These episodes are authentic and irrefutable records of the...

These episodes are authentic and irrefutable records of the wonders of Islamic spiritualism manifested through routine activities of the saints and their dedicated followers. Ghous-e-Azam Syedana Abdul Qader Jilani Hadrat Khwaja Moeen-ud-Din Chishti Ajmairi, Hadrat Baha-ud-Din Zakria Multani, Hadrat Shah Rukn-e-Alam and Hadrat Data Ganj Bakhsh (RTA), were those few who attained Allah’s proximity and achieved His bliss.

The above-quoted verse of the Holy Qur’an commands us to join the company of such spiritually elevated Auliya Allah and feed on their spiritual charity and benevolence. Their companionship would ‘systematically’ lead us to Allah’s companionship and win us His favours. They are not ambitious of paradise, position or fame.

Nor do they long for ‘noble spouses matching in age, specially created for Allah’s friends in reward of their noble deeds.’ The sole incentive that keeps them awake is the chance for a glimpse of Allah’s face. The Qur’an enjoins those who seek Allah’s sight to perpetually glance at the face of ‘His Friends’. Allah has also commanded to stay away from those who have neglected Allah’s remembrance: Do not follow him whose heart We have made heedless to Our remembrance.

[^20] And in Chapter An‘am: So, do not (ever) continue to sit with the trespassers after you recollect. [^21] These verses adequately elaborate the main thought that we have to keep away from the company of those who can drag us away from Allah This is obligatory to persist with the companionship of those who are in contact with Allah in order to acquire Allah’s love and affection. For that, absolute abandonment of worldly ambitions is a pre-requisite.

Pious company makes you while the evil one breaks you. Why hip of Allah’s Friends? Instead of detaching oneself from reality around, drunken with private meditation and calling “Allah, Allah” in isolation, why shouldn’t we join the company of Allah’s Friends complying with the divine instructions?

According to Islamic Shariah code, what is the significance of getting into the spiritual “channel” swearing fealty and allegiance placing hand on hand, and establishing affiliation with the “Auliya Allah ”? Why shouldn’t we establish a direct bond with Allah and why to have a go-between? Why to have the link of His ‘devotee’ in between whereas eventually we aspire only for closeness to Allah Almighty ? These inquiries bear significance for two reasons.