v  He صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم was saying, ‘Ahmad! You have arrived; look, what has become of you! I said humbly, “اَنَا جَائِعٌ وَ اَنَا ضَيۡفُكَ i.e. Ya Rasoolallah صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم! I am hungry and I am your guest. The Beloved Prophet صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم said, “Open [your] hand!” when I opened my hand there were few dirhams; when I woke up I found those dirhams in my hand; I went to the market and bought bread and Faludah (a sweet dish consisting of long thin strands or pasta, cream and ice, etc.) and ate it.

(Jazb-ul-Quloob, pp. 207, Wafa-ul-Wafa, vol. 2, pp. 1381)

مانگیں گے مانگے جائیں گے مُنہ مانگی پائیں گے

سرکار میں نہ ’’لا‘‘ ہے نہ حاجت ’’اگر‘‘ کی ہے

v  ‘Allamah Abul Faraj ‘Abdur Rahman Bin ‘Ali Ibn Jawzi عَـلَيْهِ رَحْـمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ الۡـقَـوِی has written a narration of a pious man: I had been praying to go for Hajj for three years but my wish was not fulfilled. When the fourth year approached; it was the period of Hajj and I was very impatient to visit Haramayn Tayibayn. One night when I fell asleep, fortune smiled on
me and اَلْـحَمْـدُ لـِلّٰـه عَزَّوَجَلَّ I had the privilege of seeing the Beloved Prophet
صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم in my dream. The Beloved Prophet صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم said, ‘You may go to perform Hajj this year.’ When I woke up I was extremely happy. The sweet voice of the Beloved Prophet صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم was echoing in my ears. ‘You may go to perform Hajj this year.’ The Beloved Prophet صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم granted me the permission of Hajj; I was extremely delighted, but suddenly I realized that I did not have travelling expenses; I became sad as this thought struck me.

The next night, once again I had the privilege of seeing the Greatest and Holiest Prophet صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم but I could not mention my poverty. Likewise, the third night again I had the privilege of seeing the Noblest Prophet صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم in which I was granted permission to go to perform Hajj, ‘You may go to perform Hajj this year.’ I thought if the Beloved Prophet صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم appeared the fourth time in my dream I would mention my financial situation.