Here is how Sayyid MuꜤīn al-Dīn al-Chishtī al-Ajmerīرَحْمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ عَـلَيْه  attained such an exalted rank through devoted service to his murshid. Once, his shaykh, ꜤUthmān al-Hārūnī رَحْمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ عَـلَيْه said: “Our MuꜤīn al-Dīn is beloved to Allah. I am proud of my murīd.”^[1]

The reward of serving one’s murshid

Sayyid MuꜤīn al-Dīnرَحْمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ عَـلَيْه  narrates:

A pious person once worshipped Allah Almighty for a hundred years. He would fast during the day, stand in salah throughout the night, and advised others to worship Allah Almighty. After his passing, people saw him in their dreams, seeing him in Paradise. They asked about his state.

He replied, “My days and nights of worship did not become the reason for my entry into Paradise. Instead, Allah Almighty forgave me because of my service to my shaykh.”

He further said:

On the Day of Judgment, the Awliyā, Ṣiddīqīn, the masters of taṣawwuf will be raised from their graves with cloaks upon their shoulders.

From each cloak, thousands of threads will hang. Their murīds and devotees will cling to these threads, and they all will cross the Ṣirāṭ safely and enter Paradise.^[2]

Dear Islamic brothers! You have heard the beautiful glad tidings that Sayyid MuꜤīn al-Dīnرَحْمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ عَـلَيْه  gave to those who serve their murshid. He did not merely speak these words, but he demonstrated them through his actions, fulfilling the right of honouring and serving his murshid. During his shaykh’s lifetime, he consistently gave his all to honour him, and even after his murshid’s passing, he continued to hold utmost respect for him.

Here is a remarkable event regarding this.