Hazrat Haji Imdaadullah Saheb and the Jinn Invader

The Barkat of Taa’at

There is a story about Peer and Murshid, Haji [Imdaadullah] Saheb (Alaihir Rahmah). Once, when returning from Peeraan-e-Kaliyar, he stopped over at Saharanpur. The hosts put him up in such a place where a jinn had run a racquet causing immense trouble to others, to the extent that the house was evacuated.

When Hazrat woke up at night, then what did he see? He saw that a person came and made Salaam. The person made Musaafahah and sat down. As the house was locked, Hazrat asked astonishingly, “Who are you?”

“I am a jinn. Due to me, this house is empty.”

Hazrat Haji Saheb said: “Don’t you have fear for Allah! You give trouble to others!”

The jinn pledged not to cause any harm. Thereafter the jinn left the house, and the house was inhabited again.

This effect on the jinn was due to Hazrat’s Taa’at [obedience unto Allah Ta’ala].

Hazrat Umar and the River Nile
In a biographical narration it is narrated that when Hazrat Amr Bin Al-Aas conquered Misr [Egypt], the River Nile went dry. The people mentioned this to him. He asked: “Did it happen like this before? What do you people do when this happens?”

The people replied: “When this happens then we adorn a virgin girl and throw her into the river. The river then flows with force again.”

Hazrat Amr (Radhiyallahu anhu) replied: “This can never be done!”

He wrote everything to Hazrat Umar (Radhiyallahu anhu). Hazrat Umar wrote a note to the River Nile. The contents were: “O River Nile! If you flow out of your own accord, then we are not in need of you. Allah Ta’ala guarantees our rizq [sustenance]. And if you flow under the Command of Allah, then why have you succumbed to the influence of Shaitaan and have stopped flowing?”

Immediately upon dropping the note in the river, the water started to gush forth and it has flowed forever since. The evil custom [of throwing a girl into the riverbed] was stopped.

This was the Barkat of Taa’at. As a matter of fact, whoever searches for the Pleasure of Allah Ta’ala, everything becomes easy for him. In short, Taa’at produces comfort, whilst ma’siyat (sinning) produces anxiety.

(From Istikhfaaful Ma’aasi by Hazrat Thanwi Rahmatullahi Alaih)