Hazrat Mir Muhammad Ismail (ra) — Page 49
49 is more likely for a sibling fifteen year older to die earlier. But in 1998, Syed Amin Ahmad died during the lifetime of Syeda Tayyeba Siddiqa. Syed Amin Ahmad died in Karachi, from where his coffin was brought to Rabwah and laid in the house of his sister Syeda Tayyeba Siddiqa. From here, his funeral was taken for burial 31. Both these children of Ḥaḍrat Mir Sahib ra lie buried close to each other in the Bahishtī Maqbarah graveyard in Rabwah. Any reader could well be confounded by these events, or at best, fail to appreciate the essence of these anecdotes. The fact, however, remains that the true se rvants of God hold the honour of God's absolute oneness above their own honour. Both these extraordinary events, obviously, occurred neither due to the wishes nor on account of the prayers of Ḥaḍrat Mir Sahib ra. His predicting these sad events, merely show s that his spiritual perception was in perfect unison with God’s will. During the days when Ḥaḍrat Mir Sahib ra was posted in Gurdaspur, an Ahmadi friend of his, Malik Maula Bakhsh was also living there. Malik Sahib advised Ḥaḍrat Mir Sahib ra to try and se cure a permanent posting for himself in Gurdaspur, due to fact that Gurdaspur was located near Qadian. Ḥaḍrat Mir Sahib replied to him: "I wish to live wherever my Lord wishes me to stay. He knows better than I do, where it is best for me to reside. " 32 In 1925, Ḥaḍrat Mir Sahib ra was transferred from Gurdaspur to Gojra. In those days, Ḥaḍrat Mir Sahib ra used to have a motorbike with a sidecar attached to it. This was a popular means of transport in those days. One day, Ḥaḍrat Mir Sahib ra had to travel to an other town. So, he hired someone