It is reported that a lot of sacred sayings
were coined by his Holiness Hazrat Moinuddin
Hassan Chishty (R.A). These were collected,
recorded and presented by Persian writers
and the Saint's spiritual successor, Hazrat
Khwaja Outubuddin Bakhtiyar Kaki (R.A.) of
Delhi. All these are valuable gems of
wisdom. They have stood the test of time for
8 centuries, and their efficacy and value to
the pious and virtuous Muslims are above
question. We reproduce sixty of them here,
and these are:
1. The fingers of one who cleans the nails
at the time of Wazoo will be rendered immune
from the fire of hell.
2. It is a part of Sunnah to wash the
related organs of the body three times a day
at the time of Wazoo. A deviation from this
constitutes a violation.
3. A hundred Angels are at the bedside of
one who sleeps in a state of purification.
If a person is a seer the angels escort him
to heaven and cloth him with a new robe
whereupon the soul performs a thanks-giving
Sajda (Prostration) to God.
4. On entering a mosque, place your right
foot first, while departing out your left
foot first.
5. That person is an Aaril who is inspired
by a hundred thousand flashes of light from
Heaven.
6. He is an Aaril whom unseen wisdom
enlightens so that he is able to reveal
mysteries and solve problems. He is capable
of knowing secrets and interpreting them and
presenting them to those who are competent
to test its genuineness.
7. God rains misfortunes on those he loves.
8. It is a pious act to look at the Quran, a
greater act to recite it for it banishes all
vices and grants immunity to the eyes
against all mishaps.
9. Friendship with hermits attracts
blessings from the High.
10. The devotional visit to God's Kaaba is a
reward. The piety following from the Hajj
Pilgrimage itself is over and above devotion
and worship for a thousand years.
11. Keep devotion and the greater feeling
which a person can bring to bear upon the
performance of Namaaz; the closer is the
attainment of the nearness of God.
12. To serve and to be devoted to one's Peer
is comparable to the devotion to God.
13. The best way to avoid Hell is to feed
the hungry, give water to the thirsty,
provide to the needy and be friendly to the
miserable.
14. The sins committed by a son who kisses
the feet of his parents are washed away. The
position in life attained by a son is a
legacy bestowed on him by his parents.
15. Whatever one has received is a reward
for his services. A lesson imparted by a
Peer to his Mureed is to be acted upon
thoroughly by the latter.
16. The Peer helps to enlighten his
disciples as to their virtues and vices.
17. Two angels descend from heaven every
day. One of them on the Kaaba says that he
who does not do his duty to God forfeits his
protection and support. While the other
angel who stands on the shrine of the Holy
Prophet (S.W.) says that those who abandon
Sunnah or the tradition of the Holy Prophet
(S.W.) would be deprived of his intercession
at the time of judgment of God.
18. The cardinal virtues of the individual
cannot develop in a state of penury
especially when one is well fed and another
is really hungry. One should be cheerful at
the time of sorrow and befriend the enemy.
19. By attaining perfection in the
observance of Shariat one reaches the stage
of Tariqat, Maarifat and Haqiqat path
leading to Divinity, enlightenment act
attainment of summum bonum of human
existence respectively.
20. The soul of the person who performs
ablution before going to bed always soars
high in heaven (Arsh).
21. Namaaz is the ladder lading to the
nearness of God.
22. Namaaz (Islamic prayer) is like a trust
to care for humans, it is the destination of
the faithful and it is the relationship
between the worshipper and the worshiped.
23. A person who says his Namaaz is also
prayed for by the angels in Heaven.
24. Recitation of 'Alhamdo Sharif' is
necessary for the fulfillment of one's own
needs.
25. Prosperity departs from the home of one
who tells lies on oath.
26. A graveyard is a solemn surrounding,
which is to be respected. No worldly thing
should be done there.
27. In the matter of not performing devotion
to God, one is like a person engaged in
profession of sinful earning.
28. There is no distinction between arif and
saalik in the realization of God and self.
Both reach the same destination.
29. 0ne must think of death that always
hovering over oneself, so one must be ready
for one's last journey.
30. A hermit who is blessed with the love
of the God is content with worship and fast
and is not frightened by his estate which
comprises with the above.
31. The worship that pleases the Almighty
God is the grant of relief to the humble and
the oppressed.
32. A hardened sinner is one who commits
sin and at the same time believes he is one
of the chosen few.
33. Charity is the key to attaining
philanthropy.
34. A seer is the happiest when he is
guided by his love of God, when meditating
on His glory and remembering Him he is
lulled to sleep.
35. A hermit is one who would never
disappoint the needy.
36. He is a knower of the path of love
(God) when he gives up attachment to both
worlds.
37. The best gain of a hermit is his
association with other hermits, and his
greatest loss is to be away from them.
38. Patience is tested through sufferings,
sorrow and resignation without the slightest
disclosure of pain to others.
39. The more one learns about the essence of
things the more one wonders.
40. Death is a friend to a seer, luxury an
enemy and remembrance of God a glory.
41. A seer is one who rises early,
forgetting the events of the previous night.
He is only engrossed in the contemplation of
God's glory.
42. The best time of a hermit is when all
covers are removed from his mind.
43. Knowledge and enlightenment are like a
wave. The ocean of knowledge is sustained by
God, enlightenment pertains to man.
44. Those having insight into the essence of
things are endowed with light and they
impart illumination to the whole world.
45. Namaaz or prayer is the climax in the
process of approach to God for the pious.
46. Repentance for evil done has the merit
of wiping out the sin. The repentant should
turn away from committing the same sin or
evil for twenty years and even thereafter
with resolute will.
47. A sin committed does not harm an
individual so much as his contempt for his
fellow beings.
48. A hermit is one who has no sense of
earthly attachment for anything.
49. Realization of God dawns on him who is
absorbed in God and completely forgets
himself.
50. A true devotee is strictly obedient to
God and is constantly afraid of displeasing
him.
51. A seer is characteristically silent and
meditative.
52. It is on a pedestal, on the path leading
to the realization of God, that the seeker
can witness the panorama of the universe
through his two fingers.
53. Going physically round the 'Kaaba' is
useless unless the mind is the seer of the
essence of things.
54. A right seer is he, whose craving for
the 'Light' is satisfied by divine response
in any desired way.
55. The superior stage in the pursuit of
love of God is the power, which enables a
person to transpose the accused himself to
the category of a culprit.
56. Concentration of inhaling and exhaling
one's breath is part of a seer’s (Arif)
worship.
57. The heart of a true devotee of God burns
with so great an intensity that whatever
passion intrudes upon sanctity is burnt to
ashes.
58. A river, as it went its course, flows
turbulently, with force and noise, but on
merging with the sea, it becomes quiet and
tranquil. The same is true of the
individual, self covering various stages on
its journey to meet and merge ultimately in
the universal self.
59. A true devotee is gifted with the
following attributes:
I. River like charity, because his
charity knows no bounds and is equal to
all.
II. Sun-like affection because it
spreads like the rays of the sunlight,
and
III. Earth like hospitality, because its
embrace is open to all alike.
60. To associate with saintly and pious men
is more meritorious than doing a good deed.
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