Hazrat Amatur-Rahman — Page 15
4. Reliance on Prayers The relatives of ra would often ask her to do Istikhaarah for them and also to pray for them. In 1936 or 1937, a close relative, Aziz, asked her to pray for him concerning a job in Africa. In those days it was not easy to get a job there and East Africa was suffering from severe drought. After praying for him, Allah informed her that a small box had come for him. The father-in-law of Aziz, who was a doctor and worked in the medical field, sent a telegram to him saying that a job had been arranged for him in the Railway Department. The small box was symbolic of the telegram, which would arrive enclosed in an envelope in those days. 15