This excerpt is taken from Sheikh Irshad Ullah Maan's book In Search of Truth.
A detailed discussion on Tawheed Fil Tasarruf has already taken place here.
To prove how helpless these so-called donors are, here is a newspaper clipping: Demand to reclaim the shrine of Kar Manwala Sharif from the possession group. Lahore (P.R) Leaders of Anjuman Mohibban-e-Hazrat Kar Manwala Sharif, Shaukat Ali, H.A. Sheikh, Mumtaz Ahmed, Muhammad Tufail, and Abdul Ghafoor demanded the Provincial Minister for Auqaf to provide full protection to Baba Ji Sarkar and to reclaim the shrine from the possession group.
Reference: (Daily Jang Lahore, April 30, 2000)
America occupied their so-called Ghaus-e-Azam's city Baghdad, and indeed the whole of Iraq, including the sacred Shia sites like Karbala, in April 2003, and as of 2006, America still occupies it. It has been proven that he is not their Ghaus-e-Azam because he could not even defend his own country and city. What will he do to help them? Nowadays, many people who recite the Kalima say, "Bad Imam, bad... ruin my bad luck." The reality is like this: I have before me the Nawa-i-Waqt Lahore dated 16 February 2005, which on its front page has the news that four people including the spiritual personality of Dargah Bari Imam Raja Akram were killed. Raja Akram was returning after leading the funeral prayer when he was attacked secretly. People wailed and cried loudly. If Imam Bari could not protect his deputy and could not warn Raja Akram that attackers were hiding to kill him, then just imagine what Imam Bari will do for these people?
Some Glimpses of Accepting Authority of Control Other Than Allah The Status of the Saints of Allah:
There is no doubt that the status of the saints of Allah is very high; they are appointed to the position of Allah’s friendship. But the tragedy is that those who have written about their conditions have shown extremely foolish friendship. If they were the best Muslims, then surely they would have spread monotheism and emphasized following the Sunnah. However, the biographers have portrayed them in a very detestable and ridiculous manner. According to them, sometimes they appear as magicians, sometimes as ghosts and spirits, sometimes as madmen, sometimes as conjurers, and sometimes it seems as if Allah is their servant (نعوذ باللہ!). For example, listen!
[1] Ibrahim bin Adham, while praying two Nafl prayers at every step, reached from Balkh to the place of the Kaaba in fourteen years, but the Kaaba was absent. A hidden voice called out that he had gone to visit a weak woman in the forest; when he arrived, he saw that the Kaaba was circumambulating Rabia Basri.
Reference: Anis al-Arwah, translation p. 17
, [Malfoozat Usman Harooni, compiled by Muinuddin Ajmiri[/ref][2] Bayazid Bastami said: The Kaaba circumambulated around me.
Reference: Daleel al-Arifeen, Malfoozat Muinuddin Ajmiri, compiled by Bakhtiyar Kaki: p. 97
[3] He said: I see the world and whatever is in it between two fingers.
Reference: Ibid, p. 100
[4] When he reached the place of nearness, a voice called out: Bayazid! We have given you Paradise, Hell, the Throne, the Footstool, everything that is in our dominion. He said: By Your honor and majesty! On the Day of Judgment, standing before the fire of Hell, I will sigh so coldly that the heat of Hell will be extinguished until nothing remains.
Reference: Ibid, p. 97
[5] He said: Subhanahi ma azam shani (Glory be to Him, how great is His status).
Reference: Fawaid Fareediya, translation p. 73
[6] He said: My banner is greater than the banner of Muhammad (ﷺ). (Ibid) (نعوذ باللہ!)
[7] He said: When the thought of the world comes to my heart, I perform ablution; when the thought of the Hereafter comes, I perform the ritual bath of janabah.
Reference: Kashf al-Mahjoob, Chapter 31, p.403
[8] You were going for Hajj, and on the way you met a poor man who said: Give me this money and circumambulate around me seven times, and your Hajj will be complete. You acted upon his words.
Reference: Tazkira Awliya, p.101, Sheikh Fariduddin Attar
[9] He said: For forty years, I have not tasted the food of ordinary people because my sustenance comes from elsewhere.
Reference: Ibid, p.103
[10] He said: I found God as the seeker and myself as the sought.
Reference: (Ibid)
[11] He said: If you are granted the attributes of Adam (peace be upon him), the sanctity of Gabriel (peace be upon him), the robe of Abraham (peace be upon him), the longing of Moses (peace be upon him), the purity of Jesus (peace be upon him), and the love of Muhammad (peace be upon him), never be happy because all these are veils.
Reference: (Ibid, p.105)
[12] He said: I have now become so self-sufficient that my prayer has been forgiven.
Reference: (Ibid, p.105)
[13] Someone asked: Why do you have gatherings of women, what is the secret in it? He said: These are angels, I explain to them scholarly issues.
Reference: (Also p. 108)
[15] God has inclined those hearts towards worship which He did not find capable of bearing the burden of love.
Reference: (Also p. 118)
[15] It was asked: Why do you not pray at night? He said: I do not get free from the rounds of the spiritual realm, besides that I keep assisting people.
Reference: (Also p. 120)
[16] I am not a friend of God, rather He keeps me as His friend.
Reference: (Also p. 121)
[17] I have attained such attributes that if even a particle of their shadow falls, the system of the universe would be disrupted.
Reference: (Also p. 116)
[18] I am in the Throne, the Footstool, the Pen, Ibrahim (peace be upon him), Musa (peace be upon him), Muhammad (peace be upon him), and the angels.
Reference: (Also p. 122)
[19] Beneath my knowledge, besides the creation, the noble prophets will also be.
Reference: (Also p. 124)
[20] Fudail bin Iyad said: I am the Throne, the Chair, the Tablet, and the Pen, I am Jibra'il, Mikail, Israfil, Azrael, I am Musa (peace be upon him) and Muhammad (peace be upon him).
Reference: (Fawaid Fareediya p. 72. Author Khawaja Ghulam Farid)
[21] Hamza Khorasani heard the bleating of a lamb and said: [لبیک جل شانہٗ] and entered into ecstasy.
Reference: (Ibid. p. 72)
[22] Husain bin Mansur said: A mystic does not bring faith so that he does not become an unbeliever.
Reference: (Ibid. p. 76)
[23] Someone said: O Husain bin Mansur! You claim to be a prophet. He said: Alas for you, you have belittled me; I claim divinity, and you say I claim prophethood.
Reference: (Ibid. p. 76)
(العیاذ باللہ)[24] Abu al-Abbas said: The sun rises by my command.
Reference: (Ibid. p. 78)
[25] Abu al-Hasan Kharaqani said: Early in the morning Allah Almighty wrestled with me and defeated us.
Reference: (Ibid. p. 78)
[26] He said: I am two years younger than my Lord.
Reference: (Ibid. p. 78)
[27] Hazrat Junaid Baghdadi had a disciple who became faithless. He said: I have removed you from sainthood. At that moment, his face turned black, and he was shouting that comfort had vanished from his heart. He engaged in repentance. Junaid said, "You do not know that Allah Almighty's saints are aware of secrets and hidden matters, and you will not be able to withstand their blows." Then he blew upon him, and the disciple's wish was fulfilled.
Reference: (Kashf al-Mahjoob, translator p. 205)
[28] Ali Hujwiri visited the shrine of Bayazid several times.
Reference: (Kashf al-Mahjoob)
[29] Junaid, saying "O Allah!", began to walk on the earth-like surface to cross the Tigris canal. A person asked, "How should I come?" He replied, "O Junaid, O Junaid," calling him repeatedly. Thus, he also began to walk on the river as if on land. When he reached the middle of the river, Satan whispered in his heart that the master says "O Allah!" himself, but calls me "O Junaid!" elsewhere. He said "O Allah!" and immediately dived. He called out, "Master, I am going." He said, "Say 'O Junaid, O Junaid'." When he said it, he crossed the river. He asked, "Master, what is this? You say 'O Allah!' and cross, but when I say it, I dive?" He replied, "O ignorant one! You have not yet reached Junaid; there is a desire to reach Allah."
Reference: (Malfoozat p. 117. by Ahmad Raza Khan)
[30] Once, during your sermon, out of forty people, twenty-two fainted and eight passed away.
Reference: (Tazkira Awliya, p. 218)
[31] An innocent Hindu boy was hanged. He was brought back to life through the prayer of Khawaja Qutbuddin Bakhtiyar Kaki. Seeing this miracle, thousands of Hindus became Muslims.
Reference: (Asrar al-Awliya, p. 110; Malfuzat Khawaja Fariduddin Ganj Shakar, compiled by Khawaja Badr Ishaq)
[32] Three Abdal were flying past Sheikh Abdul Qadir Jilani’s khanqah; two respectfully moved aside, but one tried to pass right above and fell. His hands and feet were broken and his condition worsened.
Reference: (Fawaid al-Fuad, p. 45; Malfuzat Nizamuddin Awliya, compiled by Khawaja Hasan Dhilwi)
[33] On the night of Mi'raj, when the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ met Musa (Moses), Imam Ghazali was also present.
Reference: (Imdad al-Mushtaq, authored by Ashraf Ali Thanwi, p. 92)
[34] By the grace of Khawaja Usman Haruni, Moinuddin Ajmeri saw the Throne (Arsh), the earth beneath it (Taht al-Thari), the veil (Hijab), greatness, and then 18,000 scholars between two fingers.
Reference: (Anis al-Arwah, pp. 4, 5)
[35] By the miracle of the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ, Abu Bakr Siddiq, Umar Farooq, Ali ibn Abi Talib, and Abu Dharr al-Ghifari flew with a Solomon’s wind carrying a blanket and brought the People of the Cave (Ashab al-Kahf) to Islam.
Reference: (Fawaid al-Fuad, p. 209)
[36] Sheikh Maudood Chishti and a dervish, during meditation, disappeared from inside their cloaks and traveled to Mount Qaf.
Reference: (Daleel al-Arifeen, p. 85)
[37] When Khawaja Maudood Chishti was overwhelmed with longing for the Kaaba, angels were commanded to bring the Kaaba to the Chishti and place it before Khawaja. When Khawaja saw it, he would perform Tawaf, pray, and then the angels would return him to his original place.
Reference: (Fawaid al-Salikeen, p. 168. Malfoozat Bakhtiyar Kaki compiled by Fareeduddin Ganj Shakar)
[38] Qayyum-e-Thalith Khawaja Muhammad Naqshbandi reached Mecca, and the honored Kaaba came out to welcome him and embraced him.
Reference: (Mashaikh Naqshbandi, p. 413)
[39] Sheikh Abdul Qadir Jilani said: I asked the warden of Hell if any of my disciples are with you? He replied, "By the honor of the Lord! None at all. See, my hand of support over my disciples is like the sky over the earth. If my disciple is not good, so what, I am good. By the Majesty of the Lord! Until all my disciples enter Paradise, I will not go to the presence of God, and if in the East one of my disciples' veil of modesty is falling and I am in the West, then surely I will cover him."
Reference: (Akhbar al-Akhyar translated by Maulana Subhan Mahmood Sahib, authored by Abdul Haq Sahib Muhaddith Dehlvi)
[40] In your sermons, all the saints and prophets who were alive were present with their bodies, and those who were not alive were present with their souls.
Reference: (Ibid. p. 39)
[41] When you sat on the pulpit and said الحمد للہ, every hidden and present saint on the face of the earth would become silent.
Reference: (Ibid. p. 38)
[42] Humans have spiritual guides, jinn and angels have theirs too, but I am the master of all masters.
Reference: (Ibid. p. 41)
[43] Whenever you ask anything from Allah, ask through my intercession.
Reference: (Also p. 49)
[44] When I say something to you, it is necessary for you to confirm it. Denying me is like deadly poison for you.
Reference: (Also p. 42)
Whoever intends to worship to become close to Allah has committed shirk (associating partners with Allah).[45] This very step of mine is upon the neck of every wali (saint).
Reference: (Also p. 81)
[46] About you, Abdul Haq Muhaddith Dehlavi says: By the permission of Allah, the control and revolution of the events of time, the power to kill and give life, curing the blind and the leper, the health of the sick, the healing of the ill, the execution of commands over time and space, earth and sky, walking on water, flying in the air, changing people's imaginations, altering the nature of things, summoning unseen matters, revealing past and future events, and other such miracles continuously and always appeared between the common and the elite by your intention and will, indeed as a way of manifesting the truth.
Reference: (Akhbar al-Akhyar, p. 45)
[47] Twelve years after your miracle, the sunken boat along with its equipment and horses, camels, and mules (the wedding party, groom, and bride) came out safely from the exact place where the boat had sunk.
Reference: (Zinda aur Nadira Karamaat, published by Bazm Ahnaf Masjid Ghausia, Ghausia Street, Lahore. Taken from Sultan)
[48] Khawaja Moinuddin Chishti taught the disciple this kalima for the purpose of trial: چشتی رسول اللہ.
Reference: (Fawaid al-Salikīn, p. 127)
[49] Every night, he would go to perform Tawaf of the Kaaba, stay there all night, and arrive here before Fajr.
Reference: (Ibid)
[50] Rabia Basri used to offer one thousand Nafl prayers day and night. During Hajj, a donkey was brought to life by her prayer.
Reference: (Tazkira Awliya, p. 47)
[51] Crawling on her side from the forests of Basra, she reached Arafat in seven years.
Reference: (Ibid, p. 48)
[52] He said: Never have I asked anything from creation, let alone from my true Master.
Reference: (Ibid, p. 58)
[53] Ibrahim bin Adham said: Once I boarded a boat wearing coarse clothes and with unkempt hair, and the people on the boat started mocking me until a jester repeatedly plucked my hair and punched me. At that moment, I felt immense joy over the humiliation of my ego.
Reference: (Also p. 75)
[54] Once people beat me and threw me down the stairs of the mosque, and with every blow to my head on each step, secrets and mysteries were revealed to me.
Reference: (Also)
[55] By your miracle, the mountain started moving.
Reference: (Also p. 75)
[56] Bishr al-Hafi saw the dead fighting over the distribution of the reward of Surah Al-Ikhlas.
Reference: (Also p. 84)
[57] Imam Shafi'i, may Allah have mercy on him, spread a prayer mat on the water and said, "Come here and debate."
Reference: (Also p. 149)
[58] Sahl bin Abdullah al-Tustari used to walk on the surface of the water without his feet ever getting wet.
Reference: (Also p. 174)
[59] After forty consecutive nights, he ate only one almond.
Reference: (Also p. 173)
[60] Seri Saqti said: On the Day of Resurrection, the nations will be called by the Prophets, but the saints will be called by God.
Reference: (Ibid. p. 185)
[61] Abu Turab Bakhshi said: I have no need even from God.
Reference: (Ibid. p. 195)
[62] Abu Hafs Haddad said: Thirty years ago I heard a hadith and have not been able to fully act upon it until today; then what will I do by hearing more hadiths?
Reference: (Ibid. p. 206)
[63] I said to Allah Almighty: If You do not grant me something today, I will break all the lamps of the Kaaba from this stone.
Reference: (Ibid. p. 209)
[64] Amr bin Uthman Makki said: The angels prostrated because they were unaware of the secret of the creation of Adam; Iblis refused to prostrate because he was aware of the secrets.
Reference: (Ibid. p. 230)
[65] Abu Saeed Kharraz said: Once in a dream, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ asked: Do you love me? I said: The love of Allah has so deeply permeated my heart that there is no place for anyone else.
Reference: (Ibid. p. 232)
[66] Abdullah Khafeef performed four hundred marriages from time to time.
Reference: (Izaan. p. 278)
[67] Hussain bin Mansoor said that in fifty years he had performed prayers equivalent to a thousand years and considered ablution necessary for every prayer.
Reference: (Izaan. p. 285)
[68] He stood near the Kaaba with his head uncovered and body naked for a whole year.
Reference: (Izaan. p. 285)
[69] His state of absorption was such that he made a place to sleep inside his waistband.
Reference: (Izaan. p. 286)
[70] He said: Moses was truthful and Pharaoh was also truthful.
Reference: (Izaan. p. 286)
[71] Abdullah Tusi says: On the Day of Judgment, Mansoor will be presented in chains so that the field of resurrection is not overturned.
Reference: (Izaan. p. 290)
[72] Abu Bakr Wasti said: It is understood that the path should be learned from Satan himself, who neither bowed to anyone except God nor accepted the blame of the scholars and followed this path; from this it is understood that the true young man was indeed he.
Reference: (Izaan. p. 296)
[73] Abu al-Hasan Kharaqani said: I have heard the Hadith myself from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ.
Reference: (Also. p. 317)
[74] Abu Saeed and Abu al-Hasan mutually changed the conditions of their (temperament) constriction and expansion.
Reference: (Also)
[75] Abu al-Hasan said to Abu Saeed: Today I have appointed you the Wali of the present era.
Reference: (Also. p. 319)
[76] Abu al-Hasan said to Mahmud Ghaznavi: I am so immersed in اطیعوا اللہ that I even feel regret in اطیعوا الرسول.
Reference: (Also. p. 321)
[77] One day a Sufi descended before you flying in the air and struck the ground with his foot saying that I am the Junaid and Shibli of my time. You also stood up, struck the ground with your foot, and said that I am also the God of the time and the Mustafa of the time.
Reference: (Also. p. 324)
[78] He said: If I wish, I can catch the sky with a gesture and pull it.
Reference: (Also. p. 325)
[79] He said: I walked forty steps, one of which was from the Throne to the lowest earth, and I cannot say anything about the remaining steps.
Reference: (Also. p. 331)
[80] It was said: On the Day of Judgment, when the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ will go to Paradise to inspect the creation, he will see a group and ask who these people are and how they reached here? Because the group who are annihilated in Allah will be brought to Paradise through such paths that no one will be able to see them. It was said that there are a thousand stages to reach Allah, the first of which is Karamat (miracle).
Reference: (Also p. 336)
[81] Shibli said: The status of a mystic is such that sometimes he does not even allow a mosquito to sit on his body, and sometimes he lifts the seven heavens and the earth on his eyelids.
Reference: (Also p. 355)
[82] Abu al-Abbas Qassab said: On the Day of Judgment, my flag will be higher than all other flags, and I will not relent until those under my flag come from Adam (peace be upon him) to Moses (peace be upon him).
Reference: (Also p. 362)
[83] Ibrahim bin Ahmad Khawas said: Khidr (peace be upon him) came to me flying like a bird, and out of reliance and caution, I did not even greet him.
Reference: (Also p. 364)
[84] After much insistence, Abu Ali Daqaq said اللہ اکبر on the right side of the pulpit, [واللہ خیر و ابقیٰ] on the left side, and [رضوان من اللہ اکبر] facing the Qibla; many people lost their lives.
Reference: (Also)
[85] Akbar the Great had no children; Sheikh Salim Chishti transferred his wife's pregnancy to Akbar's wife through a miracle, and Jahangir was born.
Reference: (Tazkira Awliya Pak o Hind, p. 249)
[86] Leaving teaching and learning, Bu Ali Qalandar stood in water for twelve (12) years; the flesh of his calves was eaten by fish.
Reference: (Also, p. 106)
[87] Bu Ali Qalandar could also become a lion.
Reference: (Also, p. 113)
[88] Khawaja Shamsuddin Turk proved his Sayyid status by showing that a Sayyid's hair does not burn in fire, and then he jumped into the fire.
Reference: (Also, p. 94)
[89] Sheikh Jalaluddin spat on the chamber, and it turned into gold.
Reference: (Also, p. 135)
[90] Jalaluddin Bukhari killed his four-year-old child through a miracle due to disturbance during prayer.
Reference: (Also, p. 145)
[91] Alauddin Sabir burned his wife, the daughter of Fariduddin Ganj Shakar, through a miracle.
Reference: (Also, p. 178)
[92] A handful of soil taken from the shrine of Shah Badiuddin was thrown into the river, and the sunken boat was recovered.
Reference: (Also, p. 189)
[93] Abdul Aziz Dabbagh said to Ahmad bin Mubarak: At night, you were with one wife awake and with another in intimacy. He asked: How did you know? He replied: Where she was sleeping, was there another bed? He said: Yes! One bed was empty. He said: I was on that.
Reference: (Malfoozat Ahmad Raza Khan, p. 169)
[94] A Khidr of the time took the entire caravan on a tour of a city for eight days in a single day and at the same time.
[95] Then he was busy with a she-donkey in the mosque of Bahadur Shah Garh, then gave Azam Ali Shah to wash his loincloth. It was midnight in the city and outside it was noon.
Reference: (Tazkira Ghausia)
You have observed the above miracles of the Barelvi Sufis.
