friend in these words, peeping into the well of Zamzam, ‘O Khurasani! I entrusted something to you. Where is it?’ He would reply.

The pious man did as he was advised but received no reply from inside the Zamzam well. He then contacted the Islamic scholars of Makkah Mukarramah and informed them of the situation. Expressing sadness, they said that perhaps the Khurasani person was not among those blessed with Heaven; otherwise his soul would have been in the well of Zamzam. The scholars then advised the pious man, ‘Now go to Yemen where there is a well called Barhoot. After you reach the well of Barhoot, call him in the same way. That well lies at the corner of Hell. The souls of Hell-dwellers are in it.’ Hence he went to Yemen and called him peeping into the Well of Barhoot, ‘O Khurasani! I entrusted something to you. Where is it?’ The pious man said that after some time he heard the voice of the deceased Khurasani friend. He asked him, ‘How have you come here? You were very pious and ascetic.’ The Khurasani replied, ‘I had a disabled sister whom I did not use to care and broke off relations with her. That’s why all my acts of worship were ruined, and I am being tormented now.’

The pious person then asked him of the dinars which he entrusted to him. The Khurasani replied that they were buried in such-and-such a corner of his home. The deceased Khurasani asked him to go there and dig it out. Hence, that pious person went to the home of the deceased Khurasani, dug his dinars out and then went to the home of the sister of the deceased Khurasani. He provided for^[1] her, and she became happy. Afterwards, the pious person went to the Zamzam well in Makkah Mukarramah and called his friend, peeping into the well. The deceased Khurasani replied, ‘اَلْـحَمْـدُ لـِلّٰـه عَزَّوَجَلَّ! I have attained salvation from the Well of Barhoot and now I am in the Well of Zamzam in peace and comfort.’ (‘Aashiqan-e-Rasool ki 130 Hikayaat, pp. 77 – 79, summarised)

صَلُّوۡا عَلَى الۡحَبِيۡب              صَلَّى اللّٰهُ تَعَالٰى عَلٰى مُحَمَّد