granted the glad tidings of Allah’s عَزَّوَجَلَّ pleasure. The love of these pious people will remain in the hearts of others until the day of judgement. Let’s now listen to 2 stories of how our pious predecessors رَحِمَهُمُ الـلّٰـهُ strived to be obedient to their parents:

   ۔1Serving the mother and status of Wilayat

Sayyiduna Ba-Yazeed Bistami رَحْمَةُ اللهِ عَلَيْه states: During a very cold night, my mother asked me to bring water. I came with a glass of water but saw that my mother had fallen asleep. I did not feel it appropriate to wake her up. Therefore, I stood next to her with the glass of water in my hand with this in mind that when she wakes up, I will present the water to her. I stood for quite a while. Meanwhile, some water spilled over my finger and froze, turning into ice. When my mother woke up, I presented her the glass of water. Due to the ice, as soon as my finger detached from the glass, some skin peeled off and blood began to flow. Seeing this, my mother asked: What is this? I told her the whole story. Hearing this, my mother raised her hands and made Du’a: O Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ! I am pleased with him. You also be pleased with him. (Sumandari Gumbad, pp. 4)

   ۔2Thief repented

When Ghaus-e-Pak رَحْمَةُ اللهِ عَلَيْه was travelling with a caravan from Jilaan to Baghdad to seek Islamic knowledge, as they passed Hamdaan, 60 robbers attacked and robbed the entire caravan. Ghaus-e-Pak رَحْمَةُ اللهِ عَلَيْه states: No one asked me anything. One robber then approached me and asked: O boy! Do you also have anything? I answered: Yes. The robber asked me: What do you have? I replied: 40 dinars. He then asked: Where is it? I replied: Beneath my cloak. The robber thought this was as a joke and walked away. After this, another robber approached me and asked me similar questions, to which I gave the same answers. He also walked away, thinking of it as a joke. When all the robbers got together with their leader and told him about me, I was called over. They were busy distributing the wealth. The leader of the robbers asked me: What have you got? I replied: 40 dinars. He then said to the robbers whilst ordering them: Search him! After searching me, when the truth became apparent, he asked me with surprise: What made you tell the