writing, I picked up my handkerchief, left the food there, offered two Rak’at of Salah and then left the Masjid. (Seerat Ghaus Al-A’zam, p. 46)

From this we learn that Sayyiduna Ghaus-ul-A’zam رَحْمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ عَـلَيْه would not eat until he رَحْمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ عَـلَيْه would reach a state where he would be unable to move and would no longer have energy to worship, which is why he رَحْمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ عَـلَيْه offered two Rak’at of Salah, showing that he still had energy to worship, and he left the food there. Thus, we come to know that our intention behind eating food should be to gain strength to worship Allah Almighty.

There were some Noble Sahabah رَضِیَ اللهُ عَنْهُم and Awliya رَحِمَهُمُ الـلّٰـهُ who did not eat for days. Hence, Hujjat-ul-Islam, Imam Muhammad Ghazali رَحْمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ عَـلَيْه states: Sayyiduna Abu Bakr Siddeeq رَضِىَ اللّٰهُ عَـنْهُ would not eat anything for 6 days, Sayyiduna Abdullah Bin Zubayr رَضِىَ اللّٰهُ عَـنْهُ would not eat for 7 days, the student of Sayyiduna Abdullah Bin Abbas رَضِىَ اللّٰهُ عَـنْهُ, Sayyiduna Abul Jawza رَضِىَ اللّٰهُ عَـنْهُ would remain hungry for 7 days, Sayyiduna Ibrahim Bin Adham and Sayyiduna Sufyan Sawri رَحِمَهُمَا الـلّٰـهُ would eat every 3 days. All of these blessed personalities would attain help in traversing the path of the hereafter through hunger. (Ihya-ul-‘Uloom, vol. 3, p. 98)

Conversely, our state today is such that we eat merely to satisfy our Nafs, and we continue to fill our stomachs with every kind of food at all times. If only we were to attain the mindset to eat less than our fill, and to only eat enough to attain strength to worship Allah Almighty. اِنْ شَــآءَالـلّٰـه, through this, we will attain countless blessings in this world and the hereafter.

The state of the worship of Ghaus A’zam

He رَحْمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ عَـلَيْه were so passionate in his worship of Allah that after his efforts and spiritual exercises in the struggle of reviving Islam, there was no difference in the passion and enthusiasm of worship. He would