One evening, Mr Mushtaq Pirzada who lives in Muzaffarabad and is a government servant came to my house. He is a friend of mine and an admirer. Pirzada Sahib always visited me whenever he was in Islamabad, but this time he had brought along a wealth of astonishment. After the dinner was consumed, he said that he met a person the other day who carried a subtle beauty in his conversation. He spoke at length on social attitudes and sharply criticized specially the social hypocrisy. I felt truth and painful concern in his expression. Somewhat a tinge of our Baba Ji(RA) was also visible and then said, "Yes, one thing which you, Shah Sahib often say that, when there is mourning in the house due to death of a person, the ritual prayer (Fatiha) is not usually recited in full. Whereas, if the ritual prayer is recited, it should constitute recitation of Surah Al-Fatiha once, Surah Al-lkhlas thrice and Darood Pak once, and that would take time. But the common practice is strange, it seems that hands are just raised, and counting is done from 1 to 10; and it is finished. Deficient of sincerity, love and emotion, it has become rather a formality. A similar conversation was also done by Baba Ji Deedar Shah Sahib". I said to him that Baba Ji(RA) was due to reach tomorrow and we would mention this to him(RA). Next day when I made a mention of this, he(RA) said, "Let's go now". We moved in the car of Raja Majid. Since, Pirzada Sahib only mentioned about Bara Khu, so therefore we reached there. Another Majzoob Abid Shah was also very well known there. Looking at Qalandar Pak(RA), he joined his hands for mercy. He(RA) said that he was not the one we were looking for. (to be continued) Peace and blessings bc upon Qalandar Pak (RA)
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