Faqir Is the one Who Commands the World but Not Keep the World

This Faqir Bahoo says;

that Faqirs are of four kinds.

1. Those who are untidy outwardly and composed inwardly like Hadrat Khidr.

2. Those who are composed outwardly and disturbed inwardly like Hadrat Musa.

3. Those who are inwardly as well as outwardly composed like Hadrat Muhammad, the Apostle of Allah (PBUH).

4. There are those who are untidy outwardly as well as inwardly like Balam Baoor.

It is imperative for the Faqir that if his lower self (Nafs) demands the worldly gains, he should say to him. Get rebuked for hundred times and go to beg at the door of worldly people. It may be sufficient punishment for you as you have lost hope in God. Otherwise dont go to the worldly people and dont beg. If a man of the world comes to pay a visit to the Faqir, he should be told that he is a worldly man. He should, first of all, get a sound beating hundred times so that he may be purified from the dirt of this world. Then he might be told, It is up to you now to come or not come to me. If he is sincere and truthful, he will go through all that and the veil will be removed from him. Having abandoned the world, he will become a Faqir (Tarik Faqir) otherwise evil ideas will cross his mind when he sees the face of some worldly person. He is then a highway robber Faqir. We take refuge in Allah from it.It is said that a Faqir went into seclusion and kept a date for his food. When the Faqir would find himself close to starvation, he put the date in the pot, placed it on the fire to boil it. He would thus drink one cup in company of

the visitors. All of them would get satisfied. In this way, they are that date for fifty years. Finally, that date was finished and the Darvesh delivered his spirit to God and died. Though he died, yet he did not approach the door of men of the world. The Prophet said that the seeker of God should not remember three things:

1. He should not remember the world with his love.

2.He should not remember the worldly people with love.

3. He should not be inclined towards the sensual desires.

Conclusion: Faqir is not a man without clothes without things to Eat or Drink but Faqir is the one who commands the world but not keep the world

[Ain ul Faqr chapter 10 by Hazrat Sultan Bahoo]

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