now? The mother replied: O son! It was not a trunk, but rather Sayyiduna Mansoor رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه, who [would worship, and now] has passed away.

(Hilyat-ul-Awliya, pp. 46, Raqm 6260)

میں پانچوں نَمازیں پڑھوں باجماعت           ہو توفیق ایسی عطا یا الٰہی

Salah of Sayyiduna Haatim Asam رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه

Sayyiduna Haatim Asam رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه once went to meet Sayyiduna ‘Aasim Bin Yusuf Muhaddis رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه. Sayyiduna ‘Aasim Bin Yusuf رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه asked him: ‘O Haatim! Do you offer Salah properly?’ He رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه replied in the affirmative, then Sayyiduna ‘Aasim رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه asked: Tell me. How do you offer Salah? Sayyiduna Haatim رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه replied: When the time for Salah comes near, I perform my Wudu completely in an extremely proper manner.

When the time of Salah comes I step on the prayer mat and stand in such a manner that each joint of my body properly adjusts to its place, I then imagine that the Holy Ka’bah is between both of my eyebrows and Maqaam-e-Ibraheem is in front of my chest. Then having this belief in my heart that Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ is aware of my apparent condition and all hidden thoughts of my heart; I stand in a way as if my feet are on Siraat Bridge and Paradise to my right, and Hell to my left, and Malak-ul-Maut [the angel of death] behind me, and I feel as if this Salah is the last Salah of my life. After this I recite Takbeer-e-Tahrimah with extreme sincerity, and then recite Holy Quran with extreme concentration and contemplation. I then perform Ruku’ and Sujood with utmost humbleness and in a beseeching manner and in the same way I offer the entire Salah with extreme humility and the presence of the heart.

Having heard this Sayyiduna ‘Aasim رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه asked surprisingly: ‘O Haatim! Do you really offer Salah always and every time in the same manner?’ Sayyiduna Haatim رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه replied: ‘Yes! I have been offering every Salah of mine always and every time in the same manner for thirty years’.(Ruh-ul-Bayan, vol. 1, pp. 33)