272. Imam Mahdi (AS) s narrated to have said that two brave persons had come into this world. One of them was Prophet Muhammad (SLM) who was on the side of right guidance. The other was the accursed Iblis (devil) who was on the side of the evil.

273. Two brothers (companions) from the daira of Bandagi Miyan Syed Mahmood (RZ) went to the houses of the conformists outside the daira and brought curds. The Miran (RZ) noticed it and caused the breaking of the curd bowls. He rebuked them severely asking them not to go and bring anything from the houses of the worldly people.

274. A conformist (muafiq) is narrated to have come to the daira to visit Bandagi Miyan Syed Khundmir (RZ). One of the brothers was seen flattering the visitor. The Miyan (RZ) noticed it. He rebuked the brother and said, "Why did you flatter a seeker of the world out of greed? Do not repeat it. If you do, I will throw you out of the daira.

275. A woman in the daira of Bandagi Miyan Shah Nemat (RZ) is narrated to have made an ornament from the stem of millet (jawari) and made her daughter wear it. The Shah (RZ) noticed it and asked the child who had prepared it and made her wear it. The child said her mother had done it. The Shah (RZ) expelled that woman from his daira and said, "Her greed of the world has not diminished."

276. A brother from the daira of Bandagi Miyan Shah Nemat (RZ) went to the house of a conformist outside the daira. The Shah (RZ) expelled the brother after giving him the expenses of the brother's journey and said, "A mangy camel should be isolated and sent away so that its contagious itch does not affect the other camels."

277. Miyan Abdur Rahman (RZ) is narrated to have gone into the forest. He found some eatables in a cultivable piece of land and brought them to his house. Bandagi Miyan Shah Nizam (RZ) (his father) ordered him to leave it and not eat it. He also said, "You have taken an oath that you will not eat anything other than what Allah sends you. This kind of food was permitted to the aulia-Allah (Allah's saints) of a by-gone era. But it is not permitted (jaiz) for the group of Imam Mahdi (AS).

278. Nizam-ul-Mulk is narrated to have come into the daira of Bandagi Miyan Shah Dilawar (RZ). The brothers were sitting on the prayer mat and there was no space for any new comer. One of the brothers got up and made way for Nizam-ul-Mulk. The Shah (RZ) got the information, expelled the brother from the daira and said, "Why were you so courteous to a seeker of the world."

279. A slave-girl (bandi) is narrated to be in the house of Imam Mahdi (AS). The Imam (AS) told his wife, "There is a slave before a slave. This slave (of Allah) will come into the house if .you free the slave-girl." The Bibi freed the slave-girl immediately.

280. Imam Mahdi (AS) is narrated to have said, "The person who is disrespectful, dishonest and shameless will never reach Allah. Most High."

281. Imam Mahdi (AS) is narrated to have said, "Nobody persisted that I should reach him to Allah."

282. Whenever his companions used to come to Imam Mahdi (AS) and tell him the details of events, it was the habit of the Imam (AS) to tell them, "Look at whatever you do. If it is for the sake of Allah, it is good, but it is all a waste if it is not for the sake of Allah.

283. Imam Mahdi (AS) is narrated to have gone to the house of Mullah Moinuddin. The mullah was informed that the Imam (AS) had come. The mullah wanted to avoid the meeting. He sent word to the Imam (AS), "The mullah has mounted (his steed). Actually, he was sitting on a wall. The implication of the message was that he was going to Rampur, his jagir, given to him as pension. The Imam (AS) said, "The mullah is riding a markab (vehicle} that will never take him to his destination. He will die with 'Ram, Ram', on his lips." Do the walls hide things from Imam Mahdi (AS)? Allah had made everything from the east to the west clearly visible to the Imam (AS). The mullah died reciting, 'Ram, Ram.' He became a demon. He used to bewitch people and say, "I got this punishment because of Imam Mahdi (AS), with the result that I have become a demon."

284. Bandagi Miyan Shah Nizam (RZ) is narrated to have gone to many places to become a disciple (murid). No preceptor was prepared to accept him as his murid on the plea that "Your ability and aptitude is great. We do not have the strength to make you our murid." Later, the Shah (RZ) met Imam Mahdi (AS) and received his bounty. The Shah (RZ) was blessed with the Vision of Allah.

285. Imam Mahdi (AS) is narrated to have said in respect of nafs (lust, self) that "Nafs tells everybody, 'Burn me in this world and work against me. Otherwise, tomorrow I will take you to Hell.'" But the people do not listen to it.

286. A seeker of Allah is narrated to have told Imam Mahdi (AS), "Zikr (remembrance of Allah) does not sustain (when I try)." Imam Mahdi (AS) asked him to make a deliberate effort. Sometime later, he reiterated his complaint. The Imam (AS) told him, "Go to your hujra (room) and sleep. Allah will teach you how to perform zikr if He will."

287. Imam Mahdi (AS) is narrated to have said, "One who eats more becomes more disgraced and one who eats less becomes less disgraced."

288. Imam Mahdi (AS) is narrated to have said in Gojri dialect that a glutton is neither of this world nor of the Hereafter."

289. Imam Mahdi (AS) is narrated to have been traveling when he sat down at a place and looked back. He saw that the fuqara (indigent seekers of Allah) were coming and they were in great misery and were hungry. The Imam (AS) said, "What is the need for them to follow this servant (banda) of Allah in all this misery and penury." Then again he said, "Their objective is Allah. They are taking all this trouble for the sake of Allah and following this servant of Allah. They are the true seekers of Allah. May He bless them with His Vision."

290. Someone is narrated to have hosted Bandagi Miyan Shah Dilawar (RZ). He had prepared many dishes and delicacies for feasting him. After the meals were over, the host asked the Shah (RZ), "Did you relish the delicacies?" The Shah (RZ) said, "I do not know." The host asked, "Why do you not know?" The Shah (RZ) said, "I have achieved the taste of the zikr (remembrance of Allah). The taste of the zikr is so good that the taste of the food does not reach level of the taste of the zikr.

291. Bandagi Miran Syed Mahmood (RZ) had announced his orders that everybody should buy his needs from the nearest shop and not go far into the market for his shopping. The orders had said, "One who goes far into the market would be a seeker of the world." Even this much was treated, as the seeking of the world because buying their needs from a nearby shop might be costlier. Hence, the order forbidding going far into the market.

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