In this letter the Great Khwaja Moinuddin
Hassan Chishty (R.A.) recalls an incident
when the Great Khwaja Usman-e-Harooni (R.A.)
was approached by a man who asked him the
best way of knowing that one had attained
nearness to God. The revered Khwaja Usman
Harooni (R.A.) told him that the best way
was by doing good deeds. The door (of
nearness) was opened to those who had been
given the power to do good deeds. Khwaja
Usman-e-Harooni (R.A.) also recalled a story
of a man who had a punctual maidservant who
used to get up at midnight for recitation of
her prayers. When her master saw her thus he
was overcome by her reply to his question on
her nearness to God. She said that she knew
the energy because it was the power given to
her by God to get up and say her prayers at
midnight. At this the master told her, "Go
away. O maid servant, I set thee free for
God."
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