The Search for a Spiritual Guide...
Translated Lecture of Hazrat Maulana Muhammad Shafee Okarvi- [Rahmatul Laahi Alaieh]-South Africa
Hazrat Saiyyidinaa Khawaajah Saiyyid Mu'een ud deen Hasan
Chishti Ajmeri Sarkaar Gareeb Nawaaz
THE SEARCH FOR A
SPIRITUAL GUIDE…
Translated Lecture of
Hazrat Maulana Muhammad Shafee Okarvi- [Rahmatul Laah Alaieh]-South Africa.
Hazrat Saiyyidinaa
Khawaajah Saiyyid Mu'een ud deen Hasan
Chishti Ajmeri Sarkaar
Gareeb Nawaaz [Rahmatul Laah Alaieh]-
Hazrat Khawaajah Saahib
had acquired the external knowledge and now set out to acquire a Spiritual
Guide. Near Neshapur was a village called Harwaan or Haroon. In this village
resided a renowned Walee who was the Cardinal Pole (Qutb) of the time, Hazrat Khawaajah
Usmaan Harooni [Rahmatul Laah Alaieh]-
On the very first meeting
with Hazrat Khawaajah Usman Harooni having never met or seen each other before,
Khawaajah Usmaan stated, ‘Mu’een ud deen! I have been waiting for you. Come to
me!’
He became a disciple (mureed)
and was then consigned to a Hujraa to ‘worship Allaah Kareem’ (Ibaadat)
and ‘strive on the path’ (Riyaazaat). Remember nothing is attained
without, sincere worship, striving and a concentrated effort. Allaah Kareem (Almighty
and Glorious is He) says in the Holy Qur'aan in the 29th Soorah,
al-Ankabuut, Verse 69:
And those who strive in
Our way (to know Us and Our Attributes), We will certainly guide them to Our Paths.
One must strive on this
path. The Holy Prophet (Peace be upon him, his family and his companions), despite
being the beloved of Allaah Kareem and the Cause of Creation still worshipped
and strove. He stood so still at night for such long durations that the blood
capillaries on his blessed foot used to swell.
Allaah Kareem (Almighty
and Glorious is He) had to tell him in the Holy Qur'aan, in the 73rd Soorah,
al-Muzzammil, Verses 1to 3:
