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Shaikh, the Mureed receives knowledge from his Shaikh
miraculously by performing concentration exercise. Tasawwur-e-
Shaikh or concentration exercises too have been borrowed from
the Buddhist hermits and Hindu mystics.
1. It is mentioned in Arwah-e-Thalathah, Khan Sahib said that once
Hazrat (Rasheed Ahmad) Gungohi was in an ecstatic state and the
issue was of Tasawwur-e-Shaikh. He (Rasheed Ahmad Gungohi)
asked, “Should I say?’ He was asked to speak. He again asked,
‘Should I say?’ He was asked to speak. He asked for the third
time, ‘Should I say it?’ He was asked to speak. So he said, “For
three complete years Hazrat Imadad’s (Imdadullah Muhajir
Makki) face remained in my heart and I did not do anything
without asking him first.” Then he got further excited, he said:
“Should I say it?’ He was asked to speak. He said: “(For some)
years Hazrat Muhammad remained in my heart, and I did not
do anything without asking him first.” Saying that he got further
excited. He asked, “Should I say it?’ He was asked to speak. But
he remained silent. When people insisted that he should speak
further, he declined them.” 530
It can only be imagined what was coming next!
2. From Malfoozat Hakim al-Ummat, “Once he (Ashraf Ali
Thanvi) said, there are such pious people that they constantly see
the Messenger of Allah. When Suyooti heard a narration, he
would know whether it was a Hadeeth or not. Someone asked
(how does he do so), so he (Suyooti) replied, ‘after listening the
Hadeeth, I look towards the Prophet’s face. If he is joyous, I
understand it to be a Hadeeth and if his face is gloomy then I
know it’s not a Hadeeth.” 531
530 Arwah-e-Thalathah p.265 (Published by Daarul-Ishaat (Karachi)
Compiled by Moulana Ashraf Ali Thanvi (no: 1976) story no: 306 and
Tazkirat ar-Rasheed (a biography of Rasheed Ahmad Gungohi by
Aashiq Ilaahi Merathi) vol.2, p.197.
531 Malfoozat Hakim al-Ummat (Urdu) vol.7, p.109-110, Malfooz
(saying) no. 171.
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