Post by ali0009 on Oct 30, 2009 14:50:40 GMT
Sufi teachings of Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti alayhis 'salam
In the meeting, turning towards Hazrat Qutb al-Aqtab, he (Khwaja Mo'inuddin Chishti) said: When I joined the shaykh al-Islam Sultan al-Mashaykh Hazrat Khwaja Usman Haruni alayhis 'salam (on whose grave is the light of Allah) and when the honour of bayat (initiation) bestowed upon me was received with absolute sincerity, then for eight years I did not give myself a single moment of rest in the service of my murshid. Wherever he travelled this humble servant, carrying his bedding and luggage on my head, remained in his company. My pir-o-murshid, after seeing such service and devotion from me, gave me such a gift as is beyond limits.
Then he said: Whoever received, received through service and devotion. It is incumbent upon the murid not even slightly to diverge from the order of your murshid. Whatever your murshid has ordered in the way of prayer and wazifa give full attention to it and do according to it so that you reach that stage where the pir is the (purifying) comb of the murid. When a pir suggests to his murid to do something it is for the sake of attainment of perfection for the murid.
After that he said: And the same is true of my brother Shahabuddin Suhrawardi Radi Allahu anhu. He, too, used to carry the luggage of his pir on his head when they used to go for hajj and come back, after that he received that treasure which has no limit and which is beyond people's understanding.
