a spontaneous desire to open my mouth so that he may put the morsel into it. However, I rebuked my Nafs saying, ‘Do not be impatient! Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ is with me. I would rather die than asking that young man for anything to eat.’

All of a sudden, turning towards me, the youngster said, ‘Brother! Please come and join me in this meal.’ I refused but he insisted. My Nafs also insisted to eat but I kept advising it to have patience. However, I ate a little due to the insistence of the young man. He then asked me, ‘Where are you from?’ I told him that I am from Jeelan. He replied that he was also from Jeelan. He asked me if I knew (Shaykh) ‘Abdul Qaadir, the grandson of Sayyid Abu Abdullah Sawma’ee رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه who was the famous ascetic Wali of    Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ. I replied that I was the same person he was asking about. Listening to it, he became a little anxious and said, ‘When I was leaving for Baghdad, your mother gave me eight gold coins to deliver them to you. Having reached Baghdad, I kept looking for you but no one knew your whereabouts until all my money was spent. I have been hungry for three days. When I became helpless due to extreme hunger, I bought some flatbread and this roasted meat with some of your money.’ He then said, ‘Ya Sayyidi! Please eat this food without hesitation because you own it. Previously, you were my guest; now I am your guest.’ Thereafter he gave me the remaining money and said, ‘I seek your forgiveness, I bought this food in the state of helplessness due to extreme hunger.’ (Shaykh ‘Abdul Qaadir Jeelani رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه said) I became very happy when I heard this. I then gave him the leftover food and some extra money; he accepted and left. (Tabqat Hanabilah, vol. 3, pp. 250)

تِرے دَر سے ہے منگتوں کا گُزارا یا شَہِ بَغداد

یہ سُن کر میں نے بھی دامَن پَسارا یا شَہِ بَغداد

شَہَا! خَیرات لینے کو سَلاطِینِ زَمانہ نے

تِرے دَربار میں دَامَن پَسارا یا شَہِ بَغداد

Continuing the Zikr of Ghaus-e-A’zam رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه, let’s all proclaim together with the slogans given by the devotee of Ghaus-e-A’zam, Ameer-e-Ahl-e-Sunnat, founder of Dawat-e-Islami, ‘Allamah Maulana Abu Bilal Muhammad