-year Journey into
Islamic Spirituality
Major (Retd) Ghulam
Muhammad

Like My Murshed
I've Seen No
Other
The Mystical Accounts of a Sufi's
45-year Journey into Islamic
Spirituality

Major (Retd) Ghulam Muhammad

Translation: Aves E

Copyright 2015 Aves E

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First Printing, 2015

Awaisia Publications
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In the loving memory of my Murshed

Hazrat Maulana Allah Yar KhanRA
The honorable Shaykh of Silsila NaqshbandiaAwaisia

Contents
Preface .................................................................................7
Chain of Succession ..................................................... 10
Certificate of Succession ........................................... 12
Special Instructions..................................................... 15
His Words Are Full of Fragrance ........................... 18
Keep Praying for Your Steadfastness .................. 31
The Last Guide............................................................... 38
Memories of Him .......................................................... 43
Conversation with Spirits ......................................... 68
Fana Baqa ........................................................................ 78
In Idols You Have Hopes ........................................... 88
My Head is Bowed to Thy Will ............................ 101
Those Who Forgot their Place ............................. 109
This World is of No Use to You ............................ 115
The Companion Jinn ................................................ 126
Aetkaf in Awaisia Mosque .................................... 140
Dying before Death .................................................. 151
Did You Even Know?................................................ 155

I Keep Waiting for You ............................................ 168

The Games that Destiny Plays ............................. 174
The One Who Caused Us to Err ........................... 184
He Could Not Shut the Door ................................. 191
Little Did We Know .............................................. 197
Involuntarily, I Cried ............................................... 204
From the Windows of the Past ............................ 210

Preface
On one hand, it's an honor that I have been blessed
with the opportunity to write this preface. But on the
other hand, I do not consider myself worthy to write
the introduction to the articles written by my highly
affectionate and respected teacher and Hazrat Allah
Yar Khan'sRA Authorized Successor, Major (Retd)
Ghulam Muhammad. My tongue and my pen are not
at all worthy of commenting on what Hazrat Ghulam
Muhammad has written. However, as it was my
Hazrat's wish, I am daring to write these lines in the
compliance of his orders.
Major Ghulam Muhammad Sahib is a resident of Wan
Bhachran district Mianwali. He was just two months
old when he lost his mother. He had not started going
to school when his father also expired. His parental
aunt raised and educated him. He earned
scholarships throughout his schooling, from the fifth
grade to the university, so he didnt face any problem
in completing his education. He got a commission in
the Pakistan Army in 1966. He met Hazrat Allah Yar
KhanRA in the last month of 1969. That was the day
he stepped into the field of Tasawwuf and Salook,
and since then, he never stopped walking on this path
to this day. He is now the leader of a Jamaat of Silsila
Naqshbandia Awaisia.

Hazrat Ghulam Muhammad's father's name was

Muhammad Ramzan. He has three sons: Abdul
Ghafoor (Late), Ghulam Hussain, and Ghulam
Muhammad. How lucky his father must be, that all of
his three sons are present in the ProphetSalAllahu-alaihWasallam
's Court. Major Ghulam Muhammad's spiritual
Baet took place in 1970, and he was blessed with the
position of an "Authorized Successor" by the Holy
ProphetSalAllahu-alaih-Wasallam in 1974. His way of
preaching is unique. He casts down the Lights from
his Station upon the person that he wants to bring into
the Silsila, and prays to Allah every day after
Tahajjud, that Allah may accept that person for his
remembrance and Zikr. If that person does not join
the Zikr for five to six weeks, he considers him
unlucky and thinks that he doesnt have it in his
destiny that Allah should accept him for His
remembrance. Hence, he stops thinking about that
person.
Major Ghulam Muhammad Sahib has been a part of
the Silsila Naqshbandia Awaisia for over 45 years. He
hasnt gathered any worldly effects. He lives in a
shack, practices Allah, Allah, and make others do
Allah, Allah. He recited the Darood Shareef ten-million
times in twenty-six years. He also wrote the Quran
with his own hand in 2013.
Hazrat Ghulam Muhammad holds a distinct place
among the Authorized Successors of Hazrat Allah Yar
KhanRA. The reason is the exalted honor that was only
bestowed upon Hazrat Ghulam Muhammad, that the

Holy ProphetSalAllahu-alaih-Wasallam inscribed his name

with his own blessed hand in the list of the successors
presented by Hazrat Allah Yar KhanRA.
These writings of Major Ghulam Muhammad Sahib
are a precious asset for our comprehensive guidance.
These articles consist of the feelings, observations
and experiences that he went through during his
journey on the path of Salook, and constitute an
extremely rare collection of principles for acquiring the
'subject-specialty' of Salook.
May Allah, The Most High, bless Hazrat Ghulam
Muhammad with higher Stations and rewards, and
keep the link between our hearts, and may his
blessed shadow stay on our heads forever. Ameen,
again, Ameen.
Nacheez Fazal Mehmood

Chain of Succession

Prophet Muhammad
Sall-Allahu-alaih-Wasallam
(1)

Hadhrat Abu Bak Siqqique

Razi Allah Anhu
(2)

Hadhrat Imam Hassan Basri

Rehmatullah Alaih
(3)

Hadhrat Daud Tai

Rehmatullah Alaih
(4)

Hadhrat Junaid Baghdadi

Rehmatullah Alaih
(5)

Hadhrat Obaidullah Ahrar

Rehmatullah Alaih
(6)

Hadhrat Maulana Abdul Rehman Jami

Rehmatullah Alaih
(7)

Hadhrat Abu Ayub Muhammad Saleh

Rehmatullah Alaih
(8)

Hadhrat Sultan-al-Arifeen Khwaja Allah Din

Madni
Rehmatullah Alaih
(9)

Hadhrat Maulana Allah Yar Khan

Rehmatullah Alaih

Certificate of Succession
Hazrat Major Ghulam
Muhammad

From Chikrala
28-9-1974

Nacheez1 Allah Yar Khan

In the service of my dear Ghulam Muhammad Sahib,

Assalam-o-Alaikum,
Islam started off from an apparently very low point.
Soon, it will again be observed at a very low point.
This is the age of waywardness. It is pitch darkness
all around. It's a black night, and as the storms of
darkness blow all around, you people are shining like
luminous lamps.
The lamp that Allah has Himself lit will not be affected
by the hostile winds of blackness at all.

Out of humility, Hazrat Allah Yar Khan used to write "Nacheez"

with his name. It literally means "nothing".
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You've written about the people who oppose Baig

Sahib and other Zaakireen2. My dear, these people
are not against you or Baig Sahib. In fact, they are the
enemies of the Deen3. They harbor enmity against the
Deen and against Allah, the Glorious. They are the
wayward, the faithless.
You can advance anyone who you think is capable.
However, you have been granted standing permission
only till Salik-al-Majzoobi4. When you come to
Chikrala, you'll also be given the written certificate to
the effect. And you have also been granted an
Appointment. Whatever (Appointment) was decided
for you by Allah SWT, Huzoor-e-Anwar5Sall-Allahu-alaihWasallam
, and the senior Mashaikh6 has been given to
you.
Your affair is unlike it used to be. Now, you are an
Authorized Successor and Abdaal7. You are among
the five companions whom Allah SWT has blessed
with His permission.
Today, the Jammaat8 has sent Rs 400 from Quetta as
the air fare, but it's difficult to go there in the month of
Ramzan. Three or four letters from Quetta also

From "Zikr". Those who do Zikr. Those who remember Allah.

Deen-e-Islam. The true faith of Islam.
4 It's a destination of Salook.
5 The Holy Prophet Peace be upon Him
6 Plural of Shaykh. Spiritual Elders or Guides.
7 An Appointment in Salook
8 A group of people, in the religious sense, is called a Jamaat.
2
3

arrived today, including one from Maulana Abdul

Qadir.
A tour of Chakwal (3-4 days), Moohra (1 day) and
Munara (2 days) has been planned just after Eid, from
26-10-74. Assalam-o-Alaikum to the whole Jamaat.
Your main responsibility in Quetta is to prepare Maulvi
Abdul Qadir, so that he may do a good job after you.

Special Instructions
Hazrat Allah Yar KhanRA

I'm observing that in these treacherous times, the

people's spiritual capacity is declining day by day.
Moreover, I also feel a lack of effort and hard work
among the companions of the circle (of Zikr). Some of
our companions are inclined towards personal fame
and projection, and are afflicted by a rot in their
affairs.
With this background, the following special
instructions are being issued for the proper spiritual
training and guidance of my friends.
1. By Allah's blessing, the Spiritual Baet9 is solely
in my domain. The seeker's ability is a
precondition for this (Baet). Only those who
obey the Shariah and have the ache (to spread
this light to others) will be bestowed with this
supreme blessing. This will usually take place
during the Aetkaf or the annual congregation at
Munara, after performing due diligence.
In Awaisia, the seekers that have the capability are blessed with a
spiritual oath of allegiance at the blessed hands of the Holy Prophet
9

().

2. No one except me is authorized to take people

to the Upper Destinations. If someone has
been taken to these Destinations without me,
it's merely an illusion or wishful thinking.
Moreover, if someone has been taken beyond
the Triple Meditations without me, he should
not think that he is cleared for those Stations.
The people who have been duly Authorized
and appointed by me can take others till the
Triple Meditations and the Triple Circles, and
can also give spiritual attention till their own
Stations. Out of these people, today I authorize
the following for taking others to the Stations till
the Prophet'sSall-Allahu-alaih-Wasallam Court.
1. Malik Muhammad Akram, 2. Col
Matloob Hussain, 3. Syed Bunyad Hussain
Shah, 4. Hafiz Abdul Razzaq, 5.
Muhammad Ahsan Baig, 6. Hafiz Ghulam
Qadri, 7. Ghulam Muhammad (Wan
Bhachran, Mianwali), 8. Khan Muhammad
Irani, 9. Maulana Abdul Ghafoor, 10. Syed
Muhammad Hassan (Zhob)
3. The people who are not Authorized, but are
blessed with the Spiritual Baet, can teach the
Lata-if10 to others and can also give spiritual
attention until the Triple Meditations. They are
not permitted to give Attention to others
beyond that. However, the appointed Ameers
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The subtle points located in the chest.

of the Circles of Zikr in foreign countries are

permitted to take others till the Triple
Meditations, provided that they (Ameers) are
themselves blessed with the Spiritual Baet.
Moreover, it should always be remembered that in the
path of Salook, complete adherence to the Shariah of
MuhammadSall-Allahu-alaih-Wasallam, the seeker's sincerity,
the link between his heart and the Shaykh's heart,
and his obedience to the Shaykh are extremely
important affairs.
Nacheez Faqeer Allah Yar KhanRehmatullah
Munara 30-8-1982 (CE)
10 Zeqad, 1402 (AH)

Alaih

, from

His Words Are Full of

Fragrance
Hazrat Maulana Allah Yar KhanRA

I'm not going to make a speech, just teach a few

things. Remember them.
The first thing is, why do we come here11? Do we
come here to look at these walls? The land is not
ours, nor is the sky. Nor do we come here to look at
the grave. We come to this congregation only for
pleasing Allah, because people get a lot of benefit by
coming here. Other than this, we have no purpose.
Secondly, it is the mutually agreed belief of Ahl-eSunnat wa-Al-Jamaat12 that Faiz (or spiritual benefit)
can be acquired from the spirit. The spirit is alive.
Death takes place when the connection of the spirit
with the body is severed. This phenomenon is known
as the demise of the form. Death, as we know it, is
the separation of the spirit from the body. The spirit
itself never dies. This is also the mutually agreed
This excerpt is from Hazrat Jee's address at Langar Makhdoom,
the resting place of Hazrat Allah Deen Madni Rehmatullah Alaih
12 A branch of Muslims that follows the way of the Sunnah and the
way of the righteous ancestors.
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upon belief to which all religions testify. We have an

origin, we were created, but we'll never perish. Just as
the Paradise and the Hell will never perish and will be
eternally present. In the same way, the Guarded
Tablet, Kursi13 (Allah's Throne), the rewards of the
Paradise, the virgins and the servants will never
perish.
Now, we come to our affair. Understand this. Even if
we keep sitting beside the grave for a hundred years,
we can never acquire Faiz until we are not connected
to the Shaykh and his spirit. The connection can only
be established if a living person connects us with him.
There are thousands of veils between us and them
(the dwellers of the graves). We think of the grave to
be a mound of dust, but actually there are countless
veils that separate us from them. So, there has to be
such a person who tears through these veils, takes us
to the other side and establishes our connection and
relationship with the person of the grave. Only then
can the Faiz be extracted. For acquiring Faiz, it is
imperative to have a Shaykh.
A few days back, I was sitting in Nowshehra when a
Maulvi Sahib came to see me. He was quite learned
and educated (in the matters of the Deen) and had
been teaching Hadees in Akora Khatak for a long
time. He asked two questions. The first one was: can
the Faiz be acquired from the spirit or the grave
without having a Shaykh? I said no. He asked: then

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Allah's Chair or Throne

how come you were able to extract Faiz from the

grave? I said: I have also reached there through a
living person. My teacher, who established my
connection with my Shaykh, was the means of my
knowledge.
The second question he asked was: what is the
difference between an Arif14 and a Zakir15? I replied
that it's a logically sound principle that defines the
two. Every Arif is a Zakir, but every Zakir is not an
Arif. To be a Zakir, no teacher of Shaykh is needed.
One can keep doing Zikr all one's life by oneself.
However, to be an Arif, it is mandatory to have a
Shaykh. He cannot progress without a Shaykh. In
order to tread on the Destinations of Salook,
obedience to the Shaykh is just as crucial as if
someone is holding the staff of a blind man and
leading him along the bank of a river. The blind man
will walk directly behind his guide. He will not dare to
take a step left or right, because he knows that if he
does not follow the guide, he will drown and perish in
the river, or will be eaten by a crocodile. He follows
completely and without fail, matching each step with
his guide.
Or take the example of a blind man following
someone holding his stick as he climbs to the top of a
mountain. He will follow straight behind his guide,
because he knows that if he does not follow the guide
Arif comes from Irfan, which means 'knowledge'. Arif is someone
who has the knowledge of Allah.
15 The person who engages in Zikr regularly
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precisely, he will fall to his bone-crushing death.

Scavengers will feed on him. In the same way, one
has to walk behind the Shaykh in Salook and obey
him completely. Or take the example of someone who
is standing on a rooftop or mountain top and flying a
kite. The kite soars high and may fly two or three
miles away from the person flying it, but if the string
breaks, the kite will crash into the trees and be torn
apart and destroyed. Why? Because, the string that
connected the kite to its flyer breaks. The connection
breaks. The relationship breaks. However, the kite
does not fall immediately. It is carried by the wind,
circles for some time, and finally, crashes. Similarly,
when the connection with the Shaykh breaks, even a
person having the highest Destinations falls gradually
and is destroyed.
Obedience to the Shaykh is also mandatory for the
Lata-if. For instance, if a sick person goes to a doctor
or a physician, the latter prescribes medicine and diet
for the patient. He tells the patient what is beneficial to
him and also advises the patient to refrain from
certain things. And the patient has to follow the
instructions. On the other hand, there are certain
prerequisites for becoming a Shaykh as well. Many a
people have been ruined as a result of following
ignorant and wrongful guides. The first condition for
the Shaykh is that he must be an Aalim16. It's not that
only the person who has read many books is an

16

A person who is knowledgeable in the matters of the Deen

Aalim. The illustrious Companions17Razi Allah Anhu did not

read any books. Most of the Tab'een18 did not read
books. They memorized everything that the Holy
ProphetSall-Allahu-alaih-Wasallam said. Then, the Shaykh
must know the beliefs of the Ahl-e-Sunnat-wa-AlJamaat. Remember! This thing (Salook) is not to be
found except from Ahl-e-Sunnat-wa-Al-Jamaat. It is
not there in any other sect. There is no one in the
world who can say that they have it, except Ahl-eSunnat-wa-Al-Jamaat. I have seen in all the four
Schools (of Fiqah). There's more Light in Hanfia, and
the majority of the Sufis belongs to the Hanfia
School.. So, it's mandatory for the Shaykh to be an
Aalim. It is strictly forbidden to do the Baet with an
ignorant person. The person taking and doing such a
Baet are both sinners and wrongdoers. The other
thing is that the Shaykh must be a follower of the
Shariah. He must be a regular performer of the
mandatory worships (Farz), obligatory worships
(Wajib),
and
compulsory
Sunnah
worships
(Muakkida). He may or may not perform the voluntary
worships (Nafl), but the performance of the Farz,
Wajib and Sunnat Muakkida is a must. Nafl is not a
compulsion. But, if he does perform them, he should
perform Tahajjud and Awwabeen, and should look
after his Heart. All these things are extremely
important for a Shaykh. All the Ulema19 are
unanimous on this. He must be an expert at the
Sahaba Karaam, or the Companions of the Holy Prophet (SAW)
The successors of the Sahaba
19 Plural of Aalim. Knowledgeable persons.
17
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knowledge that he has gained (Tasawwuf). It is not

necessary that he is more pious and righteous than
his disciples. Piety is another thing. We know that if
the whole Jamaat is weighed against Qazi Sahib in
piety, Qazi Sahib alone will weigh heavier. It's
obvious, but it's not a condition for becoming the
Shaykh. However, he must be an expert in the
particular knowledge that someone wants to acquire
from him. It must not happen that he distorts that
knowledge.
The Quran has laid down four conditions for the
Shaykh. (1) He should be hardworking and tough like
a camel, (2) He should have a determination as high
as the sky, (3) He should be steadfast like a
mountain, (4) He should be balanced like the earth;
that is, he must have the humility and selflessness. If
you get such a Shaykh, become the dust in his feet.
Become a lace in his shoes. I have taught you this
lesson (Tasawwuf) on these very conditions. Among
the etiquettes with the Shaykh, let me mention the
major things that I have observed and that harm the
seeker. Do not stare at the Shaykh's face. The doctor
or the physician must be obeyed for taking the
medicine. If the patient does not follow the
instructions, he will not be healed, or he may even
die.
These days, the biggest trouble is that the knowledge
of Tasawwuf has become extinct. Its experts are no
more, and the world has denied it. There's no spiritual
physician, no guide. If you read the Quran, from the

beginning to the end, it detaches one from the world

and invites attention towards Allah. Get focused on
Allah and connect with Him.
The gist of 104 heavenly scriptures is included in four
Books; and the gist of these four Books is in the Holy
Quran; and the gist of the whole Quran is in Surah
Baqrah; and the gist of the whole Surah Baqrah is in
Surah Fateha; and the gist of the whole Surah Fateha
is in Bismillah; and the gist of the Bismillah is in the
letter ""20. This is the " "of togetherness (with
Allah). The purpose of sending the Prophets is that
the people who have broken their link with God and
are trapped in the claws of the Satan are set free and
joined with Allah. The Prophets are deputed to
connect the whole mankind with Allah. This is the
verdict of the Quran that people should be distracted
from the world and joined with Allah. The one who
refutes this (Tasawwuf) is deprived of this reward and
blessing. Some of them are absolute deniers. Some
are copy cats and color-sellers. Then, there are the
ordinary folks, who do not appreciate the difference
between a color seller, a color copier, and a color
maker. They do not distinguish a doctor from a
pharmacist. They are unable to differentiate between
a patient and a healer. All of them are suffering from
the disease of the Heart, barring very few.
There are three degrees of Tasawwuf. The first one is
to do Zikr with the tongue, that one should just repeat

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Arabic letter B

Allah, Allah. One should say Subhan-Allah, or LaIlaha-il-Allah. The Darood Sharif or the Astaghfar
should be recited. This is the degree where the
medicine is being prepared. This is not Tasawwuf.
The condition will not improve unless the medicine is
used. The second degree is Lata-if, where the person
starts using the medicine and the treatment has
started. Then come the Destinations, as if the patient
has used the medicine and gained the ability to walk
about and run around. Allah SWT has commanded
that the houses where Allah's Zikr is carried out must
be kept free from filthy and stinky things. There
should be nothing evil at that place. There should be
solitude, and the light should be put off. If there's light,
you can cover your head with a piece of cloth. Our
master the Holy ProphetSall-Allahu-alaih-Wasallam adopted
solitude in the cave of Hira. Detachment from the
world and engagement in worships is the practice
(Sunnah) of the ProphetsAlaih as-Salam.
The floor where Zikr is being done should be
considered sacred and kept clean. When Prophet
MosesAlaih as-Salam was conversing with Allah, it was
decreed: 'take off your shoes. This is a holy place.'
The water supply coming from outside, from a lake or
through pipes, is polluted by impurities. Block this
external supply, so that nothing from the outside world
enters into your Heart. That's we close our eyes, ears
and mouth, so that they stop letting in the impurities
from the external world. Now, bore a hole into your
Heart with Zikr-Allah. Install the pump of Allah's Zikr
on it. And fountains of Divine Lights will spring forth

from it. When this water of Lights will flow, it will

cleanse others' Hearts as well, and from this water of
Lights, Kashaf21 will be achieved.
Some Ulema and even Sufis have said that the nonbelievers also have Kashaf. Upon research, it was
revealed that Kashaf depends upon the Light of Faith
(Iman). Without the Light of Faith, there's no Kashaf.
The Light of Faith is intensified by good deeds. A
person of Faith does have the capacity in his/her
Heart. The Light of Faith is present in it. Kashaf is
related to the Light of Faith. For example, it's not the
eyeballs that see, but the light behind them that does.
The loud speaker does not speak, but the person
behind it does. The Qalb does not see by itself, but
the Light of righteous deeds inside it does. How can a
non-believer possess the Light of Faith or do
righteous deeds? There are non-believers who
become monks. Through tough training, their flesh is
reduced to an extent that they become the likes of
skeletons. The blood in their bodies is reduced. When
the blood is reduced, whiteness is born in the Heart. If
anyone has doubts, you can do a simple experiment.
Take an animal's liver and place it in the sun. After
some time, you can see your reflection in it, just like
you can see it in a stainless-steel utensil or a mirror.
In the same way, when the blood is reduced, the
Heart will start shining. It will reflect whatever comes
in front of it. If it's a mountain, you'll see the reflection
of it. If it's a tree, you'll see a tree. And if a person
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comes in front of it, you will see that person's

reflection. This is not Kashaf. Kashaf is related to the
Light of Faith. You cannot see an angel or Jinn in a
mirror. You cannot see the retribution and reward of
the grave in it. Nor can you see the Paradise, the Hell,
or any other subtle or ethereal entity. Whiteness is
born in a non-believer's Heart because of a lack of
blood and flesh, which people mistake as the Kashaf.
The non-believers' condition can be explained by the
analogy of an ocean, in which there are gigantic
waves. A wave comes, followed by the next, and they
are covered by the shadow of the cloudsdarkness
upon darkness. A non-believer's actions, his words,
and the beliefs in his heart are nothing except
darkness. A person's hand is the closest to him or
her. You can take your hand to your eyes, or your
head, and can move it about. But the non-believer
cannot see even his own hand in this pitch darkness.
If Allah has not created the Light for a particular
person, from where can the Light possibly come to
such a person? It's a common misconception that
non-believers have Kashaf. We can present not a
thousand, but several thousand Sufis. In our Circle of
Zikr, there are 800-900 companions who are blessed
with Kashaf and who can talk to spirits. They can
perceive the punishment of the grave and the reward,
and can converse with angels. But, for this to happen,
a Clean Heart is a must. No personage is greater than
the CompanionsRazi Allah Anhu. Many illustrious
personalities came after the Prophets, but no one can
reach the status of the CompanionsRazi Allah Anhu.

An Aalim once stated the superiority of Imam Mehdi

over the Shaykhs (Companions). I said to him to
come to his senses and listen to me. We consider
Imam Mehdi to be a very high personage, but he does
not rival even the shoes of Hazrat Abu Bakr Siddique
Allah Anhu
and Hazrat Umar FarooqRazi Allah Anhu. Imam
Mehdi will come centuries after them. There is no
comparison between him and the Companions of the
ProphetSall-Allahu-alaih-Wasallam. Even then, Allah warned
them, "say to them (O Prophet), that unless your
fathers, sons, wives, tribes and families, the money
that you earn, the business in which you fear a loss,
the houses where you live, if all these things are
dearer to you than Allah and His Prophet, you just
wait! Allah does not guide the sinners." Father, son,
wealth, or anything else, when someone brings it at
par with Allah and His ProphetSall-Allahu-alaih-Wasallam, then
such a person is a sinner. His Heart is not intact, but
is stained with the love of the other. If the Quran has
warned the CompanionsRazi Allah Anhu, where do we
stand? There is but a single Heart, not two. Allah says
that if someone else enters this house (Heart), it is as
if you are ascribing that person or thing as My partner.
This will lead to anxiety. So, a man must think. The
age that we live in is a transient age. Keep in mind
that our relationship with our wife and kids, wealth,
property, business, or the livestock that we own, must
be a relationship of protecting and managing these
things, so that they are not destroyed. The link of
Heart must only be established with Allah. The
worships also depend on this link. When Zikr-Allah

comes, it brings the Love of Allah. It expels other

things from the Heart.
Hazrat SulaimanAlaih as-Salam wrote a letter to Queen
Bilqees, that she must quit the headstrongness, vanity
and pride that occupy her mind and come to him after
becoming a Muslim. She understood that this letter
was from a man of Allah, because he made no other
demands. She called her deputies, advisors and
generals, told them about the letter, and asked for
their advice. All of them said that they were a
formidable power. They had a lot of strength and a
huge army. They were a warlike nation. However,
they said that the Queen's verdict was the final
command for them. They would do exactly as she
said. The Queen said that when a king enters a city
with his brutal force, he ravages it and humiliates the
honorable of that city. If their city were attacked, they
would be routed.
We, all of us who are sitting here today, are
respectable people. If pride and vanity entrenches in
our Hearts, we shall be humiliated too. Allah's Zikr
expels this cursed sentiment from the Heart. As a
result, a Clean Heart is born, in which only Allah
resides. A young relative of mine once asked Qazi
Sahib that he had read explanations of the Quran
(Tafseer), but could not understand what a Clean
Heart22 is. I said to them, let me tell you about the
Clean Heart. Imagine that the earth, the heaven, and

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the creation that they contain, is a chicken. Then,

slaughter that chicken. What will be left behind then?
Only Allah, and nothing else. How can the Heart go
elsewhere? It will go straight to Allah's door. This is
the Clean Heart.

Keep Praying for Your

Steadfastness
Hazrat Maulana Allah Yar KhanRA

My Murshed Hazrat Maulana Allah Yar KhanRehmatullah

Alaih
wrote the following on November 7, 1963 in reply
to a letter from one of his students:
"You don't know that I have also spent 16 years (on
the path of Salook). It was after 16 years that tiny
water droplets emerged. After 20 years, the waves of
a river started. After 22 years, the river swelled up into
a storm. And after twenty-three-and-a-half years, the
waves of a sea were born. Remember that Salook
starts from the Station of Ahdiyyat, and half of it
finishes by the Kamalaat-e-Ulul-Azmi. From there on,
the remaining half of Allah's Friendship belongs to
Prophet MuhammadSall-Allahu-alaih-Wasallam. Beyond the
ninth Arsh, the Realm of Amazement or the Realm of
Commandment starts, in which several Destinations
are located. The last Destination is the Station of
Tasleem, where the Friendship (with Allah) of the

Aulia23 ends. From there, the Friendship of Prophets

starts, which includes the Stations of Khulah,
Muhabbat, Takleemi, Muhibbiyat-e-Khasa, Hub-eSarfa, Raza, and onwards the Station of Kamalaat-eNabuwwat, Kamalaat-e-Risalat, and then, Ulul-Azmi.
From there, the Friendship of our master Hazrat
MuhammadSall-Allahu-alaih-Wasallam starts, in which there
are gigantic waves of the sea. This wrongdoer is
swimming and diving in these waves. Remember that
none of the Aulia-Allah has ever reached beyond the
Station of Khulah, except Shaykh Abdul Qadir
JilaniRehmatullah Alaih. This is the bounty of Allah, which
He grants to whomever He wants. This is beyond the
capability of a human.
My dear friend! Always keep praying to God. This is
not anyone's personal excellence. Beyond the Station
of Raza, the kind of relationship between a Wali-Allah
and God becomes similar to the relationship between
God and the ProphetsAlaih as-Salam. Beyond this Station,
the Wali also starts acquiring Faiz from Allah in the
same way as the Prophets acquire Faiz. This
knowledge and understanding was revealed after (I
crossed) the Station of Raza. However, the Wali
acquires this Faiz because of his obedience to the
Prophets and by properly following them. It is
impossible without following the ProphetsAlaih as-Salam.
The Prophet acquires this Faiz directly. [Arabic
Verses from the Holy Quran] "You are Perfect, I have
Pl of Wali. Means friend, but used in the sense of Allah's
Friendship.
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no knowledge except that which you granted me. O

my Lord, increase my knowledge." Dear friend, do not
speak about these things openly.
My dear! I now preach because I am tasked to do it
by the Mashaykh and Huzoor24Sall-Allahu-alaih-Wasallam. I
teach of the books, and engage in the worldly
business to some extent. I give my Attention, conduct
Zikr and teach Salook. But, my heart just wants to be
alone with Allah, without anyone else coming between
us. What I did not know, God has blessed me with. I
thank His Being a million times. Only He is the fulfiller
of all my needs. Only He is sufficient. Only He is to be
trusted, worshipped and prostrated before. Only He is
the purpose. There is no other god but Allah, Allah,
Allah.
Keep these things in your heart. My Lord will ask me:
O Allah Yar, what have you written? Why have you
revealed the secret? Did anyone out of the previous
(Aulia) mention these Destinations?"
Six year later, on November 9, 1969, my Shaykh
wrote in reply to another student:
"Received your letter. You have asked about the
Doubts25 (that the Satan puts in the hearts). Dear
friend, the same thing is not written again and again.
Remember it once and for all, the Doubts do not
An expression of respect used for Prophet Muhammad SallAllahu alaih Wasallam
25 The actual word is "waswasa". These are the negative thoughts
that the Satan injects into the hearts of people.
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affect the Friendship, nor do they undermine the

excellence (achieved in the way of Salook). There is
no dichotomy between the Doubt and the Friendship.
The Friendship stays intact even when the Doubt
keeps happening. Even Hazrat AdamAlaih as-Salam was
affected by the Doubt, even though he was a Prophet
of Allah. The Doubt just causes anxiety of the Heart.
Secondly, the pests do not enter the house in which
there are no grains (of rice, wheat, etc). The Doubt
also happens to the person who has this treasure.
Thieves and dacoits only commit theft or robbery
where there is wealth. When the Lights are born in the
Lata-if, when the treasure of Lights is created,
Iblees26, who is the thief and the dacoit, gets an ache
in his stomach to break into that house and plunder
this wealth. Before the Lata-if were lit up, it was all
darkness in the inside world. The thief Iblees used to
steal easily. Now, when the Lights have illuminated
the inside because of the Light of Allah's Zikr, and the
Lata-if can also be heard chanting Allah, Allah, this
thief cannot fully achieve his aim. He wants to adopt
every tactic to get what he wants. The seeker who
understands that Iblees is the enemy and wants to
rob him by every means never cares for the Doubt,
and remains steadfast upon Zikr.
The reality is that the Jamaat of Sufia Arifeen27started
toward the end of the fifth century (AH) and their
numbers remained substantial until the beginning of
26
27

Satan's name
Pl of Sufi and Arif

the tenth century. They had ample presence in all

territories. The Jamaat of the Ulema was huge. Until
the fourth century (AH), the disciples of the TabaTabaeen28 were alive. Upon their demise, Allah SWT
created this Jamaat of Aulia in large numbers. The
accomplished personalities that I see in the Barzakh 29
belong to the times between the fifth and the tenth
century (AH). Those from whom we have acquired the
Faiz also belong to the same age. Then, after the
tenth century, their numbers dwindled. Then, in the
14th century, God save us! Only shopkeepers remain.
There's no shortage of the shopkeeper Sufis. They
are the color mixers, color sellers, but none of them is
a color maker. However, it does happen sometimes
that when the rain of Allah's Lights pours down, it
showers upon these people. Allah SWT keeps
creating the Aulia from time to time. Their affair is
similar to that of the Prophets, out of whom some are
Ulul-Azam30, some are Rasools31, and some are
Nabis32. The Ulul-Azam are born once in every few
centuries. The Rasools are also sent with longer
gaps. The Nabis have been coming in every day and
age. With the Prophethood of Allah's RasoolSall-Allahualaih-Wasallam
, all types of Prophethood ended forever.

Followers of the followers. The generation that followed the

Tabaeen
29 The sojourn place between this world and the Judgement Day.
30 Literally means "highly determined". It's the status of certain
Prophets.
31 The Prophets who are sent with scripture and a Shariah (code of
life).
32 Pl of Nabi. Just any Prophet who calls people towards Allah.
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Upon the demise of the Respected ProphetSall-Allahualaih-Wasallam

, the earth cried bitterly, as is mentioned in
Qazi Ayaz's Al-Shafi Haqooq Al-Mustafa, and its
explanation by Mullah Ali Qari, Tanzeel Makka, and in
Naseem-ul-Riaz by Allama Shahab Khafaji. Allah
SWT pacified the earth, that I shall bring forth
Siddique33 and Qutb-e-Wahdat34 in the earth. Your
Shaykh's Appointment is also Qutb-e-Wahdat. And
Allah said I will bring forth Afraad, Qayyum and
Ghaus35. Someone will be Qutb-e-Irshad, someone
will be Qutb-e-Madaar, someone will be Qutb-alAqtaab, and someone will be Qutb-e-Abdaal. And
there will be Abdaal too, who will be the peons of the
Qutb-e-Abdaal. And I shall not leave the earth empty
(of these noble souls). The lower Ranks get the Faiz
from the person at the highest Appointment. If there's
a Siddiq present, who is not present today, the Faiz
descends from him. If there's a Qutb-e-Wahdat
present, all the rest of the Appointments get the Faiz
from him. If he is not present, it's because of the
Qayyum that the others get the Faiz, and if there's no
Qayyum, then because of the Ghaus. The Qayyum
and the Afraad, and the Qutb-e-Wahdat, and the
Siddiqthese people Allah creates rarely, after
several centuries. These are the Appointments for the
Ulul-Azm. As for you people, despite being occupied
in your (worldly) businesses, and eating the Haraam36
An Appointment of Salook
An Appointment of Salook
35 These are all Appointments
36 Things that Allah has forbidden. Here, it means the livelihood
earned by unfair means.
33
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earning, and living in the company of sinners,

listening to music, making your eyes guilty of (looking
at) the Haraam37, despite all this, you are still a
member of this Jamaat, and the Lights of Zikr don't
get taken away from you, this also is the blessing of
your Shaykh's spiritual power, and the Mercy from
Allah. Otherwise, far be it from paid servants to
acquire this extreme delicacy. Son, you must be
thankful to God. Always pray for your steadfastness.
Read this letter to your companions, all of it. But only
to the selected few, not to everyone.
Nacheez Faqeer Allah Yar Khan"

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Ex nudity or obscenity

The Last Guide Hazrat

Maulana Allah Yar KhanRA
Major (Retd) Ghulam Muhammad

He was born in 1904. His ancestral country is the

town of Chikrala. The town is located 10 kilometers
north of the highway connecting Mianwali and
Talagang. Most of the population here belongs to the
Awan tribe. He was also an Awan. His father's name
was Zulfiqar. These were the times when education
was not very common. A fifth-grader was considered
to be well-read and learned. The British were ruling
India. The twentieth century was beginning to unfold
and the signs of sever disturbance and unrest were
beginning to emerge across India. When the
movements against the Turk began surfacing in the
Balqans in 1907-1908, the Muslims of India also felt
severely agitated. It was the same feeling of
restlessness that incited the leader of Deo Band38
Maulana Mehmood-ul-Hassan to launch a new
movement among the Muslims. Hazrat Maulana Allah
Yar KhanRehmatullah Alaih was still in his childhood, but a
disdain for the British settled into his heart.
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A major Islamic school in India

One night, his mother dreamed that a saint had come

to their house. He gave her two pouches and said that
they were for her son. The two pouches represented
the knowledge of the visible and the subtle. The
Shaykh left for DeoBand to acquire the knowledge of
the apparent. He had to go to Delhi for the course of
Hadees, because the Deoband School was closed
those days on account of the Silk Handkerchief
movement. The teachers of Deoband had either been
imprisoned by the British or exiled. Those who were
free had diverted to the Ameenia School in Delhi,
which was being run under the supervision of
Maulana Mufti Kifayatullah. After graduating from
Delhi, he went to Langar Makhdoom, where he met
Hazrat Maulana Abdul RaheemRehmatullah Alaih, through
whom his spiritual link was established with Sultan-ulArifeen Hazrat Allah Deen MadniRehmatullah Alaih. He
acquired the Faiz through the Awaisi Method from the
resting place of his Murshed. Here, he was initiated
into the learning of the subtle. Because it was the
Awaisia Silsila39, the completion of his mystical
education took place at the hands of our master
Hazrat Muhammad MustafaSall-Allahu-alaih-Wasallam.
Once Hazrat Maulana Allah Yar KhanRehmatullah Alaih fell
sick, and I went to Chikrala to inquire after his health.
Doctor Ghulam Mustafa from Joharabad was also
there. Hazrat JeeRehmatullah Alaih told us that when he
was at Langar Makhdoom, and when his Murshed
Can be loosely translated as a spiritual order or chain of
succession
39

Hazrat Allah Deen MadniRehmatullah Alaih took him

through the Destinations of Fana-Fillah and BaqaBillah, he returned home after taking permission from
his Murshed. When he was home, he fell sick with
severe fever that refused to abate. The stomach was
repulsing food and drink. Vomiting and motions made
him extremely feeble. This condition persisted for 40
days, and he used to offer Namaz40with gestures. On
the fortieth day, his family and friends lost hope of his
recovery and started reciting Surah Yaseen41.
"My eyes were closed, when suddenly, a saintly figure
appeared. He said to me: 'I'm your Murshed. You did
not have the strength to progress further, so your
body was made weak to strengthen the spirit.' He
said'Go to Ahdiyyat42'. Then he took me through
Maeeyat and Aqrabiyyat, and then performed FanaBaqa. Then, he said'Go to Salik Al-Majzoobi'. Then
he took me through the River of Rehmat, and gave to
me new clothes to wear. 'From here, the Upper
Friendship starts. The clothes that are given to the
spirit at Ahdiyyat only last till here. The attire for the
Upper Friendship is different.' He said that I was well.
The fever subsided immediately, and I sat up. My
family members asked me to lie down, but I said that I
had recovered. They touched my skin and found out
that the fever was really gone. It had been sixteen
years since I started Zikr. It was now that I started to
see, with my eyes closed.
Salat in Arabic. Generally translated as "prayer" in English.
Surah Yaseen is recited to ease a person on his deathbed
42 The first of the Triple Meditations
40
41

After about a week or ten days when I went to Langar

Makhdoom, I narrated the whole incident to Maulana
Abdul RaheemRehmatullah Alaih. He was exasperated. He
angrily stepped out towards the tomb of Hazrat Allah
Deen MadniRehmatullah Alaih. I also followed. Upon
reaching the tomb, he said to the Murshed that he
had been superseded while his disciple had been
advanced. This was an insult to him, he said. Hazrat
Allah Deen MadniRehmatullah Alaih counseled Maulana
Abdul Raheem that you are my grave's caretaker,
whereas he is Shaykh-e-Silsila43. It is he for whose
training I've been sent here from the luminous city of
Madina. Be warned! Never try to rival him, or you'll
suffer a great loss. After this incident, our position
became rather awkward. I considered him my teacher
and respected him like before, whereas he started
respecting me considering me Shaykh-e-Silsila. Allah
SWT did not allow this situation to continue for long,
and called Maulana Abdul Raheem to Him. Maulana
Abdul Raheem himself used to say that doing the Zikr
on the Lata-if at Hazrat Allah Deen Madni'sRehmatullah
Alaih
tomb is far more beneficial than doing it
elsewhere."
Hazrat Maulana Allah Yar KhanRehmatullah Alaih told us
that he is the Last Shaykh of Silsila Naqshbandia
Awaisia. There is just a single chair that has been
kept vacant in the Court of the ProphetSall-Allahu-alaihWasallam
, and that is reserved for Imam Mehdi. He said
The Leader of the Awaisi Silsila is the person who extracts the
Faiz from Barzakh and reintroduces the Silsila into this world.
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that there's a gap of not more than five to six hundred

years between him and Imam Mehdi. And that the
people trained in his Silsila will insha-Allah meet
Imam Mehdi.

Memories of Him
Major (Retd) Ghulam Muhammad

This was February 1970. I was in Risalpur. After a few

days, when Muhammad Ahsan Baig arrived at
Risalpur, many new things came to my knowledge. I
had a couple of meetings with him, during which he
mentioned his respected teacher Hazrat Maulana
Allah Yar Khan. He was among the top Ulema of
Pakistan. He was an exalted debater against the
Shiah sect. I had seen large posters of his speeches
and meetings, but had not met him so far. One day, I
went to Ahsan Baig to get some paint. My unit was
due for a technical inspection, and nobody in Risalpur
had the requisite paint, but him. Captain Ahsan Baig
promised to give me the paint the next day, and told
me that Hazrat Maulana Allah Yar Khan Sahib had
come to visit him. There was going to be a session of
Zikr that night. He urged me to attend the session. I
was connected to Khanqah Sirajia in Kundian, and
was linked to Hazrat Maulana Khan Muhammad for
almost eleven years. I was confused about whether I
should go there or not. We had planned to watch a
movie in the club that same evening. Two or three
cars arrived at my home to pick me up for going to the
club before the appointed time. I was double-minded.

If I didnt go to Ahsan Baig's house, he would be

angry and might refuse to give me the paint. Hence,
my technical inspection could be ruined. So, keeping
the paint in view, I declined to go to the club and
changed into a shalwar qameez and went to Ahsan
Baig's house. As I entered the drawing room, the
respected Hazrat had just come out (of the bathroom)
after doing the Wazu44. Ahsan Baig introduced me. I
extended my hand for a shake-hand, but the
respected Hazrat ignored my hand and stepped by
me. For the first time, I felt that perhaps I was not
even worthy enough that a person of Allah should
shake my hand.
I started walking behind him. Hazrat Jee crossed the
road and entered the small Cantonment Board
mosque to lead the Namaz. I also performed the
Wazu and joined in the Jamaat. As soon as Hazrat
Jee started the recitation, I felt myself being
overwhelmed by a strange urge to cry, and I kept on
weeping spontaneously throughout the Namaz. When
the Namaz was over, everyone gathered at Ahsan
Baig's house. I also sat in the front row along with the
other officers, including Capt (Brig) Muhammad
Haneef, Capt (Maj) Umar Hayat, Capt Zain-ulAbideen, and Flt Lt Hadi Hussain Shah. A tall man
stood up and started telling everyone that their Silsila
was Naqshbandia Awaisia. They practiced the Zikr by
the method of Paas-Anfaas45. He explained that they
44
45

The ablution performed before the Salat

Literally means "guarding each breath"

would sat down in rows on the left side of their

Shaykh, facing the Qibla, close their eyes and
mouths, switch off the lights, and the make the Zikr of
Allah-Hu strike their Lata-if repeatedly, with each
breath. He said that they acquired the spiritual Faiz
through the medium of their Shaykh, directly from
MuhammadSall-Allahu-alaih-Wasallam, the Prophet of Allah.
After giving this introduction, he inquired from Hazrat
Jee about me, that whether I should keep sitting in the
session of Zikr. Hazrat Jee said that the dust of the
town from which he comes does not possess the
capability to absorb the Faiz. He said the only thing
we had learned from our elders was to oppose Allah's
Friends. "How can he do Zikr?" he said. Upon hearing
this, the tall man sternly ordered me to get up and
leave. I stood up, but the humiliation and insult had
drained me of the energy to leave. I sat on the
sandals at the back. Meanwhile, the light had been
switched off, and Hazrat Jee started the Zikr by
saying "Subhan-Allah-e Wal-Hamdu-Lillah-e wa LaIlaha IlAllahu wa Allah-o Akbar wa Lahaula wa la
Quwwata Illa Billahil AliYil Azeem; Auoozu Billahe
Minash-shaitaanir Rajeem; Bismillah Ar-rahmanir
Raheem; Allah Allah Allah Hu; Chalo pehla Lateefa
Qalb."
After 15-20 minutes had passed, I felt as if there was
light in the room. I instinctively closed my eyes. After
a few minutes, I could feel that the light in the room
had become extremely intense. I opened my eyes,
and they almost popped out to see what was
happening. The Lights were from Hazrat Jee's

blessed chest in the form of Flashes that were

enveloping the others, and these Flashes of Light
were making the room incredibly bright. I was
stunned. "What kind of a person he is, O Allah? We
had read about such people in books. How can he be
born in this day and age?"
By the time the session was over, I had become fully
convinced of Hazrat Jee's spiritual excellence. I had
decided that I shall never let go of such a person,
even if he does not consider me worthy of his
company. As soon as the light was put back on, I got
up and fell at Hazrat Jee's feet. I broke down in tears
and kept crying involuntarily. When the burden on my
heart had lifted, Hazrat Jee put his hand on my head
and said, "Son, the feeling of guilt is a big asset that
man has. Whenever a person feels that he has sinned
and strayed, he can come back on track. But if this
feeling dies, this life is useless. Whatever time of life
you are left with, spend it in the remembrance of
Allah. Join the people of Allah. Be regular in Namaz.
Appreciate the difference between the Permissible
and the Forbidden."
The conversation about the Deen continued for quite
some time in that company. When I returned home, it
was late and I was starving. When I asked my wife for
dinner, she said I should ask for food from the same
people with whom I had spent the evening. So, I had
to sleep on an empty stomach that night. Because of
the marital disturbance, I could not visit Hazrat Jee for
the next two days. On the third day, Hazrat Jee was

sitting in a buggy and proceeding towards Sergeant

Muhammad Ashraf's house, who was a companion
from the Air Force. I was busy tending to the
flowerbeds in my lawn when Ahsan Baig asked me to
grab my bicycle and come after Hazrat Jee. I followed
him on my bike and reached Sergeant Muhammad
Ashraf's house. This was my second Zikr with Hazrat
JeeRehmatullah Alaih.
After I was connected with the Awaisia Silsila, both of
my elder brothers also joined me. The three sons of
my uncle Hakeem Muhammad Hussain, my father in
law, and a few others from my family also joined the
Silsila, and the like of a Jamaat was created in Wan
Bhachran. Whenever my uncle Muhammad Hussain
would see me, he would advise me to recite La Haula
wa La Quwwata. He was sure that I was involved in
some Satanic activity. He observed us closely for a
whole year. One day, he said to me, "I don't know
whether you people are right or wrong, but I have
seen that my sons have become righteous after
joining the company of Hazrat Maulana Allah Yar
KhanRehmatullah Alaih. They did not even bother to offer
Namaz before, but now they've kept beards. They
have left bad actions and become regular in
Tahajjud46." He said that he also wanted to practice
Lata-if with me. I performed Lata-if on him for two or
three days. After a few days, Mufti Ghulam Samdani
came to Wan Bhachran and took uncle Hakeem
through the Meditations till the Masjid. My elder
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The early morning Namaz

brother Ghulam Hussain wrote to me that something

unexpected had happened. Our uncle was still shaky
(about Zikr and Lata-if), and Muft Ghulam Samdani
had taken him all the way till the Masjid. I replied to
him not to doubt the Destinations performed by Mufti
Sahib, and give the Attention to uncle Hakeem till the
Masjid. Meanwhile, Hazrat JeeRehmatullah Alaih wrote to
uncle Hakeem and invited him to visit Munara. He
obeyed Hazrat Jee'sRehmatullah Alaih order and reluctantly
went to Munara, but he still kept on having doubts
about the Destinations that he had been taken to.
One day, Maulvi Muhammad Sulaiman was
performing the routine with the Jamaat. When they
reached Sair-e-Kaaba, a spell of crying overtook him.
He kept weeping and praying while holding on to the
covering of the Kaaba. Meanwhile, the Jamaat had
reached Masjid-e-NabviSall-Allahu-alaih-Wasallam. Maulvi
Muhammad Sulaiman asked Mufti Ghulam Samdani,
"Have you ever seen a prayer that's been accepted?
If you want to see it, look at Hakeem Muhammad
Hussain, who is still clutching the covering of the
Kaaba, crying and praying, as his prayer is hitting the
Higher Arsh47". My uncle later told me that he was
astonished to hear about his condition from Maulvi
Muhammad Sulaiman. How could he tell all this? The
rest of the Jamaat had already reached Masjid-eNabvi. After that, my uncle's heart was satisfied, and
he got attached with Hazrat with full conviction.

Translated as the Throne. It's the higher Sky or Level where Allah
says He has settled.
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In the beginning, I also used to wonder about Hazrat

Jee'sRehmatullah Alaih spiritual power. I wrote a letter
about it to my previous Shaykh Hazrat Maulana Khan
Muhammad (the Caretaker of Khanqah Sirajia,
Kundian). The letter also included some excerpts from
Dalail-as-Salook
and
some
incidents
and
circumstances that I had witnessed in the company of
Hazrat Jee. He replied: "My dear! Maulana Allah Yar
Khan is the Shaykh of Silsila Naqshbandia Awaisia.
Only someone from Awaisia can speak about him.
You, in any case, continue to practice regularly the
Recitations that I have prescribed."
I travelled alongside Hazrat JeeRehmatullah Alaih towards
the end of 1970. We travelled from Rawalpindi to
Karachi. Muhammad Yousuf and Basheer were also
travelling with Hazrat JeeRehmatullah Alaih. I was tasked
with the service of my Murshed. When Hazrat Jee
went to the train's washroom to do Wazu for the
Namaz of Asr, I sat close to Yousuf sahib and asked
him about my parents, who were deceased. I asked
him to tell me about their condition in the Barzakh. He
told me that my mother was in Salvation, but my
father was being Penalized. I did not believe him,
because my father was a very pious person. I got up
and went towards the washroom. When Hazrat
JeeRehmatullah Alaih came out, he told me that the
accursed Satan had thrown a piece of rotten flesh at
his back as soon as he had entered the washroom. It
had made his shirt filthy. He had tried to wash it, but
the stain still remained. After the Namaz, when Hazrat
JeeRehmatullah Alaih sat down at his seat, I asked him

about the condition of my parents in the Barzakh.

Hazrat JeeRehmatullah Alaih stared out of the window for
some time, and then said: the mother is okay, but the
father is under the Retribution. Now, I had no other
option but to accept. Muhammad Yousuf requested
Hazrat JeeRehmatullah Alaih to pray for the deliverance of
my father. Hazrat JeeRehmatullah Alaih prayed, and my
father was released from the Retribution of the grave.
This was confirmed after a few days by Captain Zainul-Abideen in Risalpur. He was sitting at my house. I
requested him to tell me about the condition of my
father in the Barzakh. He often used to refrain from
revealing the matters of Kashaf. I persuaded him with
great difficulty. He said that as he had not seen my
father's grave, I should lead him there. So, I said to
him: let's go to my father's grave. Just to test him, I
thought about another grave in the graveyard of
Ghundi (Kundian). When he saw the person in the
grave, he opened his eyes and said that the person
was saying he was not my father. I asked him what
that person looked like and he told it correctly. Then, I
asked him to see if anyone with the five Lata-if was
buried in that graveyard. He told me that there was an
old man who had the five Lata-if. (This was the
disciple of Maulana Ahmed Khan from Khanqah
Sirajia). I told him to ask the old man whether he
knew me. In reply to the question, the old man
touched my armpit. Zain-ul-Abideen said that he had
not understood why the old man was acting this way. I
told him that when I was seven years old, my mother

brought me to this old man for Dum48. He had recited

something and touched my armpit. Thereafter he had
died and this was our first and last meeting. This
incident also proved Hazrat Jee's saying that a person
in the grave remember even the person whom he has
met just once in his lifetime. Then, I asked Zain-ulAbideen if there were any people in that graveyard
who had the Qalb. He said that seven people were
standing in a row. The last person was covering his
face. I told him that it was the Qureshi family of
Ulema. I knew the person standing at the last. He was
known as the Maulvi with Covered Face. He never
uncovered his face except when he was in mosque,
and I had offered Salat behind him in my childhood.
After that, I took him to my father's grave in the
graveyard of Wajhara in Wan Bhachran. He said that
my mother was also buried in the same graveyard.
"How do you know that?" I asked him. He replied that
he had seen my parents together and my father had
told him that she was my mother. I was amazed at the
power of the Kashaf of graves that Allah had blessed
this person with. He was telling everything correctly
while sitting hundreds of miles away from those
graves. Then, I brought Zain-ul-Abideen to the grave
of Maulana Hussain AliRehmatullah Alaih, and asked him
what type of students and successors he had left
behind. Zain-ul-Abideen told me that Maulana
Hussain Ali had bowed his head upon hearing this
The practice of reciting something and blowing on the patient for
healing an illness.
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question. Then, I took Zain-ul-Abideen to Hazrat

Maulana Ahmed KhanRehmatullah Alaih in Khanqah Sirajia.
Zain-ul-Abideen told me that he was Fana-firRasool49. Maulana Abdullah's Stations were below
him. Maulana Abdullah asked Zain-ul-Abideen to
convey to our respected Shaykh that he may kindly
teach Salook to his successor Khan Muhammad.
In October 1970, Hazrat JeeRehmatullah Alaih came to my
house in Risalpur. Zain-ul-Abideen's car (in which
Hazrat Jee was coming) had met an accident on the
way, and Hazrat Jee had sustained injuries. So, he
stayed for 16 days instead of 10. He could not
perform Wazu and used to do Tayammum50. The
bricks that he used for Tayammum are still with me,
and I have made a will that these bricks be used in
my grave. During this stay, one day Mufti Ghulam
Samdani went from Risalpur to Nowshehra with
Basheer. When they came back, Basheer told Hazrat
JeeRehmatullah Alaih that during the journey, Mufti Ghulam
Samdani uttered a cry so loud that everyone was
looking towards him. Now, he was declining to tell
why he had shrieked. Hazrat JeeRehmatullah Alaih asked
Mufti Ghulam Samdani to narrate the whole incident.
Mufti Ghulam Samdani said that when they boarded
the bus, he saw that the round-shaped thing that is
located right at the front in the bus, the thing behind
which the driver sits, he saw that a monkey was
clutching onto that thing. The monkey was rotating
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50

Literally means 'lost in the Prophet'. It's a Destination of Salook.

Ablution without water.

that thing right and left. When he saw this spiritual

appearance of the driver, he let out an involuntary cry.
Professor Muhammad Aslam was also present when
this conversation was taking place. He was a
renowned mathematics teacher from the Corps of
Engineers. His Third Dimension Theory was very
famous, through which he used to prove the existence
of Allah and the angels. He asked Hazrat Jee whether
it was really true that Neil Armstrong had reached the
moon. Hazrat JeeRehmatullah Alaih said: let's ask this
person who calls the steering-wheel a round thing".
Then, Hazrat JeeRehmatullah Alaih asked Mufti Ghulam
Samdani to concentrate on Hazrat Jee's Heart, follow
the Lights to wherever they were going, and describe
the details of those places. Mufti Ghulam Samdani
narrated Neil Armstrong's whole voyage and
described the place where they had reached.
Professor Muhammad Aslam was amazed that a
person with such a low education was narrating such
details that the astronaut had himself not described
after his return.
After this incident, Professor Muhammad Aslam
became so fond of Hazrat JeeRehmatullah Alaih that he
took all of us to his house, and called all his children
before Hazrat JeeRehmatullah Alaih. He requested Hazrat
Jee to take their Baet. Hazrat JeeRehmatullah Alaih said
that he was not a traditional Peer51, but a spiritual
teacher who did not believe in the apparent Baet. He
A word for Shaykh or Murshed generally used by non-Sufis and
common people.
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said that he trained his students spiritually and

presented them in the Prophet'sSall-Allahu-alaih-Wasallam
Court for the spiritual Baet on the sacred hand of
Huzoor Nabi Kareem . Meanwhile the tea was
served, along with some snacks. Hazrat JeeRehmatullah
Alaih
only took one of the different things that were
there. He said that the rest of the things had been
bought readymade from the market, and he did not
eat such things. Professor Muhammad Aslam said
that the thing that Hazrat JeeRehmatullah Alaih had
accepted had been prepared by his daughter, who
was regular in her Namaz and fasting. The rest of the
eatables had indeed been fetched from the market.
During the same stay, another incredible thing
became clear. One day, I was standing with Maulvi
Sulaiman. He was doing Wazu. There were eight
servant quarters behind my house, out of which I had
given two to a poor old horse-cart driver. His wife and
daughter used to work in my house. When Maulvi
Sulaiman happened to look at the uninhabited
quarters, he exclaimed, "What the heck! What kind of
monsters you are keeping?" He said that a Jinn52 was
looking towards us from one of the windows.
Suddenly, the Jinn ran and disappeared into the cartdriver's mare, and the mare lied down. My batman
Muhammad Zakir was standing beside us. He said,
ever since Hazrat JeeRehmatullah Alaih had come, all the
residents of the quarters and their mare had fallen
sick. Maulvi Sulaiman told us that the Lights from
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The Jinn are a creation of Allah. They are created out of fire.

Hazrat Jee's chest were illuminating the whole

neighborhood. The ground, the houses, the trees, etc
all became extremely bright. It became difficult for the
Jinns to live there, so they were forced to seek refuge
inside living things like humans and animals. The
Jinns living in my quarters had hidden inside the
unreligious people and the mare. As soon as Hazrat
JeeRehmatullah Alaih departed from my home, they were
well again.
When Hazrat JeeRehmatullah Alaih went for Hajj for the first
time, I also accompanied him till Karachi. When he
returned from Hajj, all the senior companions were
present to receive him in Karachi. When Hazrat
JeeRehmatullah Alaih came out of the airport, he was
wearing colored khaddar clothes. My heart suddenly
had this desire that if Hazrat JeeRehmatullah Alaih granted
me that dress, it will be a really great gift for me.
Hazrat JeeRehmatullah Alaih was staying in the Navy
quarters near Tooba Mosque. All the senior
companions expressed their wish for Hazrat Jee's
clothes, but he kept quiet. He exchanged his
handkerchief with someone and gave away his rosary
too, but did not give the clothes to anyone. I dared not
to express my wish, as I was just a beginner. On the
journey back home, the companions from Chakwal
hid away Hazrat Jee's luggage, so that he could not
change into another dress and give the clothes he
was wearing to anyone. When we disembarked (from
the train) at Jehlum, Hafiz Ghulam Qadri had
arranged for a sojourn at a nearby mosque.
Everybody placed their baggage in the mosque and

went out, and only Hazrat JeeRehmatullah Alaih and I were

left inside. Hazrat JeeRehmatullah Alaih asked me to bring
a dhoti. I picked up someone's dhoti and gave it to
Hazrat Jee. Hazrat JeeRehmatullah Alaih donned the dhoti,
put off the shalwar-qameez that he was wearing, and
gave it to me. "You were the first one to wish for this
dress at the airport, so I give it to you," he said. When
the others returned after some time, they saw that
Hazrat JeeRehmatullah Alaih was sitting wearing only the
dhoti. They immediately produced Hazrat Jee's
clothes from wherever they had hidden them. Hazrat
Jee's clothes are still preserved with me, and remind
me of the gift and the Kashaf-e-Quloob53 of my
esteemed Shaykh.
Salamat Pura, street number 6, house number 4this
was Maulana Fazal Hussain's address. Maulana
Fazal Hussain possessed the Certificate of
Succession from Hazrat Maulana Fazal Ali
QureshiRehmatullah Alaih. Maulana Fazal Ali Qureshi,
Maulana Hussain Ali (Wan Bhachran) and Maulana
Ahmed Khan (the founder Shaykh of Khanqah Sirjia,
Kundian) had got the Certificate together. All three of
them belonged to the Naqshbandia Mujaddadia
Silsila. Maulana Fazal Hussain was an established
Peer of Lahore and his disciples numbered in
thousands. He was very well off, had a car and
house, and a transport business. Maulana Fazal
Hussain wrote to Hazrat JeeRehmatullah Alaih that his
Shaykh had taken him till the Destination of
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Insight into the Heart. A type of paranormal vision.

Haqeeqat-e-Salat. He wanted Hazrat Jee's guidance

to progress further in Salook, as his Shaykh was not
alive anymore. Hazrat JeeRehmatullah Alaih wrote back
that when he's stop at Lahore on his way to Karachi,
Maulana Fazal Hussain could come and see him. He
reached the railway station along with all his disciples
and took Hazrat Jee to his house. After conversing
with Hazrat Jee, he realized that he had been
deceiving the people so far. He did not even have the
Spiritual Baet. So, he made an open announcement
that he had never been an Accomplished Sufi, and
the people who had been following him had been
deceived. He said that from that day on, Hazrat
Maulana Allah Yar Khan was his Peer and Murshed.
Whoever wanted to stay by their side was welcome,
and whoever wanted to leave was free to go. The
majority of the disciples left upon hearing this
announcement.
I was deployed in the Wahga sector during the 1971
war. I used to visit Maulana Fazal Hussain regularly
for Zikr every week. Immediately after the war was
over, I went to his house along with my fellows.
Maulana Fazal Hussain returned home on his bicycle
in the evening and conducted Zikr after Maghrib. After
Isha, he talked for some time and went to bed without
offering us dinner or anything else. Early in the
morning, he got up and conducted Zikr after the
Nawafil. When he was through with the Fajr Prayer,
he spoke to me and said that he was sorry for not
looking after us. Actually, he said, his family had been
starving for two days and there was nothing to eat at

his home. Then, he narrated the whole incident of

joining the Awaisia Silsila and ending up in such
circumstances. His circumstances had deteriorated to
such a stage that he was forced to take up a job at a
workshop located 13 kilometers away from Salamat
Pura. He used to commute 13 kilometer up and down
on a bicycle. I was taken aback to learn about his
condition. I went straight to my Unit, loaded some
groceries into my vehicle, and returned to Salamat
Pura. Maulana Fazal Hussain was not pleased to see
this. He said this was not the objective of narrating his
circumstances to me. I apologized and requested him
to accept that stuff just that one time. It would not
happen again. Later on, when I stated the ordeals of
Maulana Fazal Hussain to Hazrat JeeRehmatullah Alaih, he
said that he had never seen such a devoted person
among the Peers, who had sacrificed everything he
had for him.
Then, in March 1972, Hazrat JeeRehmatullah Alaih stayed
at Dr Riaz's house in Gulberg. Maulana Fazal
Hussain came to see him. When Hazrat JeeRehmatullah
Alaih
inquired about his circumstances, he started
crying. "I don't regret losing anything," he said, "but I
fear that I may not lose my relationship with you".
Hazrat Jee consoled him and said that the
circumstances dont always stay the same. Allah
burdens everyone according to their capacity. After
some time, Allah SWT changed his days and he
migrated to Abu Dhabi, where he also called his
family. In his last days, when he was sick, his
employer company offered to send him to any country

for treatment. Maulana Fazal Hussain preferred to

come to Pakistan, and breathed his last at his revered
Shaykh's feet.
On December 29, 1972, I visited Maulana Shams-ulHaq Afghani at his residence in Bahawalpur after
Isha. I was in uniform. I had travelled 150 kilometers
from Cholistan to reach him. When he saw me, he
said that General Iqbal's residence was next door. I
said, "Hazrat, I've come to see you, not him". He
offered me a seat and inquired about the reason for
coming. I respectfully said that I had come to him for
learning Salook. I had read the books of the Mashaikh
from all the four Silsilas, had read about the
Destinations of Salook, and was wandering in search
of a person who would be my guide on the way of
Salook, I said to him. "I have come to you with great
hope that you will surely guide me." After a brief
pause, Maulana Afghani said that I should recite 2000
times Astaghfar54, 2000 times Darood Sharif55, and
3000 times Nafi-Asbat56 consecutively for 40 days. If I
happened to miss any of these recitations on any
single day, I had to restart counting the 40 days
again. After 40 days, I had to tell him my feelings
through a letter or personal visit. The next lesson
would start after that. I came back and narrated the
whole episode to Hazrat. Hazrat Jee said, "Maulana
Afghani has gotten rid of you. He has merely told you
Asking for forgiveness from Allah. 'Astaghfirullah'
A recitation for sending blessings upon the Holy Prophet,
'SalAllahu alaih Wasallam'
56 La ilaha illAllah. There's no god but Allah.
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the recitations for saving his face. He knew that it

would take at least five hours to recite the things that
he had prescribed, and a uniformed person could
never spare five hours. You'll do this Wazifa for a day
or two, and then, you'll miss a day. You'll feel
ashamed that you could not perform even this
beginners' Wazifa. Out of embarrassment, you'll not
go to see him, and even if you do, you'll never again
take the name of 'Salook'. His stature will remain
intact and he will not have to teach Salook too.
Nobody has the time for doing Wazaif, so whoever
comes to us, we perform Lata-if on him straightaway.
If the seeker has the capability, he will progress.
Otherwise, he'll quit by himself."
One of my friends was a pious person since his
childhood. He read the book "Sword of Allah"
authored by General Akram, after which he became
inclined towards adultery. I was with Hazrat
JeeRehmatullah Alaih in Karachi, when I bought this book
from a bookstall. I was confused about why the author
had chosen this topic, whereas he belonged to the
Shiah School. For him, Hazrat Ali RAA was the
Zulfiqar (the title of Hazrat Ali RAA, which means
sword). Why had he made Hazrat Khalid RAA the
topic of his book and called him Allah's Sword? When
I read the book, I found out that it was based on a
malicious intent. The characters of Hazrat Khalid RAA
and Hazrat Umar RAA have been attacked and
insulted throughout the book. In other words, we
Sunnis have been shown the 'true' picture of our
heroes, the hero of warfare and the hero of justice.

When I told Hazrat Jee RA about this book, he told

me to go through it in detail and point out the pages
that were objectionable, so that its rejection may be
written. According to his instructions, I was reading
the book while sitting in Qari Yar Muhammad's
mosque in Quetta. Hazrat Jee was present in the
Hujra57. It was about the time of Ishraaq58when a
person entered the mosque. He came to me and saw
me reading an English book, upon which he burst out
in anger, "what's wrong with you Maulvis? You
sermon others about the Quran and yourself read
English books in mosques. Stop this drama!" I
stopped reading the book, and that person went and
sat in the company of Hazrat JeeRehmatullah Alaih. When I
also entered the chamber after a while, he
complained to Hazrat Jee that 'this Maulvi reads
English books in the mosque'. Hazrat Jee introduced
me to him and explained the whole situation, after
which he calmed down.
In 1974, when the annual Ijtima59 was going on at
Munara60, I was doing the Company Commanders
Course in Quetta Infantry School. I could not join the
annual congregation because I could not get leave. In
the last days of the congregation, I wrote a letter to
him, regretting my missing the Ijtima and begged for
A chamber inside or beside a mosque
An optional Namaz offered about 30 minutes after sunrise
59 Congregation
60 The "Ijtima" used to be held at Munara in the days of Hazrat Jee
Rehmatullah Alaih. After him, the Munara congregation is not the
same, as his heir took to the pursuit of worldly effects and forsook
his Shaykh
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his prayer and special attention. In his reply, Hazrat

JeeRehmatullah Alaih broke the amazing news that I had
been selected among the new Khaleefa Majazeen61
of Silsila Naqshbandia Awaisia. He wrote that I was
now a Majaz and an Appointment holder. In
compliance with Hazrat Jee's order, when I went to
Chikrala to receive my Certificate, he treated me very
kindly. He told me that my name was not included in
the initial list of Majazeen that was presented to the
Prophet of MercySall-Allahu-alaih-Wasallam. Huzoor Nabi
KareemSall-Allahu-alaih-Wasallam deleted some of the names
from that list, and wrote my name. After this, Hazrat
Jee Qibla Alam used to love me dearly.
Multan is famous because of Ghaus Bahawuddin
ZakriyaRehmatullah Alaih. Hazrat Ghaus Bahawuddin
belongs to the Suharwardi Silsila, and is the student
of Shaykh Shahabuddin Suhrwardy. We used to hold
our Thursday evening Zikr session at his resting
place. I and Haji Aslam Kunboh used to go there often
on other days too. Until the beginning of 1976, Hazrat
Jee's stay at Multan used to be limited to the time for
which the train stopped at the railway station. It had
been a year since I had been posted at Multan.
Whenever I'd visit Hazrat Ghaus Sahib, he'd ask for
Hazrat Jee'sRehmatullah Alaih visit to Multan. I quietly
presented his request to Hazrat JeeRehmatullah Alaih,
which he accepted, and said that indeed Ghaus
sahib's demand was justified. After that, Hazrat Jee
came to Multan and scheduled a Zikr at Ghaus
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Pl of "Majaz". Authorized person.

Bahawuddin Zakriya's shrine. The Jamaat present in

Multan also accompanied him. Ghaus Bahawuddin
Zakriya was taken to the Higher Destination. When
Hazrat JeeRehmatullah Alaih was returning from there,
someone said to him that Hazrat Rukn-e-Alam was
also requesting for a meeting. Hazrat JeeRehmatullah Alaih
smiled and said: let's go. Then, he meditated there for
some time.
The Jamaat had swelled in numbers after the return
of the POWs of 1971. Maulvi Muhammad Sulaiman
had added two additional things to the routine of Zikr.
He used to conduct loud Zikr and the Meditation of
Istehzar after the Asr prayer. Because Hazrat
JeeRehmatullah Alaih had never conducted these, I used to
feel upset. I'd sit in their group but keep feeling
restless inside. Maulvi Muhammad Sulaiman had
instructed almost all the people conducting Zikr that
they should hold loud Zikr at Asr. In Multan, I did not
use to hold this particular Zikr. When Maulvi
Muhammad Sulaiman came to know about it, he and
Bashir took me to a side during the Ijtima at Munara.
They reprimanded me strictly and said that I
considered myself as someone special, and that they
could terminate my Authority for conducting Zikr
(Majaziyyat) in a minute. "If you want to progress
further, you must do the loud Zikr and the Istehzar
Meditation regularly after Asr," they said. I kept quiet.
For two years, Maulvi Muhammad Sulaiman remained
angry with me. I was afraid that he'd ask Hazrat
JeeRehmatullah Alaih and get me expelled from the
Jamaat. Hazrat JeeRehmatullah Alaih was staying at Haji

Altaf's home. When everyone had left for dinner, I

grabbed Hazrat Jee's feet and started crying. Hazrat
Jee asked me what the matter was. I narrated the
standoff with Maulvi Sulaiman and beseeched that he
was bent upon getting me thrown out of the Jamaat. I
requested Hazrat JeeRehmatullah Alaih to conduct the loud
Zikr and Istehzar Meditation just once, so that it
should be a precedent for us, and we should adopt
these as a part of our daily routine. Hazrat
JeeRehmatullah Alaih asked me if I had never done these
Azkaar62 until then. I replied that how I could do the
Azkaar that were never taught by my Shaykh. Hazrat
JeeRehmatullah Alaih was very pleased. He said, "how can
he expel you from the Jamaat, when he has himself
been kicked out of it?" Then he took out a book from
under his pillow and gave it to me and said that
Maulvi Sulaiman had written a book to compete with
Dalail-us-Salook. I was astonished at this person's
senselessness.
In March 1981, when Hazrat JeeRehmatullah Alaih came to
Multan, he accepted the dinner invitation from
Brigadier Khadim Hussain and the tea invitation from
Major General Hamza. These two officers held a
unique position in the Army because of their
gentleness and piety. When I was transferred to the
Northern Area in 1982, Major General Hamza wrote a
letter about me to Major General Warraich, who was
the commander there. Hazrat Jee visited Gilgit in the
third week of May, 1982. He was scheduled to stay at
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Pl of Zikr

Dasu on the night of May 17 and have lunch at my

home in Jaglot. However, Hazrat Jee unexpectedly
skipped Dasu and reached my home in the evening of
May 17. He looked quite worn out by the travelling. I
immediately informed Rasool Mir, and the both of us
srranged for the night stay of Hazrat Jee's small
entourage. The next morning, a jeep from the 90 Light
came to pick me up. The General was in the area and
was inviting me for tea. I told my Colonel that I could
not go to see the General, because my esteemed
Shaykh was with me. I could not leave him and go to
anyone else. My Colonel told me not to ruin his career
by refusing to meet the General. He said he'd sit with
Hazrat JeeRehmatullah Alaih while I was away. He took off
his boots and sat with Hazrat Jee. However, I wasn't
going to leave, and I didnt. When the jeep returned
empty, the General didn't like it, as I was later
informed by the people who were present with him.
Later on, Hazrat JeeRehmatullah Alaih told me that he had
not seen the sincerity in my Colonel. I humbly said, he
had not come to you out of admiration, but only to fill
in my place and send me to the General. He had
never believed in the acquisition of Faiz.
The 1983 annual Ijtima was held at Munara from July
25 to September 2. This time, I took leave for two
months and reached Darul Irfan in the beginning of
the first week of Ijtima. Hazrat Jee was worried on
account of his son and brother. Every other day, a
messenger from his home would arrive, adding to his
worry. One day, Hazrat JeeRehmatullah Alaih called for me
and asked me to go to Chikrala to defend his land. He

also told me to take along five or six men, and to send

them back after a week. I reached Chikrala with these
men and set up a post to defend the Murshed Abad
land. Allah SWT helped us and no one dared to
occupy the land. I kept on receiving fresh
reinforcement from Darul Irfan every week.
When the Munara Ijtima was over, Hazrat
JeeRehmatullah Alaih returned to Chikrala and ordered me
to stay there. He allowed me to leave two days before
the Eid-ul-Azha. I presented myself before Hazrat
JeeRehmatullah Alaih to say goodbye. Hazrat JeeRehmatullah
Alaih
was sitting outside his house in the shadow of the
wall. Raza Quraish from Sri Lanka was also with me.
Both of us sat on the ground before Hazrat
JeeRehmatullah Alaih. "Are you leaving?" asked Hazrat
JeeRehmatullah Alaih. I said yes. Many hours passed as we
sat there. The shadow of the wall had receded, and
half of Hazrat Jee's cot was in the sun. We had also
began sweating because of the heat. It was now that
Hazrat JeeRehmatullah Alaih permitted me to leave. He got
up from the cot. I embraced him and fell at his feet. I
held both his feet and beseeched, "Hazrat, life is so
uncertain. I dont know if I'll ever see you again or not.
If I have made some mistakes, please forgive me.
Hazrat Jee, please always be happy with me." Hazrat
Jee held me by the shoulders and stood me up. He
said, "you are among the people in the Jamaat with
whom I have an association of the heart. How can I
be angry with you?" I departed after that, and praise
Allah SWT's Highness, that it indeed turned out to be
my last meeting with him. I received the news of his

demise through a telephone call from Rawalpindi

when I was at Jaglot. Indeed, we are from Allah, and
to Him we shall return63. When I arrived at Chikrala,
Hazrat JeeRehmatullah Alaih had already been laid to rest
in his final abode. I presented myself at his grave
along with the Jamaat from Gilgit and did our routine.
The same Lights and Flashes that used to be there
before were still there. Hazrat Jee used to say that
more Faiz will be received from him after his death,
provided that the spiritual connection is intact. May
Allah SWT keep our link with our respected Shaykh
intact and keep his Faiz flowing until the Day of
Qayamat. Aameen.

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Inna Lillah-e- wa inna Alaihe Rajeoon.

Conversation with Spirits

Major (Retd) Ghulam Muhammad

(Praise be to Allah who blessed us with rewards and
guided us on Deen-e-Islam.)
I state before you that my Shaykh Hazrat Allah Yar
KhanRehmatullah Alaih visited Karachi in 1970. I was also
with him. Our stay had been arranged at a living
quarters that belonged to the Navy. In the evening,
Hazrat JeeRA was describing some aspects of Syed
Ahmed Rafai'sRA life. He said that Allah had blessed
Syed Ahmed RafaiRA with the power that when
delivered a sermon, everyone heard him equally loud
regardless of the distance between them and him.
Whenever anyone came to visit him and he did not
have anything to serve the guest, he would ask the
visitor: "ask me to pray for you, as I am on the
example of the Holy ProphetSall-Allahu-alaih-Wasallam at this
time".
When Syed Ahmed RafaiRehmatullah Alaih went for Hajj
and presented himself at the shrine of the Prophet SallAllahu-alaih-Wasallam
, he addressed the MessengerSAW and
said: "O Prophet of AllahSAW, I keep presenting myself

before you spiritually. Today, I have come here

physically. Please extend your blessed hand out of
the grave, so that I may kiss it and satiate the thirst of
my love that I have for you." Upon this, the
Prophet'sSAW sacred hand came out of the grave so
that Syed Ahmed RafaiRA could kiss it. Hence, Syed
Ahmed RafaiRA kissed the Prophet'sSAW blessed hand
and the thousands of people who were present there
witnessed this scene. A few other fortunate ones who
were present nearby also got the opportunity to kiss
the Prophet's hand.
"What is the proof of this incident?" inquired a person
who was attending Hazrat Jee'sRA sermon. We did not
like his question. Hazrat JeeRA asked him: "are you
legitimate or illegitimate?" He replied that he was
legitimate. Hazrat JeeRA asked him if he had any
proof. He said that the wedlock between his mother
and father was the proof. "What is the proof of the
wedlock between your mother and father?" asked
Hazrat JeeRA. He said that the proof of the wedlock
was the two witnesses that were present on the
occasion. Upon this, Hazrat JeeRA said: "how strange,
that the wedlock between your mother and father has
just two witnesses, and nobody challenges its
authenticity. But you ask for the proof of an incident
for which there are thousands of witnesses. You
ought to know that the most credible eyewitness of
this incident is Shaykh Abdul Qadir JilaniRA. Tell me
the truth about who you are. He told that he belonged

to the Jamaat Islami64. Hazrat JeeRA said that the

people of Jamaat Islami do not believe in Hayat-eAnbiya and Conversing with Spirits. What was he
doing there in the first place? Hazrat JeeRA asked him
to leave.
This was 2004 when my Shaykh Hazrat Allah Yar
KhanRA said to me: "Son, if you want to communicate
continuously with me in my grave, and your health
permits, you should adopt a Chilla for 40 days in order
to enhance the lightness of your spirit. During this
Chilla, you should stay awake and pray during the
nights and stay thirsty during the days (i.e. fast)".
Following the word of my Shaykh, I went into the
Chilla for 40 days, from April 25 to June 3. This made
a huge difference to my Kashf and Conversation with
Spirits, which became much clearer. Hazrat Jee RA
said that the Sufis had been practicing this through
every age, although I would not have needed it had
Hazrat JeeRA been alive. I keep speaking with my
Shaykh in his grave from time to time. I quote a few
instances.
This was probably 2003. One of my fellows Squadron
Leader Salman Ahmed and his wife Doctor Nosheen
called me on telephone from Lahore and requested to
ask Hazrat JeeRA for his permission for them to visit
him. HAzrat JeeRA said that they could both come.
After a few days, they came to Mianwali from Lahore.
They stayed at the PAF Base for the night and came

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to me in Wan Bhachran in the morning to take me

with them.
Right at that time, my spiritual
conversation with Hazrat JeeRA started. Hazrat JeeRA
asked me to stop Dr Nosheen (Mrs Salman Ahmed)
from coming and leave her at my home. I became
worried and started thinking whether my previous
Conversation was correct, in which Hazrat JeeRA had
granted the permission, or this one, in which he was
declining her. Why had he allowed first and then
forbidden? Dr Nosheen stayed back. When both of
us reached Danda Shah via Moosa Khail, we found
out that it had been raining the whole night and the
whole area had become submerged in water. The
earthen track leading to Murshed Abad from there
had become un-drivable, and after going two or three
kilometers, we had to leave our car there and walk
through rainwater and mud all the way. It was then
that I realized why Hazrat JeeRA had stopped Dr
Nosheen from coming. A few months after that, the
two of them came to Murshed Abad again. This time,
they requested for Hazrat Jee'sRA permission to adopt
a child. Hazrat JeeRA asked me to tell them that they
were going to have their own child, why adopt?
Actually, the two of them had been married for six or
seven years at the time, and they did not have a child.
They therefore did not adopt a child after Hazrat Jee
forbade it. Later, they became the parents of two
daughters who are studying in a school these days.
Another companion of mine Amir Jalal is a pilot in an
airline. His younger brother Kashif is a Lecturer in one
of the universities at Jeddah. Kashif had been

speaking to an expat Pakistani family living in

America, and had reached an understanding for a
marriage of exchange for himself and his sister. (His
sister would marry their son and he would wed their
daughter). Later on, that family came to Pakistan and
met the boy and the girl, whom they liked and
finalized the arrangement. When I spoke to Hazrat
JeeRehmatullah Alaih about this marital arrangement, he
asked me to stop Kashif from going ahead. He said
that the boy to whom his sister was to be wed did not
possess a good character. When I told them this, they
cancelled the arrangement. The information about the
boy's character was later on confirmed too.
Doctor Abid Ali Minhas received his doctorate degree
from Austria on government expense. He visited me
in 2002. As we sat beside my Shaykh Hazrat Allah
Yar KhanRA's grave in Murshed Abad for Zikr, he
expressed his intention to go for PhD in a foreign
university at his own expense. Hazrat JeeRA told him
to wait for that year, as he would be sent abroad for
PhD on government expense the next year. And it
really so happened that PhD vacancies were
advertised the next year for foreign study. Abid Ali
Minhas appeared in the test and interview and the
Government of Pakistan selected him for doing PhD
in Austria. While studying in Austria, he became
disinterested and lost heart because of the biased
behavior of his instructors. The reason was his large
Sharai65 beard. I went to Murshed Abad and
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presented the issue of his doctorate before Hazrat

JeeRA, and also complained about his instructors'
behavior. Hazrat JeeRA told me to keep those tutors
before me and do Alqa66 upon them for a few days.
Insha-Allah, they will come on track. And so, it
happened. After the Alqa, the tutors' behavior with
Abid Ali Minhas improved, and he returned to
Pakistan after completing his doctorate and securing
the highest grade from the same instructors. He is a
professor at the Bahria University these days.
Another one of my companions Muhammad Suleman
lives in Chashma. His daughter was doing her house
job at a hospital in Lahore when she fell sick. Her
condition did not improve even after her extensive
treatment. When I went to Chashma to conduct Zikr,
he took me to his home and requested me to write
something for his daughter. I started inscribing the
Taweez67. I was going to write 40 of them. When I
had written fourteen or fifteen, I started hearing
Hazrat Jee's voice coming from his grave. He said it
was no use. She would not survive till she could take
all forty of them. So, I stopped writing. Suleman sahib
said that I was going to write 40 of them. I said he
should give her these Taweez, and I'd write more
when these are finished. Allah had planned it like that.
The girl could not survive for 40 days and met Allah

It's a term of Sufis. It means casting down the Lights from one's
Destination upon the seeker or anyone else.
67 Inscriptions meant for healing an illness, repel the Jinn, or for
other purposes
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before that. Inna Lillahe wa Inna Alaihe Rajeoon.

(Indeed we are from Him and to Him we shall return.)
Several months had passed since we had visited our
respected Shaykh in Murshed Abad. The armies of
India and Pakistan were facing each other on the
borders. Then, by Allah's grace, the risk of war was
averted and the armies of both the countries
retreated. The Air Force also flew the aircraft back to
their home bases. My friends from Mianwali Base
informed me at 10 p.m. that there was no flying the
next day, so they had planned to pick me up and go
to Murshed Abad. They had planned to take three
cars, which meant that about 14-15 pilots were going
to accompany me. I had still not gotten up from the
prayer rug after my morning routine that conversation
with Hazrat JeeRehmatullah Alaih started. He asked me not
to let the Air Force pilots come to him on that day. I
got up and informed all the pilots that the program
had been cancelled for the day. It was hardly 8 or
8:30 a.m. when the pilots received the orders to fly to
their forward operating bases. They immediately flew
their aircraft to their respective wartime positions. Had
Hazrat JeeRehmatullah Alaih not stopped me, a big issue
would have been created. The pilots could not have
returned to the base before 11 a.m. It would have
been a fiasco with so many pilots suddenly
disappearing, and the aircraft could not have been
dispersed too.
On August 14, 2003, I visited Murshed Abad with
Wing Commander (Air Commodore) Zia Khan. Five or

six other officers also accompanied us. Zia Khan had

come to Murshed Abad with me on August 14 two
years ago. Hazrat JeeRehmatullah Alaih asked me to tell
Zia Khan that he had made Hazrat Jee wait for too
long. He then said: "You dont know yet what waiting
is. When you'll die and come to the Barzakh, and
you'll wait for your loved ones and they won't come,
only then you'll realize what waiting is". Upon hearing
this, Zia Khan's eyes brimmed with tears. He said he
didnt know Hazrat JeeRehmatullah Alaih had so much love
for him. Hazrat JeeRehmatullah Alaih was also aggrieved
by the fact that Maulana Akram Awan had stopped his
followers from visiting Murshed Abad.
It was in January 2003 that I visited Air Vice Marshal
Abdul Razzaq's official residence in Islamabad
regarding some matter. Wing Commander (Air
Commodore) Fazal Mehmood was also with me. It
was a palatial house. We were waiting for AVM Abdul
Razzaq when my conversation with Hazrat
JeeRehmatullah Alaih started. He said that this man (AVM
Abdul Razzaq) was going to stay in that house for just
a few more days. I thought that maybe he'd be
transferred elsewhere. During our meeting, he also
expressed his intention to study Tasawwuf more
deeply, but God had other plans. Probably, the Angel
of Death had already received the orders to take him
away from this world forever. Air Vice Marshal Abdul
Razzaq departed for the Barzakh leaving behind his
grieving parents and bringing tears to thousands of
eyes.

Once upon a time, Colonel Naseem came to me with

his sons Captain Ashfaq and Taha. Captain Ashfaq
moved closer to me when I was parting with them
after presenting ourselves at Murshed Abad. He told
me that he had made a request to Hazrat Jee and
wanted me to tell him what Hazrat Jee was saying
about his request. I told him that I didnt know what he
had said to Hazrat JeeRehmatullah Alaih, but there was
something that HAzrat JeeRehmatullah Alaih had asked me
to tell his father (Col Naseem). He started insisting
that I should tell that thing to his father right there in
his presence. I called Col Naseem to me and told him
that Hazrat Jee had asked me to tell him that he
should immediately arrange for Captain Ashfaq's
marriage. When Captain Ashfaq heard this, he said,
"Uncle, I got the answer to my request. I had in fact
requested Hazrat Jee about my marriage".
I had planned to spend the night of May 2, 2013 at
Murshed Abad with Group Captain Rizwan Haider
and his family. The General Elections were going to
be held on May 11. Imran Khan's Tsunami appeared
widely popular. It seemed that Imran Khan will sweep
the elections and become the next Prime Minister. In
the evening, when we sat by Hazrat Shaykh-ulMukarram's grave for Zikr, Rizwan asked me who was
going to be the next Prime Minister of Pakistan. I said,
"Let's ask Hazrat Shaykh-ul-Mukarram68 who will
become the Prime Minister after the elections". When
I asked Hazrat JeeRehmatullah Alaih, he said that Nawaz
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Shareef was going to be the next Prime Minister. We

also asked who we should vote for. Hazrat Shaykh-ulMukarram asked us not to vote for Imran Khan, as he
is not a religious minded person.

Fana Baqa
Major (Retd) Ghulam Muhammad

Praise be to Allah who blessed us with rewards and
guided us towards Deen-e-Islam.




The Most Merciful [who is] above the Throne69
established. (20:5)

Indeed, your Lord is Allah , who created the heavens
and the earth in six days and then established Himself
above the Throne (10:3)

And it is He who created the heavens and the earth in
six days - and His Throne had been upon water.
(11:7)

The actual Arabic word is Arsh, which means a level beyond the
seven heavens
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When someone asked Hazrat Imam Maalik the

meanings of The Most Merciful [who is] above the
Throne established, he started sweating profusely. He
bowed his head and started tapping the wooden stick
that he was holding. Then, he raised his head and
said that it is something beyond the comprehension of
the mind; and that Allah's Astawa (establishment) is
not unknown and it is mandatory to believe in it; and
that to inquire about it is a Bidat70. He said that he
thought that the inquirer was a Bidati71 and got him
expelled from there. He received knowledge from 900
tutors, out of whom 300 were Tabaeen. He used to
say that knowledge is not acquired through excessive
studying. It is a Light that Allah SWT emlightens into
one's Heart.
It is in the Hadees72 that before the heaven and the
earth were created, Allah SWT was in an Ama'
(Cloud) that had air above and below it, and his
Establishment on the Throne had not yet taken place.

We have read that
( The Most
73
Merciful [who is] above the Throne established), and
that ( Allah SWT descends
Innovation in the matters of the Deen. Adopting a practice that
has no precedence considering it to be a part of the Deen.
71 Anyone who engages in Bidat
72 The sayings of the Holy Prophet SalAllahu alaih Wasallam
73 The actual Arabic word is Arsh, which means a level beyond the
seven heavens
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to the lower heaven every night)

(and Allah SWT comes between a person and his
Heart). We have also been informed that

( Allah

SWT called out from the right side of the mountain

that was situated in a blessed place, called out from
the tree: O Moosa) and that ( God
manifested Himself upon the mountain and turned it
into particles). Allah's ProphetSall-Allahu-alaih-Wasallam has
also told us that the Arsh creaks because of Allah's
presence just like a camel's saddle creaks under the
weight of the rider. When Allah's Personal Lights
become extremely intense, it seems that the Higher
Arsh will break any moment.
Hazrat Shah Ismail ShaheedRehmatullah Alaih has written
in "Abqaat" that Allah has established Himself on the
Arsh for the sake of His creations. Man's physical
qualities are closely related to the Brightness from the
Arsh. For example, a Flash of Light comes, which
becomes man's speaking power. Another Flash
comes, which becomes man's hearing power. Another
Flash comes, which becomes man's sight, and
another Flash comes, which becomes man's
movement. In this way, this never-ending series of
Flashes perpetuates human life. If you want to
understand, the Higher Arsh is up there, and the
Smaller Arsh is the Qalb. The two of them are at the
distance of a single breath. While breathing in, you
stretch Allah's Name and take it all the way up to the
Arsh. On the way back, this breath brings the Lights
from the Arsh to your Heart. On the Judgement Day,

your luminous Qalb will become the scope through

which you will observe Allah, the Most High. The
person whose heart is not illuminated will remain
deprived of Allah's sight.
Allama IqbalRehmatullah Alaih has written the dialog
between the mind and the Heart. The Heart says to
the mind:
You are concerned with time and space, whereas I'm
the bird that knows the Sidra;
See how high my status is, that I'm from the Throne of
the Almighty Lord
On the Night of Ascension74, the Trusted Angel
JibrailAlaih as-Salam stopped at Sidra-tul-Muntaha,
because this is the last limit of the Realm of the
Created. Sidra is a tree about which he told Allah's
ProphetSall-Allahu-alaih-Wasallam that it's a blessed tree that
has its roots extending to the seventh earth. The
Qalb, Rooh, Sirri, Khaffi, and Akhfa75 belong to the
Realm of Command, just like the spirit. It's obvious
that there's no comparison between the Qalb and the
mind, but the intellectuals consider the mind to be
everything.
One day my Shaykh Hazrat Allah Yar KhanRehmatullah
Alaih
said that
(Allah is the Light of
the heavens and the earth). If Allah is the Light, his
Meraaj. The night when the Holy Prophet (SAW) ascended to
meet Allah.
75 Names of the Lata-if
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word is also Light. How can Light contain sound and

words? Also, the Wahi76 was descended upon the
Qalb, and the Qalb is Amr77 and not a creation. He
said that in the times of Imam Ahmed bin Hanbal, it
was argued very forcefully that the Quran is a
creation. But, Imam Ahmed bin Hanbal remained
adamant that the Quran is Allah's Word and hence,
it's not a creation. He was also punished for this, but
remained steadfast. As a reward for his
steadfastness, he was also granted the Appointment
of "Siddiq" from the Prophet's Court by Allah's
approval. Hazrat JeeRA used to say that there had
been only two Siddiqs in history (after the disciples of
the Tabaeen)Imam AhmedRA and Imam GhazaliRA.

o

o
( Al-Rahman
Chapter 27).
Everyone here will perish, except for the one who
faces towards Allah; in other words, the one who is
fortunate to acquire the Lights of Allah, the Respected
Rubb.

(Al-Baqarah

138). The Color of Allah, and which color can be

better than the Color of Allah's Lights?
The Almighty has kept Himself behind veil after veil
for the sake of our safety. Otherwise, man cannot
sustain even a single Flash of His Light. My Shaykh

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Allah's Commandment

Hazrat Allah Yar KhanRehmatullah Alaih used to tell us,

"look, how the Flash has hit the hill and turned it into
charred dust, and how Hazrat MoosaAlaih as-Salam has
fainted on the other hill, unable to bear the Light.

"But when his Lord appeared to the mountain, He

rendered it level, and Moses fell unconscious." [7:143]
The Holy Prophet'sSall-Allahu-alaih-Wasallam condition used
to be precarious when the Wahi78 used to descend
on his Qalb. His breathing used to accelerate and he
used to be oblivious to his surroundings. In the
beginning, he tried to repeat the words in order to
remember them by heart, but Allah SWT forbade him
that ' Do not move your tongue' and
' it's Our job to preserve the Wahi in your
Qalb. You'll never forget it'.

"O Prophet, indeed We have sent you as a witness
and a bringer of good tidings and a warner. And one
who invites to Allah , by His permission, and an
illuminating lamp." [33:45-46]
Because the Final ProphetSall-Allahu-alaih-Wasallam is an
illuminating lamp, people will continue drawing Faiz
from his Sacred Heart until the Judgment Day. FanaBaqa holds great importance among the Stations of
Salook. For conducting Fana-Baqa, the Shaykh
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presents his disciple, whomever he considers worthy,

before Hazrat MuhammadS-A-W. HuzoorS-A-W writes with
his blessed index finger the word "Allah" upon the
Qalb of the seeker. Then, heS-A-W writes "Muhammad"
on the Latifa Rooh. Then, he writes "La Ilaha IlAllah"
on the Qalb, and writes "Muhammadur-Rasoolullah"
on the Rooh. Then, heS-A-W writes "Allah-humma Sall-e
Ala Muhammad-e Nin-Nabi-el Ummi-yi wa Aalihee wa
Ashabihee wa Barik Wasallam" upon the Qalb and
upon the Lata-if of Rohh, Sirri, Khaffi and Akhfa. Each
letter written by the Holy ProphetS-A-W look bright and
clear. HeS-A-W then writes the Darood on each and
every limb of the body. After this heS-A-W recites
and the seeker's whole body morphs into the
Darood and turns into the Light. Then, the Holy
ProphetS-A-W recites ,
and the

seeker returns to his original state. (It's apparently the

Shaykh who is conducting Fana-Baqa, but he is just
acting as the announcer).
If the above sequence is conducted in the Prophet's
Court, it's called "Fana-fir-Rasool"; and when the
same sequence is repeated on the Arsh of the
Almighty, it's termed "Fana-fi-Allah Baqa-bi-Allah".
The Spiritual Baet with the Holy ProphetS-A-W is a
precondition for Fana-Baqa. The honored Shaykh
advances the seeker through the Triple Meditations
(Ahdiyyat, Maiyyat, Aqrabiyyat), takes him through
Sair-e-Ka'ba, Sair-e-Salat and Sair-e-Quran, and
takes him to Roza-e-Athar79 to connect him with the
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exalted spirit of the Holy ProphetSall-Allahu-alaih-Wasallam.

After that, the Shaykh ushers him into Masjid-eNabvi80, where people belonging to all the Silsilas of
the Prophet's Ummah are present. Those who
become worthy of the Spiritual Baet move to the front
row in their own Silsila. Then, upon receiving the Holy
Prophet's orders, the honorable Shaykh presents
them for the Spiritual Baet. After being blessed with
the Spiritual Baet, they are progressed to Fana-firRasool and then, to Fana-Baqa. A single prostration
by such a person is superior to the worships of a
hundred years, or, rather one hundred thousand
years by others. In some of the Ahadees, the holder
of Fana-Baqa (or the holder of the Smaller
Friendship) has been likened to an "illuminated
house", whereas a heedless person has been likened
to a "dark house". May Allah, the Exalted Truth, keep
me and you among the holders of Fana-Baqa, and
may our Final Judgment be carried out with them.
Aameen!
A person who is Fana-fi-Allah gives up his own will
and choice, and relies only on Allah. He refers to
Allah for all his affairsAllah, who is his Master and
the Master of the Universe, the Being who knows
what's in the hearts. Shaykh Abdul Qadir
JilaniRehmatullah Alaih says about such people that
because their Hearts are closer to Allah, they neither
heed nor look at beings other than Allah. His
Nearness keeps them dazed, His Might holds them in
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awe, and His Love keeps them captivated close to

their Beloved. Humans, Jinns, Angels, and other
types of creations remain at their service.
Hazrat Allah Yar Khan Rehmatullah Alaih used say that
when a person achieves Fana-Baqa, his Lata-if start
working by themselves. Every moment, each second,
the Flashes from the Greater Arsh pour down upon
their Lata-if, and the Lights descend on them. The
continuity of Flashes and Lights creates a sort of
column of Light, or a tower of Light that extends from
their chest all the way to the Higher Arsh. All types of
creatures see this column, except humans, to the
extent that the creatures in the bottom of the oceans
also recognize them and pray for them.
Just as disbelief and denial have become stronger,
significant progress has been made in the field of
Tasawwuf and calling people to Allah. When the
movements against tyranny and oppression gathered
steam, Allah SWT created the being of Hazrat Allah
Yar Khan to quench the thirst of the people calling out
to Allah, and spread Salook to all corners of the world.
Be it Kashaf or conversing with spirits, be it the
Stations of Salook or the rejection of false ideology
through argument, you'll not find a parallel to Hazrat
Allah Yar Kahn Rehmatullah Alaih in these times. He used
to tell us: "you people are the specialists of the
subject of Salook. Concentrate on your specialty.
When you have performed the obligatory worships, do
your Lata-if and Meditations. Revise your lessons.
Dont be a miser in doing the Alqa and paying

Spiritual Attention. If my Authorized Successors are

occupied by worldly pursuits, their affairs will
deteriorate. The actions will become spoiled and the
sincerity will vanish from the hearts".
Hazrat Allah Yar Khan's apprehension turned out to
be true. We are all aware of the condition of Silsila
Naqshbandia Awaisia today. [Urdu Verse]
Those who used to sell the medicine of the Heart
have packed up and gone.
He used to say this is the Jamaat of Allah's Friends.
"This is the last Jamaat of Sufis. The people from this
Jamaat will reach the times of Imam Mehdi. Take care
of this Jamaat's honor. Take care of my honor. Never
give a bad name to my Jamaat."

In Idols You Have Hopes

Major (Retd) Ghulam Muhammad

They have despaired of [reward in] the Hereafter just
as the disbelievers have despaired of [meeting] the
inhabitants of the graves [60:13].
What hope can one associate with the people in the
graves? After passing away, they cannot act like living
people anymore. They are in Barzakh now, where the
spirit is active and the body is inactive. The spirit is
subtle, subtler than the angels, because it has been
created from the angle's breath, and the angels are
created from Light. Hearing, seeing and speaking are
among the characteristics of the spirit. The author of
Jam'e Asool al-Aulia writes that Ali Al-QarshiRehmatullah
Alaih
has said that he has seen four saints act like living
beings inside their graves. (1) Shaykh Abdul QadirRA
(2) Shaykh Ma'roof KarkhiRA (3) Shaykh Aqeel
ManijiRA (4) Shaykh Hayat bin QaisRA. Shaykh Abdul
Haq Muaddis DehlviRA has also mentioned them in his
Persian commentary on Mishkat "Al-Mauta wa-alQaboor".

Abu Bashar HaafiRA narrates that he entered his

house once and saw a tall man praying there. He
says that he was frightened, because the key to the
door was with him. That person completed his Namaz
and said, "do not be afraid. I'm your brother Khizr". He
asked him (Hazrat Khizr) to teach him something
because of which Allah would benefit him. So, he
said: "say that I seek forgiveness from Almighty Allah,
and repent before Him for every sin that I again
committed after repentance81. And I seek forgiveness
from Almighty Allah, and repent before Him for each
of those promises that I made to myself for Allah's
sake, and then broke them. And I seek forgiveness
from Almighty Allah, and repent before Him for each
of the bounties that he bestowed upon me all my life,
and I utilized it for disobeying Him".
Ahmed bin Abi Al-HawariRA says that KhizrAlaih as-Salam
taught him a prayer for relieving pain, and said that
whenever he feels pain anywhere in the body he
should place his hand on that place and recite:


( Bani-Israil 105)
"So, I always recite this and blow where I'm feeling
the pain, and it's immediately relieved."

The word is Tauba, which means asking for Allah's forgiveness

for sins with a firm resolve not to commit those sins again.
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The majority of the Ulema and Jurisprudent

Muhaddiseen82 believe in Tawassal83. So, if a person
says in his prayer like this: "O God, please fulfill my
such and such need for the regard of such and such
person, or with reference to such and such person, or
because of such and such person", there's nothing
wrong with praying like this. It is allowed and is a
Neutral Act84. Reciting the Darood Shareef is also a
type of Tawassul. Hazrat Saadi'sRehmatullah Alaih "O
God, for the sake of Bani Fatima" is commonly
recited, that 'O Allah, for the sake of Hazrat Fatima'Razi
Allah Anhu
progeny may I die a faithful!' It is written on
page 47 of Qaida Jaleelia that adopting the Waseela
of the ProphetSall-Allahu-alaih-Wasallam after his demise has
precedence from the CompanionsRazi Allah Anhu,
Tabaeen, and Imam Ahmed bin HanbalRehmatullah Alaih.
One should do the Twassul once a day, and the best
time for doing it is after the Tahajjud. If one can do it
twice in a day, it's even better. The way to do it is to
recite Surah Fateha once and Surah Ikhlas thrice, and
then say, "O God, whatever I have recited, please
send its reward to the exalted spirit of HuzoorSall-Allahualaih-Wasallam
, and to the spirits of all the Prophets and
Messengers, and to Your dear angels, and to the

The people knowledgeable in the Hadees (sayings of the

Prophet) and who are authorized derive Islamic Jurisprudence
from the Hadees.
83 Can be loosely translated a "intercession". Means to pray or ask
something from Allah with reference to His favorite people.
84 "Mubah"an action for which there's neither reward nor
punishment.
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Sahaba, and to the Tabaeen Aulia85 and Saliheen86,

and especially to the spirits of the people of
Naqshbandia Awaisia.
The Murshed is doubtlessly a means87 to reach Allah.
Allah SWT has decreed: O those who have embraced
the Faith, fear Allah and search for the means to
reach Him (Al-Ma'ida).

Hazrat Shah Abdul Aziz Muhaddis Dehlvi says that
the way to seek (Allah's) help is that the needy person
asks Allah SWT to fulfill his need with reference to the
spirituality of someone who is dear to Him, someone
who is closer to Him and more elevated in that sense.
And the needy person says: "O man of God, O Friend
of Allah, please intercede for me and ask Allah SWT
to give me what I need, so that He may satisfy my
need." The person being asked is merely a Waseela
or interceder. Only the Almighty is the Giver and the
Authority. Tawassul is permissible through the
agreement of the Jurispruders. How, then, can
Tawassul become prohibited after death? Because,
the spirits of the Accomplished act after death just like
they act in this world. This subject has been
discussed in detail in Shrah Mishkat, and in Shrah
Sadoor by Allama SyutiRehmatullah Alaih88.

Friends of Allah
The righteous
87 The actual word is "Waseela", which comes from Tawassul.
88 Fatawa Azizi Vol 2, Page 108
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I person visited the Caliph Hazrat Usman bin AffanRazi

Allah Anhu
at different times for some matter, but Hazrat
RAA
Usman
did not respond warmly towards him. That
person met Hazrat Usman bin HaneefRAA to ask for a
solution to this situation. Hazrat Usman bin Haneef RAA
is the eyewitness of the incident, when a blind person
had come to Huzoor Sall-Allahu-alaih-Wasallam and begged
for his eyesight. Upon his insistence, the ProphetS-A-W
had told him to recite with him:










Upon reciting this, Allah SWT returned him his
eyesight. Imam Tirmzi has reported this Hadees in his
book. Hazrat Usman bin HaneefRazi Allah Anhu told that
person to go to the ablution place and do the Wazu,
offer two rounds of Salat-e-Hajat89in the mosque, and
then pray like this:

(O Allah, I ask of You, and to you I present as my

interceder my ProphetSall-Allahu-alaih-Wasallam, who is the
Prophet of Rahmat, that my need may be fulfilled.)
"After that, mention your need, and then come to me,"
said Hazrat Usman bin HaneefRazi Allah Anhu. Shaykh
Abdul Qadir Jilani'sRehmatullah Alaih saying on page 337
of Balghtul Hairan, "call me in times of distress", has

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been explained to mean that "Azkurni, or "call me"

implies to pray with the Saykh's Waseela.
According to the above-referred Ayat of the Quran


only the non-believers can deny the

drawing of Faiz from the people of the graves. The
very basis of the Awasia Silsila is that it is aimed at
connecting with the person in the grave to extract or
impart Faiz. If you are not linked to the people in the
Barzakh and dont have the capability to acquire the
Faiz from, and impart it to, the people of the graves,
then you are not an Awaisi. The last Shaykh of Silsila
Naqshbandia Awaisia Hazrat Maulana Allah Yar
KhanRehmatullah Alaih used to train his disciples spiritually
and present them before the Holy ProphetSall-Allahu-alaihWasallam
for the Spiritual Baet. Hundreds of people
benefited from the Spiritual Baet, and are still getting
this blessing due to our Shaykh.
Hazrat Shah Ismail Shaheed has written in "Abqaat"
that each Sajda of a holder of the Station of FanaBaqa is superior to one hundred years of worship, or
even one hundred thousand years of worship by
others. The criterion for the superiority of this Sajda is
not knowledge or intellect, excess of worship or Zikr.
Rather, it is an act of bestowment, through which
Allah the Most High shines His Light upon these
people's Hearts, because of which they become
worthy of such qualities.
[Urdu Verse]
That Faqeer is better than Darius and Alexander

Whose Faqeeri carries the scent of Asadullah90

The Qadri, Chishti and Suhrwardi Sisilas flow from
Hazrat AliRAA, whereas Silsila Naqshbandia flows from
Hazrat Abu Bakr SiddiqRAA. Hazrat Hassan Basri is a
common figure in all the Sisilas. Silsila Naqshbandia
Awaisia is as follows: Hazrat MuhammadSall-Allahu-alaihWasallam
, (1) Hazrat Abu Bakr SiddiqRAA (2) Hazrat
Hassan BasriRAA (3) Hazrat Daood TaiRA (4) Hazrat
Junaid BaghdadiRA (5) Hazrat Obaidullah AhraarRA (6)
Hazrat Abdur Rahman JamiRA (7) Hazrat Abu Ayub
Muhammad SalehRA (8)Hazrat Sultan-ul-Arifeen Allah
Deen MadniRA (9) Hazrat Allah Yar KhanRA
HazratRA said that in order to extract Faiz with the
Awaisi Method, one should think as if each Lateefa
(that he is doing) is placed before his Murshed's
Lateefa, which is placed before the same Lateefa of
his Murshed, until the chain reaches Hazrat
MuhammadS-A-W, as if mirrors are placed before his
Lateefa, from which his Lateefa is acquiring the Faiz.
He said that Hazrat Shah WaliullahRA has described
the same Method for drawing Faiz the Awaisi way in
his book "Hujjatullahil Balighah". Hazrat Shah
WaliullahRA claims to be the first Awaisi in the
Subcontinent.

It's the title of Hazrat AliRazi Allah Anhu, from whom 3 of the 4
major Silsilas issue forth.
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"Allah shall spread His Light, however the disbelievers

may detest it." [As-Saff Chapter 28, Ayat 8]
What do you think, that the acquisition of the Faiz is
over after the demise of the ProphetS-A-W ? The
people of Allah are always connected to the Prophet,
and they always keep supplying the nourishment to
people's Hearts. The Hearts of the believers around
the world are connected to Hazrat Muhammad'sS-A-W
sacred Heart through thin cords, and receive the Faiz
according to their capacity. As their love for the
ProphetS-A-W keeps growing, the cord keeps getting
stronger. If this cord is connected, the person is on
the True Faith; and if the cord breaks, the person has
lost his Faith. In the latter case, his worship also
becomes meaningless. After he dies, the blessings
sent by his family and friends do not reach him. If
someone wants to conduct Lata-if on him, he is not
benefitted, and that unlucky person remains deprived.
The Lata-if are the first lesson for the acquisition of
the Faiz. These are the Qalb, Rooh, Sirri, Khaffi,
Akhfa, Nafs, and Sultan-ul-Azkaar. When the Lata-if
start shining, the spirit gets the power to fly, and it
cruises through the Stations of the Triple Meditations.
The space between the Teht-us-Sira and Sidrat-ulMuntaha is the Realm of the Creation91. If the height
from the earth to the Sidrat-ul-Muntaha is divided into
three equal segments, the lowest portion is known as
the Ahdiyat, the journey through which spans over

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fifty thousand years. The middle portion is known as

Maeeyat, which is also a distance of fifty thousand
years. The upper portion is known as Aqrabiyyat, to
cross which it takes another fifty thousand years on a
galloping horse. The Lights of Ahdiyyat are white in
color, and the Lights of the Maeeyat and the
Aqrabiyyat are green and deep-red.
It was some 40 years ago. It was the last 10 days of
the month of Ramzan and we had planned to stay
awake through the night. I requested our grandMurshed to take us through the Ahdiyyat in slow
motion, because we wanted to know all the details.
He seated us by his side and started taking us
through the Ahdiyyat slowly. We had deputed a
person who had Kashaf to do a running commentary
and narrate to us whatever he saw. We kept cruising
through Ahdiyyat till 2 am. We had to arrange for the
Sehri92 too, so we asked the grand-Murshed how
much of Ahdiyyat was still left. He said that we had
not even seen one-third of it yet. Hence, we had to
get up with Ahdiyyat still unfinished.
The colors of the Lata-if that I see are as follows. The
color of the Qalb is red, the Rooh is golden, the Sirri is
bluish, the Khaffi is silver-white, and the Akhfa is
green. The color of Latifa that is brighter than the
others becomes more dominant. Then, the miracles of
the Prophet with whom a seeker gets connected issue

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forth from him as Karamaat93. The Qalb is related to

Hazrat AdamAlaih as-Salam. The Rooh is related to Hazrat
NoohAS and Hazrat IbraheemAS. The Sirri is related to
Hazrat MoosaAS and the Khaffi to Hazrat EesaAS. The
breath of the person connected to Hazrat Eesa Alaih
Salam becomes a cure, and he can heal Leprosy,
abscesses and pustules by blowing on them. The
Akhfa is related to Nabi AkramSall-Allahu-alaih-Wasallam. The
person spiritually connected to him lives in Fuqr 94. He
never lets (love of) money enter into his heart.
The Gaddi Nasheens95 know nothing about Salook.
They merely arrange the Urs96 every year at the
grave, where nothing is to be found except Naat97,
Qawwali98 and big pots of food. I had the opportunity
to converse spiritually with Hazrat Data Ali Hajveri on
the occasion of his Urs. He said, "out of these
thousands of people who come to attend my Urs,
more than half are not having human appearances.
Their spiritual faces are distorted. Most of the other
half is in a state of filthiness. They dont know the
correct way to take a bath99. The rest of them come
Pl of Karamat. The supernatural happening at the hands of a
Wali-Allah (Allah's Friend)
94 The state of living where one is making do with the bare
minimum
95 Caretakers of the Aulia's graves
96 Death anniversary celebration
97 Singing the praise of the Holy Prophet (SAW)
98 A type of chanting Asian music usually (but wrongly) associated
with Tasawwuf
99 According to the Shariah, one is required to rinse his mouth and
nostrils with water thoroughly and pour water three times on the
whole body, so that no part remains dry.
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with the kind of needs that I dont feel like praying for
them. No one comes to take my life's earnings that
I've brought with me here. Then, every person's body
either emits Lights, or it emits blackness and
darkness. Hence, the pilgrims leave behind piles of
darkness. Because I've been disconnected from the
Place of Actions100, I cannot dispel this darkness by
doing Zikr like you, and it bothers me. I wait anxiously
for someone to come and do the Lata-if here, so that
that darkness may be cleaned. I wish I had a Jamaat
like your Shaykh, which would do the Lata-if on my
grave everyday and light up the environment".
Once I happened to pass by Peer Mahal, where my
convoy had halted. There was a beautiful house right
in front, from which an affluently dressed, cleanshaven person came out and invited us for tea. We
went to his house because he insisted. He told us that
he is a Peer by lineage and the town was named Peer
Mahal because of his ancestors. The photographs of
his father, grandfather and great grandfathers were
hanging on a wall. All of them were without beards.
He then told us that their followers numbered into
hundreds of thousands. I asked him spontaneously,
"do you conduct Lata-if?" "No," he said, "we conduct
Urs101". I could not control my laughter. Like other
Gaddi-Nasheens, he too had no clue about the Lataif. He thought it must be a type of Urs. Such people
have told their followers, "If you come empty handed,
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you'll return empty handed". Whoever comes holding

a rope with a cow or sheep on the other end will
return with his heart's desires. Hundreds of cattle are
thus collected during the Urs, which are sold in the
market held right after the Urs and the Peer Sahib's
budget for the next year is prepared. Hence the so
called Peers use their followers' money to accumulate
properties worth millions of dollars. They are busy
exploiting their disciples with both hands.
The Creator of the Universe is also aggrieved by such
people's behavior. He says twice in the Quran:


"People did not value Me as they should've." Allah
also says:
)( (


Remember My Name in the morning and in the
evening (Dahr 25). But people are oblivious to and
uninterested in Allah's remembrance. Even Allah took
notice of their heartlessness and said: People did not
remember Me like I was supposed to be remembered.
When Allah SWT ordered Hazrat MoosaAlaih as-Salam to
go to the Pharaoh and stop him from tyranny, he
became worried about his wife whom he had left
behind. Allah SWT asked MoosaAlaih as-Salam what was
in his hand. He replied that it was his staff. Allah
asked him to hit the rock that was lying before him.
When he hit it, it broke into particles and another rock
emerged from it. Allah asked him to hit it too. When

he hit the second rock, it also disintegrated into dust

and another rock emerged from it. Allah asked him to
hit it too. When he hit it with his staff, it also
disintegrated and a living creature emerged, which
had a green leaf in its mouth. Allah SWT said to
Hazrat MoosaAlaih as-Salam that when He could arrange
for this creature's provisions (inside the three rocks),
were his wife and kid beyond Allah's reach? Allah
said:

"Go forth, you and your brother, with My Signs, and
do not slacken in My remembrance." Allah has also
complained about his people at another place. He
says:

"Is it not time yet that the hearts of the faithful become
subdued with Allah's Zikr?" [al-Hadeed 16]

My Head is Bowed to Thy

Will
Major (Retd) Ghulam Muhammad

Allah the Exalted Rabb has said:

O
O


"Indeed We have sent you as a witness and a bringer
of good tidings and a warner. And one who invites to
Allah, by His permission, and an illuminating lamp."
[33:45-46]
The five qualities of the Holy ProphetSall-Allahu-alaihWasallam
have been mentioned herea witness, a
bringer of good tidings, a warner, one who invites to
Allah, and an illuminating lamp. Being a witness
means that the ProphetS-A-W will be the witness for the
Ummah on the Judgment Day. In this regard, a long
Hadees narrated by Hazrat Abu Saeed KhadriRazi Allah
Anhu
has been reported in the Sahi Bukhari, Nasai,
Tirmzi, etc. According to the excerpts from this
Hadees, when Hazrat NoohAS will present himself
before Allah on the Day of Judgment, he will be asked

if he delivered Allah's message to his Ummah. He will

say that he had conveyed it. Then, his Ummah will be
presented, and they will deny receiving any message.
At that time, Hazrat NoohAS will be asked if he has a
witness to support his claim that he had indeed
delivered the message of Truth. He will reply that
MuhammadS-A-W and his Ummah are the witness. His
Ummah will argue that these witnesses were not even
born in their times. How can they be the witness? The
Ummah of Prophet MuhammadS-A-W will be asked to
reply to this argument. They will say that although
they were born much later, they had received this
knowledge from their ProphetS-A-W, whom they fully
trust and believe. Upon this, the Holy ProphetS-A-W will
be asked to testify to his Ummah's claim. The
ProphetS-A-W of Allah will confirm and endorse his
Ummah through his testimony. The reality is that the
Ummah's actions are presented before the ProphetS-AW
every day, morning and evening. This is the reason
why heS-A-W will be made a witness of the Ummah on
that Day (narrated by Ibn al-Mubarik via Saeed bin alMusaib, Mazhari). The actions of the Ummah are
replayed in 3D, as reading through written text is
farther from logic. If a satellite can replay (what it
records), can Allah not do such a thing for his
Prophet? Moreover, the Dawwat 102is also an
extremely difficult task. It is beyond human capacity,
unless Allah allows and helps him.

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Another quality described here is that Hazrat

MuhammadS-A-W is an illuminating lamp. Hazrat Qazi
SanaullahRehmatullah Alaih has written in Tafseer-eMazhari that the quality invites to Allah pertains to
the apparent and the spoken. And the quality
illuminating lamp pertains to the ProphetsS-A-W
blessed Qalb. Just like the whole world receives light
from the sun, in the same way, the Qalbs of all the
believers are illuminated by the Light of the
ProphetsS-A-W Heart. This is the reason that the
illustrious Companions, who benefited from the
ProphetsS-A-W company, are superior to the whole
Ummah. Because their Hearts received the Faiz and
the Light directly from Nabi KareemsS-A-W noble
Heart, whereas the rest of the Ummah received this
Light through the medium of the illustrious
Companions, from whom it travelled through the
generations, from chest to chest. It is an established
belief that Rasool-AllahS-A-W and all the other
ProphetsAS, after having transitioned through this
world, are alive and living in their graves. Because of
this life, the believers Hearts will continue to draw
upon the Light of the ProphetsS-A-W holy Heart. The
more one respects and revers him, and the more one
remains particular about the Darood Shareef, the
greater the share of this Light that that person will
receive.
The term enlightened moderation has become a
buzzword in the recent years and religious
fundamentalism is the target of the whole world.
Following the ProphetS-A-W and the illustrious

CompanionsRazi Allah Anhu one hundred percent is now

considered extremism. I present before you some
Verses from the Holy Quran.

So remain on the right course as you have been
commanded, [you] and those who are in your
company after having repented,, and do not digress in
the least. Indeed, He Sees what you do. [11:112]


Indeed, those who have said, "Our Lord is Allah" and
then remained on the right coursethe angels will
descend upon them. [41:30]


Do not (even) cast your eyes toward that by which We
have given for enjoyment to [certain] categories of the
disbelievers, and do not grieve over them. [15:88]





And if only the people of the cities had believed and
feared Allah, We would have opened upon them
blessings from the heaven and the earth. [7:96]
How can anyone embrace enlightened moderation
after reading these Verses? In moderation, one has to
follow the West, and not the Prophet and his
Companions. One is supposed to imitate the western
attire. One should offer his Namaz if one feels like it,
and skip it if one does not. One should fast if one

wants to, and not fast if one does not. Even if he

keeps a beard, it should resemble Ghamdis103 beard.
Theres no shortage of enlightened spiritual guides,
who do not offer Namaz at all. When asked the
reason, they reply, You pray five times, we pray all
the time! I also happened to meet in Jehlum one
such Peer Baba Jee104, who did not at all look like a
Baba Jee by his appearance. When asked how he
had gained the Wilayat105, he said, I was eighteen
years old. One day, I was on the rooftop, when
suddenly, the Peer of the Peers106 appeared and
poured everything he had upon me. He has served in
a bank all his life, and is now the spiritual guide of the
bureaucrats. He uses a stick to ward away illness and
suffering. He told me that he was looking after
Pakistan, whereas his brother was responsible for
India. He said he was living hand to mouth, and only
possessed that 'shack' and a CNG station. The
building that he was referring to as the shack must be
worth tens of millions rupees, and I've heard that a
CNG station involves investment to the tune of 100 to
120 million. I stayed there from Zuhr until Isha, and he
did not say even a single prayer. Colonel Azmat told
me that he says: "You pray five times, I pray all the
time". In other words, he is all the time in the state of
praying. Air Commodore Fazal Mehmood is an
eyewitness of this whole incident.
The name of a self-styled Islamic scholar
Baba Jee is an expression of respect used for an elderly person
with a beard.
105 Allahs Friendship.
106 A title used for Shaikh Abdul Qadir Jilani Rehmatullah Alaih.
103
104

We have turned away from the path of Allah's

ProphetSall-Allahu-alaih-Wasallam, to please our western
masters. We befriend them in the hope that that they
will honor us, but they are themselves facing defeat
and decline. How can they honor anyone? Another
Ayat of the Quran describes the way to get strength
and honor from Allah.




This Ayat prescribes the Kalma Tayyaba or the Kalma
of Tauheed107 (in other words, the knowledge of
Allah's Being and His Qualities) and righteous actions
(or acting upon the Shariah) as the recipe for
acquiring honor and power.
Hazrat Shah Abdul QadirRehmatullah Alaih has written in
Mauzah al-Quran that this formula for gaining respect
is indeed true and effective, provided that one should
be consistent in doing Zikr-Allah and performing
righteous deeds. When this consistency reaches a
certain preset threshold, Allah SWT blesses that
person with such unending honor in this world and the
Hereafter to which there is no comparison. The truth
is that reciting the Kalma of Tauheed and glorifying
Allah are insufficient unless righteous actions are
performed. In the same way, righteous deeds also
remain unadorned without doing Zikr Allah in excess.
Only the excess of Zikr-Allah beautifies the deeds and
makes them acceptable.
The First Kalma, "La Ilaha Ill-Allahu Muhammad-urRasoolullah"
107

It doesnt end here. My Allah says to his Prophet:

"So turn away from whoever turns his back on Our
Zikr and desires not except the worldly life." [53:29]
The relaxation of "eat and drink"108 is meant for
common folks. All such relaxations end for the person
who treads the path that leads to Allah and makes
Allah's Friendship his motive and objective. Allah then
tests such people to see who is with Him and who is
with his carnal desires. Shaykh Abdul Qadir Jilani
says that he had not eaten anything for several days,
when he met a person who gave him a pouch
containing some Dirhams. The Shaykh bought some
flat bread made of fine flour and some Halwa 109 made
of dates. Just as he sat down to eat, he found a
parchment on which it was inscribed: 'Allah SWT has
mentioned in some heavenly Books that He has made
wishes for the weaker among his people, so that they
should take help from them for obeying Allah. As for
the stronger, they have nothing to do with wishes.'
The Shaykh says that he left the food and walked
away.
Shaykh Abu Al Hassan Banan bin Muhammad RA says
that he saw Allah's ProphetS-A-W in his dream. The
ProphetS-A-W said, "Banan". He said, "I'm here, O
Prophet of Allah". The ProphetS-A-W said, "Allah blinds

108
109

Translation of an Ayat
Name of a dessert

the sight of the heart of the person who eats because

of the desire of his Nafs110, and I also dont meet such
people". Shaykh BananRA woke up and promised to
himself that he would never eat to his stomach's fill
ever again. He says that he had eaten two loaves of
flat bread and a bowl of pulses that night.

Nafs can be translated as soul. It is the name of the spirit or the

Rooh when it's inside the body, and is influenced by certain
material factors and desires.
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Hazrat Allah Yar Khan started spreading Silsila

Naqshbandia Awaisia from Chakwal. His first student
was Qazi Sanaullah, after whom, Maulvi Muhammad
Sulaiman and Professor Abdul Razzaq of Chakwal
started the Zikr. Maulvi Muhammad Sulaiman was an
Arabic teacher in the Chakwal High School and was
the Khateeb111 of a mosque. He had a unique style of
recitation. His Kashaf was intense, and his
conversation with spirits was very clear. All of us used
to go to Chakwal first, where Maulvi Muhammad
Sulaiman used to conduct a session of Zikr, after
which we used to go to Chikrala to present ourselves
before Hazrat Qibla Alam. As a result, we used to
reach Chikrala by 10 pm. When Hazrat would enter
the mosque for the Tahajjud prayer, he would find us
there. We were strictly not allowed to consume
anything from the market during our journey. But
more than the hunger, we were driven by the passion
to meet our respected Shaykh. We would often walk
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The one who delivers Khutba (Islamic sermon)

the ten miles distance from Bun Hafiz to Chikrala,

however, a bus would be available in the morning
from Chikrala to Bun Hafiz.
Everyone in the Silsila Awaisia was a fan of Maulvi
Muhammad Sulaiman. People started giving him gifts
to win his approval. They would gather around him to
ask matters of Kashaf. Whenever Maulana Akram
Awan would see people surrounding Maulvi
Sulaiman, he would say, "Thank God I dont have this
disease of Kashaf, otherwise people would have kept
bothering me". Maulvi Muhammad Sulaiman was also
the Khaleefa Majaz of Hazrat Allah Yar KhanRehmatullah
Alaih
, and was second only to Qazi Sanaullah of Laitee
with respect to the Destinations. Whenever we used
to ask our honorable Shaykh about the people that
were the closest behind him in the Destinations of
Salook, he used to say that Qazi Sahib was behind
him, and Maulvi Sulaiman was behind Qazi Sahib.
Maulvi Sulaiman, who was traversing the Destinations
of the Realm of Astonishment, was viewed with much
reverence. In the journey of Salook, a stage comes
when the seeker starts drawing Faiz directly from
Allah. Times can change, and that's what happened.
A time came when Hazrat Qibla Alam gave the tiding
that Maulvi Muhammad Sulaiman would be leading
the Jamaat after him. After that, Maulvi Sulaiman's
behavior started to change. He started conducting
Loud Zikr and the Ihtezar Meditation after the Asr
prayer. I knew that he did not have Hazrat
Jee'sRehmatullah Alaih approval for conducting the Loud
Zikr and Ihtezar Meditation. When Maulvi Muhammad

Sulaiman noticed that I did not concur with him about

these practices, he personally called and threatened
me that if I did not join him he would get me sacked
from the position of a Majaz and would get me
expelled from the Silsila Awaisia. Allah, the Exalted
Lord has done me this favor, that I also did not join
Maulana Muhammad Akram Awan when he founded
"Al Ikhwan". I never attended his political rallies and
meetings.
I dont know how Maulvi Muhammad Sulaiman made
the blunder of thinking that he no longer required a
Shaykh to progress further. Somehow, he started
thinking that he had become self sufficient in drawing
the Faiz. Then, he established links with another Peer
Sahib. He started saying that the Ahdiyyat, Maeeyat
and Aqrabiyyat (or the Triple Meditations) are
performed inside the Qalb. Hazrat, our respected
teacher, warned him many times to get hold of
himself, but he never mended his ways. Hazrat Qibla
Alam was staying at Haji Altaf's house in Peshawar.
When I informed HazratRehmatullah Alaih about Maulvi
Sulaiman's threat, Hazrat said, "how can he get you
expelled, when he has himself been expelled from the
Silsila. He has even dared to write a book contesting
'Dala'il-as-Salook'". Then, he produced a book from
under his pillow and told me it was Maulvi Sulaiman's
book. When I opened the cover of the book, I was
astounded to see that the foreword of the book had
been written by Professor Abdul Razzaq.

Woe, that when a person forgets his place, he falls

flat on his face. Maulvi Muhammad Sulaiman lost
everything. He was deprived of his Appointment and
Destinations. He was expelled from the Prophet'sS-A-W
Court. The world also turned its back on him. He fell
into poverty and was afflicted by disease right to his
very end. When he died, his face turned dark. The
grave also refused to welcome him. Did you see the
result of Iblees's friendship? Now he says, "I was
ruined because of pride and delusion. Would that I
had not let go of my Shaykh's hand and his
company!"
Now, hear the story of another person. His name was
Basheer. He hailed from Fort Sundaiman,
Balochistan. He practiced traditional medicine and
would often use Hazrat's preparations. He used to
serve in the police at one time. Talkative and sharp,
he claimed he had Kashaf and used to orientate the
new comers and introduce them to the Silsila. We
also heard a lot from him. He used to stay in Chikrala
more than in Fort Sundaiman. Smooth talking,
outgoing, tall, and fair, he would often go to the other
seekers and hold sessions of Zikr and Meditations.
He had a brother who served in the navy. When
Hazrat, our respected Shaykh, used to go to Karachi,
he stayed at his brother's naval quarter situated near
the Tooba Mosque.
This was 1970. Hazrat Qibla Alam was in Karachi.
When Basheer returned from the city before the
evening and after the Asr, he was furious. He started

telling Hazrat that he had been to a grave, but the

person in the grave had not stood up in his honor, nor
had he answered his questions. Basheer said he had
not seen such indifferent behavior from anyone in the
grave. "All of them get up when we go to them," he
said. He kept speaking out of vanity and said a lot.
When Hazrat Jee concentrated toward the person in
that grave, he saw that the person was a Companion
of the ProphetS-A-W. Hazrat told Basheer to go back
immediately and apologize from him. Basheer went
back and apologized, but the CompanionRazi Allah Anhu
did not forgive him. He said to Basheer that he was so
dumb he could not distinguish between a Companion
and an ordinary person. He asked him to tell his
Shaykh that he should not garland every Tom, Dick
and Harry; and there was no room for forgiveness for
his student. When Hazrat heard this, he said, "What
can I do? I keep collecting pebbles. Some out of them
turn out to be diamonds and pearls". Hazrat, our
respected teacher, presented Basheer's case before
the Mashaikh, but they also declined to help. His
matter was then presented in the Prophet'sS-A-W Court,
but was again rejected. After that, Hazrat Qibla Alam
expelled Basheer from the Jamaat. Had Basheer
stayed in his socks, he would not have seen this day.
The world also became constricted for him. One day,
he fell from the roof and broke his leg. I've heard that
he is living in dire straits these days. After his
expulsion, Hazrat Qibla Alam also stopped going to
his brother in the naval quarters. Basheer not only got

himself kicked out of an esteemed place, but also

deprived his whole family from receiving the Faiz.

This World is of No Use to

You
Major (Retd) Ghulam Muhammad

Allah's ProphetSall-Allahu-Alaih-Wasallam once saw the Angel
of Death by the bedside of an Ansari Companion, and
asked him to be gentle with his Companion. The
Angel of Death replied, "Please be at ease. I deal
gently with every believer". He further said, "I see five
times in a day each and every person living in the
cities, villages, forests, mountains or along the rivers.
So, I know all their whole lineage directly". He then
said, "O MuhammadS-A-W, all of this happens because
Allah has so Decreed. Otherwise, I dont have the
power to collect the soul of even a mosquito, unless
Allah's Decree arrives about it".
In the Revered Quran, the creation of mankind has
been attributed to dust. In reality, the human being is
comprised of ten elements, out of which five are from
the Realm of the Creation, and five are from the
Realm of Command. The five elements from the
World of the Creation are fire, water, earth, air, and

Nafs, where as the five from the latter Realm include

the Qalb, Rooh, Sirri, Khaffi, and Akhfa.
After a person dies and gets buried, he comes to life
inside the grave and answers the questions of the
angels, after which reward or punishment is dished
out depending upon how he answers those questions.
This is very clearly proven by 10 Ayaat of the Quran
and 70 authentic Ahadees, so there is no room for
any Muslim to have any doubt about life in the
Barzakh. According to the explanations of the Ayaat
and the Ahadees, Allah SWT has written the destiny,
age, Rizq, happiness and troubles for every person
even before the creation of mankind. When a child is
born, the angels are notified about all these things
with regards to him. Then, every year in the Night of
Qadr, the plan of events for that year is handed over
to the angels for execution.
A certain number of guardian angels are detailed with
each person. They protect that person from accidents,
such is something falling on him or him falling into a
ditch or suffering harm from an animal or another
person. These guardian angels protect a person from
the troubles and calamities of the world and the Deen
whether that person is awake or asleep. Hazrat Ka'ab
AhbarRazi Allah Anhu says that if this shield of Divine
protection, the Jinns will make their lives miserable.
However, this protection only works until the Destiny
written by God permits. And when Allah SWT has
decided put someone into duress, this protective
guard is revoked. Clay is the dominating element of

man's construction, but when he is hit with a piece of

clay, he does feel pain. Similarly, fire is the dominant
element of the Jinn, but pure and intense fire burns
them too. It is proven by several historical accounts
that the earth and the sky weep when any righteous
person dies.
Hazrat Hassan BasriRehmatullah Alaih is reported to have
said that if a person is affected by someone's bad
sight, the effects can be neutralized by reciting the
following Ayat and blowing on the affected person.






) (
It is not allowed to alter the words of the Hadees. The
Holy ProphetS-A-W once instructed a person to recite
the following prayer when going to bed.






That person recited

instead of , upon
which the Holy ProphetSall-Allahu-Alaih-Wasallam again
instructed him to recite the word
. Hazrat
Razi Allah Anhu
Abdullah bin Abbas
says that he has not
seen any Jamaat better than the Jamaat of
Muhammad'sS-A-W Companions. Despite having a
keen interest in the Deen and extreme love of Allah's
ProphetS-A-W, they asked very few questions. There
are a total of 13 issues about which they have asked
questions. HuzoorS-A-W said: ""It should not happen
that I find amongst you such people, who, while
reclining idly against their pillows, say about my

orders and prohibitions that we don't know them. For

us, the Book of Allah is sufficient. Whatever we find in
it, we follow." (Tirmzi, Abu-Dawood, Ibn-Maja, Beqahi,
Imam Malik). There are people today who want to
confuse the world about the collection of the Hadees
reported in the books. They say that the Hadees is
unreliable, because it was compiled much after the
Holy Prophet'sS-A-W era. Their assertion is absolutely
wrong, because, to begin with, the preservation and
recording of the Hadees had started in the times of
the Holy ProphetS-A-W. Secondly, the Hadees of the
ProphetS-A-W is, in fact, the explanation and meaning
of the Quran. Allah SWT has taken the responsibility
of protecting these meanings. How can it be possible
that only the words of the Quran are protected, and its
meanings, i.e. the Hadees, are lost?
Safeguard your private parts. This injunction includes
adultery and homosexuality, and other ways of sexual
gratification such as masturbation. They are all
forbidden and Haraam. The Great Imam Abu HanifaRA
has said that the one who engages in the unnatural
sexual act should be punished in the same way as
Allah punished the nation of LutAlaih as-Salam, who were
hit with stone showers before the ground was inverted
on them. Therefore, such a person should be pushed
down from a high mountain and showered with
stones. Hazrat Khalid bin WaleedRazi Allah Anhu wrote to
Hazrat Abu Bakr SiddiqueRazi Allah Anhu that there was a
man with whom people did what is done with a
woman. Hazrat Abu BakrRAA gathered the respected
CompanionsRAA, and Hazrat AliRAA was also present.

Hazrat AliRAA said that it's such a sin that has been
committed by none except for one nation. He said
everyone present there knew what Allah, the Most
High, had done to that nation. He opined that the man
be burnt in fire. The other respected Companions also
concurred and Hazrat Abu Bakr SiddiqueRAA issued
the verdict to burn that man by fire. Allah's Prophet S-AW
has said that when you see someone doing the
unnatural act like the nation of Lut, kill both the active
and the passive partners participating in the act.
Allah's ProphetS-A-W attended an Ansari Companion's
funeral. The grave was still being prepared, so he sat
down and the Companions quietly sat around him. He
lifted his blessed head and said that when a believer's
time of death arrives, angels with fair, shining faces
descend from the heaven. They carry the burial cloth
and the scent from the Haven, and they sit beside the
person who is about to die. Then, the angel of death
IzraeelAlaih as-Salam arrives and addresses his spirit, 'O
content spirit, come out for the Forgiveness and the
Pleasure of your Rubb112'. At that moment, his spirit
leaves his body as smoothly as water flows out from a
water-pouch when its mouth is untied. The angel of
death holds his spirit in his hands and gives it to the
other angels, who then ascend with that spirit.
Whenever they pass by a group of angels, the latter
ask, 'whose blessed spirit is this?' The carrying angels
mention the best of the names with which that person
An Arabic word that has meaning similar to the Caretaker or the
Guardian
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was known in the world, and say that he is so-and-so

son of so-and-so. In this way, the angels reach the
gate of the first heaven along with the spirit, and get
the gate opened. More angels join them from there
and they continue ascending all the way to the
seventh heaven. At that time, Allah, the Truth, issues
the Decree that the His slave's record of deeds be
inscribed in the Illiyeen113 and turn him around. This
spirit returns to the grave, where the angels of
accountability make him/her sitdown and ask the
questions: "Who is your Rubb and what is your
Deen?" He/she says, "My Rubb is Allah the Most
High, and my Deen is Islam". Then, the angels ask,
"Who is this saintly person that was sent for your
sake?" He/she says that this is Allah's ProphetS-A-W.
At that moment, a heavenly calling is heard: "My
servant is truthful. Lay down for him/her the floor from
the Paradise and dress him in clothes from the
Paradise and open a window for him into the
Paradise". The breezes and fragrances of Paradise
start reaching that person from that window, and
his/her pious deeds come to him/her in a beautiful
form to make him/her feel comfortable.
In contrast to the above, when the time of a
disbeliever's or denier's death arrives, dark faced,
deadly looking angels descend from the sky along
with a coarse, rough cloth, and sit opposite to that
person. Then, the angel of death draws out the spirit
The higher place where the good spirits live after death until the
Judgment Day
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from his body like a thorny branch is wrapped in wet

wool and is pulled from it. When this spirit comes out,
its stink is more repugnant than the stink of a dead
animal. The angels start rising holding that spirit. The
other angels that they meet along the way ask who
that wretched person was whose spirit they are
carrying. The carrying angels mention the worst of the
titles with which that person was called in the world,
and say that he is so-and-so. When they reach the
first heaven and ask for the gate to be opened, the
gate is not opened and the Decree is issued to place
the record of his deeds in the Sijjiyeen114, where the
records of the disobedient are kept. That spirit is then
thrown back into the grave, where it reenters the
body. The angels sit him down and ask the same
questions that are asked from the believer's spirit. In
reply to all of those questions, this person says:

"Alas, I know nothing!" The carpet of Hell and the
clothes from Hell are provided to that person, and a
window is opened towards Hell, through which he
keeps receiving the heat and fire from there. And his
grave is made constricted upon him.
Unless they openly renounce Judaism or Christianity,
the Jews and the Christians are included among the
People of the Book regardless of how distorted their
beliefs and how dark their actions may be. It is
The lower place where bad spirits live from death until the
Judgment Day
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permissible to consume dry food items such as

wheat, pulses, rice and fruits that have been touched
by a non-believer, and there's no disagreement about
this permissibility among the different schools. The
reason for permitting the slaughter and marriage with
the women of the Christians and the Jews is that
despite being riddled with hundreds of alterations,
their religions conform to the Islamic way in these two
matters. However, if a Muslim becomes an apostate
by converting to Judaism or Christianity, such a
person is not included among the People of the Book.
That person is an apostate and his slaughter is
forbidden (Haraam) by the unanimous agreement of
the Ummah. Huzaifa, Taha and Kaab bin Maalik
faced this situation when they married the women of
the People of the Book because of the Verse of
Ma'ida115. When the Great FarooqRazi Allah Anhu learned
about it, he was very upset and ordered them to
divorce those women. These women usually dont
have chastity and innocence. (Mufti Muhammad
Shafi, Mu'arif-ul-Quran)
Someone asked Allah's ProphetSall-Allahu-Alaih-Wasallam
who out of the Mujahideen qualifies for the highest
reward. HeS-A-W said that whoever remembers Allah
the most. He was then asked who, out of the fasting
people, qualifies for the biggest and most reward. He
replied that whoever remembers Allah the most.
Similarly, he was asked about Namaz, Zakat, Hajj,
and charity. Every time heS-A-W replied the same, that
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A Chapter in the Holy Quran

whoever performs more Zikr-Allah qualifies for a

higher reward. (Reported by Ahmed via Ibn Kaseer)
The real spirit of the whole universe is Allah's worship
and His Zikr. That's why when this spirit leaves the
earth and there's no one left who says "Allah, Allah",
everything will perish. The Companions humbly
asked, "Do the angels have nothing to do except
praising Allah? If they have other tasks to perform,
how do they continue to praise Allah alongside
everything else that they are doing?" (Allah's Prophet)
said, 'Does any of your activities or pursuits keep you
from breathing? Praising Allah is for angels just like
breathing is for us.'
It is reported in Sahih Muslim's Hadees of the Night of
Ascension that Allah's ProphetS-A-W said that when he
met YousufAlaih as-Salam, he saw that Allah SWT had
granted him half of the entire beauty in the universe,
and distributed the left over half among the whole
world. YousufAS and Binyamin were two brothers who
had lost their mother. They were raised by their
maternal aunt . AllahSWT had bestowed upon
YousufAS such splendor that whoever set eyes on him
couldnt help but fall in love with him. His aunt also
adored him so much that she could never let him out
of her sight. Hazrat Yaqoob also felt the same way.
When YousufAS started walking, YaqoobAS thought of
bringing him back to live with him. When he asked his
sister (Yousuf's aunt), she hesitated. Upon
YaqoobAS,s insistence, she finally allowed YousufAS to
go with his father. However, she had a plan to get

YousufAS back. She had a waistband that she had

inherited from Hazrat IshaqAS and that was
considered very valuable. The aunt tied this band
around Yousuf'sAS waist under his clothing. After he
had left with his father, the aunt made it known that
the waistband had been stolen. When a search was
held, the band was found with YousufAS. According to
Hazrat Yaqoob'sAS Shariah, the aunt now had the
right to keep YousufAS as her possession. That's why
when later on the theft was proven against Binyamin,
Hazrat Yousuf'sAS brothers said:

"It is no wonder if he (Binyamin) has committed theft.
His brother had also committed a theft like this
before."
After the death of Aziz of Egypt, the King of Egypt had
wedded Hazrat YousufAS to Zulaikha. Two boys,
Ifraeem and Mansha, and one girl, Rehmat binte
Yousuf, were born out of the wedlock between
YousufAS and Zulaikha. Rehmat was married to
Hazrat AyubAS and from Ifraeem's progeny was born
Yusha bin Noon, who was a Companion of Hazrat
MusaAS. When Allah ordered Hazrat MusaAS to leave
Egypt along with Bani Israil, Allah SWT also
commanded him not to leave behind the body of
YousufAS and to carry him to Syria for burial close to
his ancestors. Hazrat MusaAS discovered his grave,
which was encapsulated in a marble coffin. They
carried the coffin with them to Arz Kin'an in Palestine,

and buried him beside Hazrat IshaqAS and Hazrat

YaqoobAS.
Hazrat Abu HurairaRazi Allah Anhu says that one day he
came out with Allah's ProphetS-A-W, and his hand was
in the Prophet'sS-A-W hand. They happened upon a
person who seemed disheveled and extremely
worried. The Prophet asked him how he had reached
this condition. He replied that sickness and poverty
had made him fall into such circumstances. The
ProphetS-A-W said, 'I'll tell you a few words. If you
recite those, your sickness and poverty will be gone.'
Those words were:

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And say, "Praise to Allah , who has not taken a son
and has had no partner in [His] dominion and has no
[need of a] protector out of weakness; and glorify Him
with [great] glorification." [17:111]
After some time had passed, the ProphetS-A-W again
went in that direction and found that person in good
circumstances. The ProphetS-A-W expressed his
pleasure. That person told him that he had been
reciting daily the words that the ProphetSall-Allahu-AlaihWasallam
had taught him.

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The Companion Jinn

Major (Retd) Ghulam Muhammad

This was June, 1973. Bhutto was in power. The

Murree and Bugti tribes were up in arms against the
government. I was posted to 173 Engineer Battalion.
My unit sent me to Quetta to survey a worksite. I had
guards with me for security, as it wasnt safe to travel
without them. I could not get the accommodation at
the Mess, so I had to rent a room in Imdad Hotel. I
asked the soldiers to sleep inside the room instead of
standing guard outside, so that no one could know
that an army officer was staying there. When I woke
up for the Tahajjud prayer and was going to the
washroom, I saw that one of my soldiers Shaukat was
sleeping with his knees to his chest. I thought that he
was feeling cold, so I picked up a sheet from my bed
and threw it on top of him. As soon as I covered him
with the sheet, he started speaking: "I am in
possession of him, and his sister too. If you want him
to be well, take him to a witchdoctor117". I took out my
gun from under my pillow and aimed at him. I had
The Urdu word is "Aamil", or the person who dispels the Jinn or
breaks magic spells
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sensed that he had been possessed by a Jinn. The

Jinn spoke at once: "Dont fire, because I'll separate
from him instantly, and he will be killed by your hand."
I asked the Jinn: "Dont you know me?" He said, "I
know you. You are a disciple of Maulana Allah Yar
Khan. I asked him how he knew Hazrat Maulana Allah
Yar Khan. He said who didnt know Maulana Allah Yar
Khan. "His chest is brighter than the sun, and we can
see this light from far away," he said. I asked him
whether he had seen Maulana Allah Yar
KhanRehmatullah Alaih. He replied that he had seen him
from a distance, as he could not go close to him. I
asked him why he was possessing Shaukat. He said,
"He's not one of his disciples. Had he been connected
to Maulana Allah Yar KhanRehmatullah Alaih, I would have
never ever possessed him." I told the Jinn to let go of
Shaukat immediately, and threatened him that if he
did not leave him, I would burn him to ashes with the
Lights. He asked me to give him one hour, after which
he would leave him forever. But he said he would not
leave his sister. Shaukat remained unconscious for
one hour. I called his name and shook him several
time during this period, trying to wake him up, but he
remained motionless. Exactly after an hour had
passed, the Jinn spoke again and said, "Assalam-oAlaikum". I told him had he been a Muslim he would
never tease people like this. He said he was leaving
him because of me, and would never come close to
him again. He said he wished he could get a Kamil118
Shaykh, but they only got Aamils who made them do
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wrong things. After that, he again said Salam and left.

Now when I called Shaukat's name, he got up at
once. I narrated the whole Jinn episode to him. He
told me that the Jinn had possessed him and his
sister right since their childhood. He said whenever he
went through an episode of possession, his sister also
used to show the same symptoms. The stage had
reached when the Jinn had started holding them after
every couple of days. After a few days when I visited
Hazrat Allah Yar Khan, my respected Shaykh at
Chikrala, I brought the incident to his knowledge.
Hazrat JeeRehmatullah Alaih said that even if a Jinn
touches a person, that person becomes unconscious.
And when someone has been under the influence of a
Jinn for some time, that person starts feeling restless
even if the Jinn thinks about him or her. There are
also women who fake being possessed just in order
to get their demands fulfilled by their family. Hazrat
JeeRehmatullah Alaih narrated the incident of Shah
Waliullah Muhaddis DehlviRehmatullah Alaih that he was
sitting in his room, writing with a quill pen, when a
snake entered through the door. He hit it with his pen,
which pierced the snake's head and it died on the
spot. Hazrat Shah Waliullah got up from his seat to
retrieve his pen, but the snake had vanished. He
looked for it everywhere, but could not find it and
returned to his seat. After a while, two strangers
entered the room and asked him to accompany them
to their king's court. Hazrat Shah Waliullah asked
them the reason, and said that he was a Faqeer and
had nothing to do with kings. He said that they must

had been mistaken. The strangers said that if he did

not come with them willingly, they would carry him by
force. He had to agree, and they lifted him and took
him to the King of Jinns at Koh Qaaf. He saw that the
court was in session and his case was being
presented before the King. The King said that he had
murdered one of their Jinns. Hazrat Shah
WaliullahRehmatullah Alaih replied that he had not
murdered any Jinn. However, a snake had entered
his room, which he had hit with his pen and the pen
had pierced into its skull. That was all that had
happened. The King said that the snake was actually
a Jinn, and he was guilty of a Jinn's murder. Shah
Sahib recited a Hadees of Huzoor Nabi Kareem SallAllahu-alaih-Wasallam
, according to which if a Jinn adopts
the form of a snake and is killed by a human, it is not
considered to be a murder. The King asked him to
wait, and said that they ha d a Companion Jinn. The
King would send for him and the Hadees would be
recited in his presence. If the Companion Jinn said
that the Hadees is right, Hazrat Shah Waliullah would
be acquitted. The Companion Jinn came and the King
vacated his throne for him to sit. When everyone had
settled down, the King asked Hazrat Shah Waliullah
to read the Hadees again. He recited the Hadees and
the Companion Jinn testified that it was indeed true.
Hearing this, the King ordered that Hazrat Shah
Waliullah be returned to his home. After this incident,
Hazrat Shah WaliullahRehmatullah Alaih used to say that

he was a Tabaee119, because he had sighted a

Companion Jinn.
I came by an old man at the bank of the River Kabul
in Akora Khatak. He had been fasting continuously for
six or seven years. People used to come to him to ask
about their lost or stolen things. Upon our questioning,
he told us that our Shaykh Hazrat Allah Yar
KhanRehmatullah Alaih was appointed to the highest rank
in the Hidden120 World at that time. We asked him if
that was the Appointment of a Ghaus. He replied in
the negative, and said it was a higher Appointment
than that. The people of the area were quite in awe of
this old man's worships, piety and struggle. He used
to claim that he could talk to spirits and asked
whatever he needed to ask from Hazrat Khwaja
Moeen-ud-Deen ChishtiRehmatullah Alaih. He told us that it
was Khwaja Sahib who had told him about Hazrat
Maulana Allah Yar KhanRehmatullah Alaih,s Appointment.
Later on, we happened to pass through Akora Khatak
with Hazrat JeeRehmatullah Alaih and I asked him about
that person. He told Qazi Sanaullah of Laitee to
observe that old man and see if he possessed
anything, as he could see that he had nothing. Qazi
Sahib said that he indeed had nothing except for
Muakkils121, from whom he asked different things and
told people the answers. Hazrat said to me, "Son,
there is no one in the world at this time who has
A person who has seen a Sahabi or Companion
"Batini", which means things that cannot be seen or perceived.
The opposite of it is "Zahiri" or the apparent.
121 The Jinns that are under an Aamil's control
119
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access to the Barzakh or can converse with spirits,

except for our Jamaat. However, some people
suppress their Nafs and get Jinns and Satans under
their control." After some time, my Bridge Battalion
was relocated to Nowshehra. I discovered that the old
man was in fact a civilian employee of the Battalion. I
called him to my office and asked him why he didnt
work and was still drawing his salary. He started
weeping. He said, "Major Sahib, I strive against my
Nafs day and night in order to keep the Muakkil Jinns
under my control. I fear that they will kill me if I dont
follow this arduous routine. I have quit eating and
drinking just to save my life. They dont even let me
visit my wife and kids, and I have to stay in their
company all the time". He said he had once gone to
Risalpur to see Hazrat Maulana Allah Yar
KhanRehmatullah Alaih, but the Jinns had forced him to
come back immediately. I asked him why he didnt
just quit them. He said, "It's not possible. Now only
death can rid me of them."

Major (Retd) Ghulam Muhammad

From the year 1970 to 1983, we used to present

ourselves along with our Murshed at the shrine of
Hazrat Khwaja Allah Deen MadniRehmatullah Alaih at
Langar Makhdoom every year. We usually stayed
there overnight. The next morning, Hazrat
JeeRehmatullah Alaih used to take everyone along and
proceed to Changranwala for visiting the shrine of
Hazrat Khwaja QutbRehmatullah Alaih. A session of Zikr
used to be held there, followed by Dua122, after which
he used to return to Langar Makhdoom. People used
to return to their homes after the Zuhr prayer. After
the demise of Hazrat Maulana Allah Yar
KhanRehmatullah Alaih, the final Shaykh of Silsila
Naqshbandia Awasia, the lifetime Chief Manager of
the Silsila Colonel (Retd) Matloob Hussain continued
this annual program. Other than this, we also
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Prayer

presented ourselves several times at the shrines of

Hazrat Shah BilawalRA (Danda) and Hazrat Data Ganj
Bakhsh Ali HajveriRA in the company of our Hazrat
JeeRA and attended sessions of Zikr. Hazrat Maulana
Allah Yar KhanRA always held a high view of Hazrat
Maulana Hussain AliRA (from Wan Bhachran), Hazrat
Sultan BahooRA and Hazrat Shahbaz QalandarRA.
However, he also felt sorry about the fact that out of
Maulana Hussain AliRA's students, Ghulamullah Khan,
Inayatullah Gujrati and Tahir Panj Peeri (Major Amir's
father) denied and contested the extraction of Faiz
from Barzakh throughout their lives. Whenever Hazrat
JeeRA used to go to Multan, he used to visit the
shrines of Ghaus Bahawuddin ZakriyaRA and Hazrat
Shah Rukn-e-AlamRA, and sessions of Zikr were held
at those graves.
In the beginning of 2011, my fellow seekers' long
standing demand of visiting all Aulia-Allah's shrines
assumed a new fervor. Hence, they reached Murshed
Abad on Wednesday, January 12. Usman from
Sialkot; Hafiz Usman, Hannan, Najam and Abdul
Basit from Gujranwala; Hassan, Usman, Hafiz Adnan,
and Umer from Lahore; Mohsin from Multan; and from
Karachi, Group Captain (Retd) Abid Jafri along with
his wife Shameem, daughter Fatima and son Hassan
Qasim, were included in this convoy. We spent the
night with our Murshed and started our journey with
his permission after the morning Zikr. Danda is
located at a distance of 7 kilometers from Murshed
Abad, so it did not take us long to reach Shah
SahibRA. The caretakers have extended Hazrat Danda

Shah Sahib'sRA grave and made it three times as long

as a regular grave. We sat down by his headrest
(there was no room in front), performed Zikr, and
stated the purpose of our visit. We were going to
travel to Karachi and present ourselves at all the
shrines of Sufi Saints along the way, and were also
going to do Zikr there. Hazrat Shah SahibRA
complained that we had stopped visiting him after the
demise of Hazrat Maulana Allah Yar KhanRA, with
whom we used to come to him. Departing from
Danda, we got onto Mianwali-Talagang road and
entered the Motorway after travelling through
Talagang and Balkasar. After a drive of about three
hours, we said goodbye to the Motorway at
Makhdoom Interchange and turned our cars towards
Langar Makhdoom from Sial More. After driving for
about 10-11 kilometers, we turned left onto the
dilapidated side road, on which we travelled for
another 2-3 kilometers to reach Hazrat Allah Deen
Madni's RA shrine. It was a Thursday and a working
day, so our fellows in Zikr who had regular jobs had
not been able to join us here or at Murshed Abad.
Hazrat Khwaja Allah Deen MadniRA was very pleased.
He welcomed us and prayed for our success in the
worldly and religious matters. After a 30-minute
session and Dua, we left for Changranwala, although
Hazrat Khwaja QutbRA had also attended the Zikr
session at Langar Makhdoom. I have observed that
when we do Zikr at Langar Makhdoom, Khwaja
QutbRA also joins, and when we sit for Zikr with him at
Changranwala, Hazrat Khwaja Allah Deen Madni also

joins us there. Hence, the effect of the Zikr becomes

twofold.
Hazrat Maulana Allah Yar KhanRA used to tell us that
Hazrat Khwaja QutbRA was the Qutb-e-Madaar of his
time, and he is also a person whose prayer is never
rejected. Hazrat Khwaja Muhammad says that if he
raises his hands for a prayer, the sky and earth can
shatter, but his prayer cannot be rejected. If upon the
request for prayer, Khwaja QutbRA asks the person,
"you pray and I'll say Aameen", it means that the
chances of acceptance are 50 percent. Hazrat Jee RA
used to say that Qutb-e-Madaar is the pillar of the
heavens. The Appointment of Qutb-e-Madaar will
exist until the Judgment Day, and when it ceases to
exist, the Qyamah will be established. Everything will
shatter into dust. After presenting ourselves before
Hazrat Khwaja QutbRA and holding a session of Zikr,
we resumed our journey on the Motorway to Lahore.
We said the Zuhr prayer in the mosque in Sukheki
(Rest Area). After reaching Lahore, we went straight
in the service of Hazrat Ghaus Ali HajveriRA at Lahore
Fort, but he did not allow us to sit near his grave. He
said if he allowed us, other people would follow us
there. They would burn lamps and engage in other
innovations (Bidat), he said, so we should perform the
Zikr at Allama IqbalRA's shrine and he would join us
there. As directed, we held the Zikr at Allama Iqbal's
grave. Most of our companions from Lahore were
present, and many of the companions from
Gujranwala had also arrived. You ought to know that
Allama Iqbal also used to perform the Lata-if and

Meditations during his lifetime. He has written about

the Lata-if in his book "Reconstruction of Religious
Thought in Islam". According to him, doing Zikr
actually means doing the Lata-if. The objective of
Salook is not to perform paranormal acts, but the real
objective is to become a slave of Allah. To quote
Iqbal: "The ultimate aim is not to see something, but
to be something."
We could not present ourselves in Hazrat Data
SahibRA's service because a suicide bombing had
taken place there recently, and he had instructed us
to perform Zikr at someone's house in the streets of
Peer Makki. So, we performed the evening routine at
Hafiz Adnan's house and also stayed there for the
night. The next day, Ali and Umer had arranged lunch
at their house in Peer Makki. After lunch, a session of
Zikr was held exclusively for women.
We could not start our journey from Lahore before 10
am on January 14, 2011, because the Motorway was
closed due to fog. We had planned to reach Hazrat
sultan BahooRA by the time of Zuhr, but it was already
Maghrib when we reached there. It wasnt safe to
board our cars on boats for crossing the river, so we
had to take the longer route to reach Hazrat Sultan
BahooRA's shrine. The scene that we witnessed upon
our arrival at the shrine was heartbreaking. A person
was prostrating before the grave and was crying out
his miserable ordeals. When we lined up for the Zikr,
the people managing the shrine started yelling at us
to switch off our mobile phones and get out of there.

They were telling us to get into the mosque for the

Maghrib prayer. We rushed through the Lata-if and
came out of there. With heavy hearts, we headed for
Shorkot, where Sarfaraz was waiting for us. He took
us to his house where Hussain also came. We did the
evening Zikr at Sarfaraz's house. Half of us went to
Hussain's house to sleep at night. I saw Sarfaraz's
and Hussain's kids after many years. They had grown
up well. May Allah make them righteous and give
them permanence in His Zikr. Aameen!
On 15th January, a Saturday, we had planned to go
to Multan to present ourselves in the service of Hazrat
Ghaus Bahawuddin ZakriyaRA. Sarfraz and his family
also accompanied us. I travelled with them in their
car. We went straight to Hazrat Ghaus Bahawuddin
ZakriyaRA. Our companions from Multan were also
present there. We performed the Zikr with peace and
our fellows from Lahore, Gujranwala and Karachi also
joined us via mobile phone. A servant of Hazrat
Ghaus Bahawuddin Zakriya is buried toward his feet,
outside the door. He is Fana-fir-Rasool. I located his
grave and we said the Fateha there. Afterwards, we
went to the shrine of Hazrat Shah Rukn-e-AlamRA and
performed the Zikr there. Hazrat Ghaus Bahawuddin
ZakriyaRA complained that I did not visit him more
often. I submitted that I had to present myself at the
grave of my Shaykh Hazrat Maulana Allah Yar
KhanRA at least 33 times in a year, because 33%
marks are required to pass an exam. Therefore, I was
unable to go anywhere else. Hazrat Ghaus
Bahawuddin ZakriyaRA honored us b y accepting our

visit and praised my work for the esteemed Silsila. He

said that the Rawafiz123 had gained a lot of influence
in Multan, and there was a dire need to work against
them. The dinner and night-stay were arranged at
Mohsin's house. Sarfraz returned to Shorkot along
with his family.
On Sunday, January 16, we had to reach Sehwan
Shareef. It was a long journey, so we had to sojourn
at Sukkur. We spent the night at Mister Abid Jaffrey's
relatives, whose hospitality I shall always remember.
On January 17, we reached Sehwan Shareef to
present ourselves at Hazrat Shahbaz QalanderRA's
shrine. Someone high-up was coming to place
coverings at the grave and the decoration of the
shrine was in progress. Beggars were crowding the
place. We held a session of Zikr despite the
disturbance. Hazrat Shahbaz QalanderRA said that
someone had come and performed the Lata-if at his
grave after years. He said people only came to him to
dance the Dhamal124. Unfortunately, he said, his
grave had been occupied by the Rafizis, whose
innovations and rituals had nothing whatsoever to do
with Tasawwuf and Salook. Departing from there, we
drove straight to Group Captain (Retd) Abid Jaffrey's
residence at Baloch Colony (Karachi). We had plans
to go to Thatta after the Zuhr prayer, where a
CompanionRazi Allah Anhu of the ProphetSALL-ALLAHU-ALAIHA faith with beliefs and actions contradictory to actual Islam.
However, the insist on calling themselves a sect of Islam. "Shia" in
common laguage.
124 A kind of folk dance performed at shrines
123

WASALLAM

is buried in the graveyard of Makli. Another

car was added to our convoy when Hassan Kashif,
Tahir, Adnan and their families joined us to go to
Makli. The Companion of the Prophet said that his
name was Abu Sultan. He said he had come to Iran
during the time of Hazrat Umer's caliphate. From
there, he came to Karachi. He was a trader of
livestock and had come to Thatta for business, but
death didnt give him much time, and he had to make
Makli his abode in Barzakh. He said someone had
come to his grave for practicing the Lata-if after
centuries. Many people come, but for other purposes.
Nobody ever comes for doing Zikr. However, he said,
there was a person named Ubaidullah, who had come
there once and performed the Zikr and Meditation.
Since then, he had been yearning for such people.
His heart was very pleased to see us on that day, he
said. 'Keep visiting if possible, so that the intensity of
the filthy darkness left behind by wrongdoing masses
is reduced a bit. Convey my Salam to your
ShaykhRehmatullah Alaih, and say to him that his parallel
cannot be found (in times closer) to the Doomsday.'

Aetkaf in Awaisia Mosque

at Murshed Abad
Major (Retd) Ghulam Muhammad

Allah is the Light of the heavens and the earthAllah

guides to His Light whomever He wills (The Quran
24:35)
I've been attached to Silsila Naqshbandia Awaisia and
been practicing Allah, Allah for forty-two years. I
submit as a token of gratitude (for the blessing Allah
has bestowed upon me), that I find the Lailatul Qadr
every year. When I sit for Zikr in the evening and
close my eyes, I see the atmosphere illuminated. The
nights of the blessed Ramzan are many times more
luminous, and the night of Lailatul Qadr appears
many, many times brighter than other Ramzan nights.
The flashes of Allah's Lights descend to indicate it's
Laitul Qadr. It doesnt end in an instant, as commonly
believed. The Lights keep descending the whole night
and those fortunate souls who are awake (and
remembering Allah) get their share according to their
individual capacities, and satiate their need for
spiritual nourishment (Faiz).

My fellows never wait for the announcement by the

Moon-sighting Committee. As soon as the sun goes
down, they start calling me, asking whether or not it's
the first night of the blessed Ramzan. Then, in odd
nights of the last ten days (of Ramzan), the calls and
messages again shoot up, asking whether it's Laitaul
Qadr that night. Everyone has a mobile phone these
days, so it doesnt take long for the secret of Lailatul
Qadr to get out. The downside of this is that the
fellows dont give as much importance to other nights
and dont worship as keenly and as devotedly. That's
why Hazrat JeeRehmatullah Alaih has forbidden me from
disclosing the Lailatul Qadr if it falls on the initial
nights (of the last ten days). This time, the Lailatul
Qadr fell on the twenty-first of Ramzan. The
congregation (Ijtima) was planned on the night of
twenty-seventh. Had they known that the Lailatul
Qadr had already passed on the twenty-first, they
would not have come to Murshed Abad with as much
fervor and passion. When they asked me at Murshed
Abad, I told them that the Lailatul Qadr had passed.
The validity of Kashaf depends upon Piety (Taqwa).
When my respected ShaykhRehmatullah Alaih was alive,
there was little probability of the Kashaf being wrong.
Thanks (Allah) that the fellows still kept performing
the Zikr and worships with the same zeal and
keenness.
This year, the Moon-sighting Committee held its
session on 20th July, 2012 to sight the moon of
Ramzan. I saw that the night was brighter than other
nights, which meant that the blessed Ramzan had

started. I informed my fellows at 7 pm that the next

day would be a fasting day (Roza). But, the Moonsighting Committee adjourned their session at 9 pm,
announcing that the moon had not been sighted
anywhere in the country. I was myself perplexed how
it had happened. I contacted Hazrat JeeRehmatullah Alaih
and he also confirmed that it was Roza125 the next
day. My companions had also performed the
Taraweeh126 prayer upon my words. After some time,
it was again announced on TV that the next day
would be the first Roza. Hence, my Kashaf proved to
be right and my fellows' faith was reinforced further.
Aetkaf was planned at Murshed Abad last year too,
but it could not be held because of certain reasons.
This year's program issued by the Chief Manager also
included the Aetkaf during the last ten days of
Ramzan. The fellows were prepared to join in large
numbers, but arrangements could not be made to
accommodate everyone, so fewer of them were
granted the permission to sit in Aetkaf. We were 11
people who reached Murshed Abad on the 9th of
August. Those joining the Aetkaf included Khalif
Majaz127 Major (Retd) Ghulam Muhammad, or myself,
Group Captain Rizwan Haider, Wing Commander
Muhammad Mumtaz Khan, Hassan Farooq Hameed,
Najam, Kashif Iqbal, Saifullah, Mueez, Hafeez-ulAmeen, and Malik Allah Yar. Murshed Abad is
situated 11km away from the GT Road and no local
A fasting day
A special prayer performed only during Ramzan nights.
127 Authorized Successor
125
126

transport is available for going to the main road, so

everyone joining the Aetkaf had to have their own
transport. Najam, Faisal and Kashif Iqbal had arrived
at Hassan's house from Gujranwala the previous
night. Hassan drove with them from Lahore via
Sargodha to Wan Bhachran, and reached me at 10
am on 9th August. I asked them to take bath one by
one because bathing is not permitted during Aetkaf. I
and Saifullah joined them from Wan Bhachran and we
reached Ban Hafiz at 2 pm. We did not say the Zuhr
prayer behind the local Imam because these people
do not believe that the Prophet's are alive128 and the
dead can hear. We reached Murshed Abad at 2:30
pm. Group Captain Rizwan and his son Mueez had
already arrived there. After performing our Namaz, we
presented ourselves before Hazrat JeeRehmatullah Alaih
and asked if we could perform Zikr near his grave
during the Aetkaf. Hazrat MurshedRehmatullah Alaih said
that we were in Aetkaf in Allah's house. 'You cannot
leave Allah's house and come to me during the
Aetkaf,' he said. After this, Malik Allah Yar also arrived
for joining the Aetkaf. Wing Commander Mumtaz
Khan arrived from Islamabad after Asr. Hazrat's
grandson Hafeez-ul-Ameen stepped in just before the
sunset. In this way, we became 11 people who would
be sitting in Aetkaf.
Hafiz Ameer Muhammad finished the Quran during
the evening Taraweeh. It was decided that during the
It is an important tenet of Islam that all the Prophets are alive in
their graves, as are the Sahaba, Aulia-Allah, and the martyrs.
Although we cannot perceive the nature of their existence.
128

days of Aetkaf, we would perform Zikr five times a

day, so that the half-century of Zikr sessions could be
completed. Everyone would recite three parts of the
Quran, so that everybody completes the Quran. And
everyone would recite the Darood Sharif 1000 times
every day. The Zikr sessions were held at the
following times: 4 am, 10 am, after Zuhr, after Asr,
and after Maghrib. We recited the Quran three times a
day: after 7 am, after the Zuhr Zikr, then after the Asr
Zikr. The remaining time included reciting the Darood
Sharif and sleeping hours. Mueez took a bath before
the Jumma prayer. Hafeez-ul-Ameen told him that he
cannot take a bath during Aetkaf, unless it is enoined
by the Shariah129. We said the Jumma prayer in the
White Mosque at Chikrala. Hafiz Ubaidullah led the
prayer. Before him, our Shaykh Hazrat Allah Yar
Khan used to lead the Jumma prayer.
Hafiz Usman and Adil arrived from Gujranwala at
midnight. When asked the reason for getting so late,
he (Hafiz Usman) said that he had left after leading
the Jumma prayer in the Madni Masjid, Gujranwala.
That's why they had arrived late. He stayed with us
until the morning of the next Friday, but Adil returned
on the Sunday afternoon. A severe windstorm blew at
night and everything got covered in sand.
The Chief Manager, Colonel Matloob Hussain, arrived
on evening of Saturday, 11th August. Aslam Sahib
and Umer Tajarab were also with him. We were
According to the Shariah, a bath becomes obligatory after sexual
intercourse or gratification or a wet dream.
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waiting for the Iftar130 when Hazrat JeeRehmatullah Alaih's

voice came, "why dont you break the fast?" So, we
did the Iftar on his orders. Colonel Matloob returned to
Lahore early Sunday morning, the next day. Colonel
Sahib was very pleased that our longing to sit in
Aetkaf near Hazrat JeeRehmatullah Alaih had finally been
fulfilled. We prayed the Tarawih behind Hafiz Ameer
Muhammad. He appeared to have a soft
temperament and moved around gently, as if tired.
One day, when we saw him beating the kids who
were learning to read the Quran, we found out that he
wasnt as soft of temperament as we had thought.
The Tarawih prayer started at 9 pm, and so did the
load-shedding. Hence, we used to take bath every
night without water, in our own sweat.
When we lied down after the Tarawih on Sunday, the
honorable ShaykhRehmatullah Alaih's orders were received
to conduct the Spiritual Baet of everyone except
Mueez, who was still not 18 years old. When I told my
companions, their faces started glowing. Their
happiness was worth seeing. We decided to wake up
at 1:30 am and sit down for the Zikr at 2 am, after
performing the Nawafil. So, we performed the Zikr
before taking our Sehri131 in the morning of 12th
August, 2012. I had 9 or 10 mobile phones placed
before me on the ground, through which our families
also joined us in the Zikr. During the Zikr, when we
reached
the
Prophet'sSALL-ALLAHU-ALAIH-WASALLAM
130
131

The time of Maghrib, when the fast is broken.

The early morning meal take before starting the fast.

Mosque, I saw that the respected Shaykh Hazrat

Allah Yar Khan was ready to present the seekers for
the Spiritual Baet. One by one, I presented for the
Spiritual Baet Hafeez-ul-Ameen, Mumtaz Khan,
Rizwan Haider, Saifullah, Muhammad Faisal,
Nadeem Arshad Najam, Kashif Iqbal and Malik Allah
Yar. Hazrat the respected Shaykh himself seated
them before Huzoor AkramSALL-ALLAHU-ALAIH-WASALLAM
and led them through the Spiritual Baet. Then, they
were presented before Hazrat Abu Bakr SiddiqueRazi
Allah Anhu
and Hazrat AliRazi Allah Anhu for a handshake,
and their Baet was recorded with Hazrat AliRazi Allah
Anhu
. (We were even shown our names and serial
numbers in the Spiritual Baet Register). After this,
they were awarded the Holy Quran and rosaries by
Huzoor Nabi AkramSALL-ALLAHU-ALAIH-WASALLAM himself.
Now, they have to live their lives according to the Holy
Quran and spend their time in remembering Allah.
Hazrat JeeRehmatullah Alaih was overjoyed on this
occasion, because eight of the companions of the
Silsila had been honored with the Spiritual Baet
together, at his hands, and they also included his
grandson. The next day, he told me to conduct Fanafir-Rasool on them. So, according to Hazrat, the
respected Shaykh's orders, the fellows were blessed
with the treasure of Fana-fir-Rasool on the following
times and days:
Hafeez-ul-Ameen on 13 August, 2012 at 4:30 pm
Hafiz Usman on 13 August at 6:00 pm
Hassan Farooq Hameed on 13 August at 8:00 pm

Mumtaz Khan on 14 August at 4:30 am

Rizwan Haider on 14 August at 10:00 am
Saifullah on 14 August after Zuhr
Muhammad Faisal on 14 August after Asr
Najam on 14 August after Maghrib
Kashif Iqbal on 15 August at 4:30 am
And Malik Allah Yar on 15 August at 10 am
Hazrat JeeRehmatullah Alaih used to recite the following
Ayat of the Holy Quran after conducting the Spiritual
Baet:









(48:10)
Then, he would tell the seekers, "My job is over, I've
given your hand in the sacred hand of the Prophet S-AW
. Now, you are yourself answerable to HuzoorS-A-W.
You have to keep the promise that you've made with
the ProphetS-A-W. Now, you will be held accountable
directly. Be warned, that now there's no room for a
mistake."
The 27th night of the blessed month of Ramzan fell
on 15th of August. People reached Murshed Abad for
a night stay from Peshawar, Kamra, Risalpur,
Islamabad, Sialkot, Gujranwala, Gujrat, Hafizabad,

Lahore, Faisalabad, Multan, and Mianwali. The

mosque came alive with activity. The thirst for Zikr
and the love of Hazrat, the honorable Shaykh, had
attracted people from all ages, including children,
young men and old fellows. They were overwhelmed
by the urge to get their hearts and spirits nourished by
the Lights and Flashes of Allah. They were crying out
of emotion. The Mosque was filled with the echo of
Allah Hu and bursting with Light. Every eye was wet.
Every sinner was regretful. When they were leaving
the next morning after having spent the night in
worship, they were taking home a renewed
determination and passion for doing Zikr-Allah. The
respected ShaykhRehmatullah Alaih was also saying
goodbye to everyone like a kind father, and praying
for their steadfastness on Zikr and their success in the
efforts to spread the Silsila. After all, it's his Silsila. He
is the last Shaykh of Silsila Naqshbandia Awaisia.
We, his Authorized Successors, are supposed to act
as his assistants and train the seekers, so that the
Silsila is transferred to the next generation and we are
absolved of our responsibilities. It's up to us to see to
it that our duty is fulfilled.
If each one of us had a different schedule to worship
separately, we would have isolated ourselves from
each other by hanging curtains around each person,
so that no one is disturbed. Some would be doing
Zikr, some would be reciting the Quran, and some
would be taking rest. But, we used to sleep together,
wake up together, do Zikr together, and recite
together, we had no need to get secluded from each

other. We placed our beddings in the open verandah

and carried out congregational Zikr, recited the Quran
together, and completed our Tasbeehat132. We just
had three hours to sleep at night, so we used to catch
up on sleep after the morning Zikr. The electricity
load-shedding also stayed with us throughout the
Aetkaf, and proved to be a friend right to the end.
My son Saif-ur-Rehman's tenacity is worth a mention.
He travelled 70kms each way on a motorcycle
everyday to spend the last three nights with us. As the
Moon Night was approaching and our Aetkaf was
nearing its conclusion, we were already starting to
feel sad at the prospects of having to leave each
other. The sessions of Zikr would be no more, nor will
there be the same spiritual feelings. There was a
special type of Feeling descending upon us from
above, and we were beginning to fear its end. The
inevitable happened, and the last day arrived. We
were looking at ourselves, then looking at the grave of
our ShaykhRehmatullah Alaih, from where the whole world
draws the Faiz. Hazrat, the Qibla of the world, was
also sad. We said our prayer after the last Iftari, and
sat by Hazrat JeeRehmatullah Alaih's grave for the farewell
Zikr, through which we kept crying. Then, we got up
from there and boarded our vehicles for the journey
back home. Wing Commander Mumtaz Khan dropped
off Malik Allah Yar at his home after 78km. The next
day, which was the Eid day, we learned that Malik
Pl of Tasbeeh. It means the prescribed words for praising Allah
SWT. EG Subhan Allah, Alhamdulillah, etc.
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Allah Yar had had a stroke before the Eid prayer. He

was rushed to a hospital in Mianwali, but he could not
survive, and departed for Barzakh on the next day to
the Eid. Inna Lillah-e wa Inna Elai-he Rajeoon
(Indeed, we are from Allah and to Him we shall
return.) Later on, when I focused on him to see his
condition, I saw that he was sitting with Hazrat
JeeRehmatullah Alaih in the respected Shaykh's grave, and
was very happy. How lucky a person he is! His luck is
enviable in a positive way. Malik Allah Yar was in the
esteemed Silsila since the times of Hazrat
JeeRehmatullah Alaih. Perhaps, the Angel of Death was
waiting for his Spiritual Baet and Fana-fir-Rasool to be
accomplished. As soon as these conditions were met,
he came, drew his spirit, and took him along.

Dying before Death

Major (Retd) Ghulam Muhammad

It was the beginning of the year 1970. I was stationed

at Rislapur. My Shaykh Hazrat Maulana Allah Yar
KhanRehmatullah Alaih was staying at my house. It was a
short stay, but became an everlasting memory of my
life. It was during this stay that I was blessed with the
honor fully joining Silsila Naqshbandia Awaisia, and it
was during this time that I had the opportunity to
practice for the first time the Meditation of "Dying
before Death". After doing the Lata-if, Hazrat
JeeRehmatullah Alaih started conducting the Triple
Meditations. When the Meditation of Maeeyat started,
Hazrat JeeRehmatullah Alaih announced:
"Let's go to the Meditation of Mootu Qabl an Tamootu.
See, the angel of death has arrived before you to
draw your spirit. Look, your spirit has been drawn
from your body. Here's your corpse. See, it's being
bathed. Now the bath is over and you have been
wrapped in the burial cloth. Look, people are here to
pick up your coffin. Look, they're shouldering your
coffin. See how many of them are with you. See, your
final prayer has been said. Now they're taking your
body to the grave. Look, they're lowering you into the

grave. Look, now the grave has been covered and

your heirs and relatives are going back. Look, the
Munkir and Nakeer133 are here and the questioning
has started. Look, a window has opened to your left.
Look, you can see scorpions and snakes the size of
donkeys. Allahu-Akbar! This is the condition of lovers
of the world."
I saw that the fellows attending the session were
crying bitterly, and I was also crying. The scenario
was so horrible that our courage failed us.
Then, he said: "The window on the left side has
closed. Now, a window has opened to your right side.
See, how the breeze from the Paradise is coming
from this window. Look, now the Judgment Day has
arrived. See how the human race is heading towards
the Field of Accountability134. No one cares about
anyone else on this day. Now, the scales have been
erected. Look, your actions are being weighed. The
side of the scales in which your good deeds are
placed is higher than the other side. Look here, it's a
piece of paper on which La Ilaha ill-Allah Muhammadur-Rasoolullah is written. The side of good actions
becomes heavier the moment this piece of paper is
placed in itAllah, Allah! Come towards the Siraat
Bridge135 now. It's the bridge over Hell, the bridge
Names of two angels who question the dead after he/she has
been buried, cremated, etc.
134 The Field of Hashr
135 A bridge between the Field of Accountability and the Paradise
that everyone has to cross. Those who can't fall into the Hell down
below.
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that's thinner than the cutting edge of a sword. Look

how people are falling into Hell. Come and stand
behind me. Allah Hu!" And I saw that everyone
crossed to the other side of the bridge. Hazrat
JeeRehmatullah Alaih asked us to bear this in our minds
that an accomplished Shaykh guides his followers all
the way, right through the grave and the
Accountability.
I was fortunate to avail Hazrat JeeRehmatullah Alaih's
company until 1983. During this time, I had the
chance to practice the Meditation of Dying several
times each year. While the Annual Ijtima of 1983 was
going on, Hazrat JeeRehmatullah Alaih sent me to his
lands, the area now called Murshed Abad. The Chief
Manager sent 67 companions with me. They used to
stay with me for a week and then get replaced by
other companions )from the Ijtima). When the Annual
Ijtima was over and HazratRehmatullah Alaih, our respected
Shaykh, had returned to Chikrala, he sent me a
message one evening in Murshed Abad that I must
conduct the Meditation of Dying before Death in my
routine with the companions that day. Complying
Shaykh's orders, I was blessed with the opportunity to
conduct the Meditation with my fellows. I remember
everything. When I look back even today, the journey
that I started with Hazrat JeeRehmatullah Alaih comes to a
halt when it reaches Mootu. I am unable to stop my
tears. Now, I'm really waiting for Mootu (the areal
death).

The separation from the Shaykh, who taught me the

Meditation of Dying before Death, keeps me filled with
grief. He departed from this transient world on 18th
February, 1984. The earth did not cry on his death,
nor did the sky shed any tears, because he had made
the earth his abode, and the sky would still keep
bathing in the Lights of his Spiritual Stations. It was
we who were left helpless. We lost the roof over our
heads. Had Mootu been permitted, we would have
wished for death and joined our beloved Shaykh
without delay.

Did You Even Know?

Major (Retd) Ghulam Muhammad

When Hazrat Abu Bakr Siddique used to eat anything

in which there used to be doubt (that it's not clean), he
used to induce vomiting by inserting his finger into his
throat, and used to pray that Allah may not hold him
accountable for whatever had already been digested.
Two black streaks had appeared on Hazrat UmarRazi
Allah Anhu
's face because of excessive crying (before
Allah). When the grief overtook him, he used to take
off his clothes, dress in a short piece of cloth that
barely covered his thighs, and kept wailing and crying
and asking forgiveness for his sins. His eyes were
continuously wet, until he used to faint. Whenever
such an episode happened, he used to stop coming
out of his house, and people used to go to inquire
about his health, considering him to be ill.
Hazrat Abu Al DardaRazi Allah Anhu's wife Umm-e-Darda
used to say that she had strived in multiple types of
worships, but had not found anything better and more
healing for her chest than the assemblies of ZikrAllah. People used to go to her for doing Zikr and she
also used to do Zikr with them.

When Hazrat Urwa bin ZubairRazi Allah Anhu went into

recluse in his palace in Yemen and stopped coming to
Masjid-e-Nabvi, people asked him the reason. He
said that he had seen that the mosque had not stayed
the same. They had become sports arenas, centers of
useless talks, and dens of obscenity. Therefore, he
felt it was more peaceful to be at home.
Hazrat Umer bin Abdul Aziz kept seeing KhizrAlaih asSalam
frequently. He used to send his messenger to the
sacred Madina regularly just to convey his Salam to
Allah's ProphetS-A-W, Hazrat Abu BakrRazi Allah Anhu, and
Hazrat UmerRazi Allah Anhu.
Hazrat Sabit bin Asad BananiRehmatullah Alaih has said
that when the practitioners of Zikr sit down for doing
Zikr, all their sins are forgiven by the time they get up,
even if the sins may be as big as mountains. He used
to pray that, "O Allah, if You have blessed any of your
creation with the goodness of performing Namaz in
their grave, bless it to me as well. When he died and
his grave was lined with bricks, one of the bricks fell
down, and people saw that he was standing up in his
grave, praying Namaz.
Hazrat Maalik bin Dinar used to buy salt worth two
Cheh and used to take his flat-bread with it for the
whole year, other than the days of sacrifice, when he
used to eat meat because the virtue of eating
sacrificial meat has been mentioned in the Hadees.
He used to tell his family members that whoever could
live with him within meager resources was welcome
to stay; otherwise, they were welcome to leave.

Imam Ahmed bin HanbalRehmatullah Alaih used to say that

Allah distributes the treasures of knowledge only to
the people whom He considers His friends; and had
He preferred only particular people for receiving
knowledge, He would have preferred those with a
good family background. Ata Habshi was a slave.
Hassan Basri was a freed slave. And, indeed, Ibn
Sireen was also a slave set free by the Ansaar136.
When Hajjaj cut off Saeed bin Jabeer's head, the
latter said La Ilaha Ill-Allah twice and was about to
say it the third time when he was slaughtered. He has
said before he was killed that 'O Allah, do not give
Hajjaj power over anyone after me,' and that was
what did happen. Hajjaj lived for 15 years after him.
His stomach hurt as if it were on fire. For as long as
he lived, he kept crying aloud that Saeed bin Jabeer
was not letting go of him.
Hazrat Sufyan SuriRehmatullah Alaih was known among
people as the Ameer-ul-Momineen137 of Hadees. He
used to say that the two angels138 can smell the
fragrance or stink of good and bad deeds. He was
asked about a person who toils for the sake of his
family. He cannot look after his family if he says his
prayer with Jamaat. How should that person act in
such a situation. He replied that he should work for

The original inhabitants of Madina, the sacred city.

Ameer-ul-Monimeen means "leader of the believers". It's a title
usually reserved for the Caliph.
138 Kiram-ul-Katibeen, the two angels deputed with every person
for recording his actions.
136
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the sustenance of his family and say his prayers

alone. Someone narrated his trouble before him.
Hazrat Sufyan SuriRehmatullah Alaih told him to leave.
"Was there no one lower than me in your eyes that
you could complain about Allah before him?"
Imam Shaf'I used to say that he had availed the
company of Sufis for 20 years. Whoever wishes that
Allah SWT should open his heart's door to the Light
must sit in solitude, eat sparingly, quit mixing with
fools, and consider worldly Aalims to be his enemies.
Imam Maalik used to walk barefooted in the streets of
Madina, and said he would feel ashamed before Allah
to trample under animals' hooves the dust that
contains His ProphetSall-Allahu-alaih-Wasallam's grave. He
stayed in his house for 25 years and did not join
congregational prayers because he feared that they
no longer had the power to eliminate evil.
Ibrahim bin Adham hailed from Balkh and belonged to
the progeny of kings. When he could not find
Permissible food to eat, he used to eat earth for a
month. He used to say that he would have eaten
nothing other than earth if he had not found Halal
food, but he feared that his Nafs would become fond
of eating it. He used to reduce his diet as much as he
could and said that there was no room for
extravagance in Halal earning. He used to perform 15
prayers (Namaz) with a single Wazu.
Hazrat Zulnoon Misri has stated that when his feet
were shackled and he was being taken from Egypt to

Baghdad, they happened upon a disabled lady on the

way. She said to him not to fear Caliph Mutwakkil
when he is presented in his court, and not to think that
the Caliph was superior to him. She also advised him
not to present any argument to prove himself right,
because he would be trying to prove what Allah
already knew. Therefore, he should pray to God for
help and not to help himself, otherwise Allah will leave
him to himself. So, when he appeared before
Mutwakkil, and was asked to explain his position
regarding the charge of being a disbeliever and a
heretic, he kept quiet. Mutwakkil asked him why he
was not saying anything. He replied: "O Ameer-ulMomineen, if I refute these charges, I'll be
pronouncing as liars the Muslims who have brought
this charge against me. And if I accept these charges,
I'll be telling a lie. Therefore, I'll not say anything in my
defense. You can decide the case as you deem fit."
Upon hearing this, Mutwakkil said that he was
absolved of the charges against him. He returned to
that disabled woman and asked her wherefrom she
had learned such wisdom. She replied that she had
learned it from the incident narrated in the Quran
where the Woodpecker talks to Hazrat SulaimanAlaih asSalam
. (Part 19, Ruku 17, Verse 21 to 24)
Hazrat Bashar Hafi says that one day, when he
returned home, he saw a man sitting inside. He asked
the man why he had entered his house without
permission. The man said that he was his brother
Khizr. Hazrat Bashar requested him to pray for him to
Allah. KhizrAlaih as-Salam prayed that Allah may make it

easier for him to obey Him. Hazrat Bashar requested

for a bit more. Hazrat Khizr said that Allah may not let
him become proud of his obedience.
Hazrat Sirri Saqti has said that the person who
becomes satisfied with people calling him a Wali-Allah
is indeed a captive of his Nafs. He said that if he
came to know that his staying at home was better
than going to the mosque, he would not go out. And if
he came to know that it was better for him not to mix
with people, he would quit sitting with people. And
three things indicate that Allah is angry with a
particular personexcessive playing, joking and
laughing aloud, and backbiting.
Hazrat Bayazeed Bastami saw Allah, the Lord of
Honor, in his dream. He asked: "O Almighty, how can
I find You?" It was replied: "Leave your Nafs and
come to Me." Hazrat Bastami was asked about the
distinguishing quality of an Arif. He replied that the
condition of an Arif was similar to that of the
inhabitants of Hell, who can neither die nor live.
Hazrat Suhail Tastri says that the Karamat of Aulia
stem from four Namesal-Awwal, al-Aakhir, al-Zahir,
and al-Batin (the First, the Last, the Apparent, and the
Hidden)139. The people of al-Zahir (the Apparent)
observe the wonders of nature. The people of al-Batin
(the Hidden) witness what goes on inside the hearts.
Those who have been given a share from al-Awwal
(the First) are engaged with past incidents. And the
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These are the Names of Allah.

people of al-Aakhir (the Last) are focused on future

happenings. The quality of their paranormal insight
depends upon their individual spiritual power. He
states that he met a companion of Maseeh Alaih as-Salam,
who was wearing a robe that appeared a special kind
of fresh. He told him that he had been wearing that
robe since the time of MaseehAlaih as-Salam. When
Hazrat Suhail expressed his astonishment, he said,
"Suhail, the body does not cause the clothes to be
worn out. Rather, it's the stink of sins and Haraam
food that make them old." Hazrat Suhail says that he
asked him if he had also seen our Prophet
MuhammadSALL-ALLAHU-ALAIH-WASALLAM. He replied in the
affirmative and said that he had believed in him at the
time when the Jinn had believed in him. That's the
reason why KhizrAlaih as-Salam's clothes dont get worn
out, because he does not commit sin or eat Haraam.
Hazrat Ahmed bin Muhammad says that when
AdamAlaih as-Salam committed the disobedience,
everything in the Paradise cried for him, but gold and
silver did not. Allah SWT asked them through Wahi
why they did not cry for Adam. They said they would
not cry for someone who disobeyed Him. So, Allah
SWT swore by His Honor and Anger that He would
make the progeny of Adam their servant, and would
make them the standard for determining the value of
everything.
Hazrat Abu Al-khair used to say: "Look. Be warned.
Never ever request Allah SWT to bless you with
patience (during distress). Rather, pray to Him to deal

with you softly, because people like us find it very

hard to bear the bitterness of having to be patient."
When ZakriyaAlaih as-Salam ran from the Jews, a tree
called out to him to come towards it. That tree parted
for him and he went inside it, after which the tree
closed itself again. One of his enemies followed him
and held his robe and called out to others that
ZakriyaAlaih as-Salam was inside the tree. They produced
a saw and began sawing the tree. When the saw
reached ZakriyaAlaih as-Salam, he let out a loud scream.
At that time Allah SWT sent a revelation upon
ZakriyaAlaih as-Salam and swore by His Respect and
Anger that if ZakriyaAlaih as-Salam let out another cry,
Allah would delete his name from the Office of
Prophethood. ZakriyaAlaih as-Salam exercised his
patience and was sawed into two without letting out a
whimper. Allah does not like it at all that you should
ask anyone other than Him for help.
Hazrat Abu Bakr Katani says that there are 300
Naqeebs, 70 Najeebs, 40 Abdaals, 7 Akhyar, 4 Amad
(Qutb), and one Ghaus140. The Naqeebs live in the
west, Najeebs in Egypt, and Abdaals are in Syria. The
Akhyar keep roaming around the world, and Amad
live in all corners of the world. And the abode of the
Ghaus is the exalted city of Makkah. The Naqeeb
keep begging for the prayer to be granted, followed by
the Najeeb, Abdaal, Amad, and finally, the Ghaus.
And the Ghause has barely spelled out his need when
his prayer is granted.
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These are all Appointments of Aulia-Allah

Once upon a time, a group of Faqeers and

Faqeehs141 gathered before Hazrat Shaykh Abdul
Qadir Jilani at the Nizamia School. He started
delivering a talk on Divine Will and Destiny.
Meanwhile, a snake fell from the roof, seeing which all
the attendees fled the room, and only the Shaykh was
left behind. The snake entered his clothes, slid over
his body, got its head out near his neck, and wound
itself around his neck. Despite all this, he neither
broke his sermon nor moved from his seat. Then, the
snake slid down to the floor, stood before him on its
tail, shouted something that nobody among those
present could understand, and went away. When
everyone had returned, they asked the Shaykh what
the snake had spoken. He replied, "he told me that he
had tried many Aulia, but had never seen the kind of
resilience he saw in me. I told him that he was just a
worthless worm. He is moved by the same Divine Will
and Destiny that I was speaking about." The next day,
the Shaykh happened upon a ruin where he saw a
person. When he saw that person's eyes, he
understood that it was a Jinn. The person told him
that he was the same snake. He had tried many Aulia.
Some of them were perturbed inside, but remained
calm on the surface, while others were shaken
internally and also visibly. But the Shaykh had shown
no sign of distress on the inside and out. The Jinn
requested him that he wanted to repent on the
Shaykh's hand, so the Shaykh led him to repentence.
Someone who is knowledgeable in Fiqah, the Islamic Code of
Conduct
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Shaykh Abu Bakr bin Hawar used to commit

robberies. One night, he heard a voice from Ghaib142
asking him if time had still not come for him to fear
Allah. So, he immediately repented and was the first
person whom Hazrat Abu Bakr SiddiqueRazi Allah Anhu
clothed in a robe and a cap in his dream. When he
woke up, he found both the things on his body. Ibn
Hawar gifted these clothes to Shanbaki. Shanbaki
gave them to the Crown of the Cognizant Abu Al
Wafa, who passed them on to Shaykh Ali bin Haiti.
Ibn Al Haiti gave them to Shaykh Ali bin Idrees, after
which those clothes got lost.
Three Maulvis went to see Hazrat Baqa bin Batoor.
During Salaat, the Shaykh's recitation of the Quran
was not up to the expectations of the Maulvis, so they
thought negatively of him in their hearts. They stayed
for the night at the seminary. Looking to refresh
themselves after the tiring journey, they went to take a
dip in the nearby canal. When they were inside, a lion
appeared from somewhere and sat on their clothes.
The water was cold, and the Maulvis became worried
that they would die. At that moment, Shaykh Baqa
appeared. The lion got up from the clothes and
started rolling lovingly at the Shaykh's feet. The
Maulvis were regretful.
The elders of Iraq used to say that Shaykh Jageer
had slipped out of his Nafs like a snake slips out of its
skin. He used to say that he had never accepted

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The hidden. The invisible.

anyone's Baet until he had seen that person's name

in the Guarded Tablet, along with the inscription that
he was among his progeny. There's a saying
attributed to him that 'observation actually means that
the veils are lifted between Allah and the seeker.
Hence, the slave is informed about the Ghaib by
virtue of the purity of his Qalb and observes the
Grandeur and Highness of Allah, the Exalted Lord.
Shaykh Mohyyuddin has mentioned in Fatoohat that
he arrived at Koh Qaaf along with some Abdaals,
where they happened upon a snake that was
encircling the mountain. "One of my companions
asked me to say Salam to the snake, and said that it
would reply my Salam. So, I said Salam to the snake
and it replied. Then it asked us where we had come
from. We said that we were from Bajaya. He asked if
Abu Madin was fine. We replied that people accused
him of being a heretic. It said that by God, the
progeny of Adam had covers over their eyes, and that
he could never imagine that anyone could think badly
of a person whom Allah the Most High considers His
Friend. We asked it how it knew this. It said, praise be
to Allah, there was not a single animal in the world
that was unaware of this fact. He (Abu Madin) was
among the people whom Allah SWT had made His
Friends and had poured their love into people's
hearts. Only a non-believer or hypocrite could
consider them as bad."
Allah's Zikr intensifies the Light of the Qalb and
weakens the evil of the Nafs. The Nafs is indeed the

veil between the Master and His slave. If the Nafs

dominates the heart, it makes the heart its captive
and established its rule. It is because of the Nafs that
the love of this world does not leave a person's heart.
In such a situation, a person can neither do Zikr
sincerely nor attain the Stations of Salook. This is
because lust and avarice are the essence of the Nafs.
The Satan is its servant and the propensity for
polytheism is in its temperament. It is in its nature to
contest the Truth and object to the Truth. Love of
fame and popularity is the life of the Nafs. It is the
Nafs that wants to be worshipped and respected like
its Master. How can a slave get closer to his/her
Master with such an attitude? Therefore, it is
incumbent upon us to embrace the things that the
Nafs considers undesirable, and to avoid the things
that the Nafs is attracted towards. Whoever values
and nurtures the Nafs and considers anything else to
be lower than their Nafs indeed harm themselves. If
the Nafs continues to be strong, the Satan will not
separate from it, bad habits will not stop afflicting it,
and evil thoughts will not stop haunting it. The
treatment for the Nafs is not to quit the world. Rather,
only striving (in Allah's Zikr) can overpower the Nafs
and keeps it under control. Otherwise, there are
fellows who claim to have attained such Stations as
they have no access to, nor has the Shaykh lifted
them to those stations. Such people are surely being
deceived by their Nafs and are the victims of vanity
and self-deceit. We have seen many people who had
a grand stature but did not follow the footsteps of the

Shaykh. Ultimately, they lost the secret knowledge

that they had, and the Nafs knocked them out.
My respected Shaykh used to say that the (spiritual)
insight is not different from the (physical) eyesight.
Just like the eyesight is disturbed when a tiny and
worthless thing gets into the eye, the insight is also
blurred when evil qualities (of the Nafs) interrupt it.
One's intellect, will and thoughts are polluted by it (the
Nafs). The person can lose everything if they remain
adamant upon evil. If safety and salvation is the goal,
one must guard their tongue, limbs and Qalb. One
should not use the tongue for backbiting or telling lies.
The guarding of the limbs means that one should not
hasten towards sin nor harm another Muslim. The
guarding of the Qalb means that one should keep it
busy in Zikr, and must not let it engage in chicanery,
trickery, fraud, deceit, and jealousy. If you offer your
prayers and perform the morning and evening Zikr
regularly, angels will start shaking hands with you.

I Keep Waiting for You

Major (Retd) Ghulam Muhammad

There was a time when people used to come from

Moosa Khail to Wan Bhachran to get drinking water.
A well and mosque from Sher Shah Suri's era still
exist in Wan Bhachran. You will find similar wells after
every 24km along the GT Road. I took my
companions to this historical well once or twice, but
now the people of the city have started throwing
garbage into it.
My Murshed Hazrat Allah Yar Khan used to come
from Chikrala to Wan Bhachran on foot. From here,
he used to board a train or bus to go to Sargodha,
from where he used to go to Langar Makhdoom to
reach his Shaykh Hazrat Allah Deen MadniRehmatullah
Alaih
. In those times, walking for 20 or 25 kilometers
was not considered to be unusual. I wasnt surprised
when Hazrat, my respected Shaykh, told me this,
because I too used to walk 18 to 20 kilometers in my
childhood.
The fellows of the Jamaat used to visit Chikrala every
month in Hazrat Shaykh-ul-Mukarram's lifetime,
because illness and old age had made it impossible

for him now to travel like before. It always used to be

the instinct, passion of love, and respect for the
Shaykh that we were driven by fondness and
enthusiasm to see him in order to get our Lata-if
charged. We remembered by heart the dates notified
by Colonel Matloob Hussain, and we always reached
Chikrala on those dates even if we had to adjust the
rest of our activities. Hazrat, the honorable Shaykh,
never accepted money from the companions. He said
that even if a single unlawfully earned (Haraam)
rupee came through a donation, it would render the
Halal to be Haraam as well. He used to say that his
Jamaat is not the Jamaat of donations. "I am your
spiritual father, and your sustenance is my
responsibility. Therefore, eat of my Halal food when
you come here," he used to say. He forbade us from
eating from the hotels on the way.
Army officers and Navy employees dominated the
Jamaat. The majority of the Navy personnel was
Bengali. Saeed Bengali was Hazrat's favorite pupil.
Captain Zain-ul-Abideen's Kashaf was also famous.
Once we sent him from Risalpur to Chikrala to fetch
the respected Shaykh. On the way back, he banged
the car into a tree. We asked him how it had
happened, as he was a good driver. He replied that
he saw that everyone else was travelling high up (on
their Stations). "I involuntarily closed my eyes and
joined them. Meanwhile the car hit the tree," he said.
Hazrat Shaykh-ul-Mukarram was also injured in the
accident and Qazi Sanaullah received some minor
injuries.

Our companionship with Hazrat, the honorable

Shaykh, spanned over 14 to 15 years. We never
realized how quickly those months and years had
gone by. We were completely transformed by the
passion, the desire, the determination, and the love
that was born inside us as a result of his company.
We started spending our days and nights in
worshipping, making efforts (to please Allah), and
performing the Zikr. We were possessed by the
passion to follow our respected Shaykh in every
respect. Perhaps, this is what is called Fana-fiShaykh in the terminology of Salook. In the beginning,
there were no more than 50 or 60 of such fully
committed seekers, but their numbers kept increasing
as days kept passing. Today, Silsila Awaisia has
spread to all corners of the world.
Hazrat Shaykh-al-Mukarram held sway and stature
over the whole country. His every ideological
opponent was hesitant to face him. He read books
very often, and used to ask the companions residing
in Iran, Iraq, and Saudi Arabia to send the original
books of Ulema and Sufis from those countries. He
did not read translated books because translators
make alterations in the books. He used to stress upon
us to keep seeing him, and said that a meeting (with
the Shaykh) has a very positive impact upon the Lataif. One should not stay away from the Shaykh for
more than three month, otherwise the Lata-if become
weak. In that case one starts missing the sessions of
Zikr. Slackness seeps into the prayers. The Nafs gets

attracted towards the world. He used to say: "I keep

waiting for you to come."
No mobile phones existed at that time. Letters were
the only mode of communication. The companions
kept writing about their troubles to Hazrat Qibla Alam,
making him worried. Even his own child didnt let him
sit peacefully. His only son Abdul Rauf was more
inclined towards magic than Tasawwuf. That was the
reason why he had to hand over Silsila Naqshbandia
Awaisia to people outside his family. Instead of
keeping the Silsila united, those people have divided
it into their own domains for their own purposes.
Hazrat JeeRehmatullah Alaih departed from us on 18th
February, 1984. He had demarcated his burial place
six months prior to his death. He had told his followers
who would head the Jamaat after him, but
unfortunately, things did not stay as he would have
liked them to be after his death. The analogy of "the
eagles' nests are under the sway of vultures" was
realized. Political gatherings, processions, rallies,
litigation, and nepotism became rampant. The media
was used for self-projection. Scandals were made.
Hatred was born. And hence, Hazrat Shaykh-ulMukarramRehmatullah Alaih's 50-year struggle was
undone. The lifetime Chief Manager Colonel Matloob
Hussain is at work to control the damage, but it
seems it will take some time before the loss is
compensated. We hope from Allah that He will not let
this Jamaat fall apart.

Doctor Salman and Doctor Azmat started coming to

me in 1992. Then, by the Grace of Allah, dozens of
PAF fighter pilots joined us in Zikr. They made Allah's
remembrance the purpose of their lives, and got into
the Zikr with such conviction that when you see them
they remind you of Allah. The TV serial "Shahpar"
was being aired back in those days. All the actorpilots of the cast joined the Zikr. Group Captain (Air
Cdre) Sarfaraz , Group Captain (Air Cdre) Arif Kazmi,
Wing Commander Muzammil Jibran, and Squadron
Leader Mohsin Khan are worth a mention. They have
become guiding lights for others. Once, Mohsin
landed his aircraft on the runway without the landing
gear extended. The wheels had failed to come out
because of some technical fault. It was indeed his
Karamat that the aircraft did not explode despite
grinding against the length of the runway, and despite
being filled with fuel.
Hafiz Muhammad Usman had come to me for Zikr
along with Squadron Leader Fauzi (now Wing
Commander) in 1996. He again contacted me in 2007
and told me that he had completed his religious
education and wanted to come to me for learning
Salook. Since Hafiz Usman joined the Zikr, a large
number of his fellows from Gujranwala and Lahore
have also joined. I sometimes think that had Hafiz
Usman not joined the Zikr, hundreds of people from
Gujranwala and Lahore would not have been with me.
I have travelled more than 100,000 kilometers with
Hafiz Usman, and with Hassan Farooq Hameed from
Gulshan Ravi Lahore, just for the sake of Zikr. Allah

has blessed me with the ability to travel despite me

having undergone a heart surgery. I pray to Allah, the
Exalted Lord, that He may bless me with the strength
to keep going to people for the purpose of spreading
Silsila Awaisiah in the future also.
The cumulative distance from Wan Bhachran to
Mianwali, from Mianwali to Ban Hafiz, from Ban Hafiz
to Chikrala, and from Chikrala to Murshed Abad is
around 7072 kilometers. Public transport is easily
available till Ban Hafiz. I often wait at Ban Hafiz for my
fellows, who pick me up from here to go to Murshed
Abad, and drop me off here on their way back. I have
set a target to present myself at Murshed Abad 33
times in a year. When no one else can come, I board
a local transport and get off at Dak Bangla. Murshed
Abad is 3km from there. I walk this distance. My
Murshed used to walk from Sial Morr to the shrine of
Khwaja Allah Deen MadniRehmatullah Alaih, a distance of
6km. I also walk for 6km up and down from Dak
Bangla. This distance looks daunting now, since I'm
not in good health like before. I have gone to Murshed
Abad 337 times in 11 years, from 2003 to 2013.

The Games that Destiny

Plays
Major (Retd) Ghulam Muhammad

He was still a pupil at the mosque. His family had

made him tasked him to take around their flock of
goats and sheep for grazing. The Chashma and the
Jinnah Barrages had not been constructed at that
time, so the Indus River used to be ferocious in the
rainy season. His village was located on the bank of
the River. Women used to wash their laundry sitting
by the river. When the River shrank in winters, the
Kacha land used to become arable. He used to haul
out his flock to the Kacha lands for grazing every day
after attending his Zuhr lesson. Those were the last
days of March, and suddenly the River began to
swell, trapping the boy amidst raging tides. The water
rose so fast that he could not reach home with his
flock. His goats and sheep were swept away in the
flood, and he saved his life by sitting on top of the
boundary wall of a well. He was sitting there and
crying, thinking about the beating that he would
receive when he returned home without the goats.
The evening came and darkness began to spread.
Now, he became worried about getting home,

because there was water everywhere that he could

see. When it was late and he did not come home, his
family became worried too. They sent two people to
look for him in the Kacha, and gave them water
pouches to use as life jackets. They inflated the water
carriers and swam to the area to search for the boy.
Fortunately, one of them reached the boy. He
dismounted the boy from the well's wall and brought
him home carrying him on his back. The boy was
shivering because of the cold and the fear, as he had
seen death up close.
His aunt used to recite the Quran after offering her
Zuhr prayer. She also used to listen to him repeat the
lesson that he memorized. One day, as he was
waiting to read his lesson to his aunt, he saw
something. It was something similar to a lizard that
was protruding its head from underneath the wooden
stand on which the Quran was placed, and was
looking at him. Then, just as that thing came out from
under the stand and was about to go into the room,
they realized that it was actually a 45 feet long
snake. They started shouting, and the noise attracted
people from the neighborhood to gather there. They
looked for the snake everywhere in the room, but it
had coiled itself around the leg of a cot just to save its
life. It was probably thinking of sneaking out of there
without being seen. Meanwhile, someone spotted it.
He hit it with a stick and it fell to the floor. Within a
moment, sticks were raining down on it. Everyone
made a strike as they had to narrate the story of their
courage after returning to their homes. But the boy

was standing aside, wondering why the snake had not

bit him when he was reciting the Quran. He had
thought it was a lizard, as he hadnt seen a snake
before.
He was in college when this happened. He was
studying at the Agricultural University, Loyalpur (now
Faisalabad). A Nepalese Hindu, Giri, also lived in his
hostel. Giri was doing his PhD. It had been seven
years since he had come to Loyalpur. The boy, now a
young man, had known Giri for four years. A group of
Islamic preachers had just left their hostel after
speaking to them. He asked Giri why he did not
become a Muslim. "I'll become one if you say so,"
said Giri. He asked Giri to take a bath in the Islamic
way, after which he would make him recite the Kalma.
Giri took a bath in the way he had told him, changed
his clothes, and came to him for becoming a Muslim.
He made Giri recite the first and the second Kalma
and congratulated him for becoming a Muslim. In
reply, Giri recited all the (six) Kalmas and also recite
the Namaz. Giri then told him that one does not
become a Muslim like that. He would stay a Hindu
despite knowing the Kalmas and the Namaz. Giri
went on to say that the two of them were alike, except
that he had a Muslim name. What Giri had said
influenced him so much that he started going to the
mosque regularly to say his prayers. He also got
affiliated with the Tableeghi Jamaat143 and when the
A large group that claims to preach Islam. Mostly found in the
Subcontinent.
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summer vacations came, he went for a preaching tour

for 40 days. When he lived with them, he realized that
there is a stark contradiction in their words and
actions. They talk a lot, but dont walk their talk.
He fought the 1971 War in the Kanjri Bridge sector of
Lahore. He prayed hard for martyrdom, but remained
unscathed despite intense shelling and firing by the
enemy. When the cease fire was announced, his
hope of embracing martyrdom was dashed.
Heartbroken, he wrote to his Murshed that he had
been unable to achieve martyrdom despite his
craving, and was still alive to commit more sins. After
a few days, he was granted leave of absence and he
went to Chikrala to see his Murshed Hazrat Allah Yar
Khan. His Murshed scolded him and asked if the
status of the Triumphant was below that of the
Martyr144. He warned him against wishing for death in
future. "Has Allah made you to be eaten by dogs and
cats? You dont know the tasks that Allah has planned
for you," his Murshed said.
Once he talked to a companion of his about the
Station he was at. Hazrat Qibla Alam had lifted him to
the Third Arsh, so he asked his companion to see if
his spirit was still soaring to that place or if a
weakness had crept in. That fellow suggested that
they should go to Qazi Sanaullah in Laity, because he
used to speak out everything that he saw when he
used to conduct the Zikr. So, they went to Laity to see

144

The actual words are Shaheed (Martyr) and Ghazi (Triumphant)

Qazi Sanaullah. When Qazi Sanaullah started

conducting the Stations of the Arsh during the
evening routine, he stopped at the Thrid Arsh,
because his Murshed had only allowed him till that
Station. Qazi Sahib said, "Dont stop Major Sahib, got
to the Fourth Arsh." Then, Qazi Sahib took him
through the Fifth, Sixth, Seventh, Eighth, and Ninth
Arsh. He then asked him to keep going on his own.
Hence, the Stations of the Arsh were crossed, but
what happened to him later on was tragic. When he
was transferred to the next Unit (in the Army), an
inquiry for embezzlement and corruption was already
constituted against his Colonel. The Colonel wickedly
adopted the stance that he was afraid that the Major
Ghulam Muhammad would influence the findings of
the inquiry being held against him (because he knew
that Major Ghulam Muhammad would only endorse
the facts). He demanded that the inquiry was held
without Major Ghulam Muhammad being present at
the Unit, so he was removed from there attached with
the Brigade Headquarters. After that, the inquiry was
prolonged so much that 90 days passed, and the
orders for Major Ghulam Muhammad's demotion were
received. He could no longer wear the temporary rank
of a Major, because more than 90 days had passed
since he had been removed from his command. It
was strange, because those who had collaborated in
the financial corruption were spared, and he had to
lose his ranks. His rank was returned to him later
when he was posted back to his Unit and assumed
the command of a company. Hazrat Qibla Alam also

asked him the reason for his ordeal. He replied that

what had happened was inevitable, as Qazi Sahib
had took him across six of the Thrones (Arsh) in a
single session. He had to bear the squeeze because
those Stations were out of his reach when they were
granted to him.
He went to attend a course at Quetta in 1974. Mr
Qayyum was scheduled to deliver a lecture on the
topic "Striving to be a Muslim" at the Infantry School.
The talk started at 3pm. The hall was packed to its full
capacity of around 300 people. Qayyum Sahib did not
give any break for the Asr and the Maghrib prayers.
At the end of the lecture, Qayyum Sahib asked the
audience if they had any questions. He stood up and
said that he had fought to War of 1971 and never
missed a prayer even during the War. "Today, when
no war is going on and there's no emergency, and the
topic of your talk is also 'Striving to be a Muslim', you
have knowingly wasted the Asr and Maghrib prayers
of 300 officers. Is this how one strives to be a
Muslim?" he asked the speaker. Qayyum Sahib, in his
reply, recited the following piece of a verse:
Your heart is fond of Idols, what will you gain from
prayer?
Although he said his Missed145 prayers after he
returned home, but he still regrets wasting his prayers
listening to an enlightened English lecture-monger.
Qaza. If a prayer is not said at its time, it becomes a Qaza or
missed prayer and has to be performed later.
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You may know that Hujjaj bin Yousuf sent

Muhammad bin Qasim, along with 6,000 men, to
Sindh for the conquest of Dibal. Before departure, he
strictly told Muhammad bin Qasim that he would be
guilty and accountable if even a single one of his
6,000 soldiers missed a single prayer. Hujjaj bin
Yousuf is known for his brutality and cruelty, but he
did not compromise in the matter of Farz prayers.
In 1985, he performed the Hajj along on his own
expense along with an official delegation. General
Afzaal had included some woman's name with the
delegation, showing her to be his (Maj Ghulam
Muhammad's) Mehram146. General Asif Nawaz also
accompanied the delegation. He also tried to
convince him to become that woman's Mehram and
take her along for the Hajj, but he did not agree, as a
non-Mehram cannot become a Mehram. He had to
pay a heavy price for his refusal. His promotion board
was held the the same year, and he was not cleared
for a promotion. He had to retire at the rank of Major.
However, he was not concerned about the worldly
loss, because he had been promoted in the Spiritual
Ranks.
He spent 4 years in NLC (National Logistics Cell) prior
to his retirement. During this time he established good
relations with people at PSO (Pakistan State Oil), as
PSO used to supply fuel for the vehicles. He thought
he would open a petrol station and an automobile
A person from the opposite sex with whom it is permissible to
intermingle; for instance, husband, brother, uncle, aunt, sister, etc.
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workshop (after his retirement). However, when he

contacted PSO's Kundian Depot, he was told point
blank that he will only be supplied fuel if he could sell
adulterated petrol. He changed his mind upon hearing
this, and though about starting a fertilizer agency. He
went to Sargodha to see the related official in this
regard, who told him that he would only earn Rs 1600
per truck unless he sold fertilizers in black (for higher
rates). He gave up the idea of the fertilizer business.
He felt it wasnt at all appropriate to sit in the market
himself and stock his fertilizers elsewhere, creating an
artificial shortage and telling people to get their
fertilizers from somewhere else after they had paid a
higher price. This time he planned to open a school.
He went to the Director Education. The Director told
him to first buy a piece of land along a road and
construct the school building, furnish it, staff it, and
start running the school. The Director would visit the
school while it was being run and issue him the
registration (with the Education Department). He did
as he was told. He purchased an expensive piece of
land and constructed the school's building. He
furnished it, hired teachers, and started running it. He
expected people to come and admit their children.
Two months passed, but no one came to admit their
children as the school was not registered. He went to
see the Director again and told him the whole story.
The Director told him that he was an overly simple
person. He should have displayed that the school was
registered with the Government of Punjab, and it
could have been registered later on. The Director

sympathetically issued him the registration. The

school started running successfully, by Allah's
blessing. One day, when he went to the school, he
saw that a person from his neighborhood had placed
a stall in front of the school and was selling note
books, pencils, erasers, sweets and biscuits to the
children. After some time had passed, the same
person started selling drugs to the kids. He went up to
the Interior Ministry in his struggle to put an end to the
sale of drugs, but to no avail. Ultimately, he was
forced to close down the school.
A sincere friend of his advised him to open a girls'
college in Sargodha. He told him that parents drop
their daughters at the gate and pick them up from the
gate of the college, so there was no chance of a brawl
or of someone bringing a knife or a pistol to the
college. So, he opened a girls' college in Satellite
Town. The college was advertised in a local
newspaper for a whole month. Eighty to eighty-five
girls joined the college. One day, he received a call
from some newspaper's editor to come and see him
at his office. He went to the newspaper's office to see
the editor the next day. The editor told him that he
had one week to get his office furnished. The
furniture, the curtains, the carpetseverything had
become worn, the editor said. He threatened him that
if he did not do as he was being told, they would print
such a shameful story about him in the paper that he
would not be able to face anyone. The editor said that
everyone knew there were cars parked outside his
college in the evening and early in the morning, at the

time of Tahajjud. He would not be able to explain to

the whole world that it was a fake news. He had never
thought that media people could play such a dirty
game. The cars that the editor was talking about
actually belonged to the people who used to come to
him for doing the Zikr. He left that office and went
straight to the college. He picked up his baggage and
came back to his village. The next day, he told the
college clerk to return to the girls their educational
certificates and tell them that the college had closed
down.

The One Who Caused Us

to Err
Major (Retd) Ghulam Muhammad

Praise and glory be to Allah SWT who rewarded us
with bounties and blessed us with Deen-e-Islam. And
He created our Father AdamAlaih Assalam with His
Powerful Hand. He breathed His special spirit into him
and made the angels carry him on their shoulders to
the Paradise. And He made AdamAlaih Assalam His
caliph on earth. He said:

Then, He asked all to prostate before Adam, but

Iblees refused. He held such a high status in
knowledge and Cognition (of Allah) that he was called
the Crown of the Angels. Because of his pride, Allah
SWT stripped him of the knowledge, sense and
cognition that He had blessed to him, and declared
him to be accursed. Allah warned AdamAlaih Assalam not
to listen to Satan. "Indeed Satan is your enemy."
Later on, Hazrat AdamAlaih Assalam somehow got
trapped by Satan's deceit and committed the mistake,

Allah, the Revered Lord, became Angry with him. He

ordered AdamAlaih Assalam to leave His neighborhood
and go away, and to take off the crown of honor that
Allah had bestowed upon him, because the one who
disobeys Allah cannot live in His neighborhood. So,
it's stated that AdamAlaih Assalam cried upon his sin for
200 years before his repentance was accepted. When
Allah SWT asked him his next wish, he asked to be
reunited with Eve. He did not ask to be reinstated in
the Paradise. From this, it appears that all the colors
of Paradise are present in woman. Hazrat Adam Alaih
Assalam
ate the forbidden fruit because Eve had asked
him, so that he may continue to live close to Allah
forever. Satan had told this to Eve, and she had
believed him.
Behold the episode of Bal'am, a man from Hazrat
MoosaAlaih Assalam's times. He was Mustajab-adDawaat147. His prayer was granted whenever he lifted
his hands to pray. When Hazrat MoosaAlaih Assalam's
enemies went to him and asked him to pray for them,
he told them that the Prophet cannot be defeated and
his prayer against Hazrat MoosaAlaih Assalam would
never be accepted. They went to Bal'am's wife with
gold, gems and ornaments and obtained her
agreement that she would persuade her husband to
pray for them. The woman said to her husband that
they already knew that the prayer would not be
granted, so there was no harm if just lifted his hands
for prayer. This way, they would be able to keep the
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A person whose prayers are always accepted.

money by doing what those people were requesting.

As soon as Bal'am lifted his hands for prayer, his
tongue hanged out right down to his belly. Allah SWT
stripped him of His Cognition and made him like a
dog. "So his example is like that of the dog" (7:176).
Bal'am knew that he had been ruined. He said to
those people that he would tell them a scheme, by
which it was possible to defeat Hazrat MoosaAlaih
Assalam
and his fellows. He told them to send 12
beautiful women to the 12 chieftains accompanying
Hazrat MoosaAlaih Assalam. If the chieftains committed
adultery with those women, Hazrat MoosaAlaih Assalam
would be defeated. They did exactly as he had told
them. Hazrat MoosaAlaih Assalam tried his best to stop
the chieftains from committing adultery, but the went
ahead and hence Hazrat MoosaAlaih Assalam was
defeated. Thereafter, Bal'am bin Ba'oor reached a
stage where he wrote a book claiming there existed
no creator of the world and the universe. Thus, he
denied Allah's Oneness and fell to Iblees's path. Allah
SWT says: " And recite to them, [O Muhammad], the
news of him to whom we gave [knowledge of] Our
signs, but he detached himself from them."(7:175).
There was a time that when he looked up, all the veils
and coverings until the Higher Arsh were removed,
and he observed the heavens and everything therein.
If he called upon Allah, Allah SWT replied him, and if
he asked for anything, Allah SWT granted it to him.
Even if he interceded on behalf of the whole world, his
intercession was accepted and he was made happy.
If he swore upon Allah, Allah SWT fulfilled his pledge,

and if he desired for something even in his thoughts,

Allah SWT granted him that thing without even his
asking. But he became of the sinners and did not
appreciate the value of these bounties. Instead, he
became inclined towards the lowly desires of the
Nafs, to which Satan attracts a person. Woman is one
of Satan's most effective weapons, and he uses her
quite aptly and skillfully.
Just as in the present times, the progeny of Satan
used to practice magic and witchcraft in the era of
Hazrat SulaimanAlaih Assalam. They had even involved
humans in such practices. Magic was popular in the
world, particularly in the region of Babylon. People
had started considering magicians as holy and worth
following, just as the craft of mesmerism is popular
today. In order to dispel their misunderstanding, Allah
SWT sent two angels Haroot and Maroot to Babylon
to inform people about the reality of magic, so that
they may refrain from it. When the angels started their
job, people started visiting them. They started
requesting the angels to teach them witchcraft. The
angels used to caution them before they taught them
magic, that it was Allah's way to test them. He wanted
to see who would abstain from magic after being
informed about its evil, and who would adopt that evil.
The angels used to warn the people that they were
learning the art of magic by telling the angels they
were learning it for self-defense; they should not get
involved in the evil practice and ruin their faith. Finally,
some people could not keep their promise and made
magic a way to tease other people. Hence, they lost

their way, because some types of magic cause the

practitioner to become an infidel. So they became
disbelievers and sinners.
I myself became the victim of witchcraft once. I felt
that someone had cast an evil spell upon my house. I
asked a companion, a person blessed with Kashaf,
who also confirmed my fears. He said that smoke was
rising from the corners of the room and from the place
of the (earthen) stove. I wrote a letter to my elder
brother with a drawing of the house, indicating the
locations of the Taveez148 that had been buried in my
house. When he dug at the places that I had
pinpointed, he found the Taveez. Meanwhile, I started
casting the Lights upon the house. Suddenly, a black
sheet appeared over the house and covered it. When
I continued throwing the Lights, the sheet
disappeared and a black bird started flying over the
courtyard. I clutched it and twisted its neck. At that
moment, a woman (whom I knew) appeared in the
courtyard without wearing a scarf. Her name was
written on her forehead. The magician whom she had
hired to cast the spell also joined her, with his name
on his forehead. I was casting down the Lights and
feeling bitterness in my heart. When I told this feeling
to my companion, he said, "you are standing at the
house's bathroom, please go up!". In my
understanding, I had started doing the Ilqa149 from
Taveez is an inscribed paper or parchment written for both
good and bad purposes, such as healing and illness or causing harm
149 The process of casting down the Lights from one's Destination
or Station
148

Salik-al-Majzoobi, but the magic spell was so severe

that it's evilness had dragged me down. So this time, I
thought of Aqrabiyyat, and started doing Ilqa while
holding my Murshed's feet with both my hands. My
companion broke into laughter. He said now I had
anchored myself properly.
There's a serious problem with us, that we dont trust
Allah's word when it comes to the matters of Rizq,
despite the fact that Allah, the Lord of Honor, has
taken the responsibility for people's Rizq in His Book.
The affair of Rizq and relying on Allah is daunting, to
the extent that even the most pious of people cannot
get rid of the doubts created by Satan, who does not
lose hope in them despite their efforts, struggles and
worships. What is the reason that you dont trust
Allah's promise, whereas He has repeatedly sworn?
Even then, your heart remains anxious and you keep
yourself busy in planning for and earning your
livelihood? Such a person becomes exposed to the
risk of losing Allah's Cognition and Deen. Allah has
said, "Say, 'Sufficient for me is Allah ; upon Him
[alone] rely the [wise] reliers'."[39:38]
People send their children to Europe and America for
the sake of earning their Rizq. When in Rome, they
have to do as the Romans do, hence, they lose their
religion and culture. Their children are raised in the
non-believers' culture and schools. Their thoughts,
beliefs and behavior become like those of the
Westerners. They dont agree that Allah has created
the Jinns and the humans only for His worship. "And I

did not create the jinn and mankind except to worship

Me."[51:56] Instead, they think that:
God created mankind for the sake of the heartache
As there was no shortage of angels for obedience
[Iqbal's Urdu poetry]
Now, in the attempt to reduce the heartache, the
daughter of Eve is working and striving shoulder to
shoulder with men in the Western society. She has
taken this task as a challenge and is standing up to it
in offices, clubs and all types of social gatherings.
Women's sleeves have kept shrinking in size and
have finally disappeared. We watch and embrace the
latest fashion trends and semi-nude catwalks on TV
every day.
What a simple person Mir is that he takes his
medicine
From the boy of the perfumer who caused his illness

He Could Not Shut the

Door
Major (Retd) Ghulam Muhammad

Hazrat MuhammadSalAllahu-alaih-Wasallam traveled from the

Holy Makkah to the Bayt al-Maqdis on Burraq150. After
arriving at the door of Bayt al-Maqdis he tied Burraq
with a stone and stepped inside the Holy Mosque.
Burraq was shorter than a pony but taller than a
donkey. The Holy ProphetS-A-W performed two cycles
of Tahiyat-al-Masjid151. Thereafter, a staircase was
brought, through which climbed to the first Heaven.
The Holy ProphetS-A-W met Hazrat AdamAlaih Assalam on
the first Heaven, YahyaAS and EesaAS on the second
Heaven, YousufAS on the third Heaven, SalehAS on
the fourth Heaven, HaroonAS on the fifth Heaven,
MoosaAS on the sixth Heaven, and Hazrat IbraheemAS
on the seventh Heaven. Then, HuzoorS-A-W crossed
beyond the Stations of all the ProphetsAS and reached
a field where the Pen of Destiny could be heard
writing. He saw the Sidra-tul-Muntaha which was

A supernatural flying mare that carried the Holy Prophet(SAW)

on the Night of Ascension.
151 An optional prayer that is said upon entering the mosque.
150

surrounded by angels. At the same place, Hazrat

MuhammadS-A-W saw Hazrat JibraeelAS in his actual
form and he had 600 arms. There was a green cloud
covering the skyline. Hazrat MuhammadS-A-W also saw
Bayt-ul-Ma'moor, beside which the founder of Kaaba
Hazrat IbraheemAS was sitting while resting his back
against its wall. Seventy thousand angels enter the
Bayt-ul-Ma'moor every day, and their turn won't come
again until the Day of Judgment. The Holy ProphetS-AW
observed Paradise and Hell with his own eyes.
Thereafter, he returned to Bayt al-Maqdis and led in
prayer all the Prophets who were present there.
Hazrat Jibraeel, the trusted angel, introduced the Holy
ProphetS-A-W to all the Prophets.
Ailya, the head scholar of Bayt al-Maqdis, testified to
the truth this incident before Abu Sufyan in the court
of Harqil, the king of Rome. He said, "It was my habit
that I did not sleep at night until I had closed all the
doors of Bayt al-Maqdis. On that night, I closed all the
doors but one, which I could not close despite my
attempt. I called people from my staff and they all
tried together, but the door won't budge. I called the
handymen and masons. They inspected the door and
said that its hinges had been pressed under the
weight of the building, and there was no way it could
be closed before the morning. They said they would
come here the next morning and look for a way to
close the door." He said he was forced to return to his
house leaving the door wide open. He again arrived at
that door in the morning, and saw that a rock near the
Mosque had a hole in it, as if a horse or some other

animal had been tied there. Seeing that, he said to

the people who were with him that Allah SWT had
probably kept that door from closing the previous
night because some Prophet was coming to the
mosque. He then stated that the Prophet had also
said a prayer in their Mosque.
Constantinople was conquered in the era of Hazrat
Ameer MuawiyaRazi-Allah-Anhu. Later on, when the
Muslim Sultans adopted luxury and entertainment,
they started losing their grip on the Arab territories.
That was the time when Muslim countries started
getting impressed by Europeans and started
retreating. Evil forces challenged Islam, and the
Muslims could not properly defend their ideological
grounds. Instead, they started following the
Europeans. Jewish and Christian scholars refuted the
incident of the Ascension of the Holy ProphetS-A-W,
and challenged Muslim scholars for a debate in
Constantinople. People from both the sides reached
there to witness the debate. The non-Muslim scholars
overcame the Muslim scholars, who could not prove
that the Holy ProphetS-A-W had gone on the
Ascension. It was a big setback for the Muslims who
were present there. The news also reached Sufi
Abdul Rehman Kashmiri, who was residing in
Constantinople and living an ordinary life. He reached
the venue of the debate and said to the opponents, "I
will prove that my ProphetS-A-W proceeded beyond the
Heavens on the Night of Ascension." They said to Sufi
Abdul Rehman that the most renowned and
acclaimed scholars of his faith had been decisively

defeated. Who in the world did he think he was that

he would stand up to them?
Sufi Abdul Rehman Kashmiri replied, "Give me one of
your men and lock both of us in a room with no
windows or ventilators and just one door." They did as
he had demanded. Sufi Abdul Rehman asked the
person who was with him to stand on top of his feet
and hold him firmly. He complied. Sufi Abdul Rehman
loudly shouted Allah-Hu, and he instantly came out of
the room along with the other fellow. The lock didnt
break and the door didnt open, nor was there any
crack in the walls. He asked his opponents to lock
them up again. They locked them inside the room a
second time, and they again came out the moment
Sufi Abdul Rehman shouted "Allah-Hu". He said to his
opponents, "Look. I am a humble follower of my
Prophet, but even this denier came out of the room
because of me. When we can do this with Allah's
blessing, why can't Hazrat MuhammadS-A-W go on
Ascension?" Hence, he proved and demonstrated the
Ascension of the Holy ProphetS-A-W. The people who
were witnessing this incident became believers in
Hazrat MuhammadS-A-W and embraced Islam after
watching what had just happened. In this way, Sufi
Abdul Rehman Kashmiri saved the Muslims from
humiliation and held high the Deen of Islam.
Hazrat Muhammad bin Idrees Shafi used to say that
he had availed the company of Sufis for twenty years.
He had adopted residence of Egypt, although his
birthplace was the city of Ghaza in Palestine. It was

in the second century AH (after Hijrah) that he

participated in a debate with Jews and Christians in a
city by the River. The topic was whether the
Ascension of the Holy ProphetSalAllahu-alaih-Wasallam was
physical or spiritual. The opponents rejected all the
arguments that Imam Shafi presented. They were
adamant that the Ascension was spiritual and not
physical. When Imam Shafi saw that they were not
going to agree through argument, he picked up his
prayer mat and started walking towards the Nile
River, saying that the remaining debate would be held
upon the River. Reaching the River's bank, he did not
stop but continued walking on water. He reached the
exact center of the River, spread his mat, and sat
down. "Come on now, let's debate here on the water,"
he called out to his opponents. How could they go
there and continue the debate? So, they had to
accept that indeed the Ascension of the Holy
ProphetSalAllahu-alaih-Wasallam was physical, and not
spiritual. When no one joined Imam Shafi on the
River, he walked back on the water and returned to
them.
The word has reached us that Shaykh Jamal-ud-Deen
Yousuf used to narrate that "I had a wish to see my
relatives who lived in Hism Kaifa in Kurdistan. I spoke
to Shaykh Ibraheem Matboli about it after the Asr
prayer. Shaykh Matboli said that I would see them if
Allah so Willed. I went into solitude to recite the
Wazifa of Asr and found myself in my city. I entered
my home and said Salam to my parents. I stayed with
them and delivered sermons in the main mosque, and

taught the children for nine months. At that time, the

passion to see my Shaykh rose in my heart, and
asked for my parent's leave. They allowed me to go
and I left the house and came out of the city. I found
myself in solitude in Barkatul Haaj in Egypt and came
out to greet my companions. No one even said Salam
to me. I narrated to them the account of my journey,
upon which all of them said I had gone crazy. Finally,
when Shaykh Matboli learned about it, he asked me
to keep this incident a secret." After three years his
parents came to see Shaykh Ibraheem Matboli and
said that if it wasnt for his sake, they won't have let
Yousuf return for a whole year.

Little Did We Know

Major (Retd) Ghulam Muhammad

I praise and glorify my Revered Lord and present my

unlimited gratitude that Allah SWT blessed us with
rewards and with Deen-e-Islam. There was a time
when Egypt and Syria were the centers of Salook and
Tasawwuf. Thereafter, people travelled on harsh
routes and introduced it in India. The majority here
used to worship idols, but those who were destined
for guidance embraced Islam. They separated their
ways from those of the idolaters and engaged
themselves in the worship of the single God. It was
because of the charismatic personalities of the Sufis
and Aulia Allah that hundreds of thousands of Hindus
quit their religion and became Muslims. Mosques and
monasteries were established. Times changed and
the Muslims lagged behind the Hindus in acquiring
Western education. The British fielded Sir Syed
Ahmed Khan to impart the English education to the
Muslims. Sir Syed Ahmed Khan was an enlightened
moderate Muslim of the present times. He did not
accept Tasawwuf and Salook and did not believe in
the Arsh, Allah's Throne (Kursi), and the angels
recording good and bad actions (Kiraman Katibeen).
He also wrote a commentary on the Holy Quran on

the behest of his Western masters, but his

commentary did not gain traction with common
Muslims and was only confined to the students of
Aligarh. Allama Iqbal also disagreed with his concepts
and clearly stated:
We had thought education will bring us leisure
Little did we know that Ilhaad152 will also accompany it
I was in Multan in 1985. A few students from Nishter
Medical College came to me and requested me to
hold a session of Zikr with them at the mosque of
Nishter Medical College once a week. Upon their
request, we started going to the College's mosque
every week. When it was our fourth or fifth time, a
sizeable number of students sat with us for Zikr. The
leader of the mosque was Maulana Aslam Qureshi,
who was a well-known figure in the Tableeghi Jamaat
(Preaching Party). He used to given time to speak at
the annual Preaching Congregation. When Maulana
Aslam saw the boys sitting in Zikr, he could not
tolerate it. He came to me and said, "Here, in our
mosque, only the Sunnat way of Zikr is practiced. You
should conduct this practice, whatever it is, in your
own mosques". I was astonished at what he had said,
that what kind of a decree such a renowned scholar
was issuing. He should have inquired about the
details of our way of Zikr before declaring it
incompatible with the Sunnat. It did not suit his stature
The practice of misinterpreting Islam according to one's own
thoughts and whims.
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to issue the decree, "Dont do this Zikr here. Do it in

your own mosques!" Even Shaykh-ul-Hadees
Maulana ZakriyaRehmatullah-Alaih has written on page 57
of his book Siqalatul Qaloob that the method of doing
Zikr with breathing is proven by the Hadees. For the
same reason, Allama Anwar Shah Kashmiri has said
that among the practices of the Sufis, the method of
Zikr with breathing is the closest to the apparent
Shariah. Little did we know whether Maulana Aslam
had forbidden us out of his ignorance or jealousy?
The next day, the pastor of my Unit came to me and
said that Maulana Aslam Qureshi had come to see
me. I excused myself from seeing him and sent him a
message that he can only meet me in the gathering
for Zikr, not in my office. After that, we continued
going to the Nishter Medical College Mosque for Zikr
every week, but he never joined us. It is because
Maulvis only likes to discuss the matters of the Fiqah.
They dont do Zikr. It is my observation of 40 years.
In December 2000 a camp was established for us at
Munara, district Chakwal. Our only demand was the
enforcement of Shariah. We spent the whole month
listening to speeches against Pervez Musharraf. I was
told one day that I had to deliver a speech after Zuhr.
So, I delivered a thunderous speech, in which I called
Musharraf a sinner, fornicator, drunkard, usurper, and
dictator, and urged him to accept our demand for the
implementation of Shariah. Otherwise, we were
determined to go to Islamabad and hold a sit in. Our
slogan was "Shariah or Martyrdom". Little did we
know that this would merely a hollow slogan, and we

would return to our homes along with our hockey

sticks and black gram after a ignoble compromise
between our leader and the government. The
enforcement of Shariah would remain unfulfilled.
After a few days, when Squadron Leader Asif went to
his home in Qasur, he saw that my speech was being
aired on Zee TV. He told his wife and family that it
was Major Ghulam Muhammad delivering the speech
that he had made during the camp in Munara. After
returning from Qasur, he invited me to his home for
breakfast and told me that he had watched my
speech on Zee TV. He was surprised how my speech
had reached that channel. There are other
unanswered questions like this. For instance, why did
the Musharraf government supply our camp with
electricity for the whole month and cooperate with us
fully? Why did they shoot our videos and provided
those to BBC and Zee TV? Who bore the expenses to
the tune of Rs 1 million a day, or Rs 30 million for the
whole month? There were people from intelligence
agencies who had joined the camp under cover. They
were included in the calls for the Spiritual Baet and
their Baets were conducted. They shaved their beards
after the camp and reported to their agencies that the
Spiritual Baet was nothing but a hoax. Why was the
Awaisia Silsila brought into disrepute like this? Why
was the record not maintained for the donations
collected from within and outside the country? If we
had to return without achieving anything, why were
people's money, time and energy wasted?

"Alhamdulillah! One hundred thousand Mujahideen

from our camp, including Wazeeristanis, Punjabis,
Sindhis, and Balochistanis, one hundred thousand
Mujahideen from our camp alone have entered into
Afghanistan. And we didnt say a word until they had
crossed over two weeks back. The government had
stopped us from sending more men. Alhamdulillah,
we have several hundreds of thousands such son of
Tauheed who are waiting anxiously to go, and they
are upset with us because they were not sent first."
(Al Murshed November 2001)
I went to Islamabad regarding my son's interview.
Doctor Munir told me that Al-Ikhwan had sent one
hundred thousand Mujahideen to Afghanistan. He
said they had then received the orders to collect and
dispatch money. They had collected around one
hundred thousand rupees that they were going to
send to Munara. Little did we know that our leaders
would pull off such an incredible feat, because Sufi
Ghulam Muhammad's ten thousand men were
arrested on the border and are still languishing in jails.
But our elders' plan was executed with such finesse
that one hundred thousand Mujahideen (nearly six
divisions of infantry) crossed the border along with
one hundred thousand rifles, ammunition, and dry
ration, and no one got the slightest hint. We can only
call it a Karamat. And Allah knows the best.
Ever since I became a member of Silsila
Naqshbandia Awaisia, we kept going to Langar
Makhdoom and Changranwala with our Murshed.

After the demise of our Murshed from this perishable

world in 1984, we still continued presenting ourselves
there. All the fellows from our Jamaat wait for October
each year to attend the annual congregation at both
the shrines and draw Faiz from there. Every year, our
Chief Administrator Colonel Matloob Hussain
schedules the dates of the presentation. He is also
arranges the night stay and logistics at Hazrat Allah
Deen MadniRehmatullah-Alaih's shrine, a responsibility he
has been efficiently discharging for the last forty
years. Allah SWT will surely reward him for this.
It was September, 2008 and the third week of the
month of Ramzan was in progress. When I requested
Hazrat Khawaja Qutb SahibRehmatullah-Alaih for a prayer,
he complained that the Jamaat only considered him a
prayer maker. He said we had made it a routine to go
to him just for prayers and went away after having him
pray for us. "Nobody considers me as his dear one
that they should come and spend a night with me," he
said. "You think that a few minutes are all that I need,
whereas I crave your company." I started crying when
I heard him say this. I said, "Hazrat, indeed we have
committed a grave negligence that we until today we
have made it a routine to just arrive (at your shrine),
sit for a few minutes, and leave. We beg your pardon
for this." Little did we know that our relationship with
Khawaja Qutb SahibRehmatullah-Alaih had grown so strong
that he had started expecting us to make him feel that
he is dear to us, and to spend more time with him.
Therefore, I planned to spend the night of 25th
Ramzan at his grave. Squadron Leader Salman

Ahmed and Group Captain Tanveer Tabassum also

accompanied me. We carried the items for Iftari and
Sehri with us and reached Changranwala after doing
Zikr with Hazrat Khawaja Allah Deen MadniRehmatullahAlaih
. The three of us stayed awake through the night
that we spent with Hazrat Khawaja Qutb
SahibRehmatullah-Alaih, because that was the night of
Lailatul Qadr, and was totally different from the
previous nights. We performed several sessions of
Zikr and prayed extensively in the company of
Khawaja Qutb Sahib.
May Allah make you sick in His Love too
May I see you crying behind the wall too

Involuntarily, I Cried
Major (Retd) Ghulam Muhammad

My Shaykh Hazrat Allah Yar Khan travelled to Karachi

by a passenger train. Raja Yousuf and I also travelled
with him. Hazrat, my honorable Shaykh, had to fly to
Saudi Arabia for performing Hajj after a few days' stay
in Karachi. Many of our companions had also reached
Karachi to see off Hazrat Qibla Alam. There were a
few hours to go before his flight. All the preparations
were complete. Sadness was already in the air. It felt
like Hazrat Jee was leaning us and going somewhere
far away. Meanwhile, Maulana Abdul Haq Sahib
recited the following verse:
Cherish these moments when we're together
for the hour of departure is upon our heads!
Hearing this piece of poetry, everyone started
weeping. I also cried involuntarily. Hazrat Qibla Alam
pacified us and said it was just the matter of a few
weeks. Insha Allah we would meet again. He said all
the Appointments were going to be transferred to our
Jamaat, and it was not possible until he presented
himself before the Holy ProphetSalAllahu-alaih-Wasallam.

My house and Zain-ul-Abideen's house were located

at a walking distance of ten minutes from each other.
He used to drop in at the time of Asr and we used to
practice Zikr together. One day, when he didnt turn
up on time, I went to his house. He was sitting in his
lawn, reading a letter and crying. I quietly went and
stood being him. He felt my presence and turned back
to see me standing there. Upon my asking, he replied
that he used to send money to her mother and sister
every month. Her mother had wrote to him that the
military men had raped them, and they were leaving
their home to live at some unknown place. Therefore,
he should not send them the money. When I heard
his, I could not control my tears and came back to my
house crying all the way. Zain-ul-Abideen crossed the
border overnight and people heard him speaking on
All India Radio that the chastity of their mothers and
sisters had come under assault by the army, and they
were no longer safe.
I had started walking on the road of Salook from
Ahdiyyat. A time came when the road disappeared. I
tried my best to come back on the road but felt as if I
was miles away. I also introspected myself to see if I
had committed any blunder, but there was apparently
no such thing. I kept on crying for two years but the
situation kept worsening. I was exhausted. My spirit
started losing consciousness. It seemed as if storms
were blowing all around me and they had engulfed my
spirit. I could not even sense my direction, how could I
find the way? My condition was such that I used to
wash my face with tears every day. One day, I

decided to inform my accomplished Murshed about

my affairs. I was hopeful that he would forgive me and
also get me out of this situation and put me back on
the road. So, I reached Chikrala. As soon as I found
the opportunity, I held Hazrat Jee's feet and narrated
the whole situation, crying all the way. Hazrat Qibla
Alam said that the place where I was walking was the
Realm of Astonishment. He asked me how I had
reached there so quickly. He told me that the road
finishes at the Ninth Arsh. Beyond that, the Circles of
the Realm of Command and Astonishment are
located, which the spirit crosses. Hearing this, I took a
sigh of relief and returned home happily after
obtaining Hazrat Jee's leave.
I missed a fast in the Ramzan of 1983 because I was
a patient of cystitis. I misses it because a senior
companion had advised me to, but I was so upset that
I kept crying for the whole day. Then, I decided to see
if I was the kind of patient who doesnt become a
sinner for missing a fast. To determine this, I fasted
consecutively for five months in summers, from April
to August. I used to get a piece of flatbread from the
mess at night and wrap it in a cloth. In the morning, I
used to sprinkle salt on the flatbread and take it with
water to keep the fast. Nobody knew that I was
fasting. At times, I used to combine two fasts. I used
to break the fast with water and keep the next one just
with water the next morning. My body had become so
used to fasting continuously that I didnt even feel I
was fasting. Now, I reached the conclusion that I
wasnt such a serious patient that I would not be held

accountable for leaving a fast. So, I asked Allah for

forgiveness for missing the fast and pledged never to
miss a fast again.
Hazrat Qibla Alam had visited Gilgit the previous year.
His visit had not only benefited the Jamaat, but he
had also made the local Islamic scholars his
followers. He had also addressed the people before
the Jumma prayer at the main mosque upon the
request of the leader of the mosque. Then he deputed
my to conduct a monthly session of Zikr in the
mosque upon people's insistence. Whenever we
gathered there, we remembered the sayings of Hazrat
Qibla Alam. A full year had no passed when we
received the news of Hazrat Qibla Alam's death on
telephone. It was 18th February, 1984. It was such
horrible news that we had never expected. Tears
started flowing involuntarily and we kept on crying.
We were speechless and stunned. Finally, some
companions arranged a van and we departed for
Pindi. The snow kept falling throughout the way and
we reached Pindi with great difficulty. From there we
came to Murshed Abad where Hazrat Qibla Alam had
already been buried. Heartbroken, we were wistfully
staring at the grave. I conducted the Zikr Lata-if and
Meditations and presented my companions before
Hazrat, our respected Shaykh. HazratRehmatullah-Alaih
showed great affection. He embraced me and asked
me to take care of the Jamaat and myself.
I was blessed with the opportunity to perform Hajj in
1985. We disembarked at Jeddah Airport and

travelled to Makkah by road. Baitullah153 was in our

hearts and minds. When Allah SWT sent our great
grandfather Hazrat AdamAlaih Assalam to the earth, He
Ordered Hazrat Jibraeel Ameen to mark the
boundaries of Baitullah on the earth. Directly above
the walls of Baitullah, Bait-ul-Izzah is located on the
First Heaven and Bait-al-Ma'moor is situated on the
Fourth Heaven. These are the Kaabas of the angels.
The real Kaaba is located much above these. Hazrat
Shaykh-ul-Mukarram used to say that Allah's
Personal Lights either descend upon the Higher Arsh
or on Baitullah. We wanted to reach under the Lights
descending upon Baitullah as soon as possible.
Finally, the moment that we had been anxiously
waiting for arrived. Baitullah was in front of our eyes.
Baitullah is so awe-inspiring that we couldnt control
our tears when we set our eyes on it for the first time.
We were standing there transfixed and crying. The
condition of our hearts was beyond words. We
couldnt believe how lucky we were that we had
reached there. We stepped forward with tearful eyes
and kissed Hajr-e-Aswad154 and started circling
around the Kaaba, completing the seven revolutions
of Tawaf155. The footprints of all the Prophets, from
Hazrat AdamAlaih Assalam to Hazrat MuhammadSalAllahualaih-Wasallam
, were right before us. All of them had
presented themselves there and had run around the
Allah's House, or the Holy Kaaba
The Black Stone that pilgrims kiss before starting ambulation
around the Kaaba.
155 Circling the Kaaba seven times for the performance of Hajj or
Umra
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Kaaba, crying "Labbaik Allahumma Labbaik". We

were also crying profusely and calling out "Labbaik,
Labbaik". Even today, we start crying involuntarily
when we revolve around Baitullah during the
Meditation of Sair-e-Kaaba. We get the same
feelings, the same Lights and Flashes. Nothing has
changed, and nothing will change until the Judgment
Day.
I underwent a heart bypass surgery on 4th August,
2009. The hospital's barber came to me on 3rd
August to shave all my body hair. He also cut my
beard to half its length because the surgeon had
asked him to. When I saw myself in the mirror, I
involuntarily started crying heavily. I was crying
because I had spent my whole life with a full beard,
but my beard had been reduced to half at a time that I
thought was the time of my death. The patient who
was taken to the operation theater before me had
expired during the surgery. I cried profusely thinking
what would happen to me if I died with the same
appearance. I begged before Allah not to give me
death with that face, because the beard with which
you go into the Barzakh stays the same. It doesnt
grow longer or get shorter. Thanks to Allah, my
operation was successful and I returned alive from the
operation theater, otherwise it would have been an
eternal regret for me.

From the Windows of the

Past
Major (Retd) Ghulam Muhammad

Praise and Glory be to Allah SWT that He bestowed

us with rewards and blessed us with Deen-e-Islam. I
humbly state that after joining Silsila Naqshbandia
Awaisia, the spiritual pleasure that I get from doing
Zikr in the morning and evening is beyond description.
We always wanted more and more of it, so Zain-ulAbideen, Ghaus Muhammad and I formed a 'Lata-if
Group'. We used to practice just Lata-if for an hour or
two hours in a single sitting. When our hearts were
still not satiated, Zain-ul-Abideen and Ghaus
Muhammad shifted to my house. I asked my family to
stop serving meat, sweets and fruits, and only cook
vegetables and pulses for food. We were determined
to give our Nafs a tough time, but Ghaus Muhammad
couldnt help but speak out after a few days, that he
wasnt the kind of Sufi to live on pulses, and was
leaving. We tried a lot to stop him, but he left. I have a
letter from Hazrat Qibla Alam, in which he has written,
"we wanted to make him the same as his name, but
perhaps it wasnt in his destiny".

Akber Khan Niazi and Ajmal Khan Niazi are brothers.

They had joined me in Zikr and used to go to
Chikrala. One day, Ajmal Khan Niazi and I were
coming back from Chikrala by bus. During the
journey, Ajmal Khan asked me to promise him that
whenever he dies in my lifetime, I'd attend his final
rites. I asked Ajmal Khan why he was thinking about
his death and funeral, whereas he was still young. He
said Hazrat Allah Yar Khan Qibla Alam had pointed
towards me and said to them, "if three people like him
attend someone's funeral, Allah SWT will definitely
forgive that person." Ajmal Khan said that I should
promise him and he would also make two more of our
companions promise him. Afterwards, Ajmal Khan
Niazi relocated to Lahore and was tied up there. He
came into showbiz and became a TV host. Perhaps,
he no longer remembers any of this. I've heard that he
has reached Irfan-ul-Haq156 in his quest for Haq.
Hazrat Qibla Alam blessed Lahore with his presence
a few months before the 1971 War. Druing the
evening Zikr, he ordered me to step forward, and hold
the sword that the Holy ProphetSalAllahu-alaih-Wasallam was
awarding me. After I got the sword, everyone was
sure that the Indo-Pak war was going to break out.
When the war ended, Shaikh Siddique and I
presented myself for Zikr before Hazrat Data Sahib
and the Ghuas Sahib buried under the Lahore Fort.
The Ghaus Sahib of the Fort asked us to get away.
This is the fake pir about whom Major Ghulam Muhammad has
written in one of his articles.
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We went outside and sat down facing towards him,

but he sternly asked us to get up from there too and
go further away. He said we shouldnt face towards
him, but away from him while doing Zikr. So, we went
further away by about fifty feet and performed Zikr
facing away from him. We havent been able to forget
this Zikr to this day. Now, the Ghaus Sahib of the Fort
complains that we dont go to him.
When I was stationed at Rawalpindi for three to four
months, Hazrat Qibla Alam told me that our Jamaat
did not exist there, and I should form a Jamaat during
my stay. I replied that because he had said so, Insha
Allah the Jamaat will be established. Iqbal Sahib's
soap factory was located in Ratta Amral and a main
mosque was situated opposite to the factory. We
started the routine of Zikr in that mosque. By Allah's
blessing, seventy people joined the Zikr within a
hundred days. I invited Hazrat Qibla Alam to
Rawalpindi. The night stay was also arranged at the
mosque. Hazrat Qibla Alam was very pleased to see
people such a large number of people. After I went
away, our people couldnt maintain good relations
with the management of the mosque. Iqbal was
murdered, and hence, the Jamaat of Rawalpindi
disintegrated, as they lost the center of Zikr at Ratta
Amral.
I was transferred from Quetta to Multan in 1975.
When I was at Quetta, Major (Brigadier Retd)
introduced me to Major General Abdul Rehman.
Major General Abdul Rehman was an upright man.

Later on, he was sacked and sent home because he

refused to open fire on the demonstrators when he
was stationed at Lahore. In those days, Mufti
Mehmood's anti government campaign was at its
peak. In Multan, I expanded the Jamaat considerably
with the help of Haji Aslam Kumboh, Major Maqbool
Ahmed Shah Khagga, and Hakeem Gulzar Shah
Sahib. General Hamza offered us his mosque for
doing congregational Zikr. Although he was a follower
of Pir Dewal Shareef, but had much devotion for our
Murshed. Whenever Hazrat Qibla Alam blessed
Multan with his presence, General Hamza invited him
to his house for dinner. We used to go to Chikrala in
Major Maqbool Shah's car. He also used to take me
to his ancestors' graves and lands. As soon as he
used to get out of his car, he used to give the first
servant he came across a sound beating with his fists
and slaps without any reason. When I asked him why
he acted like that, he replied that if he didnt do so
they would no longer respect his authority. Later on,
when one of our companions said something
disrespectful about Genral Sahib's Pir, he stopped our
people from coming to his mosque.
Major Doctor Azmat Iqbal Buttar founded the armed
wing of Al Ikhwan. In the beginning, the motto of this
weapon-carrying force was to prepare young me for
Ghazwa-e-Hind157. However, because Al Ikhwan was
registered under the Political Parties Act, these armed
A prophesied war that will be fought on the Indian
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young men also became victims of politics. They were

assigned the task to provide security at Dar-ul-Irfan,
to encroach upon lands, and to get encroached lands
vacated. Doctor Azmat has now separated his ways
from Al Ikhwan and can be seen struggling to traverse
the Stations of Tasawwuf along with his family
members. We come across each other in the last
days of Ramzan in Murshed Abad and Langar
Makhdoom. He is maintaining his separate identity,
perhaps because he has been unable to convince
himself to join anyone else.
Sultan Wali from Gilgit was my class-fellow. We spent
four years together at the Agricultural University.
Whenever any shopkeeper from Gilgit used to visit
Lyallpur (Faisal Abad), he always came to see Sultan
Wali. He and I were roommates, so every shopkeeper
who came there also met me. I was the one who used
to serve them food and tea. When I was posted at
Gilgit later on, the whole market was my
acquaintance. Many of the people joined the Zikr
because they already knew me. Sher Jahan Mir,
Rasool Mir and Farman were leading among them.
Rasool Mir is no longer alive, whereas Sher Jahan is
a banker and is walking on the path of Salook at a
snail's pace. Whenever I remember him, I also
remember a song that he often used to hum.
"Whoever has a short wife has a big name; whoever
has a tall wife has a big name; place her by the wall
and there's no need for a ladder".

Somebody else was the leader of the biggest mosque

in Gilgit, but Qari Abdul Khaliq used to lead the
routine prayers. After I came back they expelled Qari
Abdul Khaliq from the prayer-leadership. Qari Abdul
Khaliq could not hold his place at the next mosque as
well. So he packed his baggage and came to Munara.
During my stay at Gigit, I had led him through the
Stations of Salik al Majzoobi and Arsh. He was
deputed with the task to conduct Zikr with the
students of Siqara Academy at Munara. Once, I
visited Munara with my companions who were pilots
in the Air Force. When everyone sat down for the
evening routine of Zikr, Qari Abdul Khaliq came to me
and said that he used to lead the Zikr with those boys
every day. If he didnt lead the Zikr, they would think
that he had no status in the Jamaat. Therefore, I
should let him lead the Zikr, he said. That day I found
out how a pupil cleverly surpasses his teacher. I
permitted him to lead the Zikr and sat on his left side
for doing Zikr, so that his pretentious image could
remain intact.
Colonel Zafar and Colonel Mehdi were with me in the
Kharian Log Area. We used to practice Zikr together
every day. Colonel Zafar was fond of having Kashaf,
but it has been observed that those who wish to have
Kashaf are not blessed with it. Meanwhile, Colonel
Zafar's son got a visa for America. Colonel Zafar told
him that he should spend whatever time he was left
with in doing Zikr and worship. So he started coming
for Zikr. He had hardly practiced Zikr for a week or ten
days when he started having Kashaf. One day he

asked me after Zikr if his Kashaf would be lost after

going to America. I told him that if he didnt get the
right food and a clean environment, his Kashaf could
not be guaranteed. He cancelled his plans to go to
America when he learned that his Kashaf could be
take away. Colonel Zafar belonged to the RVFC. One
day when I went to his office, he told me he had
reserved a well-bred young cow for me at the dairy
farm. If I accepted it, he would get it delivered to my
home. I said that according to the rules, a calf could
be given away, but not a cow, because it's retained by
the dairy farm. He said that they used to write a calf
instead of a cow in their record whenever they had to
oblige somebody, and used to deposit the price of a
calf. I didnt consider it appropriate to accept their
offer, because I could not cheat and drink Haraam
milk.
Chauhdri Ihsan Advocate was my neighbor in Sialkot.
Whenever we used to sit together, he used to talk
about Hazrat Allah Yar KhanRehmatullah-Alaih. He told me
that when Hazrat Qibla Alam had come to the
Cheema Hospital in Daska he had stayed at Chauhdri
Ihsan's house. He was the elder brother of Colonel
Basheer and had also been the President of the
Daska Bar. One day, he knocked at my door early in
the morning. When I came out, I saw Chauhdry Ihsan
Sahib standing there with another person who was a
stranger to me. I had never seen him before.
Chauhdry Ihsan said that person was the biggest
trader of Sialkot. His son had come from America and
had been kidnapped. That person looked extremely

worried and worn in the grief of his son. I told

Chauhdri Sahib not to worry, as they would find his
son within two days. After that they left. When I came
inside, my wife asked me who was at the door this
early in the morning. I told her it was Chauhdri Ihsan,
and that some trader's son had been abducted about
which they had come to see me. She asked me what I
had told them. I said I had told them they would find
his son within two days. My wife asked how I was
able to predict so. I said I didnt know why I had said
so. After that, I spread the prayer mat and fell into
prostration. I started begging Allah in tears to uphold
my word and have their son returned to them. I had
spoken without even thinking. The next morning,
there was a knock at the door again. I came out to
see Chahdri Ihsan Sahib standing there with the
trader again, but on that day he really looked like a
top trader. They presented me a box of sweets and
thanked me that what I had told them had indeed
turned out to be true. The trader's son had reached
home by the time he returned to Sialkot. His son told
him that his kidnappers had suddenly stopped the car,
made him get out, and driven away. He was
blindfolded. When he removed his blindfold, he was
standing at an unknown place. He asked some
people for directions and reached home. The
kidnappers had neither demanded any ransom nor
subjected him to torture.
I had constructed my house in Garden Town, Multan
before my retirement. However, when I realized that it
would not be possible for me to come to Murshed

Abad from Multan on every weekend, I sold that

house for a throwaway price and started living
permanently in my village Wan Bhachran. From here,
I can reach Murshed Abad on every Sunday. PAF
Base Mianwali is located at a distance of twenty
kilometers from my house. Being from the Defense
Forces, we get our medical treatments done at the
PAF Hospital. In 1992, I happened to meet Medical
Specialist Azmat and Flight Surgeon Salman Ashraf,
who started doing Zikr by the method of Paas
Anfaas158. Seeing them, the pilots also joined the
Circle of Zikr. By Allah's Will, more than eighty people
started doing Zikr within one year. The cast of the
drama serial "Shahpar" was also among these
Zakireen, and they started visiting me for Zikr at Wan
Bhachran. Let me tell you something interesting. One
day I was passing through the bazaar when someone
asked me to stop and said to me that he had heard
the movie people had started visiting me. I said, yes,
they did. He said, "You were a pious person who used
to practice Zikr and pray Tahajjud, how come you
were trapped by these film folks?" I told him that I had
not joined the film people, but the film people had
joined the Zikr. He was satisfied when he heard this,
and said he had been at fault to think the film people
had made me join them.

Literally means 'guarding each breath'. It's the Naqshbandia

Awaisia way of practicing Zikr with breathing.
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