With Khwaja's glance- Fire worshippers became exemplary saints

 
Fire-worshippers became exemplary saints

 

Hadhrat Ghareebnawaz (May Allah shower His mercy on him) was residing in Baghdad.  There, 7 fire-worshippers were engaged in extreme worship and self-mortification.  One day, all of them came to visit the Khwaja.  When the Khwaja cast a glance at them, their faced paled and their limbs started trembling.  In this state, they fell at the feet of the Khwaja.  He chided them thus:  O you who stay away from the true religion!  Don’t you feel ashamed to worship someone apart from the Lord Almighty?

 

They said:  We worship the fire with the hope that won’t burn us on the Day of Judgment.  The Khwaja said:  Unless and until you worship the Lord Almighty, there is no escape and deliverance from the fire.  They said: If the fire doesn’t burn you, we will embrace Islam.  The Khwaja said:  Fire can’t burn even the shoe of M'uinuddin.

 

Fire was burning at a place.  The Khwaja cast his shoe into the fire and said:  O fire!  Don’t burn the shoe of M'uniuddin.  The moment the Khwaja said this, the fire went cold.  At this time a voice said and everyone heard:  How can the fire dare to burn the shoe of my beloved.

 

When the fire-worshippers saw this, they immediately embraced Islam and remained in the company of the Khwaja and reached sainthood.  (Iqtibaas Ul Anwaar, Pg. No. 354)

 

Watching over the disciples and attendants

 

Once a woman came to the Khwaja and said:  My son has been martyred by the ruler of the city.  The Khwaja took his staff and along with his disciples and attendants, went to that place.  He joined the head of the deceased with his body and said:  O so and so!  If you have been killed wrongly, then get up with the command of Almighty Allah!

 

As soon as these words were articulated, the corpse moved, that person came back to life.  He fell at the feet of the Khwaja and went away happily with his mother.  When the ruler heard of this, he came to the Khwaja and sought his pardon.  (Iqtibaas Ul Anwaar, Pg. No. 377)

 

Once a person came to Hadhrat Fareeduddin Ganjshakar (May Allah shower His mercy on him) and said:  My life was very straitened.  I turned to Khwaja Ghareebnawaz (May Allah shower His mercy on him).  I saw a dream that the Khwaja came to me and granted me 6 pieces of bread (Roti).  Sixty years have passed since then.  Every day I get whatever I need.  Me and all my family members are leading a comfortable life.  Hadhrat Fareed (May Allah shower His mercy on him) said:  That wasn’t a dream, but it was the benevolence of Almighty Allah that the Khwaja had mercy on you and removed your poverty.  (Iqtibaas Ul Anwaar, Pg. No. 378)