Pleasant Stories & Anecdotes — Page 57
Pleasant Anecdotes—Condition Of Prayer 57 Condition of prayer It is quoted in Tadhkiratul-Auliyā’ that someone requested a pious man to pray for him. The pious man asked him to bring a dish of rice and milk. The man wondered [about the strange request] but brought the requested food. The pious man prayed, and that individual’s wish was granted. Eventually, the person requesting prayers was told that pious man asked for the food to develop a connection with him. A similar narrative is given in the memoirs of Bawa Far i d. A person lost the deed to his property, and he approached Bawa Far i d requesting prayers. Bawa Fareed said, ‘Feed me Halva’. The person asking for the prayer went to buy Halva at a confectioner’s shop and found his lost deed there. (Malf ūzā t, vol. 9, p. 24) Weapon of Prayers It is said that once a king started his expedition to invade some country. On the way, a pious man held the reigns of the king’s horse and said, ‘Do not go forward, or I shall fight you’. The king was surprised [by this challenge] and asked, ‘You have no means to fight. How will you fight me?’ The pious person replied, ‘I will fight you by the weapon of morning prayers’. The king said, ‘I cannot fight with you’. The king abandoned his expedition and returned. (Malf ūzā t, vol. 9, p. 27)