The Heavenly Sign — Page 45
45 to relish my prayers. I was like the dead given a new life. I began to have true dreams and every dream I had would come true. I was also vouchsafed true revelation. All these blessings were due to his spiritual attention. He often used to say that every blessing lies in obedience to Allah and His Holy Prophet sa. The four schools of thought and the four religious orders that men have created should not be given any importance at all. In all circumstances, our goal should be the obedience of God and His Holy Prophet sa. Whatever is not proved from the Qur’an or the Holy Prophet sa is not right, no matter who believes in it. He used to say that the Conformists of the four schools of thought who believe that obedience to their respective Imam takes precedence over obedience to the Holy Prophet sa , are just like the student who insists that he will only obey his teacher and none else. Only those are truly on the right path, who ponder over the Holy Qur’an and the A ha d i th of the Holy Prophet sa , and search for Truth in the Word of Allah and then act upon it. He also used to say that it does not behove the faithful to act against the commandments of God in order to adhere to the four schools of thought, or to think and believe that the blessings of God are confined to these four religious orders only. Such wishful thinking is only motivated by the ego. The true faith is the one which was revealed through the Holy Qur’an and which the Holy Prophet Muhammad sa taught. Once I said to him, "I would like to become your disciple. Please permit me to bring you some sweets. " He replied,