Many indigents (fuqara) in the daira of Bandagi Malik IlahdadRZ passed away due to starvation. When he went to enquire about the condition of a brother, the brother asked, “Have you brought bread?” and died. MalikRZ thought over this and pleaded in the court of Allah, “O God, these people have come in Your path and this servant has handed them over to You. What is this matter?” The reply came from Allah, “These are Our seekers. We have given them faith (Iman)”. MalikRZ announced in the daira that whosoever wishes to die can die as he would die as a believer (Momin). Allah says that He likes it when people say ‘bread’ because they have surrendered their self (zath) to Us in pursuit of Our pleasure.” Later, MalikRZ indicated with his hand and said, “I give it this way and Allah takes it into his custody that way.” Some people were surprised on hearing this and (to verify) they dug open a grave. They saw that the grave was empty. After this they put their headgear on their shoulders and cried with modesty. So the servant of Allah, The Forgiver and The Coverer of our failings (that is, Malik IlahdatRZ) said, “For the sake of Allah, don’t do this again. This servant does not say anything without getting the command of Allah.”
Posted on: Tue, 04 Mar 2014 08:07:12 +0000
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