Once, I encountered a difficulty. I had faced a similar difficulty before, during which I visited the shrine of Sayyidunā Bāyazīd Basṭāmī رَحْمَۃُ اللہِ تَعَالٰی عَلَیْہِ , and through its blessings, my difficulty was resolved. This time, when a difficulty arose, I visited the illuminated shrine of Sayyidunā Bāyazīd Basṭāmī رَحْمَۃُ اللہِ تَعَالٰی عَلَیْہِ  again. I remained there for 3 months, performing ghusl 3 times and wudu 30 times daily (meaning, I observed purity, cleanliness, and full etiquette), yet my difficulty was not resolved. (Divine will dictated that this time, the problem would be solved not by staying at the walī’s shrine, but through experience and observation).

He states:

When the distress did not subside, I decided to go to Khorasan. On the way to Khorasan, I came across a village where I saw a sufi spiritual lodge. In earlier times, the Awliyāʾ (Saints) used to build madrasas or places of worship where they would train their followers. Perhaps this was why Dātā Ganj Bakhshرَحْمَۃُ اللہِ تَعَالٰی عَلَیْہِ   went to that lodge to spend the night. However, the situation there was different; the residents of this lodge were not worshippers or scholars, but rather ignorant and ill-mannered individuals. Dātā Ganj Bakhsh ꜤAlī Hujwayrīرَحْمَۃُ اللہِ تَعَالٰی عَلَیْہِ   states: Unlike common travellers, I had no luggage; I wore coarse clothes, carried a staff in my hand, and had a vessel for wudu. Seeing my condition, they mocked me. Night had fallen, and it was necessary to stay there, so despite the lack of space, I stayed in the lodge. These people made me stay on the lower floor and went upstairs themselves. When it was time to eat, they paid no regard to the etiquette of hospitality. They gave me dry, mouldy bread, while they ate rich foods, and all the while they taunted me. After eating, they ate melons and threw the peels at me. In short, they tormented and humiliated me as much as they could. I endured all this with patience.

It was solely due to the blessing of patience in bearing the behaviour of those people that Allah Almighty resolved my difficulty.^[1]