liked the Dars very much. In the end, the persuasion was made to attend the weekly Sunnah-inspiring Ijtima’. He also made the intention of attending the weekly Ijtima’ and at the prescribed time, he reached the Sunnah-inspiring Ijtima’. It was a new world in existence [for him], the elegance of Sunnah was everywhere, it was a pleasing environment, a heart-rending bayan and a highly emotional and tearful Du’a had changed his life. He repented of his previous sins and associated himself with the Madani environment. He also adorned his head with an Imamah Shareef, he grew his hair according to the Sunnah and adorned his face with a beard.

صَلَّى اللّٰهُ عَلٰى مُحَمَّد               صَلُّوۡا عَلَى الۡحَبِيۡب

Refrain yourself from evil presumption!

O the devotees of Ghaus-e-A’zam! There should be no doubts or any sort of confusion in your heart when you attain a blessed item from the Awliya
رَحِمَهُمُ الـلّٰـه  or the pious people. Allowing various whispers to enter your heart, and then taking holy relics with a wish to test or examine them, can in turn become a means of punishment. Let’s listen to a story to understand this point:

A king once came into the court of a Wali (Saint), who had a few apples gifted to him by someone. He gave one apple to the king and said: Eat. The king also requested the Wali to eat. So, both the king and he ate the apple. At that moment, the king thought to himself: “If the Wali picks up the biggest and best-coloured apple and gives it to me, then I will understand that he is definitely a Wali. The Wali picked up that same apple and said: We went to Misr (Egypt). There were lots of people gathered in one area. We saw that one person had a donkey whose eyes were covered with a ribbon. An item of one person was put next to another person. The donkey is then asked about the item, at which the donkey goes around the whole Majlis, and wherever the item is, it drops its head. The pious person then said: I narrated this parable because if I do not give the apple to you, then I am not a Wali and if I do give the apple to you, then what skill have I shown that’s greater than that donkey? Saying this, he threw the apple towards the king. (Bad Gumani, pp. 35)