aversion towards sins and develops eagerness to carry out virtuous acts, develops (his own) respect in the hearts of people, cleans his heart, ignites the fear of Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ and love of the Holy Rasool صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم in his heart, and improves his life in this world as well as in the Hereafter.

In short! There are numerous favours of Peer-o-Murshid upon his disciples. Therefore, if any fortunate person gets the privilege of becoming the disciple of an accomplished Peer-o-Murshid, then in order to attain his blessings, he should become an embodiment of observing his respect. Those disciples who wholeheartedly show great respect towards their Peer-o-Murshid and do not observe heedlessness in fulfilling their rights, such privileged disciples escalate the steps of success and emerge as the dear, beloved and chosen devotees of their Peer-o-Murshid.

How many rights Peer-o-Murshid has and how important is it to observe respect for them, get a gist of it from the following blessed sayings of the blessed saints رَحِمَهُمُ الـلّٰـهُ تَـعَالٰی.

Sayyiduna Zunnoon Misri رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه said: When a disciple does not regard the respect, he reverts back to where he had started from.

(Risala Qushayriyyah, pp. 319)

Someone asked Sayyiduna Khuwajah Qutb-ud-Deen Bakhtiyar Kaaki رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه: ‘How much right does a Peer (spiritual guide) has over his disciple?’ He رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه replied: ‘If a disciple carries his Peer-o-Murshid on his head all his life on the way to Hajj, still, the right of Peer-o-Murshid would not be fulfilled.

(Hasht Bihisht, pp. 397)

Sayyiduna Imam ‘Abdul Wahhab Sha’rani رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه said: The essence of a disciple lies in the fact that he never develops the thought in his heart that he has repaid the favours of his Peer-o-Murshid even if he serves his Peer-o-Murshid for one thousand years and spends millions on him; because the disciple who develops the thought that he has repaid some favours of his spiritual guide after serving him or spending so much on him has actually