Speech delivered by
Ghous-i-Zaman, Qutab-i-Daoran, Mamba-i-Jud-o-Irfan, Shar-i-Shah Ghazi
AL-Hajj Pir Harooni-ur-Rashid [May he lives long]
on the eve of the annual sitting arranged for the recitation of the Quran:
17th , January 2011.
ALHAMD O LILLAH ! teeming millions of thanks to Allah, the Almighty, that the Lord of kingdoms has bestowed upon us His remembrance , million and trillions of blessing [and peace] be upon the Hazrat Muhammad, The Selected One, [peace be upon Him], by the dint of whom the Lord of kingdoms and blessed us with this kindness. Dear audience Allah, the Almighty, has granted a lofty status to a mother. A disciple, once, visited the Holy Prophet (PBUH) and requested humbly,” O the Messenger of Allah who should be treated with the profound consideration?” He replied your mother. He repeated the same request, the Holy Prophet replied with the same answer. Again, he asked the third time, “After that, who should be treated with the profound consideration?” Said that your mother. The forth time He (PBUH) said that your father. A disciple visited the Holy Prophet (PBUH) and told Him that he had carried his mother on his shoulders seven times for hajj, if he had rendered his mother his due. The Holy Prophet (PBUH) replied that you had not rendered her the due of the one night she kept waking up for you for the entire night. These sayings of the Holy Prophet (PBUH) and the ordinance of Allah are the obligations for us. To act upon them is to be prosperous, and the source of excellence and the salvation. It is the same reason that by the grace of Allah, we have arranged the sitting of the recitation of the Holy Quran for the Pure Women [of Mohar Sharif; the Maee Sahiban], for there can never be any other alternative return better than this.
The Holy Quran, about which Allah, the Almight, said
“If this Quran had been sent on some mountain then, you would certainly have seen it bowed, split and crushed to pieces for fear of Allah ……”
[Sura al-Hashr: chapter No.28; Verse NO.21]
The Holy Quran bears profound stateliness, and is deeply loved by God. It has been the source of righteousness for the entire creation, and reading it pays limitless reward. Therefore, we, by the grace of Allah, deemed it the grand asset to present Allah for the virtuous women [of Mohra Sharif: the Maee Sahiban].
There is a gigantic contribution of these virtuous women [of Mohra Sharif; the Maee Sahoban] to the utter Ummah; they have conferred huge benevolence upon the Ummah of the Messenger (PBUH); the matchless benevolence of Hazrat Aminah (BBUH), who fed the Holy Prophet her milk; the profound benevolence of Hazrat Saadiya BBUH who fed the Holy Prophet instead of her son; the greatest benevolence of pious woman Hazrat Khadija Alkhubra (BBUH), who sacrificed her entire wealth for the Holy Prophet (PBUH), and greatest of all is the benevolence of the chaste waives of the Holy Prophet (PBUH) who led their utter lives in the service of the Holy Prophet (PBUH), and the matchless benevolence of Hazrat Fatima Alzuhra (BBUH) who had been the beloved daughter of the Holy Prophet (PBUH). This sitting is arranged for them, who by the dint of the Hoy Prophet (PBUH) served the chain of the Nisbat e Rasooli like my grand grandmother, my grandmother, and my mother. My elder sister, the mother of Yousaf (the nephew of Hazrat Pir Haroon ur Rashid), took great care of mine as a mother does. I was five when she cradled me, and on whose death we felt deeply the necessity of the establishment of this sitting.
Let me narrate you an incident of my grand grandmother, the mother of my grand father Hazrat Khwaja Qasim (BBUH). She had had forty buffaloes. When Hazrat Bawa jee started visiting Kiyan Sharif, the buffaloes starting dying slowly, and all of the forty buffaloes died. Such a judgment is set to be gone through for the true seekers of the path of the righteousness to strengthen their faith and to humiliate the Satan. Therefore, when the last time he paid his visit with a large number of companions, on his return, he thought that he had not had anything to provide at home, how these companions would be served at home. A person was sent from there to the Kashmiri bazaar to a Sikh shopkeeper,Juda, for flour. He gave his silver ring, as a token, to show him and lend flour for them, and return Mohra Sharif as soon as possible. When they reached Mohra Sharif, the food was ready for everyone. Hazrat Bawa jee was stunned himself, and served them the food. After they left, he asked his mother about the arrangement of the food, for he did not leave anything for the guests. There had been scanty quantity of edibles for the family. His mother told that they ate the boiled grass and preserved those edibles for the guests, with the intension to serve them Such are the generous mothers of generosity, who serve the Tareeqat [Spirtuality], not like the one who demand for entertainment and food as a pir or a disciple enters the house, holding his beard; such are not the mothers rather they are the vicious Satans. How those great mothers should have been served? Whatsoever could be done for them is insufficient. In addition, supreme to all returns is to pray before Allah, and the recitation of the Holy Quran is the utmost service for them. This time and this sitting are selected for the reason that all materialist people of the world are indulged into the worldly entertainment on the onset of the New Year; they spent their precious time in rebellious activities of obscenity and vulgarity. We have started the New Year in a way that all of us could have a blessed forthcoming year, so we decided to start the year with the recitation of the Quran to change the lives of the visitors to the Quranic lives, and be triumphant and victorious in both of the worlds. That is why; it is arranged on the eve of start the New Year. The fortunate people do understand its vitality, and attend it by sacrificing; leaving their all engagements, neither the sleep is beloved to them nor any comfort, nor warmth. In addition, do observe that it is a test, and everybody has to go through it. If Allah, the Almighty, bestows upon every thing, He does test. The Holy Quran warns not to think that you would not be tested, you would have to go through it. When the Jihad was decreed obligatory, a disciple requested “O the Messenger of Allah, why the killing was declared obligatory, it would kill both of the parties. You are blessed with the approved invocations, simply pray in such a way that all of the nonbelievers are killed.” He replied, “what would be the yard stick of being honest and hypocrite. Every body would proclaim to be devoted. This test is imperative.” The Romans started the preparation for the venture against Muslims. When the Holy Prophet (PBUH) was informed, He summoned all of His devotees and suggested that the Romans should be defeated at the their home land, we did not want to be attacked there, “ let’s come and get prepared, bring every thing you have , and lets march.” That was a very hard time, with scorching heat and for the ripen crops, it had been the time that the crops were the only source of income. If the crops were ruined, there would be huger and drought for the entire year. However, not even a single disciple talked of reaping and the scorching heat. Moreover, the land they were to invade had also burning season. All of them said yes to the call. Everybody was ready and brought whatsoever he had had with him, that was the both physical and monetary sacrifice. One of the disciple had nothing to devote, he watered the garden of a Jew for the whole night, presented the wages of his service for the battle. Hazrat Uthman (BBUH) presented nine hundred camels loaded with the articles, and five thousand golden coins. The Holy Prophet (PBUH) was very happy for him. The writers quoted that the face of the Holy Prophet was glowing like the moon, but we do not accept that quotation, for the moon is a matchless object to be compared with the Holy Prophet’s charisma; that face was far more glowing than the moon, carrying the unique charm. Yet that was the time of contentment, moving His (PBUH) hand into the golden coins hither and thither, He (PBUH) was saying that the previous and the forthcoming sins of Uthman were forgiven. Hazrat Abu Bakar Siddque had had forty thousand golden coins, the richest person in Makkah, but he sacrificed every thing in the name of Allah. He saved only six thousand golden coins for the expense of the migration, [from Makkah to Medina] that he would be spending as per order of the Holy Prophet (PBUH). It is a long history that needs a long time to be narrated, but right now let me describe you that Hazrat Abu Bakar had possessed nothing with him at the time of the call for Jihad. When the Hoy Prophet announced to bring anything, he put off his dress and covered his body with sack-fabricated cloth, buttoned with the thorns, and handing over the dress to his slave, directed him to add it, secretly, so that no one should be known, to the articles piled for Jihad. The time of revelation approached and Hazrat Jibrael BBUH visited the Holy Prophet dressed up in the sack-fabricated dress buttoned with the thorns. It had been the stunning sight for the holy Prophet (PBUH), for Jibrael used to visit Him in the dress of the Light. On inquiring for the reason, Jabreal replied to the Messenger of Allah that every single (angels) inhabitant of the Heavens (Ursh) was dressed himself up in the same appearance. Allah has ordered to put on this dress, for He adored the dress of Abu Bakar. The crux of matter is that assessment is an extraordinary thing. So they prepared themselves and marched to invade, carrying nothing, there’d been time of scorching heat and definite danger of damage of the annual income through crops. However, there was no pain in heart of any disciple.
Hazrat Umer BBUH says that in the situation of intense thirst, we used to get water from the stomach of the camels. There had been no edibles, and nineteen persons had one date. Having chewed by one person, one date was handed over to the other person, and that was how nineteen persons had to do with one date. Nevertheless, nobody complained, no body requested to go back. Only the hypocrites presented the lame excuses: some one said that he had a patient at house to look after; some one said that his annual crops would be ruined and their children would depart this life by hunger, and few presented such mean things that could not be mentioned here. All of Companions returned with flying colors of success. They were successful in their test, and accepted by Allah. Today, here there is a test of heavy sown fall with chilly cold. You have to wake in cold here, but who would be ready to bear all pains for the sake of the pleasure of Allah. These are the people who are sitting here for any sacrifice: they are ready to endure any hardship: they are ready to face the coldness. Those who left their children, left their houses, and succeeded In the text of Allah. They are blessed with the fulfillment their cordial hopes, Allah will load their laps with the wealth of both of the worlds; their laps would be filled; would be filled, and not a single person would go empty handed.
You would be blessed with whatsoever you desire.
The world would rush to your feet itself.
The paradise would rush to your feet itself.
You would be blessed, whatsoever you desire.
The angels would bless peace upon you, standing on your way. Trees would bless peace upon you . Stones would send peace upon you. Here, come the slaves of the Messenger of Allah. Here, come the slaves of Allah……….. They are the ones who are successful in My test.
However, be aware; for God’s sake…., for God’s sake……., never let this precious wealth get ruined with any of your action or word. May it not happen that by the dint of any of your action or word this blessed wealth is ruined.
Let us pray now……..
May Allah ,the Almighty, by the dint of His Personality , by the dint of His Words [the Qu’ran] , by the dint of His Beloved Friend Hazrat Muhammad, the Selected One PBUH. By His grace blessed us with His love, blessed us (noble) deeds and blessed opportunity, May He accept it all. And forever, bless us a life of being His Slave, being the salve of the Holy Prophet PBUH, and take our lives, when, May we be His true men and true slave of the Holy Prophet PBUH and on the Doomsday may we be born His true man and true slave of the Holy Prophet PBUH, and save us from any embarrassment.
Now what should I say. All of your desires are fulfilled. Allah has filled your laps, Allah has not remained any deficiency.
I would only pray for you to be blessed with the courage and power to save this blessing of Allah from any harm, and not let be ruined. [Amen]
Translated by : Maskeen : M. Vaqar Ali
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