and fulfilled religious and worldly needs of his disciples and true lovers. Even today, he رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه still fulfils the needs of his devotees from his luminous shrine, removes their worries and blesses whoever he wants with his spiritual (Fayzan) blessings.

میں ہوں عصیاں کا مریض اور تم طبیبِ عاصِیاں

ہو عطا مجھ کو گناہوں کی دوا داتا پیا

صَلُّوۡا عَلَى الۡحَبِيۡب       صَلَّى اللّٰهُ تَعَالٰى عَلٰى مُحَمَّد

Daata Sahib and visit of shrines

Dear Islamic brothers! By the blessings of visiting the shrines of the saints رَحِمَهُمُ الـلّٰـهُ تَـعَالٰی of Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ, Du’as are answered, difficulties are removed. Visiting the shrines of saints رَحِمَهُمُ الـلّٰـهُ تَـعَالٰی for this purpose has also been the manner of our pious predecessors. It was the routine of Sayyiduna Daata Ganj Bakhsh ‘Ali Hajwayri رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه that he would visit the shrines of pious saints. He   رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه recorded many incidents related to visiting shrines in his famous book ‘Kashf-ul-Mahjoob’. Let’s listen to some of them:

1.         Sayyiduna Daata Ganj Bakhsh ‘Ali Hajwayri رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه has said: During the journey to Syria, I visited the sacred tomb of Sayyiduna Bilal رَضِىَ اللهُ تَعَالٰی عَـنْهُ, the blessed Muazzin of the Noblest Prophet صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم. I fell asleep there, and found myself in Makkah Mukarramah, here I saw the Greatest and Holiest Prophet صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم at the door of the tribe of ‘Bani Shaybah’ kindly holding an elderly man as a child is held in the hands, out of my overwhelming love I fell upon the feet of the Prophet of Rahmah صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم, I was curious to know who this elderly man was. The Noblest Prophet صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم knew the state of my curiosity due to his blessed knowledge of the Unseen and his inner power, and said to me, ‘This is Abu Hanifah, and he is your Imam’. (Kashf-ul-Mahjoob, pp. 216)

2.         He رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه further said: Once I had some difficulty (related to religion); I tried to resolve it but was unsuccessful. I had the same kind of