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HAZRAT SULTAN BAHU AND WORLDLY ATTACHMENTS.
It is not clear with reference to the Saint whether he adopted or assumed any worldly trade or business or for that matter any other worldly occupation. Yes, this much is known, that on two occasions he sponsored himself by purchasing two bullocks each time to help cultivate the land. Even this he could not sustain because on both occasions the Saint abandoned his notion of cultivating the land. This was due to the intense luster of Divine Light, which perfumed his inward and outward personality and a strong yearning for Allah the Beloved. He was a wandering dervish and sometimes passed his time in jungles in remembrance of Allah.
As mentioned earlier, the then Mogul Emperor had conferred on the saint’s forefathers an estate in the vicinity of Shorkhote. Hazrat sultan Bahu (RA) had inherited this estate. It was a vast estate comprising a well-built brick fort and hundreds of acres of well developed agricultural land. In the vicissitude of life he remained indifferent to the demands of this huge estate and did not concern himself or even inclined towards its responsibility. He chose and concerned himself with the pure and unalloyed state of `Faqri-Muhammadi' (SAW) (a spiritual state of renunciation and contentment given to a few selected and noble souls).
Hazrat Sultan Bahu (RA) is of the opinion that a Faqir should imitate the Prophet Muhammed
(Sall Allahu ‘alaihi wa sallim) and the ahle-bait in matters of worldly attachments.
He is of the view that a Faqir's poverty and wants are the building blocks of a spiritual mi'raj and
that this 'Faqr' projects him to the proximity of Allah.
Hazrat Sultan Bahu(RA) obeyed, followed and copied the `Faqiri lifestyle of the Prophet of Islam (Sall Allahu ‘alaihi wa sallim) and his household. He kept his person clean from the slothfulness of the world. His dislike and aversion
to `worldly attachments is well documented. He refers to this dislike in his famous book of prose,
the `Abyat' where he says:
` Ah! This worldly life polluted
Washing, bathing all in vain
For its sake the doctors, scholars,
Crouch in corners, cry in pain
For its sake these worldly people
rest not, sleep not. Ah! their bane!
Hermits, mystics, ascetics, Bahu!
Burn their boats-the wise, the sane! ' The Sufis do not enjoin celibacy or withdrawal from the world. The attitude of a true Sufi regarding `worldly attachments' -- is detachment from sence pleasures; attachment is only to the One reality. The Sufis maxim is `Be in the world but not of the world .The Saints philosophy on `Faqr will be discussed separately in the second section of the book.
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It is not clear with reference to the Saint whether he adopted or assumed any worldly trade or business or for that matter any other worldly occupation. Yes, this much is known, that on two occasions he sponsored himself by purchasing two bullocks each time to help cultivate the land. Even this he could not sustain because on both occasions the Saint abandoned his notion of cultivating the land. This was due to the intense luster of Divine Light, which perfumed his inward and outward personality and a strong yearning for Allah the Beloved. He was a wandering dervish and sometimes passed his time in jungles in remembrance of Allah.
As mentioned earlier, the then Mogul Emperor had conferred on the saint’s forefathers an estate in the vicinity of Shorkhote. Hazrat sultan Bahu (RA) had inherited this estate. It was a vast estate comprising a well-built brick fort and hundreds of acres of well developed agricultural land. In the vicissitude of life he remained indifferent to the demands of this huge estate and did not concern himself or even inclined towards its responsibility. He chose and concerned himself with the pure and unalloyed state of `Faqri-Muhammadi' (SAW) (a spiritual state of renunciation and contentment given to a few selected and noble souls).
Hazrat Sultan Bahu (RA) is of the opinion that a Faqir should imitate the Prophet Muhammed
(Sall Allahu ‘alaihi wa sallim) and the ahle-bait in matters of worldly attachments.
He is of the view that a Faqir's poverty and wants are the building blocks of a spiritual mi'raj and
that this 'Faqr' projects him to the proximity of Allah.
Hazrat Sultan Bahu(RA) obeyed, followed and copied the `Faqiri lifestyle of the Prophet of Islam (Sall Allahu ‘alaihi wa sallim) and his household. He kept his person clean from the slothfulness of the world. His dislike and aversion
to `worldly attachments is well documented. He refers to this dislike in his famous book of prose,
the `Abyat' where he says:
` Ah! This worldly life polluted
Washing, bathing all in vain
For its sake the doctors, scholars,
Crouch in corners, cry in pain
For its sake these worldly people
rest not, sleep not. Ah! their bane!
Hermits, mystics, ascetics, Bahu!
Burn their boats-the wise, the sane! ' The Sufis do not enjoin celibacy or withdrawal from the world. The attitude of a true Sufi regarding `worldly attachments' -- is detachment from sence pleasures; attachment is only to the One reality. The Sufis maxim is `Be in the world but not of the world .The Saints philosophy on `Faqr will be discussed separately in the second section of the book.
CREATED FROM ;http://www.ummah.net/Al_adaab/index.html
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