Irfan (Volume 2) IRFAAN 2

341-342

Hearing this dialogue of the Angels, that sage woke up and he determined to meet and see that chosen person and should know the state the affairs of his Hajj as his Hajj had won so much Acceptance and Accreditation. In short, that saint travelled to Damascus after Hajj and met that person named Ali following that address he had come to know during his dream and asked him the details of his Hajj. However, when that pure Mard of God known as Ali reported that Saint that this year he had not gone for Hajj, that Saint was greatly surprised and astonished. He then thought that the matter of his dream could not be untrue anyway and possibility was there that that Mr. Ali was showing his humbleness. Thus, that Saint exposed on him he had seen in his dream and said that the account of his dream could not be false. Here, Ali Ibn al Mofiq startled and he exposed the incident of his Hajj like this 'I had decided to go for Hajj this year and I had saved three thousand Dirham for the expenses on travelling. A few days before I had to leave for Hajj, my wife, for some urgent piece of work, happened to approach near the wall of my neighbor and smelt the aroma of finely cooked meat. Since she was expecting a baby, therefore, she became over excited to eat some meat and a risk arose for her carrying the fetus. She came to me and asked me to bring some meat from the neighbors otherwise, she feared of a miscarriage. I went to the door of my neighbor and requested him for what I had gone to his door. My neighbor became worried upon hearing my words. First he tried to refuse me in a nice way but when he came to know about my urgency and problem, he told me that that meat which was being cooked in his house was not fit for us to eat because he had been suffering from starvation for the last three days and since that day they had approached our last hour of withstanding hunger, he would outside the town and brought a dead chicken which they were roasting on fire in the darkness of night; since they had been in starvation for the last three days, therefore, this thing is Halaal for them and could not be Halaal for you'.

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I was stunned with great surprise hearing this state of affairs and told everything to my wife. Her (labor) pains stopped as soon as she heard this. I discussed with my wife that what a thing of great regret would it be that our one of our Muslim neighbor is suffering from so much poverty and starvation while we are ignorant about his condition and have nothing to help him out. Now I opine that those three thousand Dirham, which we have saved with intention for Hajj, should be spent for his help instead. Come what may, if it is in our fate to offer Hajj, Allah Almighty will arrange for it. For the time being, the help and affability to this poor Muslim is more important than offering Hajj. Therefore, my wife agreed with me and I took those three thousand Dirham to my neighbor and gave him to spend for his needs. Perhaps, Allah Almighty, the Real Exchanger, has liked this action and He has honored it with His Acceptance and Approval and He has made me informed regarding this hidden Reward and Munificence through you'. Thus, through my said report, that Saint Haji got his satisfaction and we both were so much surprised by the marvelous mysteries of the Sacred Essence of that Lord of Lords and the Most Merciful of all the merciful.

The human being should chose virtuous actions to do and should keep absolute sincerity (and single-mindedness) in his action with intention to please Allah only and he should not intend for any worldly objective, pomp and fame and dignity in the worship done for Allah Almighty but instead his intention should be only to win the pleasure of Allah Almighty and His Qurb as Allah Almighty says:

And whoever hopes for the meeting with his Lord, let him do righteous work, and make none sharer of the worship due unto his Lord (18:110)

It is reported that once, in a battle of Jihad, Hazrat Ali Karram Allah Wajhu encountered a Kaafir. While fighting, Hazrat Ali Karram Allah Wajhu threw him on ground and rode on his chest and brought his dagger out to kill him.