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He sought the company of holy men and was intimate
with them. After completion of his studies, he became more severe on
his ownself. He began to deny himself the many cravings of life,
except the barest minimum merely to sustain life.
When his devotion towards "Mujahida" increased, he left
Baghdad and went to a place called Sauster. Hazrat has said “Do
not expect to be included in the company of spiritual people, unless
you have become an enemy of your whole-self and have become
absolutely separated from all the organs of your body and all your
limbs, and have cut off all connections with your existence, your
movements, your speaking your hearing and seeing, with your efforts
and your intelligence, and with every thing that proceeds from you,
before your spiritual existence come into bring in you”.
He explained "All that will be found in you, after spiritual
existence is breathed into you, because all these things constitute
a screen between you and your Lord. You should consider your whole
being and your parts as idols together with the rest of the creation
and you should not obey any of them. Then you will learn the secrets
of divine knowledge and acquire extraordinary powers".
"Then you will truly become a manifestation of the powers of
God; you will hear, see, speak, and understand through God, and will
have comfort and rest through Him. Thus you will be blind and deaf
to any thing besides Allah, so that you will not find anything
existing besides Him".
For one year, he lived mainly on vegetables. In the next year, he
mainly lived on liquid. In the third year, he barely ate drank or
slept. Gravings were thus brought to the very minimum. This “Mujahida”
was undertaken to assume the attributes of Allah, who neither eats
nor drinks nor sleeps. Hazrat wandered in the jungles of Iraq in a
state that neither he knew anything about the people nor anybody
knew anything about him. People thus took him for a dumb and insane
person. He lived for many years in the ruins of Madain in Jazab. He
moved about alone for about twenty-five years amidst the ruins of
Iraq.
Thought insane and taken for treatment, his condition would worsen
and outwardly to those around him he would appear to be dead. When
the people prepared to wash his body prior to burial, he would
suddenly regain consciousness and movements. Such was his physical
state.
For about forty years he performed morning prayers with the ablution
(wuzoo) taken for the previous night prayers. After night prayers,
he would stand holding a post to avoid sleep and recite the Quran
till the time for morning prayers. Hazrat Sheikh said, “whoever
preferred sleep to wakeful prayers at night would lose alertness,
towards approach to Allah, who nor his angels needed sleep. Thus
merit lies in keeping awake for prayers at night, denying slumber”.
For eleven years he lived in a tower, which on account of his long
stay, was known as Burje-Ajami. Once in this tower he vowed to God
that he would not eat nor drink unless food was put into his mouth.
He began to fast. After completion of forty days of fast, some one
came and kept near him some food. Since it was not put into his
mouth, he did not eat it, although the animal desire in him was
eager to devour it. He spiritually heard loud cries of
"Hunger". "Hunger" at this time Hazrat Abu Said
Mokkarimi happened to pass by the place and inquired what the matter
was. Hazrat Sheikh replied that his “nafs” was greedy but his
soul was serene in the contemplation of God. Hazrat Abu Said asked
him to join him in Baghdad. But Hazrat Sheikh did not leave for
Baghdad until Hazrat Khizer had gone and requested him to go to
Hazrat Abu Said who was waiting for him. He then left and upon
reaching there, was fed by Hazrat Abu Said. Hazrat Sheikh Abdul
Qadir took a “khirqa” from Hazrat Abu Said and the latter also
requested Saiyidena Abdul Qadir to put a "khirqa" on
him.
Satan disturbed the Hazrat but with the grace of Allah he resisted.
Once he was in a jungle without food or water being available. After
a few days, Hazrat felt extremely thirsty. Then a cloud appeared
over his head and burst into rain and the Sheikh quenched his thirst
with it. A luminous figure appeared on the horizon and said, “I am
your God. I now make all unlawful things, lawful to you.” At this
the Sheikh recited the words “I seek the protection of God from
Satan the accursed.” On hearing this, the figure changed into a
cloud and it was heard saying, “By your knowledge and by the grace
of God you have been saved from my deception.” Then Satan asked
the Sheikh how he had recognized him so quickly. The Sheikh replied
that his announcement of making unlawful things lawful betrayed him,
because such an announcement could not have been from God.
There is also another version that one day, Satan appeared before
him introducing himself as angel Jebreel and with him appeared to be
“Buraq” which was associated with the spiritual ascension
(Mihraj) of the Holy Prophet and inviting the Hazrat to make a
similar ascension and said that he had brought “Buraq” from
Allah. To this he promptly replied that the speaker could be none
other than Satan himself, because neither Hazrat Jibreel nor “Buraq”
could come on to the world for any person other than the Holy
Prophet Muhammed (peace be upon him). Satan however was provoked to
say “Well Abdul Qadir, you have saved yourself by dint of your
knowledge” “Be off Satan.” The Sheikh retorted “do not tempt
me any further, it is not through my knowledge but through the Grace
of Allah, that I have escaped from your trap.” |
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